I’m so pissed!
https://imgur.com/a/Pit2nZ2Maglite Mini Pro tail cap is on the left, and the aftermarket tail cap that provides a tail switch on the right.
Can you see the problem already?
The original Maglite has both threads coated so that leaky batteries don’t corrode the tail cap closed.
It only makes connection through the very end of the tube.
The third party thing I got today can’t possibly work unless the inside of the Maglite thread in the body is worn badly.
https://imgur.com/a/ERCXeMmThis is very difficult to do on purpose, so I taped up the switch tail cap assembly and started sanding with paper bent around a steel ruler.
While doing that, the Maglite body rolled of the table and dinged up the open end of the body. It’s literally a few days old.
I’ll likely get a refund on the switch part, but dinged up a new Maglite Mini Pro in a matter of days before even using it.
It will have to be further messed with to get either tail cap to screw in. Don’t buy!
Aside from being useless, and poorly designed, it’s an impressively high quality piece of kit (seriously).