Kinda long explanation but pls bear with me. Skip to the paragraph that begins with "WHAT I THINK HAPPENED" if you only wanna read about the technical problem and not the backstory. In March I went to the London concert with my brand new Moabong v2 in tow (ordered from weverse, so obv not fake). Had a blast regardless, BUT. Halfway through the concert the Moabong "died". I had checked the batteries before leaving for London but I thought maybe I brought half dead ones (and my dumb ass didn't think to bring spares) so I didn't think too much of it and put it in my bag. A bit after I went to grab something else from my bag and realized the moabong was BURNING HOT. Quickly took out the batteries, which were really hot, and thought that I had brought REALLY shitty batteries (the concert was still going so I did all of this real quick cause i didn't wanna miss stuff) and didn't think much of it after that. Once I got home the day after, I put the moabong back into its box (without batteries). I half thought about checking if it worked with new batteries but then thought "what if it's actually broken and I get upset cause it was expensive". And that's the mindset I had through the months every time I thought about it. Hence why I didn't actually check it till a bit ago. When I tried using it again with brand new batteries, it seemed dead again, however I noticed the white light was very weak. I tried changing colors and they all worked perfectly. It seemed like it all worked except for the white. This took place over the span of like... 5 minutes, in which the batteries once again got REALLY hot, so I got scared again and took everything out. WHAT I THINK HAPPENED: I think during the concert something happened to the white light and it blew out/overheated. This malfunction is most likely either what makes the lightstick very hot, or what makes the batteries really hot, making the whole thing unusable even if it's technically not broken. As a last resort, not to fully throw it away since it was expensive, I'd like to maybe try to see if I can change the led/light and see if anything changes? I tried opening both the top and bottom part to access where the lights are but with no success :(( I really wanna fix this but idk how :(( Anyone knows what I could do?? submitted by /u/Expecto-Morghulis [link] [comments]
