Ok guys, I know this is normaly considered bad netiquette, but I MUST post EMS's reply on my question about a two gun package:
Dear Andre,
Thank you for your email.
Q : Why doesn't EMS offer a set including an extra gun only, instead of
having to buy two complete sets and not using one set of stands ?
A : Just like light bubs, the LEDs have limited life. Although the light gun
itself is very rugged, the LEDs would become dimmer and dimmer and it would
die at someday sooner or later within several years. That's why there are 3
LEDs in each set of LED, on the LED stand, such that even some of the LEDs
become dimmer and dimmer, the LED stand would still be workable. In fact,
the cost of the LED stand is only a very minor part of the total cost,
compare to the shipping cost of the replacement of a set of LED stand.
Therefore we are not going to offer a package include a extra gun, we
recommend users to keep the extra set of LED stand as spare.
Thank you for your nice idea anyway. If you have any suggestions, please
kindly inform us. We need your ideas to improve our products. Thanks.
Regards,
EMS Henry
First: Compliments to EMS for lightning fast answering my question, that is a rare thing these days.
However, being an electronics engineer I just had to laugh about the part about the LED's becoming dimmer over the years. As we all know, one of the BIG advantages of LED's over lamps is that they last for tens and tens of years, maybe longer ! OR they use VERY low quality LEDs ??
I think the second part of the answer is a lot more reasonable and probably the real reason.
Anyway, they still thanked me for the nice idea
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O, and this did not turn me off on actualy buring a pair....just waiting a bit more, I'm not in a rush, need to get my cab running first
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and I hope Lik Sang Europe will carry them soon, following all your mad rush orders
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