YN 568ex II - Came and gone

I was so happy that my flash came today. When I came home it was here waiting for me and I can hear was open me!! So that's what i did. I ripped it open put batteries took 2 shots and then came the Overheat icon. Hmm this cant be right I say. I let it sit on the table for about 10 mins and pick it back up and its very hot Needless to say its back in the box and gonna head back to no mans land. I am very new to flashes and to me this seems like a big defect but correct me if I'm wrong.

Thanks,
Ralph

Nightfire wrote in post #16828840
I ripped it open put batteries took 2 shots and then came the Overheat icon. Hmm this cant be right I say. I let it sit on the table for about 10 mins and pick it back up and its very hot. I am very new to flashes and to me this seems like a big defect but correct me if I'm wrong.

Thanks,
Ralph

No it's perfectly normal

Send it back. Hopefully you bought it from Amazon or someplace the shipping will not cost you much if anything.

Amazon it was. I was so looking fwd to playing with it this weekend Guess there gonna refund it then I can buy another one.

Mine didn't play nice with my 1ds miii but worked fine with the 5d so I sent it back as well. At the 1/160 and 1/200 sync speeds the white balance was all over the place when paired with the 1ds miii.

Just picked up one of these. I hope my good luck with Yongnuo continues.

brianschatzel wrote in post #16834222
Just picked up one of these. I hope my good luck with Yongnuo continues.

I hope so. My new one will be here on Friday!! Great service from Amazon again.

I'm assuming you bought it for the TTL functionality? I have two manual 560YNII's but never has an issue with them.

That is correct. I did get that one for the TTL and HSS. I have the 560 II also and had no problems with it. I just figured I would ad a TTL/HSS to the bag. I hope this one is good

Same here. Picked it up for HSS. I'll be returning it. It doesn't work with the new Phottix TTL triggers. Time to add another Canon flash to the mix.

sorry to hear of your troubles. I just picked up 2 of these and luckily have had no issues. Hopefully you can do a quick exchange.

I was able to swap it out fast on Amazon. I shipped it and got a new one in less then 5 days. The bad one must of been used due to the way the new one came It was wrapped different and more paperwork, lol. I was on vacation and now cant wait to really play with it.

I nave owned 4 YN565s and while 3 of them have been flawless the 4th one did not communicate properly with some of my YN622 triggers. The replacement is fine. Glad for the no hassle fast return at Amazon!

Nightfire wrote in post #16874987
I was able to swap it out fast on Amazon. I shipped it and got a new one in less then 5 days. The bad one must of been used due to the way the new one came It was wrapped different and more paperwork.

I suspect that merchants are failing to check (ignorance?) and just recycling.

I assume you didn't use Lithum cells!

I would cry so hard, I know how excited I get when new things arrive!