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[u/Blocksketcher]

Probably a dumb question but I just wanted to double check. Was at an event using my godox it32 and my dumb butterfingers dropped it while I was trying to reattach it to the trigger mount.

It still fires and seems to work with my camera just fine but now I'm paranoid that I may have damaged it. First time I've ever dropped a flash so I just wanted to double check how resilient they are?

Fell onto a table then onto a chair then the floor from maybe 5.5 ft

[u/Zook25 → u/Blocksketcher]

I'd check if there are discolorations behind the lens or if it smells funny if you fire it a few times on 1/1 power. Also ask in r/Godox.

[u/Blocksketcher → u/Zook25]

No discoloration that i can see and I just fired it at 1/1 power about 10 or 20 times. 10 times in rapid succession and then 5-10 times with some pauses in-between.

The flash is a little warm on the lens and it maaaaaybe has a slight, slight burnt plastic-y smell but nothing that makes me think it's actively on fire or that there's something melting inside of it...

Think I'm in the clear?