Prices might not be on a budget compared to DX or KD, but the lights are of better quality, and still not the price that you pay in other counties. So in that sense they are budget.
Plus this company stands behind their products, every single one. They are still pretty new, and are adding new stuff weekly! So the variety will only increase. But I hope it doesnt get too big, with damaging their QC and CS.
Just keep watch on their website, they are improving weekly/daily!
Just thought I would share my recent experience with intl-outdoor.
I purchased an EZAA clone, and it was delivered quite quickly in about 2.5 weeks.
The light arived like most peoples, quite dirty threads, but well packed and functional.
When I turned mine on, I discovered a loud, high pitched squeal whenever it was put into high mode.
I have experienced a slight squeal from drivers before, but nothing this loud.
I emailed Hank, and he replied very quickly, asking me to try it with different batteries, clean the threads etc.
I did all this, but no difference.
After asking other members in the EZAA clone thread and learning that no one else had this issue, I asked hank what the next step was in fixing this situation. He replied quite abruptly that it would have to be returned to him, then he would send a replacement. He did not give a return address.
I replied, saying that shipping costs for me could be as much as the light itself, and he replied with
"Put the flashlight in a bubbled envelope, it should cost about $2 send it back to China." Still not address given.
I asked him for the address, and said I would get a postage quote in the morning and get back to him.
So far I am not really happy with the way this has been handled. Although the light is still functional, the squeal makes in almost unusable.
sweefu
Why wait and stay in doubt about shipping costs. Look on your national post website for shipping costs, in your case Australia Post.
It looks like a very simple and nice website.
Here you go:
$1.65 shipping to China. :)
Ordered twice from them now and third order coming up. Received both orders well packed within 2 weeks to the Netherlands. Hank also replies quickly by e-mail. I guess I would order from them anytime without hesitating if they keep this up.
Not much to say, I ordered a Crelant 7G5 and it arrived in about 25 days (typical China Post). No problems whatsoever, I will order from them again as they have some very interesting items for the right prices. As for 7G5, I love it
I've had 2 orders, no issues. I like the layout of their site, lots of good (and honest) specs & great pictures. If I had one beef with the site layout, it's the fact that you can only view 5 lights per page. I would like to see that expanded to offer options of 10, 20, all, etc.
It's one of my favorite sites to just look at, and 5 torches on my wishlist would probably come from here.
I have nothing but high praise for Hank. I bought a Crelant 7G5 from him and I was told here by some that should know that own them that mine may not be up to par with the ones they have. I emailed Hank and ask to send it back for another one and showed him the thread here. He said no problem. Now that is service. I just ordered a Shadow T6 from Hank. He said he will doublecheck it to make sure all is good. Now I like that. 5 stars from me.
Have you guys contacted Hank. I made an order on the 5th and was getting worried. I contacted Hank and his response was fairly reassuring. He responded with a screen shot of a Chinese tracking that showed that the package was in the US.
It eased my fears a bit. Hank is very approachable and quick to respond.
Maybe tracking is all shot to bits because of the overload to the system caused by Christmas post. He did not provide any screenshots for me. That is not to say that the order won't be here in a few days. I will contact him again on 7 Jan to see if he can provide some kind of idea where the package now is in terms of transit before I consider any further action. This is typical customer skittishness on my part no doubt as I really want to play with the OEM Nitecore EZaa!