The SK68 clone I bought from zeusmall on the 28th Nov was a piece of junk and has already been binned. The light was very weak and the flashlight was terribly designed so the lens couldnāt go all the way back leaving a tight beam at full flood.
Personally I take the lens off my SK68s for use in the house and have a magnificent almost hemisphere of light to work with.
My magnifying glass tells me they have the proper 3 rectangles and round connectors in 2 corners but whether they are fakes or real I am perfectly happy with their brightness and endurance so wonāt be swapping anything.
finally got the link to work, assume this one is the one you bought. Looks like he raised prices to 7.90 and The angels on the side of his decription are watching that marvel of light and saying: I canāt believe itās a CREE :).
I got a couple Sipik Sk68 just before Christmas listed as Auctions. Both were around $1 and included ePacket trackable shipping through USPS. Both were inside a box, in the envelope (bag) and shipped separately. They are the best ones out there these days and 14500 compatible. Oh, and mine came from the same seller listing them for $8 now. Linked above.
Selling cheap at start to get a good āsell countā for some product to make it look like more reasonable choice to purchase even when the price has gone up?
The auctions come and goā¦ have bought them before and all arrived fast and packaged the same. Canāt say 100% prior purchases were the exact same seller as the last two but they all were packaged identical. More will come.
I had some of those SK68ās. Those has hollow pill, so paste has no useā¦ for SK68 clones are indeed decent, however if youāre looking for solid pill (thin and aluminium, but still - not hollow) - check Hugsby V1. I find hugsby quality MUCH better than any SK68 I owned. Just the driver is next mode memoryā¦
Just received a PM from another user so I thought I would post here too.
I have bought several Sipik branded lights from ordinaryworld2009, usually for $1.50 or less. It is a cheap light but it is the best one out there that I know of.
AAA or 14500 batteries.
Hollow pill
16mm mcpcb
Not sure on emitter. XT-E maybe, probably fake
15mm driver