Rating: shiningbeam.com [RECOMMENDED]

Shiningbeam and Bryan are as good as it gets in this industry. His service is second to none.

One thing you want to remember about Shiningbeam is this. Many of the lights he sells are not Shiningbeam lights. Romisen, Pocket Rocket and outhers can be good lights but I think the best lights he sells are the ones that say Shiningbeam on the light. The Blaze, Caveman, S-mini, I-mini and maybe a few others are the lights he has made up for him. These have generally been somewhat better quality. Bryan calls the Blaze and the Caveman his first two professional quality light. You can feel the quality of these lights. The finish on the Caveman is the best of all my lights.

Lately I've been buying more from USA vendors than Chinese ones. SB is my favorite, and the pricing is perfect in relationship to the quality you get. I wish they carried more batteries though!

Just ordered this on Thursday. Was shipped same day, arrived today (saturday). Product as described and nearly perfect. Only a couple scratches on head.

Highly recommend shiningbeam. Not a bad price ($50 USD). Will definitely buy from again.

Light is great. It is a good thrower and has nice spill from OP reflector. Quality is decent and it is small enough to fit in a coat pocket.

My recent purchase - Romisen RC-T601 - is flawless and performs outstandingly. Shipping was prompt and I think the price with shipping is fair. It's hard to top Shiningbeam. I just wish they had a more robust selection of models I'm interested in. Hopefully they're stocking up. These guys rock!

Complete agreement.

All I can add is my impression -- that I think he's also helping educate the people in China who design and make most of these flashlights, by having them make improvements, not simply copies. And I think that's great.

Does anyone have one of the P-rocket lights?

I do, Troop. Nice light.

I have a pocket Rocket. No complaints at all, it is a great light with a very warm tint.

Sorry, for some reason I thought Troop had asked the question - damn that tiny screen on the iPhone! The P-Rocket is a great light for what I bought it for: small form, helmet-mounted bright light with good throw to complement my floody bar light on cycling night rides. While not technically a thrower, P-R has fairly deep, very light Orange Peel reflector that throws surprisingly well and still has decent flood. As Troop mentioned, it's a very warm tint. My N-Light ST50 is just slightly better with Cool White, which appears brighter to my eyes. Good run time too.

BetweenRides, thanks for the feedback. I was checking out their website and stumbled across it and don't remember seeing any feedback on it but then again I don't read every thread.

Update - I placed my order on the evening of 03/17 and it was in my mailbox today (03/22). Very quick shipping notice and response to a question I had. If SB had the inventory of the mega retailers, I'd order everything from them. Another excellent rating for Bryan!

SB is one of the best vendors in the market, period. If he carries it, and I need it, SB will always get my biz.

Chiming in here, I've had nothing but good experiences ordering from Bryan. Fast shipping, great prices, great product. His stock tends fluctuate a bit, but that's just because of grubby paws grasping for the goodness that he holds. He almost always has a good selection of models on hand.

Highly recommended. Placed my order on monday 28 and recieved my flashlight following monday, to Sweden. Perfect 5 day delivery. Thanks Bryan and the rest at Shining Beam.

Hope they start selling batteries, but my guess there are red tape involved.

i too recommend Shiningbeam. Bryan does a good job.

but for the sake of some balance, i share one not quite perfect experience with SB. i ordered an S-mini and it arrived with o-rings shredded and squeezing out the threads. and the emitter dome covered with some hazy crap which affected the beam. both of these problems would have been easily caught had the light been just looked at before being sent out. Bryan replaced the light no problem and threw in some extra o-rings. but, as per his stated policy, i had to pay for return shipping out of my own pocket even though the light was defective on arrival.

to be honest, i was a bit disappointed at first. that was the first time i bought from SB and i had read nothing but glowing reviews and i expected everything to be absolutely flawless. my expectations were probably too high in retrospect.

it just goes to show that even the best sellers aren't perfect every time and that it's good to have realistic expectations.

anyway, i really like the S-mini, and i would buy from Bryan again with confidence.

did you get the XP-G or the XM-L S-mini?

XP-G

I’ve ordered twice from these guys and Bryan sent tracking info incredibly fast. Everything arrived quickly and worked great when installed. Highly recommended.

got a blaze a month ago from bryan, ordered on Saturday, received Friday, about right from east coast to west on 1st class, great seller

incredibly fast!

Ordered Wednesday evening, playing with Saturday morning!

It gets to me in Toronto as fast as if it was mailed right here.