I’ve gotten a few lights from Sofirn to test as well. Amazon makes it entirely too easy to return stuff like this. People don’t know what a 18650 battery is or how to charge them, or how to operate something other than on/off. Amazon charges big fees for returns and storage of those returns, so it’s easier and cheaper to just give them away.
I think it was this forum where someone said they go to a massive garage sale Amazon has at their Lexington Ky distribution center. Selling 10’s of thousands of unclaimed items for pennies on the dollar.
Lordy, I do very much wish someone would set up as a used flashlight reseller.
I have a box or two myself, and they’re ones I bought and paid for on my way here.
Not to mention the handful of unused drivers and such ….
I’ll have to think about this and come back to it. This is such a good deal, I may not be able to pass it up. No, I’m not addicted! I can stop when I want to!
Maybe, or maybe not. Sofirn likes glue. These aren’t mod-friendly in the same way a Convoy S2+ is. Some are definitely moddable, but some are pretty difficult to open.
OTOH, they’re not bad as-is. They’re much nicer than anything I had in my early days at BLF. I recall spending $217 for a pair of original Skyray Kings with batteries, back when they had 200Hz PWM, 2000 lm high/medium/strobe drivers, and non-DTP aluminum emitter PCBs. Starting instead with a Q8 or SP36 would have been fantastic, especially at a fraction of the price.
… and the kitchen scale I ordered just showed up. Perfect timing. That’ll make things a lot easier.
It looks like the boxes are all pretty close to 1.6 kg before adding extra padding and labels.
I’m not really accustomed to shipping things, and I’m still catching up on messages, but I think I can probably get the first ones sent tomorrow morning. Er, morning for me, anyway… gotta get up early to be out during business hours.
Whoah, this is quite the enticing offer! Too bad shipping would be international for me.
(And I guess I should reduce my overspending on flashlights too.)
But this is a really great deal you’re offering to the other members here!
This is a great deal, but a whole loot box is too many lights for me.
If any single SP36s or Q8s become available, I’d be very interested to get an example of one or both to play with. Either from TK, or from anyone who gets them in their boxes and wants to let one go.