Amazon Deal Alerts & Discussion Thread

Weird… I just tried the FW3A (SST-20) and instead of taking 50% off, it took $0.50 off :question:

Maybe instead of “50 percent” they meant “50 cents, per”. :laughing:

When I click the link, it goes to Vipon and shows a price of $25 and shows the countdown clock at about 24 hours until the coupon is available.

just tried it …same result as you

Yeah, I tried with the IYP365 code and got 20-odd cents off…haha, not exactly the discount I was after.

Those farking bastiges! Literally watched the count down for 45 minutes, jumped on the coupon exactly at 12 Noon EST when it became available.
Coupon FF6TCZFL applies as $0.50 off.
Did not buy :frowning:

Won a 1% off code too. Got to wonder if anyone actually uses these codes.

These Lumintop deals are the best deals in the history of mankind. :innocent:

How do you get the Vipon deals to apply?

Hope it’s not a repeat, but wanted to make sure all y’all know about the Wuben E01 for 7bux a pop, no viponning necessary.

Yep, got one but the tail threads are a little messed up - rough feeling and the anodizing is stripped off at the top thread - haven't greased it up yet but hoping it will help. Button is soft/mushy, as others said. Typical awful XPG3 yellow ring but expected that - want to swap it for a nice 95 CRI SST20.

With all that said though, still a nice quality light, decent output.

The 1 lumen default mode works well in a dark movie theater, but is mostly a PITA at other times. For example, double clicking to go from 1 lumen to medium puts me in the SOS mode most of the time. But I guess that's just me clicking too fast.

Also, there is a brown corona around a cool white beam (noticeable mostly in Med and High) that is unusual to say the least. But this is really only noticeable if you shine it against the wall.

At the price, however, I don't regret the purchase. This flashlight is EDC worthy If I could train myself to wait a second between mode changes.

Crap. I got an SP10 with rough threads. Bugs me every time I do anything to it, even TCLO.

Ugh.

Pic showed a shallow reflector, wonder if a TIR would fit in there.

Worst case, diffusion film, but that’d make 1lm all but useless.

Why oh why do they insist on sticking blinkies in even an AAA light?!?

Oh, G3s are creepy little chips, especially behind a reflector. Leaves only a TIR or diffusion film to fix it.

Even as a mule, hold it close to any surface and you can see the urine-yellow ring around the cooler center.

I’d probably just stick with a Glaree as simpler, and no blinkies.

I just had a hateful little alkaleak crap itself in an Ultratac Whatever. Had to hammer out the swollen cell and then spin a wire-brush inside to try to scrape out the leftover salt-block inside. At least I like the light (and UI).

Was hoping the Wube would be a nice change, but with the beam and UI, dunno if that’ll happen.

Well, Christmas is coming up…

Yep Vipon is supplying several Christmas gifts for the men in the family— Some because I liked so much and others because I didn’t :wink:

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Wuben E01 $6.99 Amazon us

the Baseus 10k powerbank is on lightning deal and with vipon code $5.65—hurry 13 min left

https://www.vipon.com/product/6838762-Baseus-Mini-Power-10000mAh-LED-Display-amazon-coupons

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I have an E01 I got for like $10 from BG a while back, the tiny SMO reflector makes a crappy ringy beam with every LED I tried.

The pill/MCPCB configuration is kind of weird and a little difficult to swap LEDs.

I ended up with an LH351D and a piece of the matte scotch tape between the reflector and the lens to diffuse it some.

Then there’s the stupid SOS mode that’s way to easy to activate by accident.

Even for $7 I wouldn’t bother.

Thanks —these are going in the —I Don’t Like gift category

Got one!