This is getting ridiculous.
My ROT66 shipped from Banggood on the 23rd March, hasnt hit Australia.
My pre-ordered BLF LT1 shipped on the 8th April, just hit the local courier for delivery tomorrow.
Both AU Direct Mail.
Doesnt give me confidence on the missing itemsā¦.
Im happy something is getting here, but id rather the items i ordered previously to arrive in order!
I was expecting shipping delays. Still doesnāt make it easy to swallow. I ordered some switches from BG on 26th feb > shipped 27th > received today almost 8 weeks later.
Iād like to buy products produced in Taiwan , US (or other) in future. I realize cost may be more and shipping wonāt be any faster (possibly even slower??) but I just want to boycott the Chinese Communist Regime by not dealing with them. Unfortunately sooo much is produced in China.
ā¦.of course, Iāll still have the urge when to buy lights which arenāt produced anywhere else e.g. Hankās KR4
Meanwhile Iāve had a few of my banggood orders arrive in the past few days.
BLF LT1, ROT66 and some diffusers. All late March I think.
The AU express stuff still came from Fastway though, not AusPost.
All my Ali express (e-packet or Ali express standard shipping) except one still havenāt shown up.
A Nitecore USM4 arrived yesterday from Ali, but it was a delayed shipment a week later from the other stuff, so seemed to miss the āblack hole monthā.
Iāve also had things from April arrive already from BG, it appears AU express from Banggood is fine now(just add a week) , as long as you missed the black hole of March.
Hey lads i found these on clearance they are MR16 globes using a MTG? The store is Sparky direct a Queensland company, Apparently they are using a Cree MTG inside them. $3.95 each seems like a good price not sure if its a MTG2 or the original inside some one would have to buy one and check. Also it could be a 12v MTG doesnāt really matter now as we have decent 12v drivers.
On a side note, i think all my orders back from March ended up coming.
I got a refund on a few of them, they turned up weeks later. Probably 10 weeks + total.
Things are way better now though.
Iāve got something coming from Convoy that I bought March 26 - Simon mentioned that if the time expires and you get a refund, it comes out of his pocket, so Iām happy to wait a bit more. If it was coming from AEās bank account, I wouldnāt give a shit and would get a refund immediately.
I gave up on E-parcel/EMS for a while, used Ali Express postage. Took ages and went via Singapore i think, but it was still faster than eparcels that went missing for 2 months.
Only one im waiting for a while on now is my SP36 BLF, apparently it his Australia last night
Yeah i ordered it a couple months ago when i started getting into the LH351D. Ive actually since ordered a bunch of 4000k emitters. A reflow is certainly not off the cards! Certainly if it wants to be picked up over the ROT66 SST-20 4000k
Hows everyone else holding up at home?
My recent flashlight renaissance has been going well during lockdown.
Working from home i have a soldering iron and a solder pot next to me, so plenty of 5/10min solder/reflow breaks.
Burning through my recent delivery of 219b 9080 emitters very fast, lucky there is another on the wayā¦
With two babies its the only time i get to mod, but then im up all night with the kids so i get to play with them at leastā¦lol
Starting to take the eldest out for night walks which is going to be a fun development. Hes already showing major signs of being a flashoholic. His ānot in the faceā training started VERY young, he tells me if I get it too close to him!
Time at home has been great, postage times are brutal. Longer dark hours are good for flashlights. My electronic work bench is covered in crap and a half finished racing quadcopter. Iāve been telling myself for the last 3 months I need to tidy it up. In the next couple of months Iāll likely attempt a driver swap on a d4v2. Night walks with kids a flashlights are indeed fun
Where are you guys ordering convoys from? I know I can get them from banggood just wondering if there are better alternatives.
Does Simon have a website or do I need an elite BLF handshake code to contact him?
Wowā¦ with a GT90 the government will be calling you to help with search and rescue missions!
Driver is just a standard replacement for my current one that struggles on high voltage + low power. Going to try flash latest firmware first.
I have a Cu Pineapple coming Soonā¢ and a D4SV2 and KR1 W2 on order (+ driver + flash kit). Iām pretty much sold on the idea of a EC10 in green so if liteshop still has one in a couple of weeks I will be playing green light saber wars in Juneā¦. then it _may_be time to sell or gift a couple of lights, hah!
Hey Aussies, any tips on high drain 26650 For d4sv2? I know supersports600 has keepower 26650 which is a good all rounder but their MNKE IMR look pretty angry at 20a/60a. Any else I should look at while I struggle over the amps vs mAh equilibrium lol?
Iāve got a coupla boosted C8 Driver/led inserts in mail.
One here. one in Cyberspace.
Also a Sofurn SD03.
One of the nicest looking/feeling torches I have.
It not working on arrival. grrr. and no stock left to replace.
Itās a shame they stopped prod, of such a nicely built torch.
Anybody here. In Qld preferably. That works on heads.
Copper board. Drivers?. Led to suit.
Not wanting a burner. just a good reliable working wet use light.
For boat and fishing. Itāll be a shame to throw away $27AUD.
Iāve got soldering iron etc. but very heavy handed and near blind for close work nowadays.
(Wrong side of 78yrs). OK with a welder and dragline thoughā¦
Regards
Macka.