yeh i was stupid for not researching however this is the reply that the customer services came out with
Dear Sir,
we thank you for your message and understand your reaction.
But we suggest you to buy this products and compare it yourself, if
they are the same.
It looks like that they are the same but they are not.
Our torch has the same body, because we used the same material and
design. But look if they have the same light power, even when they say
“… lumen”. And soon we will use our specific design, just made by
ourself. Look, when we release Heider CF2.
Mostly these kind of torches use the Cree Q3 technology, not real Q5.
Our torch has a microcontroller, most of them do not have it.
Another aspect is, that the express delivery takes a lot of money. A
seller in UK has not so much to pay when you also live in UK.
But we deliver to every country of the world. And fast delivery.
The last big difference is, that we give you a guarantee of 2 years.
Else I mentioned above, just order 1 of these products and compare it
yourself.
But we also thank you for your interest in our product.
I'm sorry to hear about your case with supertorch.eu :(
Just to add to the case, I had a feeling that I have seen the "flashlight vs. car headlights"-beamshot somewhere. Half an hour of googling and I found it..
The flashlight in the photo is actually M-flare Rebel 90, and the photo is taken by a Finnish flashaholic called "vee73" (a.k.a. taskulamppufriikki)
Here's the original photo (with a link to his site):
Obvious scam and they are also stealing photos. Shame on them. :(
Torchfanatic - welcome to BLF.
Yup, but unfortunately you have been scammed
Torch - $6-7
*2*x14500 blue, probably, unprotected TF - $3
charger - $3
You can get all that for about 13 bucks (less than 11 Euros) with, of course, cheap, slow chinese shipping (2-3 weeks of waiting). It’s a pity you haven’t found us (BLF) earlier Anyway, hope you enjoy your light
(well, found this “sipik” for 40 bucks :bigsmile: You got for the same price the torch, batt and charger :bigsmile: Good deal :bigsmile: )
lol :bigsmile: Man, you must be crazy to pay that for this stuff :bigsmile: Take a look at the original price
List Price: $499.99
Price: $90.29
You Save: $409.70 (82%)
Yeah its too bad. You could ask to return the product, or just take this as an expensive lesson
C3 or C5 or micro-controller, get real its an 8$ USD light, including shipping and the envelope, I really doubt the premium version run, otherwise people would just buy a better light in the first place. Guarantee of 2 years, and they actually reply to your message in english, that’s the guys business to make money and sell at a profit.
On the bright side you found this forum and can now get lots of other great lights for very low prices, half the discussion here is talking about Chinese vendors.
I don’t know if I can send it back at the moment. And the even worse thing is that when the delivery guy turned up with the torch there was an £29.37 import tax to pay at it came from Turkey (or somewhere). I have never had to pay import tax before.
I must be crazy :_(
EDIT: I suppose I could cancel the cheque for the import tax - that was made out to the courier company and see if I can return the torch…
Yeah, I would look into cancelling the cheque and sending it back, but you might have to contact the courier about it or face some questions.
You get insurance on basic airmail, so if it gets lost you could claim it back again.
The LEDs are driven quite hard, in the $10 versions at up to 150% of their rated max current. You should still see a good few thousand hours of use out of them though. It’s the battery and circuit that are likely to break first.
