shiningbeam

Yes, he's excellent. I get all of my nice orange and GITD O-rings from him. Very responsive and ships fast.

Mr. Admin, are you there? He should be here in the "good list" of budget dealers.

Rich

We can do it ourselves... no admin is needed. Just create a new topic here. You can use an existing "rating"-thread as template.

It's not much of a budget dealer for us outside the US though.

I have ordered a few times from Brian at Shiningbeam. His service is excellent. Orders always seem to ship within 24 hours and I recieve the shipment in just 2-3 days via first class mail. I ordered my first real LED flashlight from him (romisen RV235 XPG-R5, nice little light), and have ordered three ITP A3 Eos lights from him. I had planned to order more lights from him, like the X-thrower and the SST-50 P-rocket, but then i discovered solarforce and the world of P60s

He has some very nice drivers, that are not available anywhere else and shipping is only 6 $ to Germany/Europe. I ordered 3 or 4 times from him, very recommended.

+1 for Brian. The only one "bad" thing is $6 shipping, yep, for $1 lanyard also :~

Which is why he gets none of my business. Or most other US dealers.

I have only good things to say about Bryan and Shiningbeam. It's probably not the best choice if you're outside of the U.S., but for good service, quick shipping, and accurate info he's the best. Heck, if there's ever a problem he can be reached on his cell phone!

That was the only drawback for me.

He doesn't send to my address unfortunately. So I had to go to GoingGear for an R5 ITP A3, and now I ordered my third (Jetbeam BA20) flashlight from GG, making $100 already. GG has a %10 discount coupon flying on the Internet and some items may come even cheaper than Chinese sellers.

So SB should have sent to Turkey.

Great store. I usually get my lights in less then a week which to me is great when you consider how long it takes to get stuff from DX.

The best part though is that he carries either a neutral or warm white option for most of his lights. So to me this is the best store to buy my budget lights.

+1 for Shiningbeam. I'm still on the fence for one if his new NW S-Mini's with the good regulation.

It's nice, surprisingly bright. BUT, and this is a BIG BUT, if you like your neutral lights to really be neutral you should skip this one. According to his sales thread he had problem to get neutral emitters and had to go with a slighter cooler one. The problem is that to me it's way to cool, not neutral at all. The tint is so cool that I would never consider buying the light. Which is a shame since the shell is great.

Two thumbs up for Shiningbeam, and neutral S-mini also. I like it. It's the only neutral light I have so I have no neutral to compare it with, but side by side with regular Quark Turbo, it's way more neutraler... It's a bit chilly tint, sure. Not any warmth in sight. But it's not very cold either. Only thing I have to complain about it is that low is too bright. But as my Quark goes to sub 1-lumen, it's no biggie.

Don't know what you are accustomed to, but 6$ shipping per international order is not bad. I have ordered two times to Finland, and will be ordering in the future also.

I've ordered a couple of things off of ShiningBeam, never had any issues, and both times shipping was very quick.

Not cheap products by any means, but not unreasonable either.

Shiningbeam 6% off code: cpfuser

Brian is a great guy.

cpfuser implies...that you're a CPF user...

I have purchased many lights from Shiningbeam and have always been happy with the products and the service .

I used that code on my last order. I still feel a little dirty.

Placed an order yesterday, a few hours later my order was confirmed, another hour later I received a tracking number. Now that's as fast as it can only get!

Considering the $6.00US for shipping, I can't complain, not-at-all. That's in the €4.50EUR ballpark - mind you, you cannot even send a regular packet for that in Germany, let alone intl' shipping.

Then again, I got burned badly by lighthound.com - they had charged me a WHOPPIN' $32.95 for shipping. McGizmo switch, small tube of Nyogel, couple of GITD lanyards. All came in a padded envelope. A padded envelope! thirty-frickin'-two dollars! I mean, c'mon... they can't be serious!