Rating: Lighthound

Welcome Melven. I've used Lighthound a few times now for various purchases, and like you stated all have been excellent experiences.

okwchin, those are some crazy maglight prices! I feel bad mentioning that I picked up a couple of 2D incans for mods for $16 each and a couple of 2aa mini mags for $3.50 each.

Maybe you could buy and post some to europe. :)

Who does not want a 2D mag at 16usd for a XM-L transplant?

With a set of these and a decent driver it would make a nice flashlight. Charging those batteries might be a bit tricky tho.

Btw, it's just an idea, i surely don't want to bother you with such request. In EU Maglites are quite expensive!

http://www.svetlobna-tocka.si/index.php?route=product/product&amp;product_id=124 <- best deal so far, usually around the 40€ mark for the incan.

I have charged 32600s on a WF-139 charger. All you need is some wooden dowel of about 50mm in length. Screw a small wood screw into each end. Solder a red wire to one screw and a black wire to the other. Use some magnets with leads (Magtrix are the ones I have) to connect the wires to the cells. The dowel plus screws goes into the charger. Also works for measuring capacity of larger cells with an AA/AAA only charger like the Angeleyes ones i have.

It takes a very long time to charge them that way - 10-12 hours for the 32600s I have.

Here's another one I made out of a dummy AA.

I would probably use the XTAR MP1 with a twisted paperclip for the + terminal. Might just work. The negative spring should do the trick.

They're the best... Lighthound gets most of my business. Longest time it ever took to get my stuff was 3 days.

As for solarforce sales, F 'em. Ordered on 1/11 and never did get the package. Paypal claim done. Never again.

Rich

I ordered the SS bezel B5 and SS lanyard ring and 2 14500 cells from them on sunday and i received the items today. they have reasonable prices and shipping price was'nt bad. i would order from them again.

Its the shipping that gets me. Other than that, I have no complaints. They're as fast as anybody, I just usually talk myself into spending $75 when I shouldn't.

I have placed a few orders through them and highly recommend them. I always grab some of their paracord/lanyard goodies when ordering too.

I can't remember if it is their special or closeout page, but one of them has lower prices when you add the item to your cart.

just realized last nite that the b5 bezel they sent was actually the b2. i contacted them by email and got a reply earlier saying that they had sent out the right part and to keep the original one they sent. I called them on the phone and somebody picked up right away to confrim that they had in fact sent the new correct item. Id say thats great customer service @ Lighthound.

I've been thinking about ordering a Solarforce body from them, it 9and they) get such great reviews.

Doesn't appear that they currently have any hi-performance drop-ins for the body, though.Am I just looking in the wrong place for the drop in on their site?

looks like they got 1 model in stock from thrunite https://www.lighthound.com/ThruNite-Cree-XM-L-drop-in-for-SureFire-and-others-3--9-Volts_p_3799.html

might want to try the ultrafire 3 mode from manafont.com http://www.manafont.com/product_info.php/ultrafire-cree-t6-3mode-memory-led-dropin-module-42v-max-p-5178

They usually stock everything for P60 drop-ins from solarforce, thrunite, even nailbender (although its a lot cheaper to get the nailbender ones right from the source)

Thanks, I ordered the XM-L drop in off of Manafont; never used them before, curious how long it will be until it arrives.

I'll try it first in my old Pelican M6 Lithium, if it doesn't work in that I'll order the Solarforce l2 body from Lighthound.

I ordered a solarforce l2 from the source. solarforce-sales.com they have very good prices and shipping is only $2. it took them 10 days to get from HK to indiana.

Hope your not in a hurry. I've waited 4 to 5 weeks

Thats why I love Lighthound - last time I ordered from them I received my L2 body in 4 days.

I'll tell ya what; my last order from Lighthound arrived faster than a greyhound. (the dog, not the bus) Three days, I think it was.

donotwanttoworktomorrowFoy

I ordered some stuff and asked if they could make a discount code for budgetlightforum.com. So now you can use blf as coupon code for 2% off instead of having to use the code for the other place (starts with c, ends with f and p in the middle ).

Never had problems with them.

Shipments consistently reach me in 3 - 4 days.

One experience with them stands out in my mind.

I was stupid enough to slam a metal drawer shut on the power cord of a charger I purchased from them.

The drawer cut through the jacket nearly right through.

I emailed them asking how much is a replacement if they sold it separately.

I got busy at work and forgot about it.

Like clockwork, 3 days later I got a package in the mail with a replacement cord free of charge.

That really made a impression on me.

My Lighthound edition of the Balder SE-1 started flickering (not PWM lol) finally died. I called them day before yesterday they were VERY nice & post haste sent me RMA & I should have the light back with in a week of RMA. They are on my short list of preferred vendors.

Keith