Preliminary Rating: Kaidomain

Hey KD has the Hugsby P31 and P32 now! They're both cheaper than the one on DX too!

Just ordered a P32. What is it with China and flashing lights? High/Low would be fine. Don't need or want High/Low/Strobe.

I would love to have just 2 modes on most of my lights. I don't even think about buying anything with more than 3 modes. Are there lights with only 2 modes?

I think the the flashing mode is good for bicyclists. A lot of them always have the strobe on when riding in the dark. They always catch my attention when I'm driving so I don't run them over

I guess strobes can also be used as a deterrent but for me I would be happy with just a high and a low. You know what? I think I'm also happy with a medium now that I think about it so I guess I'll stick to 3 mode high, medium and low lights. I know, I know, make up my friggin' mind. Undecided

I would just like a low/med/high

There's a gold version of the P32 now. No picture though.

Sounds ugly but perhaps not as ugly as this Hugsby.

Now that's FUGLY. Laughing

Still nothing. Sent them another message.

What did you order if you don't mind me asking?

PDC/Akoray AK-16 http://kaidomain.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductId=6671

Compass http://kaidomain.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductId=2064

Bicycle Lights Cramp (no jokes about the spelling!) http://kaidomain.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductId=6671

Your last link is the same as your first one lol. Sucks you have to wait for so long for them to ship it. I always order things separately so that all the in-stock items can ship first. Good luck getting your bicycle cramp!

If I remember correctly, Kaidomain uses very poor terminology for their shipping system which only exacerbates the annoyance of the delay. The product page usually says "Ship right away" or "1-3 days" or something similar. Then you place the order, and it is immediately listed as "Back-ordered". Then, sometimes after 2 to 7 days, it will be listed as "Shipped". In reality, almost all of the Chinese budget dealers do not have any stock at all, so this is just typical business practice and I don't fault them for that. But they shouldn't use the term "Back-ordered", as that has really bad connotations. They should use the term "Collecting from suppliers", which at least gives the impression the product exists somewhere on earth.

Looks like it was inspired by a camshaft design...

It does indeed. Wonder if it could take the stresses of use in an engine :)

To my eye it looks vaguely Indian - but this may just be because we in Britain tend think of India when (if) we think of Asia. Maybe it is generically Asian looking and it is just the vestiges of imperialism in me - after all we hung on to India as a colony for 173 years after the USA escaped. And Hong Kong sort of until 1997. In fact the majority of the dealers we buy from in Hong Kong were almost certainly educated under a British controlled system.

I just have to laugh at how quickly this thread keeps going off on a tangent! Maybe I lack natural leadership ability LOL but 3 replies after I started the thread about KD's shipping/customer service quality, we took this wild detour about Hugsby lights, and how many modes were best, and how ugly some particular light was. Then after I post an (on-topic) update, in 4 posts we range off to camshafts and the British colonial system.

I stress that this does not upset me at all, I am just marveling at how far afield we can get so quickly. I am actually amused by it.

Oh goody, they just replied:

Hi Friend,
We will send it to you within in this week, please do not worry.

I think sb56637 is on the right track...its not so much how long they actuallytake to ship, its that they raise false expectations by telling it will ship faster than they know it really will. If they said it shipped in 6 weeks and it actually shipped in a month then I would probably be happier than if they said it shipped in 3 days and it actually shipped in 3 weeks,

BTW, they didn't offfer me any mini cow LEDs to make up for the problem Cry

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