Preliminary Rating: Kaidomain

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

That's what makes this forum so awesome!

Speaking of awesome, have you ever tried this Awesome cleaner LOL!!

Yes I have!

Sorry for repeating the whole thing but i couldn't resist. Is it awesome as a cleaner?

Now short of talking about someone's medical problems we really have wandered about as far off topic as we can.

And no, I'm not going to revolt you with mine....

I find that KD has some unique items, unfortunately a lot of the Mag modding stuff they used to have they aren't getting back in stock. Their shorty spring is wonderful - it actually makes it feasible to get the tailcap back on on a Mag and certainly works fine for me.

Their D lithium cells may be ...(insert warnings about high capacity unprotected lithium cells) but try getting such things elsewhere.

They actually seem to be a bit faster, if no more communicative than they used to be - my last order arrived in about 2-3 weeks which I regard as acceptable. I have an order outstanding from 1/8 but I'm not expecting it for another 2 weeks or so. I just completely ignore whatever they say about in stock or whatever and factor that into my buying decision. I've had one order with the wrong (ordered an early XP-G R5 dropin, got an MC-E one instead and thought that life was far too short to argue about it) item arrive and have never had an order go astray though the D lithium cells mentioned above took about 4 months to arrive. They are nearing the end of their lives now and am wondering if I'll bother replacing them as the ROP bulbs are getting too expensive to acquire now and I have a brighter LED light now.

I don't really use this cleaner. I've only used it a couple of times. The toxic fumes it emits makes me really nauseated to do any further work. I probably need to take some Zofran or Reglan if I work with this stuff

As for KD, I think they are good. I recently received the Ultrafire 501B from them and their packaging is excellent. It was wrapped several times in bubble wrap, making the light perfectly safe for delivery. On the other hand, DX only wraps it in one layer of bubblewrap (not very secure either) and the light always has scratches and scuffs from the handling of the post office.

You could've fooled me. I thought with this post and your sig you were one of their Distributors. :D

Would you like to buy my bottle? It's only been used twice. Still in mint condition. Taken care of very well. No scratches/blemishes. And did I mention it's AWESOME?! Make me an offer.

LOL I don't think I've ever seen any of that stuff in stores here. I could've used it many times especially lately since I've been salvaging 18650's from old laptop batteries. Lots of very sticky stuff inside those battery packs. Frown

I find Goo Gone to be the best stuff to remove sticky stuff. It's available at the dollar stores.

I'll check on it the next time I'm out and about. Thanx.

The light I ordered from KD on the 31st has arrived. That's pretty quick for HK Post and was a nice surprise since I'm in the habit of forgetting about KD orders as they used to take approximately forever. It arrived with stamps on it so no Bulk Mail delays. The item from Lightake ordered on the same day has yet to arrive - not their fault - just the way bulk mail works.

I'd definitely give KD a higher rating than I would have last year.

And it was a Hugsby P32 that arrived. Nice surprise as I knew I'd an order in to KD but couldn't remember what it was.