As I recall reading earlier in this thread Summer stated that the price on the V10A was currently the lowest she’d be able to do on that Sunwayman and that’s the best price DD could do as it’s currently on a promotional deal that ends shortly and that if we wanted it they might extend that price for one more week.
As to August's deal, there may have been a budget light and a non-budget light but both were selling at budget prices so I fail to see your point on that one. Neither of these Sunwayman lights we have to choose from are budget lights and certainly not budget prices as far we we know.
The trouble with the Trustfire X9 is the erratic or poor draw and that it is difficult to mod the driver and especially the emitter.
I suggested (at Post 52 of this thread) another High Quality 57mm headed light that can be used as either 1*18650 or 2*18650. Take a look at the links I posted there inc. 2100's comments on the quality of its body.
I like the Sunwayman offerings posted here but for me they don't offer anything special I couldn't already be satisfied getting with a much more affordable alternative. I like the idea of choosing something normally out of our price range, but these just look like more expensive versions of something that can be achieved at half the price.
My vote goes for either something unique at a higher price or something quality but affordable for everyone.
I think most users of the forum have a lot of flashlights, but what about nice batteries. Some people are searching batteries and not only Li-Ion, also AA Ni-MH with low self discharge rate (LSD). Dinodirect offers Eneloops, but they are extremly overpriced: 13,69€ ($18,69) for 4 batteries.
My vote goes to the Xeno E03 XM-L in T5 neutral or even T4 warm maybe with the diffuser Xeno TW15 included. The Sunwaymans might be too expensive even after a nice discount to generate much interest. The target price after discount should be under $40 (or even under $30) to go with our "budget" theme.
Ok I will agree with this. I have been straying away from the budget theme recently and got carried away with wanting the sunwayman. If they are already as cheap as can be then I agree. 30-40$ seems like a good peak price.
It's a great concept to take advantage of group buying a more expensive light we generally wouldn't consider to bring it down to a more reasonable price. However, this limits the amount of buyers, therefore theoretically lessening the break and it also alienates a lot of members who truly are here because they're budget-minded on price alone.
How about DD provides a list of their top 3 profit margin lights in a certain price range and we choose from those? Too much disclosure? :D haha