The first is Smallsun ZY-1200L. The clicky switch on this one failed after a few days. I mailed them about the issue, but I did never get any replay. I have bought a 5-pack of these clickies from DX with my next order there. So not a big trouble. The light is working fine since then and I'm very satisfied with tthis one.
The second one I got is a NF-500, a Q5 flood-to-throw with three modes. It draws 1200mA from a fully charged 18650 batterie. I know that's a bit to much, but I don't care. It's the brightest zooming light I have, and I have a bunch. I think it goes around 180 lm. I own a SmallSun ZY-A4 from DX, that I modded to a R2 (on a 20mm star, from DX). That one drives only at 1000mA. It comes now closed to the output of the NF-500, but just closed.
The shipping time was ok (about like with DX). Yes, the website is quite messy and specially the wishlist is real pain in the a.... The descriptions are often completely wrong. I would say three stars.
I was reading all over this forum for a wile. It's just the first time I felt like posting something. I got involved to LED lights some months ago. Since then I was reading a lot in the DX forum. It was a good thing to do that, because without the knowledge base, I have got from there, I would probably not be able to pick a good light at KD. Or at least, it would be more some what like gambling.
I don't know why KD still has listed in "pros" fast communication? I ordered the gold colored hugsby p32, which I guess wasn't in stock, and asked them after a while if they could switch to the black one if they won't get more stock soon. No replies at all.
I had have some trouble with the Shekor charger I got from there (1 bay doesn't really terminate), and also no response.
Now, I would be extremely hesistent to purchase anything remotely expensive there as they can't even respond to simply queries, so you may have to depend on paypal to get your money back.
By reading this i'm positive that i will not order anything from kaidomain. I suspected the were not up to the job. Chaotic webpage organisation is also a con. Dealextreme was always ok (about 8 orders so far) if anything a bit slow. Lightake seem decent too. 1 order so far and took me 21 full days to get the goods. DX takes usually 14 days from shipping confirmed.
Thanks! Fixed. Although my personal experience was that they communicated better than DX. Must have been a fluke though. Still, I personally think that DX's customer service is absolutely appalling, especially in view of the amount of customers they have.
Mine arrived in much less time than I expected (Can't remember exactly but around two weeks is what I think I can remember). Seems to cut off about 4.1V which is better for the cells' longevity but does lose you a fraction at the top end and maybe as much as 10% in runtime - Old knows more about this than me. It was on his review in CPF that I bought this charger.
I have reservations about this charger. In mine, one channel takes forever (and often doesn't) to terminate. I took it apart and it looks like it's soldered by monkeys. There's ever a very rough "patch" wire done on mine; I don't know if that's what causes the issue. Of course KD won't respond to this issue.
Go for the newer Xtar 18650 charger if don't need 10440/16340 support.