I ordered 3 of them for the mother in law (she has dementia and Alzheimers) because she keeps tearing apart and breaking all the lights I give her. 
The price has went up from that seller now. Here’s the cheapest price now.
300LM Black Durable LED Flashlight Portable Mini Flashlight Torch with Clip 66
C $3.62
Approximately US $2.88
Found a picture of what led it has.
I just received another one of those S5 copies, this time it’s labelled Vander on one side and OUTDOOR (quite nice actually) on the other. Quite a relief from Ultrafire and CREE.
Also, Vanderbilt graduates can rejoice that their university is popular enough 
Here’s the one I bought from: But its price has gone up from $2.89 to $3.66.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-VENDER-CREE-Q5-1200-Lumens18650-LED-Flashlight-Lights-Torch-Free-shipping-/121643002545?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c527ceab1
Here’s another link that still lists for $2.95. Should be the same but no guarantee:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Newest-Vander-CREE-Q5-1200-LM-18650-LED-Flashlight-Torch-3-Modes-black-/281724192679?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item41981207a7
The reason I am linking this is that it is a good host.
1. See the tailcap and its glorious screw-in tail. So much better than pressfit version that’s plaguing 90% of cheap lights.
2. The pill is… SOLID… for those solid-pill enthusiasts in here.
3. The pill is also connected to body through screw-in washer, put this on tight enough and you’ll still have good direct thermal conductivity to body.
4. It’s 3 bucks. Nice host and fresh branding for this price.
The driver and emitter is lame though. Bluish bottom end tint emitter, and cheap 3-mode driver. This is good for harvesting host only, and you have been warned. :bigsmile:
^ Shipping only $49.55.
EDIT: Now it says Free Shipping. Not sure what that was about.
EDIT2: It's free shipping for one unit, $49.55 shipping for 2 units.
shouldn’t it be XP -E R3? it says Q5
I’m wondering if they started to rip off even the good cheap ones…
It says Q5 because much people (who bought this X2000 zoomie) know LEDs mainly by names like “Cree” and “Q5” - without knowing what it even means.
That’s why a lot of sellers write “Q5” somewhere.
You are right, I was worried also about the other informations, since here on BLF, someone showed a XP-1 rip-off
btw seems the specs are totally wrong, or maybe are the photos….
$1.99 (Free Shipping)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281756374862
This one is kind of a gamble but I just bought one (only two left).
I’m not sure which flashlight is actually being sold since the item pictures show two different flashlights.
Also, the seller of this Vander flashlight accepted my offer of $2.75.
$2.75 - $2.95 (Free Shipping)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281750725950
Thats a good deal 
for me shipping is only 90.65 US$ FedEX or $ 137.69 DHL They are pulling this numbers out of their buts
I ordered the light from the second link about three weeks ago, and it arrived yesterday. This light is identical to the “Ultrafire” variant I reviewed previously:
It has the very-loose-fit drop-in pill, and the plastic reflector/lens combination and the same “XP-E” (counterfeit?) emitter. As Pulsar13 pointed out, a strong point of this light is that the tailcap has a removable/replaceable switch with a proper threaded retaining ring vs. the cheaper press-fit style. Also, as I mentioned somewhere I can’t find at the moment, the battery tube from this host is a good fit on a 501b host, if you’re looking for something a bit different.
Due to the poor heatsinking, I would only use this as a host for lower-power builds. My previous Ultrafire ended up as a host for an EDC-sized UV build, and it works very well for that. Keep the factory reflector, or replace with a 20 mm aluminum reflector, replace the plastic lens with glass, and swap in a 3535-sized UV emitter (purchased via eBay). I’ll likely end up using the Vander host for the same purpose, but with the newer 365nm UV emitters I received at the same time…
8)
Some time ago I’ve bought a similar cheap S5 copy from eBay in silver. It had the same loose pill. I’ve searched for a replacement and found a pill with the matching threads at Kaidomain: http://www.kaidomain.com/product/details.S024126
Instead of the reflector I’ve used a 30° TIR together with a XML-2 and a 101-AK-A1 driver.
But there goes the bargin… together with the new parts it’s a nice, working light but to be honest too expensive compared to other cheap hosts.
That’s a nice looking pill via KD:
…but you are right… after ordering a $3 light and a $3.30 pill, you’re better off ordering the C20 host for $6.87 + BLF discount. Then you have a quality light with a good switch and a brass pill to work with.
UltraFire AT-007
$3.61 (Free Shipping)
I have been tempted to buy one of these flashlights for a while now and so far, this is the lowest price I have seen.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/361352256422
Pregulla wrote:
Not ebay, but $3.61 for Hugsby XP-1 is a great price
I love that Hugsby and a good deal so I ordered one (not 2). Aliexpress sent me email warning that the buyer protection was about to run out on the purchase. So I opened a claim and said please wait as long as possible for the package to arrive. Next day I was refunded. Aliexpress said the vendor could not produce tracking information.
Anyone else that bought from this vendor may want to see how much time they have left to open a dispute.
For $1.79
AAA lights
thats cheap!
Probably fake...
Hugsby XP1 for $2.95 , but crazy cheap.
$3.26
And its bigger brother.
fake?
2x AAA
Those are fake. You can tell by looking at the clip. The real ones have a notch in the clip to attach a lanyard.
I recently did some mode of the “600lm” ones and SK68 clones for their bad tint and low lumen outputs. The results are amazing. They are better than my original SK68 that I always use as a benchmark in light output. It is especially true when using 14500 batteries. The output with 14500 would easily be higher than 300 lm according to my best estimate.
Your XP-E2’s are good but one need to reflow them. Not everyone can do that. I found some in Fasttech works well. I have used this and this on my smaller 600 lm ones. They works great. At a better price point these LEDs should be good. I have ordered a few for my “sk68”’s but haven’t received them yet.
My conclusion is that the best way to get decent small flashlights is buy some cheap ones and replace the LEDs.