Review: Hugsby XP-12

I’m not even entirely sure what affiliate links do. I just put in the links I was given. Would I be able to still put in a link to the company website who provided the product and a link to that specific item just copied from the website?

Then you better not to use this word :wink:

Affiliate link is “your link” and if someone buy through it you get some reward for it. The first one if probably an affilate link, the second one is probaly
a tracking link for the seller to know how many visits or purchases they have got from your review.
Anyway, here is a direct link, just use it to remove all doubts:
http://www.tomtop.com/mini-portable-led-flashlight-cree-xpe-r3-120lm-pocket-torch-light-with-hand-wrist-strap-rope-l0028.html

Are the Hugsbys pretty good about having cree or other high quality leds? SK68’s have kinda capped out, from what I’ve read :frowning: Looks nice, think I’ll get one, at least :slight_smile:

BTW the link in op still isnt working

I think genuine Hugsby’s use genuine Cree. The problem is they became too popular and there are plenty of fakes out there. Topmop and LiteTeck (aliexpress seller) sell the genuine ones.

I couldn’t resist one, so it’s on the way :slight_smile: And thanks for the review!

The xp-12 is a little gem. It also has a coated glass lense, not sure if I saw that mentioned in the review.

as someone has posted elsewhere, XP-11 and XP-12 are cheaper here after shipping is calculated eventho it says free ship:

Mini CREE XPE R3 Portable Pocket LED Flashlight Penlight Torch Light 120LM Black for sale | eBay?
XPE-R3 Portable Pocket LED Flashlight Torch Light 120LM + Hand Wrist Strap N8TK | eBay?

Take into account currency exchange rates and the difference might be the other way around ;)!

For me these appear to be more expensive than the plain .com US$ ones.

for US, it’s cheaper from .ca because eventho the .com site says free ship, when you go to pay, it automatically
adds shipping, granted it’s like $.75 so not huge but that aint free :-).

Thats odd, its free for me(non-US, EU state) :D!
You might want to edit your post to include this valuable piece of information because BLF aint about USA customer only ;)!

In both reviews :D!

To be honest, I don’t know how the shipping calculates for each place. I’ll talk to the company rep and see how it all works so I can get it cleared up for everyone.

**I found the ebay seller is also from Tomtop Ltd, would it cheaper including shiping cost ?

I checked the price $6.03 is not included the shiping cost.
If you want to know the shiping cost , you can input your delivery address, and the system will automatically calculate it for you.
Different countries will have different shiping cost . It seems more fair to customers from different places .

Anyways, tomtop does not ship to Mauritius. They shipped there once and after that, they stopped shipping to Mauritius on ebay (probably costs them too much)

Shipping is on a PER ITEM basis and cost me $0.88 per flashlight I ordered without tracking. So, it costs me $2.65 in shipping fees for 3 which is kind of a ‘rip off’ :D. Anyways, the price was still very chompetitive and the ebay link do not ship to Mauritius.

I think there are some confusions…

for me as a US customer, I found it was cheapest at .ca auction site. At the .com auction site, shipping is $1.99.
At tomtop site, it shows free ship but when I checked out w/ paypal, it adds $.71 for shipping. I just tried it again just now.

I’ve bought several of each all from the .ca site, have received the initial 2 orders. I can’t vouch for all locations,
only US. You just need to try all 3 sites.

from .ca, the XP11 is still free ship, but the XP12 now $1.99 to ship.

Got my XP-12, pulls 0.71A from two fully charged NiMh’s(Turnigy).
Build quality on par with my XP-11, which is very good for the price!

Tint is towards purplish vs warmish/greenish on XP-11.

How much lumens you estimate it? Any runtime test yet? :slight_smile: Got 3 stuck on the slow boaaaaaaat

Forgot about the runtime :smiley: ! But given its brighter and runs off 2 batteries, it could be slightly bit longer than XP-11, just a guess.

No luxmeter, so no lumens here :D!

Thanks for review!
Small inside dia,so my Lidl batteries where unusable.
Eneloops and IKEAs fit. Just.