Both the Flames and the XTARs/Sanyo/Panny/Solarforce have their places in my flashlights. Just put the Flames into the budget flashlights, match them up....no issue.
The TF Flames come in esp useful when you are a collector and need to have a cell in 80% of your lights (damn difficult to screw in and out the tailcap everytime you wanna use them).
I should add to this thread for the future buys from DD on these Protected Trustfire 18650, there are a few complains about DD is shipping out Unprotected ones instead. So buy at your own risk.
I have you beat. I ordered an L2t from Solarforce-sales on the 25th and got it yesterday. Also, I've ordered stuff from Tmart, another Chinese site and gotten my goods just 2 days later with free postage. They have the advantage though of having a US warehouse they can ship from if your items are stocked there and most of them are, unlike DX's US warehouse where they only have about 60 items stocked.
Thats why I love Tmart. Quick fix. I could love the DX USA warehouse but it seems to be DXs P7 dumping ground. I made one order from DX\USA and the shipping was quick but it still took the about a week to get it into the envelope.
Their live support is pretty good, I just canceled my order... now waiting for a refund. They offered a $7 gift card... I declined and insisted on a PP refund. They agreed.
im waiting on my first order from them. took 4 days to reach shipped status. ive got a uf2100 in the cart so if they didnt mess anything up, and it gets here before the big sale ends... ill buy that too
Well Sharon said I will get a full refund for this pair in my paypal account in 2 days. The other order we will wait and see and go from there. My question I wanted answered with Sharon via live chat is how in the hell did I get these fakes from their company. She tried to say that Trustfire goofed. I'm not buying that. They don't even make Trustfire flame unprotected 18650 batteries that I am aware of corrcect me if I am wrong.