I know they are not normally considered a budget dealer, but I wanted to let you know about my recent good experience with Lighthound. I purchased a Solarforce L2 in Gun Metal for $12.99 and the optional stainless steel bezel for $2.99. I also got the LT-1 lantern head to attach to the L2 (Very cool and highly recommended accessory) for $15. The L2 was $1.50 more than SolarForce-Sales, but the LT-1 was $5 cheaper. I had to pay $6.95 priority mail shipping, but I received the order in less than a week, and got a shipping confirmation email 1.5 hours after I made the order!
The reason I purchased from Lighthound instead of Solarforce-Sales as I usually do, was because of Chinese New Year. However after receiving such great service and quick shipping I think they are worth the couple extra dollars it costs to buy from them here in the USA as opposed to HongKong.
Thanks for sharing your experience, Melven and welcome to BLF! :)
Looks like an interesting store and having options is always good. I've always wanted to give those Lampifix paracord thingies a try and I guess now is as good a time as any.
The only reason I've not used them a lot more is the rather high USPS international postage rates - and our import duties also include the postage in the value - which means anything worth more than about $10 will incur a $12 PO ransom charge here plus any duty and VAT. The lousy current exchange rate doesn't help either.
They ship faster than just about anyone I've come across and are nice guys to deal with.
Forgot to mention they include a little coin cell squeeze light (digital switch) as a freebie with your order. You can never have too many of those - my kids love to play with them!
I bought a few things from Lighthound a few months ago and everything showed up just fine and in only a few days. I might have to check out their website again.
I also just bought from them, summarised by Quick delivery, and an easy shopping experience. Don't forget the 2% of with cpf code. Helps take the edge of the shipping (which was $16 starting rate for me :o )
I Bought 17670 battery tubes for the old HDS lights. I bought the storm 3 weeks ago from going gear 'garage sales' for $55, and it hasn't arrived yet (intl postage is slow), but I already wanted to get 18650 tubes for it. There was a guy on CPF wanting to sell his 17670 tube used for $60, later with a price drop to $50. I found it on light hound for $2.50 each i believe as an inventory clearance?. I don't know if its arrived yet, but I'm expecting it in a week or two. I ended up buying 3 sets of tubes !!
On a side note, the exchange rate is more favourable here though.. Buying locally is crazy expensive, with barely any choice. A Mag 4D incan will cost $70, and a led lenser P7 will cost $150 on sale!! I also saw a 6p incan the other day, it was recently brought in, and was going for $160 @.@.
Welcome Melven. I've used Lighthound a few times now for various purchases, and like you stated all have been excellent experiences.
okwchin, those are some crazy maglight prices! I feel bad mentioning that I picked up a couple of 2D incans for mods for $16 each and a couple of 2aa mini mags for $3.50 each.
I have charged 32600s on a WF-139 charger. All you need is some wooden dowel of about 50mm in length. Screw a small wood screw into each end. Solder a red wire to one screw and a black wire to the other. Use some magnets with leads (Magtrix are the ones I have) to connect the wires to the cells. The dowel plus screws goes into the charger. Also works for measuring capacity of larger cells with an AA/AAA only charger like the Angeleyes ones i have.
It takes a very long time to charge them that way - 10-12 hours for the 32600s I have.
I ordered the SS bezel B5 and SS lanyard ring and 2 14500 cells from them on sunday and i received the items today. they have reasonable prices and shipping price was'nt bad. i would order from them again.
Its the shipping that gets me. Other than that, I have no complaints. They're as fast as anybody, I just usually talk myself into spending $75 when I shouldn't.
