A Real Looker...

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=12319460130&_u=hc7347g4668

Anybody see/use one of these before? Looks like it runs on high at 2.6A with a XM-L U2. This thing is beautifullll.

I was just going to post that just a second ago together with this

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=8682526896&tracelog=n_eshop_goods_pop_taobao&templateid=33535db45d1d4c51ba5b4f664eb8406a&numid=8682526896&userid=dab243eb3eaba8eb0a14e9dba117a205

Pretty interesting modes 100%-50%-5%

We might see this flashlights on cnqualitygoods.com. It seems that most of the products are present also on Taobao with the exact same pics (just not watermarked with they website logo). Reseller??

Both looks good. Hope to see them available soon. :)

40mm reflector, 50+mm HD. Really thick front shell/bezel! Will take a while before it heat saturates, so much aluminum.

Wonder what is happening in China now, capitalism in full swing?

And it runs on 2.6A so the emitter isn't being drive ridiculously hard either. Really thinking of pulling the trigger on this one.

The Shadow light looks pretty sweet too, I've been looking for a good thrower. I like the ability to use 1*18650 as well though..

Hikelite have you seen any other nifty lights on taobao recently?

Yeah I've seen several apparently high quality flashlights.

This for example :

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=10627046682

XM-L on a strong 2 x 26650 body @ $40

Remember prices on Taobao are retail prices not wholesale or something like that.

This is nice to but it's a original design, it's just tweaked.What's nice about it you get tons of photos that actually

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=8636267162

This is rather minimalistic

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=10967173256&ali_refid=a3_420435_1006:1102250626:6:18650:c8c32bacf864b4630b282f425ebbafab&ali_trackid=1_c8c32bacf864b4630b282f425ebbafab

I thought this one looks just like the JetBeam M1XM!!!!

Almost looks like, there are several that look like that, but even Jetbeam tweaked the design of older Surefire flashlights.

Here's the "Torchlite" 1x26650 optional 2x26650 with a XM-L @ $46

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=10309562196

It's rebranded to Shadow , Torchlite being the OEM for that body. Some sell just 1 x 26650 host kit with $45 and not rebranded.

Whenever I go to China, I will see so many interesting things. Its like the lower/cheaper range of Japanese small little gadgets. Looks like you dug deep into the Chinese Ebay and found many gems. Unfortunately we'd need biz like DX/Manafont/CNQ to forward the goods out. I wonder if the local Bank of China has a credit card range that I can sign-on. LOL!

I though of posting some not that "budget" Chinese flashlights:

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=10647958492&ad_id=&am_id=&cm_id=&pm_id=

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=5075842320

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=9558857641 SST90 on 26650 DMM proofs of drawn current?

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=10045059808&ad_id=&am_id=&cm_id=&pm_id= Ithink is a speculative price since it’s not even branded, again

these are retail prices

If you can read chinese and understand the lingo, you should check out shoudian.

http://www.shoudian.com/

Wow your taobao-fu is much stronger than mine... Definitely pushing the boundaries of "budget" haha me likey though! Thanks for all the great links, looks like I've got a lot more trawling to do.

2100 - are you fluent in chinese? I can only properly navigate shoudian.com using google translate, and they don't seem to be very graphics orientated so it's pretty difficult for me. Does seem like a great site from what I can tell.

Yeah I can read and understand Chinese/Mandarin/Pu Tong Hua. Just that the China's Chinese use a bit of lingo that I do not understand most times. I am more in-tune with Taiwan's Chinese, and also their dialect called Tai-Yu or a special mix of Hokkien. I am actually Cantonese, but even that is a bit different from Hong Kong's Cantonese. My wife is Indonesian Chinese, that's another long story.... LOL!

Confusing huh.... Jack of all trades, but master of none.

The SST90 link is fixed now.

That's a beaut! I sent the link to Manafont. I want one!

Rich

Does Manafont usually listen to such recommendations?

maybe if enough people request it.

ill shoot Jim an email. worth a try.

I figured that out.

But is there any precedent?