Up here, my go-to is Amazon.ca and I noticed something recently. The discount lights from someone like Thorfire are going up a lot these days AND some of the discounts that other use to offer have disappeared.
Is it us igloo dwellers that are getting hit or are you finding the same thing?
Amazon generally isn’t a good place to buy flashlights if you’re looking for a good deal. And their batteries are often fake so I wouldn’t ever really buy batteries there.
Any business that has some success and feels they’re maturing in product development and sales will gradually try to increase their margins
Hopefully those two… otherwise we’re just going to have to settle for 4-6 week lead times from Chinese companies that offer customer service that’s as fun to deal with as having teeth pulled…
Seems to be getting less expensive (in my very limited experience). My last lights:
Convoy C8+ = no change (but already inexpensive)
BLF Q8 = cheaper (no prior price/performance competitor?)
Sofirn C01 = cheaper
The skilhunt H03 went up from a regular 27$ price on Gearbest to around 34$ + shipping
this is actually a big rise for weaker currencies countries eg. Poland.
Extremely stupid move from Gearbest/Skilhunt.