"Hall of Shame" discussion thread

A vendor contacted me to do a couple reviews after I wrote a popular rant on reddit about how you probably want an 18650-powered light even though you think you don’t. Another vendor followed suit, and at that point I had written enough reviews to have credibility when asking for lights to review.

I still get ignored though. Nitecore and Acebeam have never replied to me even when they were actively asking for reviewers. Thrunite replied, but never sent me the Neutron I asked for nor said they weren’t going to.

Of course, free review samples do get publicity for the manufacturer, but I don’t see anything wrong with that because good reviews are also useful to the community. So often, I see questions (mostly on reddit, where I’m more active) about lights that require an independent test by someone with a modicum of expertise to answer. Yes, too many reviews on one light can get a bit stale, but I have yet to see clutter on a level that makes finding things I’m interested in on the forum harder.

Of course, I’m not a neutral observer here. I like writing reviews, and I mostly like the free stuff (I’m still not sure what I’m going to do with that Wuben T102, which has about the worst firmware possible).

zanflare has a shill feeling bike light thread in non commercial.

looks like there in cahoots with huntking to me.

You reviewing some of the lights that come through this place would be like having Mozart review a Miley Cyrus album.

“It needs more cowbell…”

Add ‘genstattu’ to the list.

3 different people in recent weeks here only to post references to this brand.

dentrangtrihanoi.vn = spammer

I agree. It certainly looks like huntking is directly connected to zanflare… All posts except one are connected to them. THUMBSDOWN

Give it to me! :innocent:

Yep, looks like huntking is a zanflare shill account.

halolily17 is spamming for Cosmo.

http://budgetlightforum.com/user/24115/my-posts

Cosmo is just ledflashlighting.com, which is #1 on the Hall of Shame list.

Figures. :slight_smile:

lighting.philips.co.in = spammer

+100000000000000000000

You asked for it

Guys, let’s respect Sb’s wishes and keep the discussions to PMs or another topic. No offense intended.

None taken :slight_smile:

i think zanflare is hype-y and spammy feeling, at least the bike light and who ever they’ve got pushing that thing

wle

I’ve just seen Zanflare pushing one of their lights on a thread where someone was asking for recommendations, and that feels borderline to me.

I feel that people asking for recommendations are looking for ideas from real users like them, rather than manufacturers pushing their stuff. The manufacturer’s vested interest in getting sales makes me nervous in that scenario.

I always hit the “mark as spam” button on those kind of posts.