Does not look easy but please provide some pictures if you can ,
What about a replacement battery once you have it out… Especially in about 12months time ?
Banggood has a coupon code 1bcb33 to lower the price by -$160,95 to $219; however they are currently Sold Out. Gearbest has a flashsale on their EU Plug version for $216.99; however, that means you would need to purchase a US plug charger; I am using a 19v 3.42 Amp 5.5mm x 2.5mm pin I purchased from Amazon for $9.06
If you don’t mind paying more than the Banggood or Gearbest rock bottom coupon price of $219 or $216.99, then wolfgirl009 on eBay has a Buy It Now of $299, which is a little more than 20% off retail.
I personally bought this way and received super-fast handling and Express DHL shipping from Hong Kong, and a perfectly refined Imalent new headquarters stock.
I got the GB DX80 with EU charger and they included a US to EU plug adapter. I didn’t even bother asking since I had several from other past purchases.
Yes Thank you very much.
Purchased the GB EU plug version ,
I am in Australia so stuffed either way.
Already have a couple of DX80`s so I have the US charger.
I was very happy with the service and flashlights from BG .
Thanks for the reply. That’s kind of encouraging. I just hate to invest a couple hundred bucks in a “disposable” flashlight. I’d like to be able to replace the batteries when it’s time and keep using it as long as the rest of the flashlight is in good working order. I’ll probably get one anyway, just have to rationalize/justify the purchase… :money_mouth_face:
This light runs on 8 Samsung 30Q 18650 cells. I’m sure they are replacable. No one has checked to see what the battery back looks like yet. New heatshrink for the battery pack is available at many stores as well.
Thanks for pic of inside the battery pack! Still looks like a fair amount of work to actually get to the individual 18650 cells though. Definitely some soldering and shrink wrapping involved in replacing the cells. Oh well, nothing worthwhile is easy, right?
I went ahead and pulled the trigger on one anyway. Guess I won’t worry about replacing cells for now. I’m just going to enjoy it!
I have read somewhere that Imalent is also going to offer battery packs in the near future. Even if it’s officially not for sale, this is probably what they are going to send you if your battery pack dies anyway. I mean, there is no need to send the entire light to China if they can send you just the battery pack right? Just enjoy the light! :sunglasses:
Got my DX80 today. I got free DHL express shipping from gearbest, and man it was fast. It shipped on Monday and even with the holiday, I received it yesterday (Friday). I ordered the EU version, but as someone else mentioned on this thread, they included a EU to US adapter in the package with the DX80, so I can still use the EU charger. They apparently saw it was the EU model, but was shipping to US and threw in the adapter. It was just loose in the padded envelope along with the DX80 box. Very cool that gearbest is doing that.
I haven’t had a chance to play with it yet, been out in all the black friday fun. I should have some time to finally check it out this weekend.