I’m glad your light arrived undamaged. Today I picked up my two boxes. Both also in terrible condition. Dry on the outside but wet at the inside so I binned the manual. The body of the light was wrapped in a small thin piece of bubble plastic. The head just had some plastic foil and a piece of protective foam on the lens. No other padding or protection to avoid the head from moving around in the box. Unfortunately the rough journey from China to Belgium resulted in 2 small damages.
Except for the damage caused by rough handeling and poor packaging the head has a few tiny spots of missing anodizing. Apart from this machining and anodizing looks great! Under the right angle machining rings are visible in the reflector but nothing to worry about. Tint is a bit warm to my taste so I will swap the emitter for a cooler one. After all I’m happy with the light but not how they shipped itand certainly not with the damages. :person_facepalming:
Anyway, big thumbs up for the team who made this possible. :+1:
Well it seems that Santa was early in the Netherlands, because somebody rang my doorbell too. The pretty sturdy cardboard package was showing some signs of rough treatment, but that was all. And it was dry. On opening I noticed a minor ding on one of the cooling fins. But that was there before it went into the box, as there was no way that part of the head could get anywhere near the wall(s) of the box. BTW, because the staples are in the corners of the box(es), there was no danger of damaging the round item(s) inside.
So far so good. My 30Q’s are charging now. And then it’s time for some serious fooling around. Thanks, Team-Giggles!
The name of the seller is easy to remember, since somebody once pointed out that it sounds like ‘Garbage’.
(there is no such thing as an 18650 battery with 6000mAh capacity - or any lights running on a Cree XM-L T6 emitter that put out thousands of lumens)
Sorry if I can’t be of more help, but maybe you could start a new thread asking for suggestions? There are many knowledgeable people on here who will be sure to help you.
Thank you for responding. So is the brand Garberial not good? Again, newby question. thank you
I might have my info mixed up, but I was considering buying 3 lites and was looking at the pelican 7600 and was wondering if you or ANYONE on this thread, had any suggestions or a comprable light that might be even better than the 7600?
I wouldn’t trust any brand that claims their 18650 batteries have 6000mAh capacity (I think 3500mAh is still the maximum that’s possible), or who sell ‘Cree T6’ flashlights that allegedly put out 10,000 or 20,000 lumens. I doubt that the Cree XM-L T6 can be pushed much harder than about 1,000 lumens, and most of those cheap lights don’t even have genuine Cree LEDs, but inferior quality ones (‘LatticeBright’).
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I have some properties I manage with large yards that have little or no light.[/quote]
How big are the yards ?
What do your family members want to use the lights for ?
The 2 above questions will determine what lights you need.
It could be that a flooder like the BLF designed Q8 would be better for lighting up the yards & a simple Convoy S2+ might be ideal for the family use, it all depends what the use is ?
I vote that for any other blf group buy that you are purchasing a light in, we make dang sure you get one of the very first lights. Your analytical capabilities are fantastic (just wish I could understand it all)