No worries - but I am astonished that they shipped one for a third of the price! Wonder if they still offer it at that price?
Nope - it is now $155 again.
That's a good price on the Aurora light too - I am delighted with my one of those, it is one of the the best built, if not the best built light I own.
I bought the Aurora because you recommended it Don, I hope it's good.
Using 3 Ultrafire 2600 Mah batteries fullycharged.
Hi - 2.36 amps
Med - .8 amp
Lo - .18 amp
So Hi would be about 26 watts assuming 11 Volt supply.
Looks like they they took the practical route and used a mc-e driver and depend on the voltage of 3 lithiums to get the power.
lose the music and Speak what you are doing with what in the video's that you make - nobody is gonna give you grief about what you are Speaking about whatever you are showing or how you speak here take a look a my suddenly famous video - at least for me I had no idea !!! that there would be such a HUNGRY audience for this video
title ; LED SSC P7 3 mode versus CATEYE HL-EL530 Bicycle Light review & link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxJZEvoORGk
here watch my little 3 minute video - in less than a month i have gotten 750 view's and i wasnt even trying to or selling anything or .... sheesh ....
Please give me some advice for this video, then i can make a better video's !!!
OK HERE....
lose the music and Speak what you are doing with what in the video's that you make -
nobody is gonna give you grief about what you are Speaking about whatever you are
showing or how you speak here take a look a my suddenly famous video - at least for
me I had no idea !!! that there would be such a HUNGRY audience for this video
title ; LED SSC P7 3 mode versus CATEYE HL-EL530 Bicycle Light
review & link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxJZEvoORGk
here watch my little 3 minute video - in less than a month i have
gotten 750 view's and i wasnt even trying to or selling anything or
.... sheesh ....
p.s. i did the first one incorrectly on this forum - posting that is ...
pp.s. i placed a simliar comment in one of your video's ... that i
watched from this thread... the one with the 2 flashlights the
trustfire and the olight
here's my youtube page link
http://www.youtube.com/user/DecentMan4you?feature=mhum
Look through my video's ok ? :)
This is why you buy from DX or another distributor that will pay for return shipping on broken merchandise. Its also another stark reminder of the potential abysmal QC practices that we've seen in most Chinese lights of all price ranges. So when you ask your distributor several times if he pays for return shipping on failed items and he ignores your questions, flip him the bird and purchase from someone that does. Also, DX will almost always price match their competition and has the best support forum of the bunch.
I'm amazed that there are pratically no QC even with this light which cost almost $160!
I can understand that if you buy a $5 light you can't expect so much. But this thing? Come on, it's just a robbery.
Practically all of my "china" light's have been somehow broken or need of some fixing. None of them has a "quality" short of speak even with the more expensive ones.
I'm also getting tired of this constant poor customer service and quality.
My other hobby is all kind's of electronic gadget's and computers.
I bought recently a tablet computer from euogo.com. It was said to be one of the best china tablet's today. I got it few weeks after and it was unusable. It had very poor touch screen which made it pratically impossible to use. Also the battery life was 2h with WiFi use. I tried to ask some help and maybe a refund or return but they ignored me completely. Several email's after they answered something completely stupid as "have you tried to lower screen brightness or make a screen calibration". Yes, i can assure you that i have!
That thing cost's $170.
That's when i decided to never buy a nothing more expensive than a few buck's light from chinese and with a strong consideration.
It mgiht have nothing to do with QC. These items are shipped internationally through all sorts of postal services.
The customer made no mention of any damage to his light so that apparently isn't the case... unless the build quality is so low that it cant handle the G shock stresses of international transportation.
The point is that he can return it and DX will pay for the return shipping.
They did not send the Trustfire X6
And what they shipped?
1 x Aurora SH-034 Stainless Steel Cree Q5-WC 220-Lumen LED Flashlight
(1*16340) (E44527) = $12.90 ($11.61)
Never Buy more than 1 light at a time. BOB had not refunded me the price for the Trustfire X6 and want me to send back the Aurora back using a tracking number. Paypal agree with them. Then I will get a full refund.
Phoned up paypal and they told me to send the light using a tracking number.
Sent an Email to BoB to see if they will refund!!
Sorry to hear that.
I had to skip my morning espresso today so please forgive me for being slow, but just to make sure I'm understanding this correctly: BoB screwed up, then instead of holding up their side of the bargain they not only lied (which I can sort of understand - you're not going to get Amazon-type of service from a HK-based retailer but it's still a shoddy business practice) but also send a false invoice. And now they're essentially holding your money hostage, despite the fact that you did nothing wrong and on top of that they want you to send back the light you paid for and that you purchased fair and square?
I'm not going to go into the legalities (not that I could, I know nothing about the Chinese legal system, IANAL, pants before shoes, eat your vegetables, etc.) but any way I look at it, that just really sucks. If I were you, I'd contact Paypal again and look into what other recourse you have with regard to chargebacks. I don't know what kind of consumer protection laws you guys have in the UK, but here most credit card companies won't even make you fill out a form if have a legitimate case. Paypal will usually go out of their way to be a major pain (oh, don't allow them to access your bank account because they will happily (ab)use that, even after a chargeback) though. And unless I misread something which is entirely possible, I say BoB deserve a big, fat "AVOID".
So after two months from what I can gather is, that no one actually physically knows what this light is like? I have been looking aroud everywhere for a decent light - the best I have is a Led Lenser P17 and I want something serious. I have been eyeing off the olight sr90, but that is expensive. So, when I came accross this thing, I thought I might have struck gold, but after reading all of the post's, I am not so sure about this light. Why is it so hard to find a decent cheap LED driven flashlight/torch?
Welcome Dahnade!
Good to have you here!
Problem is that high current drivers are not something made in volume - most of them so far are hand built by people in the US/Europe who expect to get paid a decent rate per hour. This means they are horribly expensive. To get the best out of an SST-90 you ned 9-12 amps output. You cannot build a cheap driver that will do that. And the LED costs around $30 on its own.
Aloha and welcome to BLF Dahnade!
Thank you for the warm welcone! It's nice to find a place where people know what they are talking about. Well, that certainly puts it into perspective as to why they are expensive. Like everyone, I am waiting for soneone to try the X6. For a long time, I always thought the led lenser x21 was the best you could get. I am glad i found the sr90.