100$ for 2 skilhunt headlamps sounds reasonable to me. Any cheaper and you fall into a category of headlamps with cheap drivers that are less efficient and poorly regulated. Skilhunt quality has gone up over the years, so I suspect those flash sales are less likely to arise.
At 50$ to get an efficient, regulated buck driver headlamp, with very good build quality, rechargeable, and high cri option is the best value around.
Things to do when dealing with Chinese sellers, is:
1/ ask yourself: do I need this
2/ ask yourself: is this a good price, is this the best I can get
3/ click then and there, don’t think: but my birthday is 3 months away
4/ if the price goes up between click and seller confirmation: cancel
5/ if the price goes up between seller confirmation and PayPal confirmation: raise a dispute.
To be honest: with me #2 often comes before #1, but who is counting.
The most important thing is to realise that sales time does not (eh… hardly ever) mean sales prices.
Last few months I have NOT seen lights that I already own, at a lower price than I’ve actually paid.
Buy things when prices are low, not when the occasion you need them for emerges on your calender.
I had a good coupon for a H03 on Bangood once. I never got it. They kept delaying until my time to file a Paypal dispute was up. Come to think of it, as much as I’d like one it annoyed me enough I never did get one even though it wasn’t Skilhunt’s fault.
There some stores in AliExpress that have some discounts (specially during the next 4 days). I guess it is a winter sale.
Skilhunt store in AliExpress is definitely more expensive than the others…
Pay attention to one thing I noticed last week.
Sometimes, for a better deal (ex: using a store coupon), you need to split the purchase. You can buy from the same store, but in separate parcels.
Ex: you will buy several items with total value of …$75, and you have a $2 coupon. Sometimes you can apply that deal for each item instead of the whole set of things. You’ll spare some more money
I know it is a bummer, but if budget is the way, it is the way