Worked thanks.
AE probably will kill them all eventually.
Maybe Banggood will GO soon, too. One can hope….
Good riddance to GearBest’s terrible customer service.
Good Old Days...
Shout out to all ex-GearBest reps for bringing in these fun projects for BLF.
Yep, I still got 2 of those Zaflare lanterns (T1?). One right here in front of me.
Came in handy last Christmas when a tree keeled over and knocked down powerlines. Had nice warm-white light all night on one charge. Magnetic base, so stuck it to the frame of the doorbell-chime, nice and high vs a table-lamp shining right in my eyes.
And the (also Zanflare) F1 lights I still say have probably the best thought-out design I’d seen in a long time, before and since.
That S1 mini was the best - great output with the aspheric lens.
I managed to snap up 4 of the T1 lanterns, one for each member for the family. Still going strong apart from one USB charge port dropping inside the light.
The C8F I got is not one of my favorites.
I still got the zanflate lantern and use it from time to time, love the output and strong magnet. It would’ve been an excellent lantern if not for the overly complicated UI.
……Skillhunt H03 with code –24$ ;)))
We did many GBGB for Nitecore, JETBeam, Skilhunt, Fitorch, Sunwayman, and even Olight Batons. 
Thanks for this post freeme. I was admiring the Zanflare F1 yesterday. Such a great light.
Oh well, how times has passed…and changed.
In 2014, I made the first successfull analyzing charger group buy with GearBest in the Opus BT-c3100 v2.0…we sold almost a thousand back then. Martin (M4dM4x) even just posted in the thread as a new member in BLF, among other new members and affiliates that would eventually take over and actively organize group buys.
I helped GB facilitate numerous group buys, all sorts of giveaways…like 11.11, mid-year sale, father’s day, Chinese New Year, most importantly their own Birthday Anniversary for 6 straight years, etc., etc., until they finally reneged on the agreement and failed to send out the prizes to the winners in their 6th Birthday Anniversay on June, 2020. It was during this time that I felt things are not doing fine with them.
I immensely enjoyed our cooperation for 7 years though, as I never accepted their offer to become an affiliate in our group buy efforts.
I haven’t gotten over losing Sears yet.
A very awesome flashlight era that was. To me Gearbest had the best stupid good deals. $10 Zanflare F1, $0.99 Liitokala 101 charger. The best deal ever was with Gearbest; I got an Imalent DT35 (sealed) for around $60. Absolutely bonkers.
Yeh, that’s why I usually had 2-3 GB shipments up in the air at any given time. Stoopit-good deals like the ’101s, the under-a-buk toofbrush-style USB lights, etc.
they wont be missed lol… not sure when i last bought something… 2017 maybe?
Gearbest resurrected ? The site seems to work now
Yeah !!!
Clicked on the GB link for nostalgia & , there appears to be a functioning website !
Nice!
Although I'm not a huge Gearbest fan, at times they have some good exclusive items that you can't get anywhere else.
And, frankly, the more competition there is in the market, the better.