JKK76 7*SFT40 and 7*SFN55.2

LED Flashlights – General Info
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The markup is not too bad, the SFT40 version sells for 598 CNY = 90.49 USD and the SFN55.2 version sells for 538 CNY = 81.41 USD.

The markup is about the same as Convoy and less than that of Emisar. The cost of shipping and solving problems go up when they are dealing with international customers. Also keep in mind that currency conversion and credit card fees are another 4% or so. Unionpay fees in China are much lower than credit card fees in the United States. Finally, when margins are low as they are for Jin Heng products, they also have to worry about exchange rate fluctuations eating into their margins. For example, if the Renminbi appreciates suddenly against the dollar, they could be selling at a loss.

I have quite a few Jin Heng lights (see my past posts) and they are definitely some of the best deals around.
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When you talk about the markup of Emisar, what are you comparing it to? Apart from their website and JLHawaii, where else can you buy them from in China?

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Hank just reopened his Taobao store with actual listings. It used to be just a payment platform where you email him what you want and you pay with Alipay on Taobao.

For example, the base price of his dual channel D4s is ¥328 = $49.63 on Taobao, while it’s $64.89 on his website. The international markup is 30% which is not unreasonable. However, it is higher than the Jin Heng JKK76 as I pointed out.

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Thank you for that, I remember searching for it on taobao (more than once) several months ago and couldn’t find anything. So I have always just ordered from his official website and had him ship them to China.

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Oh you are in China? This is his Taobao store (you need the cell phone app or login via the website to open it up):

https://m.tb.cn/h.fIVQmDJ

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By the way, right now you can get a Wurkkos TS30S with SBT90.2 and Anduril for just 292 CNY = 44 USD. I still haven’t pulled the trigger because I have enough lights but this is the cheapest SBT90.2 light I’ve ever seen.

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Thanks for the link.

I am in Hong Kong. The first time I ordered from his website, I had him ship the order directly to Hong Kong and it took 3 weeks to arrive.

After that I used a forwarding service located in China and I got the lights much faster.

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Wait, how are they getting the SBT90.2 for so cheaply?

Like, even in bulk, that LED is very expensive, so they must be getting low bin LEDs that are somehow much cheaper if they want some actual margins.

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The SBT90.2 wholesale price is definitely under $25 since I can buy a single LED for this price in China. My guess is that it’s just under $20. This still leaves enough margin for Sofirn since the rest of the flashlight should be under $10.

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JKK76 7x SFN55.2 looks like my step up from the Astrolux EC06. Would have preferred 4-21700 cells as this beast is drawing on max 90-100 amps according to the charts. It doesn’t so high amp cells it is. 690 grams plenty of heat sinking mass, 200 more than the EC06.

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I just read that product description on Taobao and this base price of ¥328 already includes W1, LH351D, stainless steel bezel and magnetic tailcap. These all cost extra on his official website. I guess I should have bought them on Taobao lol.

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I have already received my JKK76 SFT40 from kaidomain on April 20th and compared it with my MK38 SFT40, including beamshots. You can find my german review of JKK76 here .

My MK38 review you can find here

Sorry, but I don‘t have enough experience with the english language to write english reviews (taks too much time).

Conclusion: JKK76 is a great budget deal but has several drawbacks compared to the MK38.
I‘ve sold my JKK76 after review because i like my MK38 and my self-made EC06 SFT40 much more.

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Hmm how do I choose the emitter because I can only see colour options. The price difference is just huge.

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I think you would have to request it using the built in chat function. They will then let you know of the additional charge if any.

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I checked out some of the listings and it seems that the choice of emitter is fixed but you can ask for a different CCT.

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If you look at the reviews under the universal ¥1 listing, you can see a K9.3 with E21a 2000k. So I think you can customize any light just like on intl-outdoor.com

I will be using Taobao next time I buy a Hanklight (it will be my 10th). I wish I had discovered this earlier, a lot of money would have been saved.

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Ah okay so that is what the ¥1 listing is for…. very nice! So do we just list down all the customisation in Chinese text, send him a message using the chat and hope for the best?

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I guess so.

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I wouldn’t feel too bad, Hank started actually listing lights very recently (perhaps only in the last week). Before, the 1元差价 item used for payments was the only thing in the store.

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I don’t know if he would be the one monitoring Taobao customer service. Most users on Taobao speak Chinese so I suppose you’d likely get a Chinese speaking customer representative. If you have additional customization, they should tell you if you need to add some more money to process the order.

I’m also not sure if Singaporeans would get the Taobao price since he would have to ship internationally.

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From the Taobao app itself I can order his lights and it will be consolidated at a shipping warehouse and send straight from China (either Guangzhou or Hangzhou warehouse) to Singapore.

I have done this a couple of times (bought many different products on Taobao) so I think he should be able to fulfil my order since he only need to arrange for the domestic shipping from his place to the warehouse.

My only concern is how difficult would it be to order a custom light since I never tried communicating with a Chinese customer representative.