I purchased a Trustfire SSC P7 from everbuying after receiving it it worked for 10-20 seconds and quit I tried 2 new charged 18650 batterys and then the led had a very dull glow turned off and would not turn back on. I sent the light back on my dime $7 for a refund of $34 when they recieve it. I had an issue with a non working laser from them and this is what they told me to do.
1) Take to local repair shop to fix I can refund you some of the mony.
2) I can give you best discount on other items
3) send back for refund
How you like this idea?
It was for a gift so I didn't have 3-weeks to wait for a replacement so I took best discount. So this is where I am at now. I am looking for a light that will perform well for observing animals at night from a distance and can be used for spoting fish in lakes and rivers. Most of my uses would be geared twords fishing, hunting and camping. After e-mailing them that I would like to know best discount on the TR-1200 5xQ5 or the p7 they said $30 for this order. If any advice on what light I shuld choose would be apprieciated. By the way the laser was $21.
5*Q5 blows 1*P7 out of the water, in total output and considering the reflectors of the TR-1200, in throw too.
It depends on how underdriven it is. I think that if the Q*5 TR-1200 is driven at 60%, it will be the same than the P7, but with more runtime, anyway I haven't read about this problem.
If you look at neverbuying on the list of dealers you'll see it is Mr.Administrators least favorite //most disliked site ..
If you are a dealer planning on cheating a customer ..
My suggestion is don't do it to a guy who owns a forum dedicated to flashlights :).
As to your question I would ask what experiance you have with any lights recently ..It's clear you have 18650's and a charger .Are they any good ?.If I were going to buy something from an oddball bad dealer it would only be for a few reasons .
#1 it couldn't be found from anyone else ... but even that means they don't have it either and will just hold your money for ransom for a couple months .
#2.i'd buy something so universal that No one has ever had a problem with .. like a solarforce body ...
and then I would avoid them like the plague ....that's just me
I ordered a ss-004 angle flashlight / headlamp from them that also went bad. Made a request for helping the issue... 0 response, made a playpal complaint, they replied mostly junk and very unhelpfull. Made the claim and asked a measly 5usd refind and they agreed.
Thanks for the good info. I have 2-new ultrafire 18650's 4000mAH and 2-ultrafire 3800mHA both sets were charged and worked fine in my Cree Q5. I thought I had too many flashlights untill I found this forum, now I know there is nothing wrong with me and that I need more lights "wife permiting". I don't have any thing other than my Q5 that is as bright as the stanley led spotlight I lost out of the back of my snowmobile, my Rayovac extreme rated 180LM is ok. Other than that I have a few $2-$3 led pocket lights.
No way will I ever deal with Neverbuying again. I don't realy understand the discount they are offering me, I told them I was interisted in one of the two flashlights In my e-mail to them "p7 and tr1200" and their responce was $30 for this order "how do you want pay" I told them paypal then I got a e-mail from paypal requesting $30. I am going to ask them to e-mail me conformation on what is to be shipped. All this BS is from a $21 broken laser pointer.
True. There is no such thing as "too many lights" until they won't all fit in your house. I own around 140 of them and don't even come close. But since the lady in my life is a huge dog, i don't have the problems that some do. As long as there's food and water in her bowls she doesn't care how many lights I buy.
Thanks everyone for the help! Still not 100% certain on my choice after reading other posts about driver issues just gona hope I get a working flashlight this time around. Oh by the Don you are a lucky guy.