Today I got my first sipik68 clone from Ebay (seller easebon). Bought the grey model because i read that the quality used to be a little bit more homogeneous. A few months ago I bought 4 from ebay too, but german post managed to get them all lost.
Sorry guys but i can’t do a great review like the ones we use to find here in this forum. The most technical comments i can make about it are:
-it works
-it’s a cute little thing
-if i stare for too long at the led when it’s on, it’s painfully blinding. Not sure how many lumens that is. Help welcome. :bigsmile:
Labelled as Cree Q5 NF-A651, 3 modes. It can tail stand, but since the tailcap protudes a little bit, i’m not sure if it would still stand if the surface’s angle was a few degrees different.
So far, so good, but….
the machined segment below the bezel has too much side play when i try to zoom in/zoom out, and it’s defective. The two cuts that form the section are not parallel, so this “wide ring” is kinda twisted. Looks weird and makes the whole thing crooked…. :cry:
I’ll try to contact the seller, ebay and paypal, but i’m not very optimistic. anybody had the same problem?
what do you mean genuine? i think we’d start using DNA techniques to find the “genuine” Sipiks 68… :bigsmile: Anyway, i just got a message from the seller, offering me a 2 USD refund, so i don’t send it back…. need to think about it, i guess ebay and paypal could offer a better solution…
That’s why I used the quotes. I bought mine from tmart. It was listed as a sipik light. I’ve been told some of the clones are better than the original but with the Chinese copycat business going full bore, how would anyone know the difference?
[quote=That’s why I used the quotes. I bought mine from tmart. It was listed as a sipik light. I’ve been told some of the clones are better than the original but with the Chinese copycat business going full bore, how would anyone know the difference?[/quote]
In the case of the Bigger Sipik, the SK98, the opposite is true. The clones are better than the original in that they have better heat sinking.
So, sometimes a clone is a good thing.
Thanks,
Keith
@Lakemonster & Muto : I knew i’d get a fake one, not that i minded. But after opening the package, i was kind of enthusiastic about the little light, and more when i dropped a regular alkaline in it, brighter than i had expected. But then i realised about the problem. I know 6 bucks is not to make a big problem about it, but at the same time, when you think you just made a great deal for that little money…what can i say? my cheapstakeish little heart was disappointed
