Sky Ray King

And let me be clear: Fasttech is getting screwed by their supplier/s with these, or by whoever is responsible for the, ahem, 'engineering' changes being made to either cut costs/increase profits. FT surely isn't requesting that these changes be made, they need to let the suppliers know they're being sent unusable junk.

To be honest, whenever I hear someone name drop a retailer here I always assume it’s because they got free lights to review from them. Or it’s “I got one three month’s ago and it was a good one”- which is no guarantee that current stock is good. If retailers actively came on here and assured us that current stock is verified then I’d trust it. That and there’s about 2 dozen retailers here that occasionally pimp their goods, it’s really hard to keep track of them.

Can you personally guarantee that CNQG’s current srk is the good one?

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I have this one.

This is the one I bought too. Don’t know why I picked this one. It cost a little more and had a lower lumens listing. I really don’t have any other SRK lights to compare it to but I have no conplaints with my light. On close inspection of the outside of the light, it matches up perfectly with the SRK lights most here are saying are the best quality and most likely original.

I can only compare it to my BS Terminator in preformance. With it’s 3500 lumens, the BS overpowers this FandyFire UV-S5 as would be expected but for 1/3 the price the FF isn’t a bad light and doesn’t fall too far behind the Terminator. If I had just one, I would choose the Terminator but the SRK will do just about as much at a lower price and I wouldn’t feel lacking if I only had the SRK.

Can you share NW SRK’s link with me? I’m interested with it.

black: http://www.fasttech.com/products/1239701

gold: http://www.fasttech.com/products/1239700

But if they have the same build quality as the latest batch of the cool white versions, it's a waste of even more money.

Thanks a lot , does FandyFire has these kinds of torch? :bigsmile:

good version: http://www.fasttech.com/products/1057203

unknown version: http://www.fasttech.com/products/1234300

You are very nice,Thanks ! :bigsmile:

And in this thread there are various reports of some people getting a light that doesn't match the description, while others got what they paid for. So that leaves us in the same situation: how to know if you're gonna get a good one, or a bad one? It's still just as much a lottery as it always was.

I thought I had read that, when perusing the 3000 srk threads here. So basically unless the seller has opened up the exact light they’re selling to verify then there is no guarantee. You’re either playing the lottery for a $50 SRK or a $36 one.

Well, for my purposes the innards generally don't matter, as I mostly intend to replace all that stuff anyway. But if the innards are junk AND the machining is crappy, they can't even be used as a host for something cool. Old-Lumens ran into the same thing with the light he'd planned to use in a build, too.

Fit & finish is a lot nicer on the UV-S5. The threads are tight. O-rings make contact where they're supposed to. Nice thick lens, stainless bezel. The current version of SRK is the exact opposite: sloppy threads, o-rings that don't even contact the ID of the head, super thin lens, cheap aluminum bezel.

The threads aren’t bad on mine but the bezel is soft aluminum, and the lens looks like it’s waiting to shatter.

Makes me glad I got the FandyFire version. Maybe I got lucky. Usually the other way around. Guess I’m a little strange but I really like the gold color and so does my wife. Wish I had more lights that color.

Yes get the fandyfire good version+1 I have got that version and it’s the bee’s knees it’s a awesome light that is the same as the original srk but with a different name?
I have the other srk from fasttech & it’s absolutely rubbish don’t buy it pay a little extra and get the $45 fandyfire you won’t regret it

Can you share me the with the FandyFire’s link of the torch?The one which you said is the same as the original SRK but with a different name?

If I had a nickel for every SRK I’ve put in a shopping basket and didn’t buy. My thoughts, we consumers need to quit buying their profit margin junk. At this point it’s a game who can make SRK’s the cheapest. Big opportunity here for some vendor to step up and turn the game around with a “wow” version, but it will only happen if we make the junk market fizzle.fo

If you want a wow quality version, might as well got for the original, TM11, or TM15.

Those are the "original" versions.

Then you have the Black Shadow Terminator for less flood flood, more throw. The Fenix TK75 for a whole lot more throw in a completely different form factor.

Or there is also the Zerbralight S6330, which should flood even more than the SRK.

Only problem is, all of these better options are at least two to three times the price of the SRK.

Or Roche M170, $84: http://www.fasttech.com/products/1229600

DRY, as a host only, no driver or LEDs, but only $39: http://www.cnqualitygoods.com/goods.php?id=1178 (shipping not included; sister site fancyflashlights.com only has the complete version for $59 but free ship)

It is this www.fasttech.com/products/1057203