I totally agree, sorry for making this hard on you.
Group buys are pretty nice, but comes at a cost of usually a single person sending email back and forth often for no compensation other than the members’ enjoyment.
Thanks for all your efforts Pulsar, and after all, the difference between XM-L and XM-L2 at these brightness levels can only be perceived via equipment.
whether i got this or a king, i was planning on swapping the emitters and driver anyway. texaspyros driver can not be beat, and direct bonded copper stars are really a specialty item at this point.
and you are right, only thing i am getting out of this is the same thing every other person involved is getting. only doing it as a way to give back a little. that and get a little discount on a nice looking host
These group buys are hardest on the host. Members that host them are doing it for BLF, not for some potential small gain. It’s way more work than it is worth from a financial gain stand point. Pulsar is doing a great job trying to make this a reality. Have realistic expectations folks.
I do… I expect this light to put out 10,000 lumens, run for 12 hours on high, cure what ails me, and spout free beer. :party: For some reason, I am always disappointed…
if the battery tube is 50mm as they say, i dont see how the driver could be. but also, they had gave me 55mm as the tail diameter, so i am not sure.
as scaru said, it wont be hard for the end user to add 4mm to the texaspyro driver. but also, texaspyro is in for two himself, so if it is 50mm, maybe he will make a small run for us
sucks. wasnt sure we would hit 50 pieces. about 48 hours later we are at 42 accounted for... and now they drop a shipping charge thats about 75% the cost of the light... i mean come on... we know better than that...
this is my current email to them regarding the shipping quote. im trying to be polite and make my point at the same time.
$40 for it may be a good deal, but no one has even seen this light before i posted this group buy. there is already limited knowledge on SupFire as it is.
i guess all i can say is we will wait for their response. but at the current quote i am out, as im sure most of you will be too.
all i can say is sorry for the false hope at this point
edit: the $11.26 or whatever was per 1-2 pieces shipped anywhere
Those “free shipping” deals have the shipping built into the price. I found the Jin Heng 12A dual-USB charger lights sell for around $25 from China without shipping. The “free shipping” raises the price to around $40. $25 for an SRK class light is really cheap. Even with the $11 shipping it is at or below what you can get an SRK for.