5C Defiant XM-L 625 Lumens at Home Depot

StorminMatt, how unfortunate! Sorry to hear. Sounds like there may be quality control issues with the 5C model. I haven’t had any such issues yet with mine but I have gotten other lights before with poor QC. I hope you can get a decent working model. A well functioning 5C defiant should be brighter than even the 590 lumen 3D ArmorMax by a clearly visible amount, going by the comparisons I have done

UltimateLED- thanks for the beamshots! I am happy to say that I now own the ArmorMax 3d-cell, a 2pack of the AA lights for $11.88 and the DST… Didnt ever see a 3C ArmorMax at the local HD. I’ve taken both of the big lights to work with me and had a couple other officers ask where I got them. They are impressive with a super tight beam and long throw, nobody can believe that they are only 23 and 30 dollars respectively……

Lightning20, congratulations on the new ArmorMax 3D! That’s great news you got one and are pleased with it. I am sure it will be of great use to you because of how tough and versatile it is, as well as its spotlight level power. And for the price, it is amazing power for $30. Even other high output budget LED lights I have had experience with and bought in the $50-$70 range cannot compete with it.

This light is now on clearance at Home Depot. 18 bucks.

Or are you talking about a different light than the 5C?

I posted about this almost 2 weeks ago here Defiant Super Thrower 3C & Defiant Tactical 5C both now $16.98! Time to get back to Home Depot! and at that time, they were $16.98 + tax. I bought a couple 5C and a few 3C :wink: enjoy.

Hey guys I am new to BLF but not flashlights. I picked up the Defiant 5C 625 lumen today at the HD in Anderson SC for $18
and it is pretty sweet.

Welcome to the forum beron

Interesting how they have different prices here in SC. Your is $18, Columbia at Harison is $15, and Lexington is $12.

Welcome!

Was still $16.98 last week, they had 2.

Abandon all hope, ye who enter.

My HD has these on clearance for $12, but I'm still not interested in buying a baseball bat light. They still have 4 DST's, but they're still $16.98.

-Garry

For some reason the lowest price I ever saw was $13, not $12. All other stores never got past the $16.98. I bought one at the $13 price point though, just to experience it.
How’s that for an excuse to buy a light? Never thought of that one, did ya. :wink:

(We should start an info post with all the excuses to buy a light, as a reference for the newbies)

Oh man, I had a much better reason to buy my 5C. I bought one because I don't have any 5C lights.

Yep, I was just going to try a direct direct with 5 Tenergy NiMh, which would make 6 volts and direct drive it, just for fun. :bigsmile: J) 8) MT-G2, Of course … :8)

Cool. Please do and please report back with current and a beam shot, if you can. Actually, you should do a build thread on it. Probably will be the first 5C build.

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Hi all,
HD in Derby has about 10 of these left. Comes with 5 alkaline C cells. Certainly a good value for $13. Very bright, good “club” function. Nice diameter for a woman’s smaller hands (sez my wife)

Necro-bump, I know, but these have gone mega discount ($5.66) in one of my local HD stores — Campbell, CA. Keep your eyes open!

The 5 alkaline cells are worth more than that!

Yeah, that is like the prices they were getting in Canada. I haven't seen any of these in any of the stores I visit in like about a year though.