Yeah I would jump on that Illumination Supply sale. $59 for the light from an American seller shipped first class USPS from California is an absolute steal. That is well worth the extra $5.
I live in Alaska, everything takes forever to ship here…… You would think we were 2500 miles away from the rest of you folk…
Literal conversation I had with someone on the phone.
Me, ” you can ship to Alaska correct?”
Them, “Yes, but it will be more exspencive due to shipping.”
Me “OK, go ahead and send it.”
Them. “You do understand it will be more in shipping? Correct.”
Me, “Yes, please send it.”
Them, “Ok, how would you like to pay for that?”
Me, “Credit card. Here is the information ….”
Them, ” Sir that card is is an Americian bank, and I think this may be a fraud issue, I am getting my supervisor.”
Me, “Ok, what country is Alaska part of?” “Last time I checked we were the 49th state to join the union in 1959 if I remember my history correctly.”
Them, “Please hold.”
Holding for 3 minutes……….
Them different voice, “Sir, are you still there?”
Me, “Yes, still waiting for someone to look up to see that Alaska is still part of the united states of America. Anyone have any luck on that?”
Them, “We understand your fustration and appreciate your waiting for us to see if we ship to Alaska, along with the security of your Credit Card to avoid CC fraud. We also need to verify that Alaska is part of the United States of America.”
Me, “ok how long might this take?”
Them, ” we are still working on this.”
Me, “Do you have access to this thing called the internet?”
Then they hung up on me.
So waiting for shipping is ok, we rarely get things next day let alone second day. I always ask can you flat rate ship it, It will get here in the same time and cost everyone less.
That was rude!
by them.
:bigsmile:
I used to work in the shipping dept. of a mailorder-catalog retailer (that also has a bunch of B&M stores).
I had to explain multiple times to Customer Service, that when shipping boxes to Alaska (and especially Hawaii), they did not need customs forms like we needed for England/Germany etc; as they are not foreign countries…
“Of course Hawaii needs Customs Forms; it’s an island so it’s not part of the United States”.
Sigh 
They would also argue with me why we couldn’t use UPS-Ground to ship to Hawaii, because “their air service is more expensive”. I would always answer, “because you cannot drive a tractor-trailer across the Pacific Ocean” and after a short pause… “oh yeah”.
Similar problem with Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, as they’re not one of the 50-states (or should I say 48?); “they need customs forms”.
On occasion I would repeat the mantra: “Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are part of the United States” out loud in the hope it would eventually stick. But it never did quite sink in about Alaska/Hawaii as I didn’t bother to repeat the same quote about them, assuming everyone would know since they’re “states”… that makes them part of the U.S.
OK, rant over (sorry guys) 
Maybe you should order from Canada. It’s closer
Try living in New Mexico.
I googled a bit about it and found this:
Also, our own jmpaul320 has done great review on his SD10:
After my experience with Super Storm Sandy, I made sure to purchase 4 of the SD10.
To me the SD10 is a real emergency illumination instrument.
Cosmetic appearance, thousands of lumens and miles of reach is all child play in a real SHTF situation.
It looks like this thread from the very beginning was intended like a trap!
I now have EA8W on the slow boat :D!
It will be interesting to compare D40A NW and EA8W 8) !
i build my own. ( a 2-AA side switch SK68 ) > http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i187/Denbarrett/SipikModification2_zps62862753.jpg
( though i already have two of the above listed lights. :bigsmile:
Its hard to beat SK68 clone with extension tube in either 2xAA or 3xAA setup, that much throw for such little money, just awesome :D!
Where can I get extension tubes for SK68 clones??
The 2-AA tube of this light: >> 3W White LED 2 AA Handy Camping Flashlight Torch SACA | eBay
will thread directly into the back of a Sipik SK68, and convert the SK into a 3-AA reat clickie.
If I had spare money to throw, it would have been the eagletac
Right now my EDU (every day use) quark tactical x aa2 has performed admirably, mostly as nightside lamp 
I just dont need a higher output flashlight at the moment.
I must agree about 2xAA lights - they are, IMHO, the most versatile out of all sizes of non-lithium powered lights, they:
-offer plenty of lumens
-plenty of light output either as throw or as sheer amount of light
-have pretty good runtimes
-dont cost much(depends on model)
-are rather efficient
-size is neither too small nor too big, depending on your usage patterns
Gotta love 2xAA size, this is another size that Im researching at the moment, so far the 1st place(on paper) goes to MT21A with its 10k cd and XP-E2 :D!
I bought a different police light from BIC to use an an extension tube. But even though the picture on BIC’s website showed it unscrewed into sections the light I got did not come apart. Mfg obviously changed the design.
Wonder if the same thing applies to this other police light??
I have one of the ones that don’t have the seperate head either. there are a fiew models of them, and its difficult to know which ones unthread from the head and the ones that dont. I was lucky to find a fiew that do come apart, and the threads match exactly to the body of the Sipik & thw SK clones. The one in my link is the same ones i bought back in April that did come apart. ( unless they changed them now.)
The quark still is the lumens king? selfbuild measured it at 420 lumens.
edit:http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff97/selfbuilt/2012/MT2A-FL1-Summary.gif
Just checked it. SB reviewed the MT2A which is speced 20 more lumens than the MT21A, specs from website…
But its not all about lumens, remember - emitter, reflector - these two play crucial role in amount of throw light will have, and, as far as I know, MT21A is the throwiest 2xAA light out there so far.
For a couple of bucks I’ll order one and see if it comes apart. Thanks for the info.