I have got SK-68s for as little as $3.50, with nothing worse than tail cap threads that could easily be cross-threaded. Three modes start around $5, the best I remember.
I bought these at 2.99 And they said 1 mode but were three modes ,
They say 20 lumens but it's a mistake and they do about 100.
I like them for the price and as a change of pace from a sk68 which I really don't care for much just because of the feel .. .. They are what they are ..
As far as value they are a great 2$ light ,crappy old BLF delights were almost 2$ and were lucky to put out 20 lumens .
I bought another 6
still think the 4$ edi-t p-14 is a hard ftt to beat for 4$ 3 modes with ramping which gives you a very very low mode if youcatch it just right
Bought more of them too ..It's going to be a much easier light to mod than any AA light.
Well they do tend to have conflicting, or incorrect details often on WB, and I have yet to see someone actually get a positive result from claiming such a thing if it ends up being wrong…
I believe I may have found the issue with the 3 to 1 mode thing… maybe?
This is the golden version, claims 1 mode, #9837 shown in your cart there. The black version, claims 3 mode. Both are $1.99, and don’t change when I throw them in my cart and checkout.
Werner got the golden version a while back and wrote it was 3 mode: ?page=68#comment-476088 (Comment #2058)
So that 1 mode for the golden version is probably also a mistake in the description, like the lumens.
I should mention SK58s, if I understand what you mean by holster. They are similar to 68s but nearly cylindrical. The original Osram led is out of date, but some are available upgraded to XR-E or XP-E “Q5”, and some to 3 mode drivers. I have a 3 mode XR-E that I like, and I gave my daughter an original 1 mode Osram Golden Dragon one. There is not the same price competition as there is with 68s, but I don’t think I paid over $10 for either. There is also a similar SK-78.
I got a black and a gold one DrVette. I really like the compact form factor. As others have noted, they have low output, bad tint, and next mod memory. But hey, all that can be modded out of the light.