Which one is the "real" Sipik SK68?

Did a quick search on ebay just now for cree t6 14500, this one is $8.14 shipped, says five mode, but that includes zoom in/out its just hi/med/strb.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1600Lm-ThorFire-CREE-T6-LED-Zoomable-Flashlight-Torch-Lamp-AA-14500-5-Modes-/190927316614

Just thinking about it for now, maybe look for a XM L2 for more efficiency. Maybe not, cheapest looks like $27.

I have some marked Sipik and these are not the ones I like best, but maybe you get better ones from the Sipik Web site, for one reason or another.

Mine is a glass lens and 14500’s work fine. Went from about 100 lumens[primary AA] to about 300 or 400 lumens W/ 14500 Battery. I got it off of Ebay a year ago

1600 lumens!!! lol!! I have never seen one exaggerated that much!!

Mine was advertized as 300 lumens, more like 100-150 lumens. With a 14500 I am guessing it is 300 maybe even 400 lumens.

It was my first torch!! I got it for about $7!

Who is the real Mr smith? :)

The Real one lives 3 doors down from me!! lol!

If there are glass aspheric lenses, I wonder if they are cut and polished or only molded. I suppose the plastic ones are molded and that plastic can be formed that accurately by molding, but I think you could tell molded from polished glass by how clear it is as a magnifying glass. One usually can tell how a drinking glass was made by looking at it.

anyone knows this product? i wonder.is it fake,or…pressure switch for sipik sk68?? is it possible?
http://kiev.ko.olx.ua/obyavlenie/fonarik-sipik-sk68-c-vynosnoy-knopkoy-ID74wGX.html

That does look like a remote switch. The switch is in the tail cap that screws off, so it would be easy to make a remote replacement for it. People use remote switches for lights on guns and what not.

i got a version with xml u2…its brighter.and-i love it.from kaidomain.

Do you have the link? I don’t see the u2 version on their site??

-Jamie M.

sadly not available any more…sadly but i can ask morning for it.sure they have it.

I bought and gave away one of these http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Upgrade-800Lumens-9W-CREE-XM-L-T6-Mini-LED-Torch-Focus-Zoom-Flashlight-Free-Shipping/997633297.html . One might get the light and the XM-L for a little less than that price, but not by much. It loses some throw but puts out more total light.

here is it: http://www.kaidomain.com/product/details.S023854
take this,its brighter

Ahh, I thought it was XML2 :frowning: nevermind for that price.

-Jamie M.

there will be NO diffrence between them…its a driver for nimh also…i have changed the led for xml2…its no sense…few lumens.forget it:) extremly cheap this one…

I have purchased 4 Sipik clones from eBay in the past. All were very low quality. Just received the Sipik I purchased from Gearbest today. It seems to be a real Sipik SK68. Well made and brighter than all my clones. It is also a bit smaller in size. And has a real Q5. Unfortunately I paid a lot of money for it. It broke the bank. I used my Gearbest points to ease the pain a bit. $2.61 :slight_smile:

I’m also a fan of Sipik’s - can you please share the links? Both for fake ones and real?

I also used Sipik but i was not much happy with this rechargeable battery light.

This is the one I purchased that I liked: http://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_15289.html
Remember mine was cheaper because of Gearbest points.
No longer have any links to the ones I did not like.