Deal Alert: 5 mode SK68 clone - $2.18 USD (expired)

I received mine!
The zooming part was dry, I didn’t took it appart but I think there is no O ring to smooth that.
But the tailcap thread was greased.

i have payment today i see nothing but we have the time…

Received my 2 lights today. The beam in foold mode is on the wider side. One has metal zooming ring and horrible feeling when zooming. Other has the lens scratched on the inner side, zooms a bit past the perfect focus and have problems zooming if the pill fully tightened, I needed to unscrew it a bit (about 1/6 turn) to make it zoom smoothly. Overall an average SK68 clone - not bad, but not better than any others either.

Received mine today … good deal for the price.

glowz, are you in USA?

Am up north :wink: ……………………………………………….in Canada

Mine only took about 4 weeks (which 4 days to 4 months really doesnt matter to me long as I get what I paid for or a refund), Im happy for such a quality $2 box. Opened immediately after receiving from mailbox, tossed the light in the trash and put the awesome box in my trophy cabinet! Cant wait for the next deal! Thanks OP.

Got one of mine. Still one to go. Lens has scratches, horrible ringy beam, zoom is really loose and zooms past focus. All in all for 2$ it is a pretty good deal. Gonna gift these for nonflashaholics.

WOW. This clone really shines when I swapped with a red XP-E! A small package that runs on my eneloop AA, which I can easily velcro it to my bike. I do not have to buy another 14500, solely for this flash!


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Mine came in a plain box though & no branding on light!
My other SK68 clone has two o-rings, one by the front and the other by the tail cap. O-ring by the front is “missing” on this one.
All in all, it is still a pretty good deal

Mine arrived today in a wite plain box. Not,a bad clone. No sharp edges, smooth threads, brighter than my other clones, and the best clip I’ve seen. On the other hand, the tint is cooler than other samples I have, the beam is a bit narrower in flood mode, and the throw is a bit de-focused.
I’ll be happy just replacing the driver in a non hollow pill with a warmer emitter

Mine arrived as well, disappointing that I didn’t get the super fancy box. :stuck_out_tongue:

Mine is more neutral with a hint of green unfortunately, not brighter than my other sk68’s, and next mode memory (presumably fixable with a quick line of pencil lead).

Everything else is great though. I too have one with a nice clip, comparing it to my others it’s a purty matte black with smooth/rounded edges instead of the flat cheap metal feeling ones. 3 modes or 5 if you count the zoom in/out :stuck_out_tongue: . Tailcap clicky doesn’t stick out too far to tailstand, and the lens doesn’t stick out too far to headstand. O-ring instead of the steel wire that some come with for the zoom friction so it’s smooth zooming instead of the obnoxious grinding.

Emitter is a bit of a letdown, but it’s $2.

came today. Very happy with mine. As nice as any Sipik clone I have purchased, cosmetically anyway. Question for the electronic gurus: I put a Trustfire Flame, 900mA, in it and did an amp reading on high. Came out .75 Put that same cell in another Sipik clone I have, but one mode only, and took a reading. Came out 1.35 What do those results say?
Don’t like waiting 30 days for arrival but happy with this light, especially at that price. Would buy 20 if I could, gift em.

(Kinfire brand)

I also received the Kinfire 3-mode version today. .75-.8A on high, readings are pretty close to my XPG2-modded HWA/WYS Ultrafire on a couple different cells I grabbed. At a quick glance it looks like an XPE2 daylight with no real tint leanings toward blue or green. Appears easily brighter than than the XPG2 using the same cells (die image is noticeably smaller, as expected). I wish I had an IMR 14500 to see if either would draw higher current but since the flame has drawn higher in other lights I suspect this is the driver limit at whatever voltage these cells were at.

[EDIT: The XPG2 kills the XPE2 for general use with a fully charged TF flame. Current draw jumped to 1.45A before heat sinking with 4.2v TF flame. The Kinfire did not draw any more after both cells were charged. Outside the surface brightness is much closer with a slight edge to the XPE2 but with so many more lumens from the XPG2 the modded Ultrafire kills the stock XPE2 emitter in almost every useful throw situation of any moderate distance. A driver change would bring potentially substantial improvement in throw, with a loss of run time and AA compatibility.]

Quality appearance is the best of the half dozen different SK68 samples I’ve seen, each from a different vendor. You guys aren’t kidding about the box - easily the best quality box I’ve gotten from overseas with a cheap light - not crushed and barely dented; the envelope also was slightly better than the typical bubble mailer. Anybody seeing these at this price again please PM me so I don’t miss out!

For those concerned about rings, try putting some black electric tape on the silver surfaces under the lens to see the impact. In normal use I’m not usually distracted by them and don’t mess with it since I mostly give them away.

Still have not received my faucet light that I ordered a week or so earlier …

glad to hear these are tricklin' in to the usa.

I've already marked Feb 22 as PP Dispute day.

8 days to go.

Man, talk bout slow delivery...

Got 2, waiting on 2 more. Plain white box, unbranded and no O-ring on sliding part.

Hi Patrick,

Your flashlight looks exactly as mine.

I did not use thermal paste as it is an empty pill design. Note, the plastic retaining ring is a pain in the ass to remove.

Flashlight remains relatively cool(+5 degree room temp) after 5mins. High ~1.2A, Lo~0.5A with Ni-Mh.

Total bummer they didn’t have more kinfire stock. Jelly I didn’t get that box.

KINFIRE comes with 2 O-rings. myLED did claim that they have “thousands” of order for this deal. Sadly, do not expect all of the clones are of the same batch and grade.

Got mine in, cheapy white box clone..no worries...for $2~ who cares...gonna mod it up a bit