I order from DX for a long time, Focalprice and Priceangels too but they are less interresting.
Fasttech, Banggood, Tmart and other seems to be newer shop but they are more specialized in flashlight, which is good for us.
DX can take one week to process an order, just send it to post office. But as they are the oldest, I believe they have tons of orders.
Just to say that now I’m used to chinese website shipping time, shipping time vs price, I choose price.
One day I may try to order on Taobao, there is a thread here about taobao intermediary.
I’m just contemplating the same. I do have an XML2 on noctigon (which I’m going to dedome) and a copper pill ready for this light. I’m thinking of stacking a 7135 on 2 or 3 of the excisting 7135’s. Is this a smart thing to do?
Thanks to you guys I ordered the Convoy C8 XML2 T6-4C. Pretty excited since its my first LED flashlight.
I choose the standard free shipping and the website says it already shipped but I didn't get any tracking numbers. I'm guessing the free shipping for just the flashlight ($17.00) doesn't include tracking?
Does paying for the Air Mail Register option give tracking?
I know it can take awhile I've ordered from China 6 different times over the last year, just not from Banggood. Just wondering why I didn't get a tracking number?
Edit... I found the answer on their forum site. No tracking for anything under $25
I don’t really know how this happened, but mine is STILL in transit after ordering on 1/21. Get this—it ships from China to the US, landing in New York. “Nice,” I think to myself, “I’m in Pennsylvania, so surely it will be here soon!”
I just checked the tracking information, and it’s now in Puerto Rico…on its way back now.
Received mine today,……really nice light for $15.00! This is my first budget light purchase and it amazes me what you can get for very little money with the right information. I only have cheap Ultrafire batteries to try it with but it is still very bright. I have some Samsung 20R coming from Mountain Electronics that I hope will wake it up,…I also ordered a modified 5a XINTDV4 to compare it too.
if these are your 1st budget light purchases, you certainly have a much better start than I had. I bought a bunch of junk for quite a while before I started learning from these brainards here Problem is where do you go from here, and how costly is that gunna get…
assuming you’re in the U.S. how long did it take from time of order to receive your light?
Ordered on 2/10/14, shipped on 2/13/14, received on 2/18/14, Knoxville,TN. USA…I used the upgraded shipping options not sure which one but it was only a few dollars.
Got mine today. Very nice c8 host. Mine came with a lighty coated ar lens, didn’t look coated until I took it out to check the gitd lens rubber o ring. Much nicer stock host than any other c8 style I’ve seen.
Took 33 days to Canada. Dx shipped an order, placed a week after, that arrived in 2 weeks. (Dx usually takes forever)
Satisfied and will probably use banggood again… Maybe. Convoy is a great step up from the others.
Today I received my second flashlight, a “Super XINT D” @ 5a from Mountain Electronics and lets just say if you want to be happy with your Convoy C8 don’t compare it to Mountain Electronic’s modified XINT D, :bigsmile: …wow it is bright!!
I still like the Convoy for the price but it is as weak as water compared to my new light.