Aloha and welcome to BLF JAS! Not too bad a light for the price but I have too many 1*AA lights already but......maybe just 1 more........noooooo.........got......to.......prevent.......
The later looks good on spec and looks like it may well take AA li-Ion and who knows if we throw up one more of the middle bezel, we can feed two AAs :bigsmile: . I have taken few questions to the seller and let see how it goes.
From the picture, the first one looks similar to the OP ebay light so may well have an OSRAM.
@fishinfool : Comeon, You can do it...Just one more time....
Just bought this for $5.49 on Meritline: http://www.meritline.com/focus-zoom-lens-flashlight-light---p-44807.aspx Seems to have the yellow warning triangle of the Sipik, but is not marked as such. They all seem so similar anyway, it's hard for me to tell which is which. Guess I'll see when it arrives.
Understood - I’m fully expecting Osram and 1 mode. I guess the led type is the main difference between the Meritline/ebay and others? Their appearances are all very similar to me.
midieval10 - you're quite welcome. I figured, for $5 and change for an Osram, how bad could it be? I have an RC-29, impressive light for $14, but following the hopeful "90/30" rule for budget lights (90% of the performance for 30% of the cost) I thought maybe (just maybe) I'll like this super-budget zoom.
sb - I saw that one too, very inexpensive. I just wish they would give more clues about the led type.
I strongly suspect it is an OSRAM like these other ones. Notice that they claim output of 100 lumens for 1 hour, which is exactly what these OSRAM zoomers are giving.
They really did some nice photography of this one, especially for a cheapie. Frankly, the design is hideous, but it looks rather high quality for the price. Disassembles on both ends.
Good news with that $5.49 "Sipik copy" on sale from Meritline - it's a Sipik w/Osram. Seems like a nice, solid build. Brightness on flood (evaluated with ceiling bounce) is somewhere in between medium and high on my iTP A3, perhaps 60 lumens? Nice focus on the throw, although not as bright in this condition. Good buy.
Nine days from HK to my front door in the US is a record. Also picked up one of their 11-led lanterns http://www.meritline.com/11led-adjustable-camping-light-lantern-946---p-35838.aspx on sale w/coupon for $2.30 and I must say I am very impressed with this little lantern. Not the prettiest beam pattern, but who cares - it's an emergency light. It's almost as bright as my Cree River Rock lantern (not as bright, but not far off).