Heck of a chunky pill for an AA/14500 light. (See Post 11 first !!!)

It's the Cyberport 888 technology that everyone is talking about!

This Romisen is a big disappointment, at least for me.

Regarding the 'chunky pill', I'm really not sure if this was supposed to be a joke and my irony detector needs some adjusting or not. Because this pill is almost as 'chunky' (read: tiny and lightweight!) as that of a black cat or tank007-703. And it's not even pressed in, it just sits there. Well, there is a small ring adding a tiny bit of pressure (the ring which connects the body to the driver), but it still hasn't got enough tight contact to other metal. I'm sure running it with 1A+ wil hurt the led over time. XM-L? Forget it.

That insulator disc is supposed to be this way btw. The pill design isn't bad per se, it works flawlessly, but it totally lacks heat transfer capabilities.

It has a fwd clicky which feels totally stupid in combination with the hi-med-strobe next mode memory driver. More precise: I hate it.

I (accidently) turned mine into a 1-mode while trying to mod the (pic12*-based) driver. It's ok now but I'd prefer the R5-A3 anytime, the latter is noticably brighter, too.

Threads feel good. Ah, I almost forgot: Not threads but thread: switch and tailcap are G-L-U-E-D! :/

@VFMaddict: Maybe add Romisen RC-R5 to the thread title?

thanks for the insight , sounds like junk to avoid

Like I wrote in the other thread: It's another shitty FAKE not by SZ Romisen Electronic Factory.

I had doubts about your Romisen fake theories before and at least this time I know it's not true. This model (and my copy) is verified genuine Romisen. I contacted Romisen before buying it off KD, they sent me photos (of the inside too) and told me it is 100% genuine.

Also forward clickies are extremely hard to find in china factories (as said by DX who tried to supply them) and wouldn't be used in a cheap fake.

So, original Romisen @KD and fake @ebay?

And your theory is that Romisen are making lower quality models that they don't sell themselves but let other companies sell? Doesn't make much sense.

I don't buy it because I don't see it on the official Romisen site. On top of that why would they copy a Trustfire and make a cheaper crappy copy of it, it doesn't make sense to me at all.

http://www.szromisen.com/zh-en/product_class.asp?page=4

Wait so you're still thinking it's a fake even though it clearly isn't by their own words? You're rather trusting a website that says "News: NO NEWS" since 2011-1-18?

Their site lacks all newer models like RC-23, RC-U8 and RC-39 btw.

Checked that website. Those guys seem a little fake

When I saw this photo I instantly said it's a photo taken with a camera of a monitor.Then I saw the mouse cursor.

Haha, that picture is funny. I've always been thinking their building logo is ps'ed, too: http://www.szromisen.com/liko/Image/001/2010111616374487613.gif

That probably only means they built their site erm .. in a hurry lol.

What do you expect, they're a machine shop/factory, not web designers.

I'm surprised phlowcus got a reply. I asked about some lights on ebay once and didn't get one.

You don't have to be a web designer to post a real photo, or to take one. Actually the photos were already taken, since there are photos are of computer monitors. Funny indeed. Maybe it was cheaper this way :)

But the photos are real. You can see romisen lights in them. Maybe they didn't know how to do proper image resize. LOL.

Probably.

They've taken that photo with BenQ DC 740, a 7 MP camera. But it can also take photos at 1024X768, exactly like the images I've posted.

Well :) they don't know how to resize a photo, but they can work with ASP.

Really? I can only see a bunch of SuperFires...

I stand corrected, sir. The "flame" part actually really looked the bottom of the "R" in the romisen logo w/ the blurry pic.

By who's words? I assume you didn't use the email address on szromisen.com

I know how to contact a company, thanks for assuming the opposite.

So on Alibaba or in your fantasy, whatever.

The conclusion is still that either these crappy lights are fake or Romisen (Mingxing Dongli Electronic Co., Ltd.) the whole company is in fact now a "fake", mostly copying Ultrafire and Trustfire designs using substandard parts. If I gave a crap I would have checked it out when i was at Romisen a few weeks ago but I had far more interesting things to do than checking for some lousy fake flashlights, maybe next time.