Kudos to gearbest for solving my fake s2+ issue with ease, I don’t usually expect much from the CS of these Chinese stores but this time they worked things out really quick. :party:
For those who said “never buying from GB again” I suggest you to contact them first. Perhaps is not entirely their fault on sending out the fake convoys.
Gina just PM’d me this after I sent a picture of the packaging/light. The previous message asked if I wanted a refund to my GB wallet or a resend. I’m hoping I get the correct light shipped out to me, for free.
They offered a replacement with shipping costs included, but after the disappointment of this S2+ I went for the refund instead. My initial triple nichia project found a new host, this time it will be Quad Nichia 219C P60 dropin (modified brass sportac triple). Still waiting for the 219C to be widely available, and I’ll be using my last quad-XP DTP copper mcpcb.
It is exactly the same light I got from Gearbest but says UltraFire instead of Convoy. It has the same cheap driver spring, aluminum pill and rings. It doesn’t show the tail cap threads but I bet it’s just as crappy.
The DX one isn't as big an issue because it's 'UltraFire' branded, not Convoy. Everyone should suspect an UltraFire branded light because most are a dummy brand label, not to say all those are bad. At least now we know what's goin on, DX labels the tailswitch as aluminum too, so we know what it is and can avoid it, specially at that price.
I thought I was making some progress with GEARBEST through PayPal. I agreed to pay 2usd to cover the tracking fee for the resend of a REAL S2+. Well, I sent the $2 and now they want me to CLOSE my PayPal case before they send the tracking number and flashlight! I feel like a SUCKER for believing anything they say!
Yeah and I found the copy S2s are even worse than I thought: they have some burring of the aluminum on the inside of the tube on one, it will wear through the battery cover during usage…one has no o-ring under the lens and the third has a dent/tear in the inner portion of the reflector near the LED with a burr of metal sticking out…havent taken it apart to find out what is going on there…
Hah, have you seen the infamous Sipik SK-68? What about the Skyray King? How many different C8s are there, anyway?
We’re dealing with a veritable clone army. Sometimes the clones are even better than the original! But … well, most of the time it’s just a cheap imitation.
Well hindsight is 20/20, but its also very common that a bigger volume store buys a big quantity from the company and actually sells them at a lower price than the company…which seems to have actually happened here too till someone got greedy…