Yes i bought the 14500 one woth the side switch. Doesnt turn on. I only had time to breifly check the wiring and everything looks good just no light.
I got a message back from the seller and he will send me the other light I wanted. Its an 18650 zoomie light with an xml at 20 million lumens. Cant go wrong with that Lol. I would be happy if it actually has an official cree led in it.
Anyone try this one? $2.94
http://m.ebay.com/orderDetails?itemId=151871275950&txnId=0
ust won a bunch of auctions for c8s for under $6 and a Bunch of wf-502b for under $4.
Any of the C8 that you bought accept 20mm LED stars with solid pills? The ones I found on Ebay seem only using hollow pills and accepting 18mm starts.
actually solid pill with shelf + two holes for pos+ and neg- leads on a 16mm star not 20 without flattening the shelf off the top. plenty of threading on it to make good contact with the body. glass lens. reverse clicky tailcap threaded most of the way to the back. came out of proper focus. used shims and brought it to near perfection. good little car light for $5.33 plus time tinkering with it.
The weirdest thing is it came from china in like 5 days. WTMF?
check out the honest lumens and the disassemble photos.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/331455918001?\_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Thanks. Looks like a good one. 16 mm is o.k. as long as it is solid pill. I may get one to try. Hope it will be the same as shown on the photo.
Gad, who are these people?
You can even get one with big red stars on the bezel, for your Party friends.
Just a few flashlights for sale among dozens and dozens of listings for women’s clothes.
Seems I’ve seen that exact same collection of items for sale under quite a few different company names recently, too.
That one at 2.94 is in the mail for me after the other one didnt work. Turns out that light with the side switch had a bad emitter. I swapped it out for a q5 I had laying around and it is a decent light. For some reason it had a charging port with no included charger. I have my own charger thank you. Lol
I just received from the mail. I ordered it by chance from ebay bidding for 1 cent plus $1.99 shipping. No one outbid me. I really don’t need it but paid for that anyway. I don’t know if this one is similar to yours. If it is, maybe you can answer two questions for me.
I have a light that is just like that with the way the led is placed in it. I pried out the zoomie glass lens after chipping the corner of it and once i got to the led it seemed i would have to destroy the ring holding the led. Im pretty sure it is a lattice bright so they hide it this way. I stopped trying to pry out the led for fear of destroying the light.
As far as the charging thing i wouldnt use it. No telling how its going to charge or damage your battery. Stick with whatever the charger you have.
Thanks. These were what I thought. I can take always out the ring hold the LED (by destroying it 
) and put a new one in if I really want to replace the LED. I probably won’t use the charging port as you said. I am afraid to damage the battery also.
Thanks anyway.
Im going to try to pry out that led because it is simply pathetic. If i destroy the light it will be for science.
I did something like that before on SK68 clones. You won’t destroy the LED. The only difficulty is to find a good way to put the retaining ring back or put a new one in to secure the LED nicely.
Not sure if this has been mentioned in this thread already:
UltraFire branded SK98 - $4.99
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sk98-Adjustable-Focus-Zoom-Cree-Xml-t6-Led-Waterproof-Flashlight-Torch-3-modes-/171986549926
Claims to be an XM-L T6, from a US-based seller. Not sure what to expect; hollow pill and LB-tastic cool-blue emitter? I’ll let you know in a few days! 
One’s on the way. Hate to be looking for the Q5, but I have a little zoomie in this price range that has a Q5 and is actually pretty good. I’m thinking better than LB, but I haven’t tried LB yet, I don’t think. Plus with the solid pill, it would be worth dropping a better emitter in.
Definitely let us know! I like the 68’S and 98’s
Maybe you could push out the led together with the silver disc from the backside. Usually the driver is only press-fitted too and can be easily removed. If it’s a hollow pill, take a screwdriver or similar and knock the LED towards the top to remove it. On my cheapos the “charging port” is directly connected to the cell. Don’t expect any charging controller or circuit. Very dangerous! The “chargers” that come with these lights are in the best case power adapters with 4.2V output, I got 5V adapters too, charging the cell to neverland.
I took out the retaining disk already by drilling a small hope on the side then pried it out. The disk damaged a little bit. However, through the lens on the front, it is hardly noticeable after putting back.
The LED is marked as an LB. By replacing it with an XP-G2 R5 that I bought from FT, the (LED) lumens increased from about 140 to 200 with 3 AAA (at 400mA). With 18650 it increased from about 220 to 500 (at 1A). All these numbers are from an uncalibrated IS, so only their relative values may be more meaningful.
Won auction for $3.84.
Half the brightness of my preon2. Very blue. Good build quality. Nice threading. Fits preon2 threads. Fits maratackAAA threads. Will drop a better emitter in there.
Check out this little Olight i3S clone for $3.69
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Mini-1000Lm-CREE-R5-LED-Flashlight-Pocket-Keychain-Handy-Lamp-Torch-Gold-US-/161867913789?hash=item25b0145a3d:g:LfUAAOSw~bFWKacD
Besides the knurling on the head, and i suspect a little smaller reflector & only 1 mode driver, it looks very similar.
I am betting they are using the same pill design, so if they are crap i hope to be able to reuse the pill for my i3S.