*3/13 Update the Review is in!* G700 "Chip In Fund"

I found this page interesting… its a directory listing of all of the infomercials they do for different markets…

http://tacticalsystemsmag.com/

Sorry I haven’t read all the the posts here, but it’s too bad that the G700 isn’t being compared to the Ultrafire E17 Simon is selling. That one is much more likely to have a real Cree XM-L. The Meco has a LatticeBright LED, so it’ll make the G700 look better than it really is.

kowshak, good find, th is makes it easer to track the names they are using, thanks.

tristan, you could be right, if we had only thought of this a little earlier in the process, the price is about the same so this would have been a better choice if the eco used has indeed LB in it.

If this is true, it could throw a little wrench into our plans. I sent a message to mhanlen about taking a look at the mcpcb, to see if it says LatticeBright or LB on it. Banggood lists it as a XML T6. So we will see.

EDIT: Mhanlen confirmed that the G700 IS a LatticeBright emitter, so hopefully the MECO is as well. He is going to double check.

Crisis averted :face_with_monocle:

Good grief. I hadn’t actually seen any of the crap ads for this piece of garbage, until I looked at the ones collected at the link above.
“How to stop a bear dead in its tracks” illustrated with picture of snarling Grizzly bear

It reminds me of a joke worth, er, improving.

How do you tell the species of bear from the bear poo in the woods?

Contains berries and vegetation: Black bear
Contains little bells and fragments of “700-type” flashlights and smells like pepper spray: Grizzly bear.

I’m afraid the real problem here is these “700” flashlight ads are pitched to convince illiterates, people who can’t or don’t read to find information.

Author Spider Robinson pointed out back in 1999, in a piece titled “Seduction of the Ignorant”

Keep making those video reviews, and remember — half the viewers are below average. Poor suckers are being ripped off totally.

Looking at the emitters close… the G700 definitely has a Latticebrite and the Meco looks to have the same. So it will be a fair comparison.

Sorry, I wish I had read this thread before the Meco light was ordered. The reason I know it is a LatticeBright is because I bought one awhile ago from Banggood and it was confirmed to be a LatticeBright on the “Fake Cree LED” thread.

Oh boy…… here is the latest flashlight “de jeur”. It is an X800 so we can be confident it is much better than the G700 model https://www.shadowhawkflashlights.com/ss1/index.php?AFID=12&SID=YH

Wow. They must hire those guys who write spam email to do their fake website reviews. “Sponsored by” indeed:

What did they change? Oh, the number “7” has been replaced by the number “8” in the white paint on the outside.
That’s, what, a 12.4 percent improvement in brightness?

While I’m sure the G800 is equally unimpressive as the G700, the G800 is a clone of the Ultrafire E26 which can take a 26650. The G700 is a clone of the Ultrafire E17 and is a 18650 light.

While many feel the build is better on the E26 (which I agree) the switch design is not a good as the E17. The omten 1217 switch will drop right in the E17.

Just to update everyone… I am working on this, although I’ve been a bit busy. This will be by next review, and I should be done with it early sometime next week. Sorry it’s taken a little longer than I’ve expected… but I’ve written the script for it and tested that crap battery that has come with it… It tests at 1600 mah and only wants to charge to 4.08v.

Thanks for the update!
Thorough work!
Can’t wait to see the video!

Thanks for the update mhanlen. I think I can speak for everyone here when I say that we’re all looking forward to the review. However, we all want the review to be 100% complete, so if that means that it will take extra time, I’m sure we all understand!

Yes + a lot

Update: My review should show up sometime a bit later today. Keep your eyes peeled! Or stay far, far away!

Ooh yes! Can’t wait we are about to eat so I will grab a tablet and hopefully watch it then!

The G700 review is in! Updated in the OP

Yea funny review!
Though when you said something in the order of “how to get info on good flashlights?” near the end, mhanlen, I did expected that to be followed by “browse to BLF and supscribe” not just “subscribe to my channel”
But eh you certainly have some moves bro :wink:

Where are they going now?

How about reviewing the cell & charger as well ?
I would be pretty sure that the cell would show up to be a used laptop pull & would imagine that the charger would prove to be less than ideal for charging 18650 Li-ions like most of the chargers supplied with these type of cells & zoomie lights.
Maybe get HKJ involved ?
The more bad press these rip off merchants get the better as far as I am concerned as they are making a massive amount of profit from unsuspecting buyers.
As the light can be bought individually for around $5 including shipping I would guess that bulk buying the light, cell & charger plus the crappy plastic box can”t be costing them more in total than maybe $10 ?

I have no idea where they’re going next. I do give BLF shoutouts in my reviews. If you Google Budget Light Forum, there’s a video of mine on page 1 in “all” and “videos.” Those are for lights put together by members here. I didn’t this time, but I do give BLF referrals.