Hey y’all ive been a lurker here at BLF for a while now but just saw this kickstarter thats trying to sell a knockoff chinese usb flashlight charger for $120 let me know what you guys think: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/prizmlite/zerohour-modular-tactical-battery-backup-flashligh
i remember reading reviews on them on BLF before but can’t remember where they went.
Chinese version: http://kaidomain.com/product/Details.S022116
Welcome Gt12 !
Good find.
Looks like they’re trying to sell a $50 light/USB charger for $120.
Caveat Emptor.
From the comments section in the kickstarter, Jacob H points out these reviews:
https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/8298
and
https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/7821
and other places.
It may be that it will be a premium quality light, it would be nice if they submitted a sample for review to one of the senior reviewers here.
XM-L U3 on a cheap mcpcb. Is that the revolutionary or tactical part?
$120?
I wouldnt pay $12 for this thing
It may be, but I seriously doubt it. It's poorly designed, and still comes from China.
It looks the same but I don’t see this unique feature listed anywhere…
“Remove the internals and batteries from the body tube and ZEROHOUR becomes a nearly indestructible capsule to keep your valuables dry and protected. Use the case to store matches, keys, lighters, money, make-up, first aid, and other small items.”
That’s truly revolutionary stuff right there, maybe I should look into modding some of my lights to add this capability…hah! 
Oh and they forgot to mention that you can also turn your flashlight into an emergency water bottle thanks to it’s double o-ring technology…
looking good and price is acceptable 
Wow. Someone pledged $1000+ for a 24k gold plated one. Unreal.
I’m actually interested in this light. Seems like a good, multipurpose platform. Are there any other links for this style of light. The KD links are dead…
Edit: links are working.
It’s probably the company itself that pledged that amount. Many crowd funded projects do this to promote itself.
Thanks for sharing this Gt12 and welcome to BLF!
Seems like Jacob H is doing a good job:
What Jacob wrote:
It already says 'kickstarter' right there in the thread title, no need to be redundant. :lol: :lol:
It sure looks like and usb device from intl-outdoors design. I have reported that to kickstarter, now we see what happens.
Kickstarter likely won’t do anything. They have been slow taking down even verifiable fraud.
Its a shame, there are some good projects but kickstarter harms itself by allowing junk & straight up fraud even.
Let users vote on projects. With options for fraud, existing design and submitting links or other proof. Weigh votes based on users rep.
Of course if junk projects can scam people into funding them… kickstarter gets a cut.
More uses:
1) Coffee cup.
2) Water trough for small animals (hamster, joe pesci, etc.).
3) Guacamole dip container.
If you spend some time to look around, you’ll notice a lot of the items are nothing special. Just some good marketing and uninformed backers.
Welcome to BLF, Gt12! :party:
It is a nice idea and ZeroHour sounds cool for this kind of product. It looks like it is possible to charge the cells in the caddy which is probably safer than charging in the flashlight body. Most users will probably not think about venting when using a flashlight as a portable power source. I wonder which is weakest, charger side or lens side.
selfbuilt has released a great detailed review on the zerohour flashlight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5XQ7nGZcCA
And you are probably the CoFounder trying to redirect business your way…
http://www.linkedin.com/in/racinghart
Why not be honest and introduce yourself properly as a manufacturer to the forum???