I just realized I have accumulated $175 worth of DX points. However I have no idea what to use it on. I thought about getting a Trustfire X6 to play with. What are your suggestions?
LOL, I work in a small electronics storefront and we have started carrying a couple flashlights. So add that to my personal orders and it adds up quick.
It seems a hassle to use them. Unlike manafont where you just click a box. Note 10 points = 1 usd. You get one point for every 10 usd you spend. To get $175 you would have to spend 17.5 K are you sure you have $175 in points.
These "points" reward systems are inevitably a con job used to encourage the gullible to return to the store (of any colour, not just DX).
As someone else has said, it works out to a mere 1% discount in the long term. Why would you bother? I could do a lot better arguing the toss for a better discount at another store, and without all the silly DX hassle and 60-day waiting period.
And sorry; I can't seriously accept that somebody has really spent $17,500 at DX. I doubt that I'd spend that on electronic gadgets in a lifetime LOL.
To actually answer the OP's question, the FandyFire STL-V6 is supposedly nice, but perhaps you can help the forum out by getting some new-ish stuff that other people are curious about:
I think its possible, counted my purchase from deal extreme alone and already spent more than 600USD. I cant believe it myself since also purchased a lot from kaidomain, ebay, hkequipment, 4sevens etc.
Yep... I did see that: I did the maths then too and thought, gee, that's a lot of turnover particularly for a "small" store. Like selling 350 budget flashlights (say @ 50 bucks ea) over relatively short time span... we have "started" carrying a "couple" of flashlights.
If the OP is looking at the X6 SST90 as a goer, then my only comment would be that I try and avoid torches with odd numbers of cells, simply because I'm a piker—LOL—and you'd have to buy—in this case—2 sets of 18650s to keep 'em matched with one set on charge and one in use. IE, 6 cells versus 4 cells = $30 less.
Which is one of the reasons I bought the Trustfire SST50 with 2x 18650s @ less than 100 bucks. IMHO the SST90s aren't generally worth the additional cost over the SST50s, unless you have a very specific need that requires the extra throw.