I just bought 6 of these 3 mode guys. http://www.ebay.com/itm/221613359492 They took one week to ship. I’ve been out of flashaholic buying for a while. Less than $5.00 used to be a deal. $3.79 made me get a few for gifts. Did I do ok, or is this the new average price for SK68?
- Joe
1200 lumen Q5...
:D
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:evil:
These will make good gifts for non-flashaholics (aka muggles)
No way in hell they are 1200 lumen anything (maybe a typo with an extra 0 
)…you might get 100~lumens, possibly 200~ running on 14500 Li Ion, but on AA that people will use you get approx 100~ lumens.
These are good enough flashlights…at that price you did very well
They are 3 mode, next mode memory, if you want you can open em up, and put pencil lead across the capacitor letting it timeout back to high in about 5-10 seconds…
As a way of comparison, last month I ordered 10 silver one-mode SK68 clones off Amazon for $3.33 each. This same ad is now up around $4.50 give or take. So $3.79 is a good price for a three-mode.
As noted, the 1200 is a number they pulled out of the air. These lights used to be advertised as 250-300 lumens. I figure on a good AA you’ll get 80-100 and on a good 14500 you’ll get between 200-300 which is actually more than fine. An SK68 loaded with AA is more than most folks actually need and is brighter than a 5D cell maglight if using an incandescent bulb. So it makes for a very nice gift, which is why I purchased so many.
I’d say you got a fair to great deal 
make sure there is some thermal paste under the star..... especially if someone is going to use 14500 batteries!
Agree. I have purchased many of these, and most at a greater price. They will make great gifts for the non flashaholic.
Jerry
I wonder if it is a hollow pill or not? Both the SK98’s I just got had hollow pills.
they are good lights for the money - i have 3 or 4 myself
ok, then you need a lot of paste ;)
Nah…those are only 400 lumen. Why get the 400 lumen ones when you can get the 1200 lumens for a buck more :bigsmile:
Actually that’s the cheapest I’ve ever seen for a 3-mode SK68. I noted this on the ad:
they used to call me the crazy bargain hunter ;)
Gotta go with the REAL XML Q5 400 lumen. ;)
I figured what the heck, so I made an order on the $2.52 SK68. At the least it’s a cheap host to play around with since I’ve been getting into modding.
Noted the seller had 90 negative out of 9K positive but none of the negative involved these lights.
so at least you could be the first one :D
I’ll get back with you in a month or two when they finally arrive 
(Still waiting on the SK68’s I ordered on Amazon from Jan 25)
Thanks for the link Chibi !!
Picked up a couple more of these for my newby giveaways..