Long time lurker and finally registered. Read many positive reviews on the small Olight I3E. Olight themselves and on ebay dont ship to the netherlands (UK only) and over here this USD 9.99 flashlight is sold for EUR 20-30 which is a little steep.
Any recommended international sellers that ship this to the EU/Netherlands for a decent price?
You can try : Militaria.pl
Well, the i3E is very light weight and very small and not expensive, but other than that, it’s not really special.
Only one mode (ON), rather loose treads for the head, no pocket clip, lousy thermal path from LED to body.
There are better options out there, unless you want it to be very light weight and small.
But you can find them from various Chinese vendors (Banggood, Gearbest, sometimes Aliexpress), or less cheap from Dutch shops (Zaklampen.nl Ledscherp.nl)
Thanks for that! I really want something very small. Now have a Hugsby AA and AAA and this looks to be almost 50% smaller. Don’t need modes, really want something I can carry without getting bulky pockets. Will order right away!
I have the shiny silver one (sold out at FT).
I added this pocket clip:
http://kaidomain.com/Flashlight-DIY-and-Tools/Flashlight-Accessories/S026372-DIY-34_5mm-x-12_2mm-Stainless-Steel-LED-Flashlight-Pocket-Clip-Silver
Haven’t ordered yet. Tried the polish side but shipping to the netherlands is 45PLN. Then tried Fasttech, it says worldwide free shipping, but when checking out thats not possible because a battery is included - shipping is 4.89 (nearly 50% of the light). Maybe I should just get over that but it annoys me that the article says “worldwide free shipping”, and then you get a fee added.
Found the item on eBay but they store names all have Olight with small variations - are these fake stores?
olight_direct https://www.ebay.de/itm/Olight-I3E-EOS-LED-Mini-Schlusselanhanger-Taschenlampe-90-Lumens-AAA-Schwarz-DE-/162318488865
olightdirect https://www.ebay.de/itm/Olight-I3E-EOS-LED-Mini-AAA-Schlusselanhanger-EDC-Taschenlampe-90-Lumens-Schwarz-/122290141817
There is the german store
Won’t say they’re fake but both “Olight direct stores” could be one and the same. Both don’t ship to NL.
Don’t know what happens when things go wrong, AKA you need service.
Probably the direct sellers won’t respond. And HQ gives you the run-around.
If you don’t mind a bit of risc, go to the cheapest big (Ali, BG, FT, GB) seller and wait three weeks.
If not, find yourself a NL webshop. And pay a bit more.
Even better, go to a webshop that allows you to collect the things you buy (Ledscherp, NKON).
Or wait for the sales, and buy a better light for about the same price. Like this one.
Everybody wants it good, fast, and cheap. But you are lucky when you get two out of three.
I got mine from FT some time ago, but i think they didn’t include the battery.
So it was free shipping.
Maybe you can contact them.
Your ebay links say “Kein Versand nach Niederlande”…
Found this on ebay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Olight-I3E-EOS-EDC-Key-Ring-LED-Keychain-Flashlight-90-120LM-5-Years-Warranty/222868524782
free shipping from Israel.
The black one is cheapest.
Jaspov you have a PM
Thanks everyone for all the great suggestions. Really appreciate all the help and didnt expect this amount of suggestions (especially as a noob here).
I mailed Fasttech if they can skip the battery, would be the best/cheapest option and no risk of getting a fake. No reply yet but will give it some more time, as its weekend and possible time differences.
As pointed out above some German sellers don’t ship to the Netherlands but I have some German friends who could bring it over.
nkon.nl has olights aswell.