*CANCELLED* - [REQUEST] 4 European members to pass-around experience: Wuben TO50R

[MascaratumB]

@clemence

I REALLY like this light. It has minor yet critical flaws here and there that can easily improved by the manufacturer. It’s a very good flashlight but it has to be better for EU150. It’s not going to sell easily at that price point. I almost did a voluntarily review just because I want to share my satisfaction but my friend borrowed and use it constantly for his work.
Why don’t you just do the review yourself Mascaratum?

[Clemence]

Thanks for the input Clemence!
Actually, now that you talk about those flaws, I went to search for any review here on BLF and, strangely, there is none! Only the Feeler thread (Feeler thread / sneak preview: Wuben TO50R HC ("The Flashlight")) and the GB thread (Group Buy: Wuben TO50R HC ("The Flashlight") - 90+CRI, 2500+lm, EDC - CLOSED!) have that information. None of those who bought the flashlight did one to show what it was like and if it was worth buying “post” GB… :zipper_mouth_face:

About the price, only yesterday when asked by Nev, I had the real notion of the current price on that, because the price I had from before was from the GB and it was way below.

If Wuben sends the light for review, I will do it, and I would do it also in the pass-around experience. But that decision is not up to me. I’m not sure it they will send a flashlight that expensive for just 1 amateur reviewer like me that doesn’t even have the ability to make elaborate tests, only some photos and…a lot of text

Also, I guess their idea was to “save” some lights (money?) and putting one to pass around by different members. But this beyond my factual knowledge

@Yokiamy

What Clemence said, it has to be very good for 150€, even the GT was cheaper with the groupbuy.

Did we forget where the B stands for in BLF?

I guess we didn’t forget that Yokiamy! Perhaps the “budget” experience in this case has more to do with the shipping itself (and the work done for the review, paperwork, etc) than with the flashlight value! And I do agree with that having to pay for work is not a kind situation, specially without any kind of further “gratification”.

About the BLF GT, it was cheaper on its GB, as the GB for this TO50R was cheaper too, about a third of the MAP (current) price.

@djozz

BLF has over the (few) years of its existence become more than a refuge for a bunch of budgetlightlovers who got scared away by CPF. There is also non-budgetlight lovers now who still got scared away by CPF :party:

But seriously I think that in the meantime the majority of members did not come here via CPF, and they come here for all sorts of things, like the testing and innovation that is going on, and the BLF-specials, not just for cheap flashlights.

I guess that independently the place were we started, we all are, in some way, budget and non budget lovers! I am both, and sometimes I don’t even like it if it is for free

I’ve seen here pretty expensive lights and collections that would probably make members from other forums (I avoid talking about CPF, it doesn’t matter to me how it works, I just love BLF :heart_eyes: ) blush!

Again, maybe this experience of passing around was not so much budget in case we have to pay for shipping and get nothing in the end. It is an idea that may not fit this forum, or even that may not appropriated for this light, but it “had” to be tried. Let’s see where it ends!

@CRX

Yeah, BudgetLightForum doesn’t sound very inclusive to people who like mid to higher priced lights.
It’s a nice idea but the shipping is not so good for everyone involved to pay.

Damn, I wish I had some very expensive lights along with my Sofirn C01 and FW3A, just for the sake of having them and playing around once in a while But it doesn’t happen :zipper_mouth_face:

I will not beat the dead horse, and I will agree again, shipping is not be the best solution! I will check what Wuben says about this!