Today I had a nice little package in the mail
Two of these black 980L clones from ebay vikicompany (Buy In Coins was on the package label)
These two are nice than my first bronze clone.
The bodies are almost identical to the original 980L
Alloy bezels instead of stainless, but I expected that
No springs on drivers unlike another someone got that broke off
Brighter than my bronze clone
Threads lubed, good O rings
Tail-stand ok.
Decent lanyards if you like that sort of thing
Nice feel to the switch
Nicer beams and tighter hotspot too. No bad rings or artefacts. There is a minute dot not as bright in the centre of the beam, you can only see it when you move the light. I doubt it will be visible in use. One in particular has a smaller smaller and brighter hotspot than the other. That one has a tighter beam than my original and it looks to be brighter too. The colour is whiter than my 980L, which has a nice warm tint.
Al in all, I am very happy with these two lights. They are much nicer than the other clone I have and I think they are 95% or more of the original 980L
