FREEME ✌ ASTROLUX FT03S SFH55 9300lm & FT03 SFT40 2200lm 1300m NarsilM v1.3 USB-C - ALIVE

[Overload]

Same here, backorder.I placed order on 13 feb

[pennzy]

Mine was ordered Feb 14. Is auto cancel next? I’m getting the feeling Banggood borrowed my money interest free for over a month for the second time in 2 months. First was a Convoy L2 on sale that never materialized. Chalked that one up to CNY.

[TomNMich]

Canceled 3 out of 4 of my last flashlight orders. L2, L6 and FT02. No stock or delays.

[wolfdog1226]

@Overload

Same here, backorder.I placed order on 13 feb

It is Back ordered[like mine is now] because they do NOT have the NW LED.

For years I stayed away from ALL CHINESE DEALERS…………Because of quality and Time to receive product. Now I order one and things have gotten even worse!! THANK GOD FOR MY 12 MODDED THROWERS which blow this light away,STILL NO EXCUSE in how BangBAD does business! :disappointed:

[pennzy]

Funny how some received email notices and others did not. Live chat says March 29 is the new expected shipping date.

[Tom_E]

Funny, I see no difference whatsoever between "Processing" for weeks and Back Order status - both mean they ain't got it right now, could have them tomorrow or next week, just not now. To me this good - CW's started to ship, just like they said they would first, exactly 7 days late, not too bad. I'm expecting the NW to ship possibly next week, maybe another week at the latest. This is how I read all this. It's good - things are moving.

[pennzy]

Can’t wait for the reports to start. Does Astrolux generally get it right on the first try.

[jojosupir]

Mine also on “back order”,ordered on feb 20th CW.I will try to keep away buying from banggood and astrolux after this.“They” should keep their promise and dont make false or unrealistic date to begin with.I dont mind if they said waiting for 2-3 months,but keep the date accurate and dont let buyers waiting. The good things is,we have many other company that produce quality budget light.

[akoposilester]

Mine says shipped. Ordered last Feb13. All cw.

[JasonWW]

You guys know about the new 3v XHP50.2, right? You could drop that in and get an extra lumen boost. I don’t have much use for real throwy lights, but a 50.2 might make for a better all around, general purpose light.

[oweban]

@JasonWW

You guys know about the new 3v XHP50.2, right? You could drop that in and get an extra lumen boost. I don’t have much use for real throwy lights, but a 50.2 might make for a better all around, general purpose light.

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Interesting that the PCBs are in Euros (at least on my phone) - will investigate later, always good to have someone local-ish (in Victoria, blah)

[JasonWW]

@P33

Regarding the battery, it’s pretty simple for me.
If you want to go budget - get Liitokala, there’s nothing wrong with them and they perform well above their price mark.
If you want to get the highest capacity go for Shockli 5,5Ah
If you want the best performance go for Golisi 4,3Ah but you sacriface a bit of capacity there.

Do be careful buying Liitokala 5000 black and Golisi 4300, there are fakes out there. Buy only from reputable stores.

[leftdisconnected]

I’ve had the light in my cart for a long time, but did not try to check out until recently. For the past few days, when I click “Check out with PayPal” it says “Sorry, sold out” and will not continue.

However, if I click “Proceed to Checkout” instead, the system lets me continue to check out normally. Does anyone know why? I can still choose PayPal as the payment method, so this behavior makes no sense.

I tried this on Chrome and Firefox, so it’s not a browser issue. Has anyone else experienced this?

Also, the checkout system often re-enables the $0.97 shipping insurance after I disable it, so watch out for that. That sounds like delivery extortion to me.

“That’s an awfully nice package you’ve got there. We wouldn’t want anything bad to happen to it in transit, now would we? I mean, valuable things like that tend to go missing, don’t they Veno?”

[JasonWW]

@oweban

@JasonWW

You guys know about the new 3v XHP50.2, right? You could drop that in and get an extra lumen boost. I don’t have much use for real throwy lights, but a 50.2 might make for a better all around, general purpose light.

Interesting that the PCBs are in Euros (at least on my phone) - will investigate later, always good to have someone local-ish (in Victoria, blah)

They are sold many places. They are spreading to stores all over the world.

[oweban]

Sorry, I meant on the cutter.com.au link - I realised that other items there were in AUD, but the 5400K were all showing in Euros.

[P33]

@JasonWW

@P33

Regarding the battery, it’s pretty simple for me.
If you want to go budget - get Liitokala, there’s nothing wrong with them and they perform well above their price mark.
If you want to get the highest capacity go for Shockli 5,5Ah
If you want the best performance go for Golisi 4,3Ah but you sacriface a bit of capacity there.

Do be careful buying Liitokala 5000 black and Golisi 4300, there are fakes out there. Buy only from reputable stores.

Is there any guide to how can we spot fakes? Amount of ‘official Liitokala stores’ on AE doesn’t make it easier either

[JasonWW]

@P33

@JasonWW

@P33

Regarding the battery, it’s pretty simple for me.
If you want to go budget - get Liitokala, there’s nothing wrong with them and they perform well above their price mark.
If you want to get the highest capacity go for Shockli 5,5Ah
If you want the best performance go for Golisi 4,3Ah but you sacriface a bit of capacity there.

Do be careful buying Liitokala 5000 black and Golisi 4300, there are fakes out there. Buy only from reputable stores.

Is there any guide to how can we spot fakes? Amount of ‘official Liitokala stores’ on AE doesn’t make it easier either

Not really. It’s unfortunate as Liitokala make a good battery.

I think International Outdoor, the company that makes the Emisar lights, were selling some black Liitokala with their D4S which should be legit.

Now a days I buy Aspire 4300 and Shockli 5500 from Illumn, Liionwholesale, MTN E and IMR Batteries. Anything from these 4 companies should be legit. Same for NKON. Banggood and Gearbest should be okay, but sometimes fakes slip in. Aliexpress and Ebay are very questionable. I don’t buy from them anymore. I believe there are a few legit sellers on Ebay, but I don’t remember who they are off hand.

[Valera_D]

With aliexpress already sent my order. I ordered a neutral shade.

[TheAuditor]

My NW has gone from processing to backorder. I will hang on in there, it looks like such a good light for the money.

[wolfdog1226]

@TheAuditor

My NW has gone from processing to backorder. I will hang on in there, it looks like such a good light for the money.

That happened to me and several others yesterday. With the exception of a few posts yesterday, I am putting this light out of mind!! I have no expectations to have it BEFORE My 59th Birthday on June 4th!!! :+1: