Their new site sucks. It looks fine but the search does not work in Firefox and only works occasionally in IE.
Worst of all their prices have gome haywire. The KD C8 is down to $17 but the Trustfire R5-A3 which was $16 last week is now $24 yes $24 !!! There is a significant hike in quite a few other prices too, about 12%.
I think it is just meant as a backup, I don't think that you can still order from that site. Even the product ID's seem to have changed... what a mess.
Crazy. Trustfire R5-A3 still shows as $16 on the old site and will let you add to cart but not pay. New site, same light $24. Personally I don't like paying $8 for the privilege of using a new site that doesn't work properly in Firefox......
I have an older computer/operating system and that is an issue for some sites but KD has always been a tough site for my computer. I've ordered twice there I think (years ago) and I haven't gone back just because it was slow and usually ended up with my computer crashing.
I placed one order which I eventually received but it never showed up in the order system. I emailed them and they essentially said don't worry about it, that's somewhat normal and your order will arrive...and it did but I've stayed away since then.
If they are now worse and their prices have gone up I will definitely not be tempted to go back.
DX is the only site that has even half way decent search, useful pictures and descriptions. If it weren't for the folks on this forum, I would not take the chance of purchasing at KD. Web sites, how hard can they be?
I NEVER would have purchased from a place like KD if not for the testimonies and feedback from this site. It's amazing how comfortable you get once you get sucked into the world of flashlights :P
Hope you didn't take them all! I would love one at that price but I have a feeler out. You know, if it's too good to be true...... WHY would they just discount them by $8 when some said the other prices were going UP? I hope it's legit.
U serious? Opera is the only one I use. Have that in tabletop, laptop and every cell phone in the family. Wouldn't take anything else.
To subject; I just had to order that C8 for the crazy price. Oldbob and some others have waved the C8 flag for some time now and as I don't have any C8 format light, I figured it's time to jump to that bandwagon. And if I get a lemon, the emitter by itself is worth of a tenner or so, so no big loss.
+1 on Opera. It's the one I regularly use. I sometimes use Firefox for a couple of sites I found greasemonkey and scripts indispensable. Other than that Opera exclusively. To each his own I guess.
In the main it is because I use a very large number of FF extensions, several that I find totally indispensable. I don't even upg to the next FF each time until most of the extensions have also been upg'd to work with it. So whenever I use Opera I find it aggravating that I effectively have to do so very much by longer routes.
I guess if I were new to browsers and did not use such a range of extensions I might feel differently.