I stopped by Home Depot yesterday and saw they have their Black Friday displays setup (specifically the area up front near the registers with a few rows of items which are mostly "seasonal" items only available through Christmas). Remember last years twin pack of XP-C's for about $8? Well this year there is a similar twin pack, but the lights look even higher quality. I think the package said 100 lumens. They are still 3AAA. They were somewhere around $9.88 for the twin pack. Not sure which emitter is used, but it looks like a Cree and it looks really tiny. Check 'em out if your're in or near Home Depot (esp. before they are all nabbed up during Black Friday!). Sorry I didn't get any photos.
i got the twin pack of defiant headlamps for the same price, looks like the same led, xb-d? they work real good, thye are not super high quality but are pretty bright and have 1w led’s for low mode. definately worth the money. it outshines my coleman headlamps
I couldn’t resist the headlamps either. I agree on the quality of constrution and finding the on button without looking can be a challenge. But I took one into a large, dark aircraft hangar and was happy with the amount of light it provided.
I finally got over to HD and picked up a couple packs of the Defiant 3xAAA lights. They are an easy mod and I sell them around here for $20-$25 each after modding. They are fairly good quality lights.
I also saw the Coast G20 for the same price and got a couple of them, to put Nichias in. I like that style light, for a pocket light.
I too picked up the Defiant 3C XM-L on Sunday and there were still quite a few in stock. (I missed out on the Defiant 100 lumen headlamps though.) I'm going to post a bunch of pics of the 3C XM-L in this thread. It's a really impressive light on alkalines! Not bad at all for $19.88 of the shelf and consumer-friendly.
I also picked up one of the 3C Defiants. I agree that this one is a GREAT deal. You would certainly pay ALOT more for a 550 lumen XM-L light from most other places.