These are decent enough lights, although they come nowhere close to 2000 Lumen. The strobe feature is kind of annoying. The zoom works well, and I think they're worth the $12. But I wouldn't pay more than that.
Remember to buy the correct batteries, though. These use the larger 18500 type batteries (which is how they achieve a higher power output). Since this comes with the charger, you just need 2-4 rechargable 18500 batteries. Get the button top ones that have overvoltage protection.
#5: The whole package should included
1) Flash light itself
2) Batteries ( 2 preferred)
3) Battery Charger
4) AAA battery adapter.
The lower the price - normally means they miss more parts. Like this Deal Ben posted: Battery/charger/adapter is not included.. You can go buy them separately but you can figure the cost. and weight it to see if it is a deal.
1) They take an 18650 cell not 18500. The spring might be long enough to accept a 18500 but I don't see the point of getting the lower capacity battery over a 18650.
2) There are no counterfeits, all are a made up name and come from the same few factories except that often these generic lights, including ultrafire, are clones of a major brand's design to some extent, but they don't misrepresent that they're the major brand and seldom if ever have the same brightness or quality, but are priced much lower.
However quality control and machining precision can vary from one batch to the next, but it's always the case with generics that you may have to disassemble and clean them, or the threading may be a little better on one than another. None of them seem to have very long lifespans (# of cycles or hours runtime) but if you don't use it often then it may take years for a problem to surface.
3) It may be better that they not include batteries because the batteries would usually be low quality generics. Get some decent Sony, Panasonic, etc. 18650 cells from a reputable supplier because those are sometimes counterfeit on (3rd party sellers) or
Personally I'd never want to use 3 x AAA cells. It's fiddly to have the fragile cartridge, not so easy to load or unload it in the dark, and that's an odd # of cells with lower total capacity. Once you get larger than a 1 x AA or 1 x CR123 sized light you're better off with 1 x 18650 or 2 x AA.
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Remember to buy the correct batteries, though. These use the larger 18500 type batteries (which is how they achieve a higher power output). Since this comes with the charger, you just need 2-4 rechargable 18500 batteries. Get the button top ones that have overvoltage protection.
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1) Flash light itself
2) Batteries ( 2 preferred)
3) Battery Charger
4) AAA battery adapter.
The lower the price - normally means they miss more parts. Like this Deal Ben posted: Battery/charger/adapter is not included.. You can go buy them separately but you can figure the cost. and weight it to see if it is a deal.
2) There are no counterfeits, all are a made up name and come from the same few factories except that often these generic lights, including ultrafire, are clones of a major brand's design to some extent, but they don't misrepresent that they're the major brand and seldom if ever have the same brightness or quality, but are priced much lower.
However quality control and machining precision can vary from one batch to the next, but it's always the case with generics that you may have to disassemble and clean them, or the threading may be a little better on one than another. None of them seem to have very long lifespans (# of cycles or hours runtime) but if you don't use it often then it may take years for a problem to surface.
3) It may be better that they not include batteries because the batteries would usually be low quality generics. Get some decent Sony, Panasonic, etc. 18650 cells from a reputable supplier because those are sometimes counterfeit on (3rd party sellers) or
Personally I'd never want to use 3 x AAA cells. It's fiddly to have the fragile cartridge, not so easy to load or unload it in the dark, and that's an odd # of cells with lower total capacity. Once you get larger than a 1 x AA or 1 x CR123 sized light you're better off with 1 x 18650 or 2 x AA.
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