FandyFire S3

[PEU]

Is it me or the DX fandyfire S3 is a sad clone of a McGizmo McLux III T?

check for yourself:

Fandyfire: [link removed - DM51]

McLux: http://frenchyled.free.fr/McLuxIII_3.html


Pablo

 

[purelite]

Oh yeah a dead ringer copy!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[RedForest UK]

Looks more like the III PD to me with the anodizing and stainless bezel. I think Kaidomain or somewhere else has it as well under a slightly less stupid brand name..

I really don't understand why so many manufacturers/suppliers persist with 'scroll through menu' interfaces with strobe and SOS modes though.

 

[nbp]

That most certainly is a copy of the III PD, albeit with a clicky not a piston. Even the clip is a copy of Don's. :shakehead

Too bad the Fandyfire is a crappy piece of junk and doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as Don's work.

My McLux III T may have cost $778.30 more than that Fandyfire, but it was worth every penny of it.

 

[angelofwar]

"Fandyfire"...LOL! I've heard ALL the X-Fire's now...thank goodness the original is till keepin' up!

 

[Sgt. LED]

For a second I read Friendlyfire.
I thought to myself, Jesus wept someone named a light Friendlyfire?!!

Fandyfire's pretty damn bad too haha. Way to go ripoff morons

 

[roadkill1109]

maybe it was friendlyfire first, then when they realized it meant something bad, changed the first word to fandy... hehahhaha

 

[Skylumen]

I know copying sucks and they shouldn't do that...But at least come up with a cool name! What is so hard about that. Even if this liht as made out of gold I would be embarrass to show it off because its so Fandy...

 

[mcnair55]

It does not get any better when you check the meaning of the word in the Urban dictionary.:eek:

 

[mvyrmnd]

It does not get any better when you check the meaning of the word in the Urban dictionary.:eek:

I nearly snorted my drink when I read meaning #3 :eek: :sick2: :duh2:

 

[purelite]

OMG!! Thanx for the direction to those mvyrmnd

I did snort my coffee!!! I might have to but the light just for the novelty factor and I would chuckle everytime I look at it. The fact that poeple would sit down and put a word to something like definition three is amazing also.

 

[roadkill1109]

I know copying sucks and they shouldn't do that...But at least come up with a cool name! What is so hard about that. Even if this liht as made out of gold I would be embarrass to show it off because its so Fandy...

Well, at least it's Fandy! Imagine if it was called FannyFire... haha

 

[roadkill1109]

Guess what guys? There are other brands of lights such as SacredFire and SuperFire!

Holy fire and heroic fire anyone? :)

 

[brandocommando]

In my best comic book guy voice, (from the Simpson's....)

"Worst.. name.. EVER!"

I love the looks of these lights. Hey, it's the poor man's McLux!

 

[pjandyho]

Oh shucks! I see my name stuck somewhere in the brand. FandyFire??? Chinese morons who couldn't get the name right! And to make matters worst, couldn't come up with a good design of their own!

 

[Animalmother]

I didn't realize it was called "fandyFire" at first. I thought it was "FriendlyFire" when I first saw this post.
How do they come to know about the things they copy when reverse engineer these things? Think they have a CPF prowler here on our boards then bought one shipped to China and reverse engineered it? That is a bit disconcerting guys.
Doesn't seem like there is a clear way to stop this from happening. I know I ask lots of questions with detail but I am curious about this too I:).

 

[brandocommando]

If you are going to make a cheap copy of something,
you might as well make a copy of the most expensive light you can find I guess.

 

[roadkill1109]

yes, either the most expensive light or maybe the light which seems to be selling best.

as for the copying of designs, it's been going on since time in memorial. Remember when the all our home appliances were Made in USA? Then eventually it was Made in Japan, then Made in Taiwan, now it's all Made in China?

 

[pjandyho]

yes, either the most expensive light or maybe the light which seems to be selling best.

as for the copying of designs, it's been going on since time in memorial. Remember when the all our home appliances were Made in USA? Then eventually it was Made in Japan, then Made in Taiwan, now it's all Made in China?

I don't fully agree. The Japanese copied the concept but refined it and made it even better whereas the Chinese copied it entirely and in some worst case scenarios made it worst.

 

[brandocommando]

I just made a DX order yesterday, now I am thinking I should have gotten one of these too...