General Good Deal Alerts & Discussion Thread - CPF

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General Good Deal Alerts & Discussion Thread - CPF
Discussion encouraged but if you need to do a big DEEP DIVE on an item, start a new thread...



Flashlights - Lighting - Power Tools - Knives - Guns - EDC - Generators - Power Banks - Watches - Gear that just works - ETC.
Since it is slow at the moment around here we can combine all categories for now and split them off if need be...​

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On Sale Amazon with 30 day return. SFT40 5000K LED. Nice Beam and very powerful throw, About 1200 Lumens out the front. Access to low and high but they really could have had a real winner by tweaking the UI. Nice light for walking the dog at a great price...

 

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OMG...I so hope she says that during the debate

 

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On Sale Amazon with 30 day return. SFT40 5000K LED. Nice Beam and very powerful throw, About 1200 Lumens out the front. Access to low and high but they really could have had a real winner by tweaking the UI. Nice light for walking the dog at a great price...

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I have three dogs. Must mean I need three of these lights?

 

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I like this one more. 5000 lumens

Amazon.com

 

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On Sale Amazon with 30 day return. SFT40 5000K LED. Nice Beam and very powerful throw, About 1200 Lumens out the front. Access to low and high but they really could have had a real winner by tweaking the UI. Nice light for walking the dog at a great price...

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Did a review on the TD03 several months back on my main YouTube channel. Short version: They came sooo close to creating the ideal budget, genuine tactical light. But screwed it up by putting strobe where they should have put Turbo mode instead. Still if the wacky U.I. doesn't bother the individual user, it's worth getting.

 

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Did a review on the TD03 several months back on my main YouTube channel. Short version: They came sooo close to creating the ideal budget, genuine tactical light. But screwed it up by putting strobe where they should have put Turbo mode instead. Still if the wacky U.I. doesn't bother the individual user, it's worth getting.

I agree! Maybe they will redesign the UI in the future.

Strobe only at the main position is not very smart... Although it's a very good strobe. High then double click strobe.

So much potential with 3 UI position tail-switch for output scenarios.

That SFT40 @ 5000K is a great compact thrower with no tint shift at lower levels.

The USB only charges at .3 amps for 1.5 watt charging. That could be improved also...

 

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A friend of mine came over and saw my Ecoflow Delta 2 and wanted a power station for himself.

He searched and found this one on Amazon Here (only been there 9 days with no reviews) This unit is sold for a higher price off Ali to Europe.

2048wh is allot of battery for the price. (EchoFlow Delta 2 is around $500 for 1024wh)

Unit arrived yesterday and he is testing it out. 30 Amazon return policy... I probably wouldn't chance it be he is cheap!

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Did a review on the TD03 several months back on my main YouTube channel. Short version: They came sooo close to creating the ideal budget, genuine tactical light. But screwed it up by putting strobe where they should have put Turbo mode instead. Still if the wacky U.I. doesn't bother the individual user, it's worth getting.

I'm pretty sure I would have a seizure with that strobe. Never used it on any light.

 

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A friend of mine came over and saw my Ecoflow Delta 2 and wanted a power station for himself.

He searched and found this one on Amazon Here (only been there 9 days with no reviews) This unit is sold for a higher price off Ali to Europe.

2048wh is allot of battery for the price. (EchoFlow Delta 2 is around $500 for 1024wh)

Unit arrived yesterday and he is testing it out. 30 Amazon return policy... I probably wouldn't chance it be he is cheap!

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Great PowerBank. It's down to $43 (I got it for $36 so it may go to that soon...)

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Weighs 50lbs !

It's got roughly 2 x 12v x 100ah Lifepo4 batteries in it so its got some weight. My friend has discharged it twice doing some beef jerky at 500w output. He is BSing me on how great it is so I'll have to see it in person to know if it's any good. I'm not seeing expansion capabilities to other batteries or how good the bluetooth App function (if it even has it) as compared to Ecoflows etc good bluetooth Wifi App... He has a 500w wind turbine he is hooking up today for it. These things are great for power outages during hurricanes and such in our area...


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Personally have fourteen 100Ah LFP batteries,, they are in constant use or being solar charged like the four being charged right now.
sounds like alot of batteries, but I run out of places to store my solar charge..

Two of these for $339 for around 2.5kWh storage is a great deal (I own four HQST 100Ah right now)
... wire them in series & get yourself a decent 24V pure sine inverter for some backup energy goodness.
charging can be from solar or ac charger

12V 100Ah LiFePO4 Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery

Designed to replace conventional solar battery storage units such as sealed, AGM, or Gel batteries, utilize your LFP battery in power-sport applications, off-grid applications, solar energy storage, and more!

hqsolarpower.com

 

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Personally have fourteen 100Ah LFP batteries

You have your eye on any 48v x 230ah batteries? I know they are coming down in price but I am looking for cheaper solution than buying Ecoflow spare batteries...

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Great PowerBank. It's down to $43 (I got it for $36 so it may go to that soon...)

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It's got roughly 2 x 12v x 100ah Lifepo4 batteries in it so its got some weight. My friend has discharged it twice doing some beef jerky at 500w output. He is BSing me on how great it is so I'll have to see it in person to know if it's any good. I'm not seeing expansion capabilities to other batteries or how good the bluetooth App function (if it even has it) as compared to Ecoflows etc good bluetooth Wifi App... He has a 500w wind turbine he is hooking up today for it. These things are great for power outages during hurricanes and such in our area...


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Now that I live in coastal Mississippi (Pass Christian), our solution is to drive north to some relatives in Huntsville. New wife didn't even want to consider a generator because she said when the bad hurricanes come, everything is shut down and pretty unliveable. Made sense to me.

She also introduced me to the penny on top of a frozen jar of water in the freezer trick.

 

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The Pass is a great area for testing flashlights! Pre-K , my wife and I lived on Cedar Ave, between 90 and Everett St.
Fond memories of CPF members from N.O. meeting at Shaggy's to compare throw lights and buy gulf shrimp straight off the freshly docked boats.

 

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Now that I live in coastal Mississippi (Pass Christian), our solution is to drive north to some relatives in Huntsville. New wife didn't even want to consider a generator because she said when the bad hurricanes come, everything is shut down and pretty unliveable. Made sense to me.

She also introduced me to the penny on top of a frozen jar of water in the freezer trick.

Yep, she knows it's time to leave! Even a Cat 1 if you have allot of trees is bad news. Had a limb from the neighbors yard demolish a rent house. Nobody got hurt and insurance paid without me even showing up!

I had to look up the penny trick; never heard that before, I'll have to implement that! I had to use my 1kw power station to run my refrigerator 6 months ago after a tree took out some power-lines...

 

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Yep, she knows it's time to leave! Even a Cat 1 if you have allot of trees is bad news. Had a limb from the neighbors yard demolish a rent house. Nobody got hurt and insurance paid without me even showing up!

I had to look up the penny trick; never heard that before, I'll have to implement that! I had to use my 1kw power station to run my refrigerator 6 months ago after a tree took out some power-lines...

And now we have a new more significant storm heading into the gulf next week.