Federal LG
Flashlight Enthusiast
Hi there...
Introduction, first:
Pre·con·cep·tion (prē'kən-sěp'shən)
n. An opinion or conception formed in advance of adequate knowledge or experience, especially a prejudice or bias. (Webster Dictionary)
Preliminary facts:
Here in Brasil we don´t have top notch flashlight factories. Neither sporting goods factories, motorcycle factories, etc.
Ours Nike/Adidas/Reebok/Puma sneakers are all made in Thailand/Vietnam/China/Malaysia.
Ours Surefire/Fenix/Nuwai flashlights are all made in USA/China/Taiwan.
Ours Suzuki/Kawasaki/Yamaha/Harley-Davidson bikes are all made in Japan/USA. Well... actually, not all... Brasil has THE ONLY Harley Davidson factory out of U.S. territory.
Instead, here we have Toyota, Honda, Renault, Audi, Glock, Taurus, Peugeot, Ford, GM, Fiat, Volkswagen factories. We also have Dell, Hewlett-Packard, LeNovo, Acer, Sony, Samsung computer factories. And a lot of others international (and american) factories, like Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Intel, Microsoft, Nokia, Motorola, General Electric, Siemens, LG, etc, etc...
Well, my point is: EVERY country has good factories (that offer quality products) and bad factories (that offer poor or fake products).
I truly believe that good or bad quality is connected with the brand name (and the factory quality control), and NOT only with the country of origin.
Back to present time:
In the "Reviews" section of this forum, there is a lot of reviews about the new Fenix TK10. Most of the guys said a lot of good things about this light, like it´s construction, runtime, power, finish, etc...
I gotta say that I´ve never saw so many reviews about the same light, in so little time!!
Anyway, in those reviews, and in a lot others reviews (like in L2D, L0D, P2D...), I saw those words:
"It´s a very good light... for a light made in China." (not the exactly words, but it was something like that).
So, my questions are:
1 - Does still exist a preconception about "made in China" products ?
2 - Why do this preconception exists, if your Nike/Adidas/Wilson sneakers/raquets/caps are all made in China/Malaysia/Vietnam ?
3 - Is the new Fenix TK10 a "preconception smasher" ?
4 - If this preconception about chinese lights exists, when you think it will disappear ? Maybe after testing this new Fenix TK10 ? Or never ??
I´m curious for the answers...
Regards!
Introduction, first:
Pre·con·cep·tion (prē'kən-sěp'shən)
n. An opinion or conception formed in advance of adequate knowledge or experience, especially a prejudice or bias. (Webster Dictionary)
Preliminary facts:
Here in Brasil we don´t have top notch flashlight factories. Neither sporting goods factories, motorcycle factories, etc.
Ours Nike/Adidas/Reebok/Puma sneakers are all made in Thailand/Vietnam/China/Malaysia.
Ours Surefire/Fenix/Nuwai flashlights are all made in USA/China/Taiwan.
Ours Suzuki/Kawasaki/Yamaha/Harley-Davidson bikes are all made in Japan/USA. Well... actually, not all... Brasil has THE ONLY Harley Davidson factory out of U.S. territory.
Instead, here we have Toyota, Honda, Renault, Audi, Glock, Taurus, Peugeot, Ford, GM, Fiat, Volkswagen factories. We also have Dell, Hewlett-Packard, LeNovo, Acer, Sony, Samsung computer factories. And a lot of others international (and american) factories, like Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Intel, Microsoft, Nokia, Motorola, General Electric, Siemens, LG, etc, etc...
Well, my point is: EVERY country has good factories (that offer quality products) and bad factories (that offer poor or fake products).
I truly believe that good or bad quality is connected with the brand name (and the factory quality control), and NOT only with the country of origin.
Back to present time:
In the "Reviews" section of this forum, there is a lot of reviews about the new Fenix TK10. Most of the guys said a lot of good things about this light, like it´s construction, runtime, power, finish, etc...
I gotta say that I´ve never saw so many reviews about the same light, in so little time!!
Anyway, in those reviews, and in a lot others reviews (like in L2D, L0D, P2D...), I saw those words:
"It´s a very good light... for a light made in China." (not the exactly words, but it was something like that).
So, my questions are:
1 - Does still exist a preconception about "made in China" products ?
2 - Why do this preconception exists, if your Nike/Adidas/Wilson sneakers/raquets/caps are all made in China/Malaysia/Vietnam ?
3 - Is the new Fenix TK10 a "preconception smasher" ?
4 - If this preconception about chinese lights exists, when you think it will disappear ? Maybe after testing this new Fenix TK10 ? Or never ??
I´m curious for the answers...
Regards!