Leadwave lights?

[repete34]

Are these products any good? Use Surefire to compare.

I have a customer asking for them and thought I might stock them. Your input would be great.

Thanks

Here is the link http://www.led-and-xenon.com/

 

[Fenris]

I'm not a Surefire fanboy by any means, but those light are no where near Surefire in quality. They look like rebranded chineese lights to me, especially the QIII look-a-like. Which isn't a bad thing, because I like my QIII.

 

[Mad1]

LEDWave are by far the most underrated lights ever.

I had an X-33 it was awesome I broke mine though by running recargables in it. (that was before I found CPF and found out it was a bad idea)

www.Batteryjunction.com sells them They arn't surefire quality but they are better quality than most chinese lights.
They look alot like the Nuwai lights but these are HAIII

 

[Abrams.357]

im not sure but :thinking: i think blackhawk carries the light on ledwave's front page

 

[big beam]

X33 and the X55 are rebranded nuwai lights.You can get them from amondotech much cheaper!
DON

 

[Ganp]

I had a Ledwave Z-2 Duo ... sort of a poor mans Aviator with an incan' surrounded by three led's.

It was well made and nicely finished, but the incan' beam was not that even so I converted it to a Luxlll
with a Fraen collimator - long before the Cree drop ins were available.. My first ever mod

Same tailcap fitting as SF C-series, and it would take SF lamp modules and of course the Cree drop ins.


I don't know where they are made, but they are produced by Ombu of Spain.


IMHO, unless there is a big price advantage I would stick with Surefire, but if they will be cheep enough
they are worthy of upgrades and mods.



Colin.

 

[scott.cr]

These look like branded versions of the generic Chinese-made lights you can get from dealextreme and others.

About 10 years ago I bought one of the first products LEDWave made, a rubberized multi-LED light. It was like $60, and at first I thought it was so cool (it used like 25 3mm LEDs), and they offered C- and D-cell versions.

This was before I was an affirmed flashaholic so I didn't seem to notice the lack of any type of reflector/collimator, no window to protect the LEDs, etc. Not a very impressive light after a critical analysis, and WAY overpriced (I paid like $50-$60 at Sharper Image).

 

[nimhpwr]

I had two of the X-11 and was generally very disappointed in their quality. (Lack of it that is.) The switch broke from both of them similarly roughly at the same time due to design flaw/incorrect material. Another thing was that the screw holes shown in the pictures lead directly inside the light rendering it non-waterproof despite the double o-ring at the tail cap. The screws became loose and I took the pocket clip off and glued the screws back to gain some water resistance. Both worked with LiIoi batteries without breaking, but without regulation a little more current than with primaries.

I will not buy a ledwave again.:shakehead

 

[Monocrom]

Last I checked, Ledwave was no longer making lights for the American market. Looks like that was a temporary thing.

Here's a review about Ledwave lights....

http://www.themartialist.com/pecom/ledwave.htm