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Re: Chinese Cree XR-E AA Clickie...Quickbeam to Review
Are there any specs or pictures of the Jetbeam Mk2 ???
Are there any specs or pictures of the Jetbeam Mk2 ???
grapplex said:And finally I'm wondering if this meant kaidomain email subscribers or rexlight which could include dealextreme...also MattK is expecting some too. Is he going to have to wait? does he know this?
grapplex said:Additionally: Does Quickbeam have a version of this light to test? Is there a plan to get him one BEFORE we are asked to make the purchase decision? Are you that confident? Do you expect to be? Now that the Jetbeam and Fenix are real lights, I don't expect to order til each has been reviewed, including the rexlight. I encourage my fellow CPFers to wait the few days to do so. Don't let them emergency hustle you to order before the facts are in when it will only take a few days to get those facts.
adnj said:And Grapplex, why do you have four posts back to back? I think about half of all your posts are in this thread! :lolsign:
grapplex said:My posts have a specific and directed audience. i dont need them to post back in this thread...
The Chinese already have too many of our Dollah's. Have them earn the next ones...
If I hadn't just plain written off Fenix lights (especially the P!D CE)...
I put it at 50/50 right now after seeing the CL-E reviews...
I also tend to take myself very, very seriously
grapplex said:And why wouldn't I want to have a conversation with myself. I'm the smartest, cleverest, funniest person I know. I have all the right beliefs i'd want from a conversation partner, i see things all the right ways. I'm like twins....HAHAHAHAHAHA I also tend to take myself very, very seriously hahahahahaha
grapplex said:Fenix arrogance and exploitative pricing, jetbeams delivery time clusterbang, rexlight's failure to prove bubkiss so far... In fact I'm defending in advance of what i fear are rexlight performance overpromises and kai's price suprises.
But by all means bow to anyone who wins your money. I won't be there beside you if i already paid.
Also, it really is time for quickbeam to add a sixth and seventh star. the P1D CE might deserve 6 stars, and there are some seven or even eight star lights coming down the pike in the next two months and maybe 9 star lights when Philips slaps back. The rexlight might be a 6 star light but stars/dollar the Cl-E and the Rexlight might be good temporary best values..only to be exceeded by summer.....
grapplex said:<snip>Also, it really is time for quickbeam to add a sixth and seventh star. the P1D CE might deserve 6 stars, and there are some seven or even eight star lights coming down the pike in the next two months and maybe 9 star lights when Philips slaps back. The rexlight might be a 6 star light but stars/dollar the Cl-E and the Rexlight might be good temporary best values..only to be exceeded by summer.....
grapplex said:Yeah that's what I did. You'd have to start off in a defensive place to read that particular thing into what i said. quickbeam is a big boy. I'm sure he can ignore me without your help.
And as far as normailizing ratings...well that was pre-XR-E . It's either renorm or add stars, otherwise the original P1 and the upcoming Jetbeam MkII Cree remain in the same category. Maybe that was unfortunate timing, maybe its time to normalize them again. I guess you could just stuff all the upcoming lights into the five star category. Who want to buy an L1T or the old P1? As quickbeam retires his star rating system will decay in usefulness unless he wants to renorm the hundreds every six months. Which I doubt. I have nothing but admiration for his devotion. I'm sure he can handle a rational argument on the stars thing and doesn't need to be defended. The norming/extending thing isn't rocket science. Requires no emotion at all really. Really.