Romisen RC-T7 - Is is legit?

[rob3rto]

Forgive me for the stupid question but I see it for sale on eBay but on Romisen's site, does not exist. Even DX seems not to list it.

Is it a real Romisen and if so, is it any good? Others better. No more than $50 please if possible.

Have done a search on here (via Google) and it is mentioned a few times but only ever gets the answer "not familiar with...."


Want to replace my 5D Mag Terralux monster I keep in the car.

Thanks for any help/pointers.

 

[rob3rto]

Re: Romisen RC-T7 - Is it real?

No one?

 

[Rod911]

Re: Romisen RC-T7 - Is it real?

My google-fu is telling me it's a legit model. Even XTAR, the makers of D30 Howitzer and TZ50 have listed it in their site.

 

[rob3rto]

Re: Romisen RC-T7 - Is it real?

My google-fu is telling me it's a legit model. Even XTAR, the makers of D30 Howitzer and TZ50 have listed it in their site.

Thanks. Strange Romisen don't list on their own site

 

[space-time]

Is it a real Romisen and if so, is it any good?

I'll tell you next week. I ordered one off Amazon.com (free shipping and no tax!) several days ago and I just got the ship notification today.

The light was listed as brand-less on the Amazon listing (strange), but I saw the Romisen logo on the product photo which caught my attention.

With any luck I should be testing it by mid-week IF the batteries from Battery Junction that I ordered the day before their fire, and apparently shipped out today (glad everyone was OK there after the fire!), make it here by then. Hey the batteries have already been fire-tested now so when the thing goes they will feel right at home. :laughing:

It did occur to me it could be a non-genuine Romisen knock-off, but for that price and with the painless Amazon returns I figured it was worth a try.

The light appears to essentially be a clone of the Fenix TK30 / Olight M30 / Tiablo ACE-G class of light. All have MC-E chips and all can handle 2x18650. The one demerit I've found on this one is only two modes, 100% and 50%, vs. 3 modes on the M30 and uncountably many modes on the TK30 (the ACE-G apparently has one mode). My pocket light does 200 lumens so those two mode levels are pretty good for my needs. Both levels add something I don't already have, although an additional 25% mode would have been nice. And it has strobe, like the TK30 and M30 - something I wanted for this type of light.

All four can also use CR123As. That is something I wanted so I can use off-the-shelf (albeit pricey) primary batteries in an emergency when my rechargables are dead and charging. The light has an extension tube, like the M30 and TK30, to chop the length down at a few less lumens, if a person needs something a bit shorter in a pinch.

Could be good... or complete junk! I can hardly wait.

 

[rob3rto]

Never occurred to me to look on Amazon. Let me know your thoughts when it arrives.

 

[space-time]

I ran across it by accident on Amazon by searching for "MC-E".

 

[space-time]

Well my new "Romisen TC-47" arrived today and works just great except... it doesn't say Romisen! oo:

The light appears to be an exact duplicate of the Romisen TC-47, comparing it with web photos, but there are no logo markings of any kind on the light body and it came in a generic white box. The retail website for this one actually does show the Romisen logo on the light, with "TC-47" very clearly marked under it.

So either this is a TC-47 clone, or Romisen is making some of the TC-47s as "white box" units. I suspect the latter, but have no way to prove it. I've sent a question into the company selling the light. I've taken a bunch of photos and beamshots, but since I can't prove this is actually the TC-47 I don't want to pollute this thread with speculation. Hopefully someone with a branded unit will post some shots.

I don't know if I'm going to keep this one or return it for a branded unit. :thinking: But I can say that if the TC-47 works this well, its probably a keeper for anyone looking for this class of light. The light output of this one appears to be exactly as stated for both the high and 50% modes. I'm still not sure how much I like that cross/donut hole with the MC-Es, given the SSTs out now.

EDIT: I just heard back from the dealer: "This is an RC-47 made by Romisen". Interesting. The OP's question was if the RC-47 is legit, and at this point I really don't know either! [FONT=&quot]
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[rob3rto]

My question related to the RC-T7. Not sure what you ordered/received.