I thought the original question was answered plenty.
It seems the concensus was to stick with the well known brands.
I was kind of surprised nobody said "avoid names like dirtfire or joyefire". I was also surprised Manaker and Sofirm were not mentioned.
Anybody here remember when "Fenix" was one of those new kids? Look at them now.
I was asked a long time ago to be a reviewer for a blog. "We'll pay you for words and pictures" they said. I declined simply because to me a reviewer has to explain things in rocket science terms way above my know how or interest to be viable. And to say fluffy, nice things about a product I would have never purchased myself with buy me now buttons all over the place aint cool.
The way to know what's what these days is not always from reading blogs and definitely that facebook place can be misleading. The threads here at CPF, and other sites like BLF or TFF really tell the story. So as time progresses we will know if those new kids like "wowtach" are for real or just another 'as seen on tv' gizmo.
Now specific genre blogs can tell the story too. Cop sites for example are often sites where a retired or active officer is touting lights they themselves bought and want to brag about. Meanwhile the net is loaded with sites with the term EDC in them with buy me now buttons galore. As soon as I see the first Amazon link in the review I tune out. Does the author really believe in that product?
Another thing missing is largely due to the warp speed progress of technology. A year later follow ups.
It seems the concensus was to stick with the well known brands.
I was kind of surprised nobody said "avoid names like dirtfire or joyefire". I was also surprised Manaker and Sofirm were not mentioned.
Anybody here remember when "Fenix" was one of those new kids? Look at them now.
I was asked a long time ago to be a reviewer for a blog. "We'll pay you for words and pictures" they said. I declined simply because to me a reviewer has to explain things in rocket science terms way above my know how or interest to be viable. And to say fluffy, nice things about a product I would have never purchased myself with buy me now buttons all over the place aint cool.
The way to know what's what these days is not always from reading blogs and definitely that facebook place can be misleading. The threads here at CPF, and other sites like BLF or TFF really tell the story. So as time progresses we will know if those new kids like "wowtach" are for real or just another 'as seen on tv' gizmo.
Now specific genre blogs can tell the story too. Cop sites for example are often sites where a retired or active officer is touting lights they themselves bought and want to brag about. Meanwhile the net is loaded with sites with the term EDC in them with buy me now buttons galore. As soon as I see the first Amazon link in the review I tune out. Does the author really believe in that product?
Another thing missing is largely due to the warp speed progress of technology. A year later follow ups.
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