Is Smartfire quality decent?

mick53

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Hi

Was looking at the Smartfire M-504C and am wondering about overall Smartfire quality.

Mike
 

john2551

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Mike,

Here is a review with a 5 watt luxeon, so the cree should be a lot brighter: http://www.flashlightreviews.com/reviews/xtremelite_alx-654c.htm

As you can see the Lux V sold for $90 so for $28 including shipping it is a great deal for someone looking for LONG runtime. I use several different C cell lights on duty. So if you buy it please report back to us.

Regards,

John
 

selfbuilt

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Don't have this light, but judging from the pics it looks like fairly standard "Ultrafire" style fare.

Short answer is that some ultrafire/smartfire lights are of acceptable minimal quality, some are not. Even through one distributer, lot-to-lot variability can be huge, as they sometimes switch suppliers (who sell a whole different light, likely made at another factory, but under the same name and model number as the earlier light).

In other words, it's a bit of crapshoot I'm afraid.
 
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