Quoted:
Quoted:
I have a bunch of lights that perform at this level or higher. They were all ~$20 delivered from dealextreme. They all take multiple rechargeable formats. Every once in a while one will need some slight tinkering. Doesn't make me want to spend 4-10X the money somewhere else though.
I'll hook everyone right here and right now.
You're stupid if you don't buy this.
Some people actually rely on their lights in critical, perhaps even life-threatening, situations. That's one big reason Surefire is popular. Their lights tend to work when you need them, and they back them up with an outstanding warranty. You're not going to get that with some cheap-ass chinese craplight.
This is GD not lightfighter, and I gave the disclosure that some of them needed a tinkering; like a solder blob might need to be filed and a light smear of grease applied. The ones that were quirky were that way from the beginning, got fixed, and then never had any problems.
I have and have-had all sorts of lights. The cheap Chinese lights are getting damned good. If you hand wavingingly write them off as,
"cheap Chinese crap," you're suffering from misconceptions. Candlepowerforums has all the answers. Or you could spend $20 on a toy and be surprised.
Quoted:
Rechargeable formats tend to not always work when you really, really need them.
You can run Li-ions in them if you want. The nice thing about the rechargeables is that you feel free to use the piss out of the lights.