BestFire® 1800 Lumens Submarine Light Cree XM-L T6 L2 100M

[cmneus]

Hello!

Anyone have experience with this light? Seems a little good to be true at that price.
Here is a link the amazon.com page where it is sold:

Amazon.com : BestFire® 1800 Lumens Submarine Light Cree XM-L T6 L2 100M Underwater LED Scuba Diving Flashlight Underwater Waterproof Torch 18650 Flashlight Lamp Light Dive Flashlight Waterproof Torch Light for Diving Camping etc. (Flashlight with Ba

Thanks much,

Christine

 

[buddhasummer]

You know what they say about "if it's too good to be true..."

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I'm suspicious of the 1800 lumen claim.

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But hey for $27 you could always take one for the team?

 

[divad]

1800 lumens is too good to be true @ any price. It's a lie. They also say it's waterproof.

 

[cmneus]

Thanks guys....

 

[tbone1004]

single cree, no way it's 1800lm. Not possible. half that is realistic.

slide switch, asking for trouble with sand and grit.

There are some on ebay that have rotating switches for about the same price, use 26650's, and work well though.

 

[LowDrag]

I have been looking at LED's due to wanting to build my own video light for my GoPro. I have heard of the Cree XM-L but not a CI have seen that battery all over the place though. It seems to be widely used. I might buy one just to check it out.

 

[tbone1004]

if you're looking for video lights with single emitters,
Cave Adventurers - Explorer back-up lights - Marianna, Florida USA - Never Undersold!

Essentially the same as the Hog Morph lights but about 2/3's the cost. Have the approx battery status in LED color coding of the button, and a pair actually works pretty well with a gopro.

 

[lindenbruce]

I just bought this light. I will have it next week and will be taking it to Coz the week after that. I will do a report on it when I get back. B.

2500LM Underwater Diving CREE XM L T6 LED Flashlight Torch 2X 26650 Battery CH | eBay

 

[KeithG]

I just bought this light. I will have it next week and will be taking it to Coz the week after that. I will do a report on it when I get back. B.

2500LM Underwater Diving CREE XM L T6 LED Flashlight Torch 2X 26650 Battery CH | eBay

junk! do not get it wet!

for the price i tried one out. it was DOA. so they sent a replacement or free. it was damaged during shipping - front bezel was crushed in a bit. so they sent another. it did not appear after 30 days. so they sent another. 2 showed up within 3 days of each other.

from the 4 units i ended up with only 2 that would turn on. all 4 units had cut orings. i scavenged 4 good orings. the light flooded at around 30 feet.

the lights have no sealing surface for the orings to seal against. just a groove in the screw thread. bad design.

the morph clones noted above are awesome (i have a morph now). very different oring sealing system as the first oring bottoms out against a sealing surface.

p.s. the 2 batteries 1 got were also fakes. an aluminum tube with a smaller battery jammed inside.

 

[buddhasummer]

junk! do not get it wet!

for the price i tried one out. it was DOA. so they sent a replacement or free. it was damaged during shipping - front bezel was crushed in a bit. so they sent another. it did not appear after 30 days. so they sent another. 2 showed up within 3 days of each other.

from the 4 units i ended up with only 2 that would turn on. all 4 units had cut orings. i scavenged 4 good orings. the light flooded at around 30 feet.

the lights have no sealing surface for the orings to seal against. just a groove in the screw thread. bad design.

the morph clones noted above are awesome (i have a morph now). very different oring sealing system as the first oring bottoms out against a sealing surface.

p.s. the 2 batteries 1 got were also fakes. an aluminum tube with a smaller battery jammed inside.

Sounds like a bad movie.