Anyone have any experience with the flashlights sold on DealExtreme.com ?

They have Cree LED flashights for very reasonable prices. I realize they are not the same quality as Surefire but for the price I thought they might be ok for casual use.

I've gotten the same ones (ultrafire) from ebay in the past. I've been very happy so far. They are pretty tough and super bright. I have a few mounted on some shotguns.

I gotta tell you. I was skeptical of A spending a 100 bucks on a surefire light and B buying it off of ebay. I've been beyond happy with my purchase. It arrived new in the package etc. This is by far the best light I have ever held. I got the Surefire Backup and I never not have it on me. I use it all day long, its awesome!!

 

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My 2.5 year old nephew likes playing with flashlights, and I was not going to buy him surefires, so I ordered a few from dealextreme.

 

The Cree LEDs themselves are great, the machining and finish on the bodies varies from moderate to poor, and some of the switches were reliable, while others only work if you wiggle them.

 

For the price you can't go too wrong, but try to order models with more ratings/stars. The best I got was http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1993, it worked well and is pretty bright.

you can buy lights like that at home depot,lowe's, and walmart..

I bought a 2 pack of LED 1 watt flashlights at Sam's club last week. VERY rugged very, very bright $24. Each runs on 3 AAA batteries. I use a Pelican Rechargable on the job and these cheapos were almost as bright and last 15 hours on those alkalines. Well well worth the money. I have a ton of all kinds of flashlights and these are really nice for the price.

Ordered several times from dealextreme. Shipping takes a couple of weeks but they're otherwise reliable as far as delivering what you ordered.

 

However, the quality of everything they sell is not consistent. I have one Cree flashlight I'm happy with, but a couple of others have died. Sort the flashlights by review ratings to see what others have had good experience with.

Joeybones buy a fenix light cheaper than a Surefire and great for every day use. Very rugged.

wolfy is an old lightaholic, he knows which ones were good for the $$