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broon shoe
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wanting to buy new headlight for coming season any advice would be grateful lads cheers
the cod one
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Ebay m8put in miners lamps about £35
FISHERMAN
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Cree for the win. Cheep cheep like the bugdgie and are excellent value
nunthorpe mag
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Just bought a 5W CREE LED Zoom Flashlight Head Lamp 300Lm off ebay £1.99 inc postage from China doesn't matter if it only lasts the winter at that price 
marco1967
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Just bought a 5W CREE LED Zoom Flashlight Head Lamp 300Lm off ebay £1.99 inc postage from China doesn't matter if it only lasts the winter at that price
if its the same as the ones I have they are brilliant , take plenty of aaa's though if you want to maintain the very bright light ..
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broon shoe
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thanks for the info lads will have a look at mentioned lights
FISHERMAN
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Id agree with u mate defo but these cree are an exception.
big phil 123
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Cree all the way cheap but brighter than any other head light or there ideal for the rocks wide beam. 400 quid petzel still no were near as bright and will the petzel out last 20 cree head lights as thats the same amount
the cod one
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Ebay all day 5w 25000 lux led miners headlight battary life 50000 high beam 30hours life very bright only about £34 i got one about 15months ago only charged it 2times
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broon shoe
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Almost everyone rates the cree lights ' think I will try one thanks again lads always good info and advice
dabcatcher
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be careful.
some people have bought these cheep chineese cree,s and had no problems, but lots have had bad ones.
we bought 4, 300 lumen lamps at £15 each a few years ago. within a month all stopped working for various reasons.
we then bought 2, 600 lamps each at £20 each [again from china] none of these worked properly at all. from 4 we managed to get 1 to work for a month.
thats a total of £140 between us for a bag full of broken plastic.
a friend paid a lot more for a supposed better quality 1200 lumen lamp, after a couple of months his battery pack gave up.
trying to get anywhere with a seller in china is a waste of time and they arnt interesed in your complaint.
i now use a lensor h7r. ive had it over a year with not a hint of problems. i use it for all my night work including digging. even for digging you only need it on half power and a set of 3 rechargable batteries gives me 6 hours of light.
i have a quarantee with this lamp and spares are available if i need them.
as a back up my local hardwear shop sells a cree for £19 thats far better quality than the chineese ones and if it breaks you can take it back.
some people have bought these cheep chineese cree,s and had no problems, but lots have had bad ones.
we bought 4, 300 lumen lamps at £15 each a few years ago. within a month all stopped working for various reasons.
we then bought 2, 600 lamps each at £20 each [again from china] none of these worked properly at all. from 4 we managed to get 1 to work for a month.
thats a total of £140 between us for a bag full of broken plastic.
a friend paid a lot more for a supposed better quality 1200 lumen lamp, after a couple of months his battery pack gave up.
trying to get anywhere with a seller in china is a waste of time and they arnt interesed in your complaint.
i now use a lensor h7r. ive had it over a year with not a hint of problems. i use it for all my night work including digging. even for digging you only need it on half power and a set of 3 rechargable batteries gives me 6 hours of light.
i have a quarantee with this lamp and spares are available if i need them.
as a back up my local hardwear shop sells a cree for £19 thats far better quality than the chineese ones and if it breaks you can take it back.
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marco1967
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be careful.
some people have bought these cheep chineese cree,s and had no problems, but lots have had bad ones.
we bought 4, 300 lumen lamps at £15 each a few years ago. within a month all stopped working for various reasons.
we then bought 2, 600 lamps at £20 each [again from china] none of these worked properly at all. from 4 we managed to get 1 to work for a month.
thats a total of £140 between us for a bag full of broken plasic.
trying to get anywhere with a seller in china is a waste of time and they arnt interesed in your complaint.
i now use a lensor h7r. ive had it over a year with not a hint of problems. i use it for all my night work including digging. even for digging you only need it on half power and a set of 3 recargable batteries gives me 6 hours of light.
i have a quarantee with this lamp and spares are available if i need them.
as a back up my local hardwear shop sells a cree for £19 thats far better quality than the chineese ones and it it breaks you can take it back.
its the led itself that's made by cree not the lamps ...
dabcatcher
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yep your right but everyone seems to generalise and call them all .. crees.
when cree is just the type of led not the manufacturer.
the cod one
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I no what ur saying about things made in Hong Kong but if the seller is from portsmouth and ur lamp is no good what happens then how is responsible to replace it
