under water leds

[jake's02-22i]

google this QF-TD6A1-6*3W maybe we could get a group buy together. i would do it for $77.00 a light.

[jake's02-22i]

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/220020321/marine_light_ship_light_under_water.html

$77.00 for bullet underwater leds

[ImaPigDog]

Caveat emptor (let the buyer beware)!

Before doing a group buy, I would recommend getting one and testing it against some of the U.S. brands. There can be a big variance in the LED lights and I have heard more than a few people complain about getting "junk" directly from some of the chinese sources.

FYI - the port of origin is SHENZHEN, CHINA
...sound familiar to anyone? :cool::D

[mneal]

Junk from China......no way, I don't believe it. :-)

I had a customer that I specified a small DC motor to use within a product I was designed for him and he was getting quotes of around 3 dollars for US manufactured stuff. He found them made in China for 22 cents each and was ecstatic. But I must say, about 50% of them had about 25% the torque they were supposed to . Bargain...well not exactly. There is so much stuff made there it is all not crap, but there is certainly no shortage of it there either. Mom always said...if it sounds too good to be true.........

[Razzman]

IMO ONY! After looking at these i do have to say they look exactly like the bullet lines lights. As for US made ... you'll pay 2-3 times more right?! It's pretty hard to screw up leds and these are probably ok, for $77 ea it's probably worth a try but that's distributor cost it looks like as well.

[Tanner]

Just a heads up Jake.

That first one you listed is the 720 lumen and usually goes for around $195.

The second you listed is the 400 lumen and it goes around $76.

The first one "is" bullets new model and the second, their old model. Ok ok, for Ken's sake, we'll say it's not EXACTLY the same ;)

I've already got a deal going w/ a contact if anyone is interested.

[Razzman]

Junk from China......no way, I don't believe it. :-)

I had a customer that I specified a small DC motor to use within a product I was designed for him and he was getting quotes of around 3 dollars for US manufactured stuff. He found them made in China for 22 cents each and was ecstatic. But I must say, about 50% of them had about 25% the torque they were supposed to . Bargain...well not exactly. There is so much stuff made there it is all not crap, but there is certainly no shortage of it there either. Mom always said...if it sounds too good to be true.........

This is what worries me now and not just from overseas mfgrs. I would agree but because our mindset over the years was brainwashed with this mentality, look for the best buy. With the majority of our manufacturing going overseas the cost of US based goods increased, example your lights. Lets face it people are looking for deals and unfortunately we did it to ourselves. But with 70,000 Chinese factories closed due to the economy and our own mfg. infrastructure in tatters due to going offshore over the years, exactly how does this get addressed without greedy mfgrs in the US putting out crap & gouging? Who knows. :cool:

[da.bell]

^^^ hahaha Talking about markup from Bullet ;)

[Razzman]

Just a heads up Jake.

That first one you listed is the 720 lumen and usually goes for around $195.

The second you listed is the 400 lumen and it goes around $76.

The first one "is" bullets new model and the second, their old model. Ok ok, for Ken's sake, we'll say it's not EXACTLY the same ;)

I've already got a deal going w/ a contact if anyone is interested.

Double check that Tanner, the "old" one is still listed on their site @ $169. They sell both, one is just their high powered version @ $269, soon to be $369 is all.

[Tanner]

Double check that Tanner, the "old" one is still listed on their site @ $169. They sell both, one is just their high powered version @ $269, soon to be $369 is all.

I'm talking wholesale prices, not bullet's prices razz.

[Tanner]

^^^ hahaha Talking about markup from Bullet ;)

A little over 100%, that's not to bad. Could be worse. Especially if he has a bad one and has to eat it. If you've ever dealt w/ the chinese, you can't EVER get your money back if you have a bad unit. Gotta make up for those somehow!

Better than furniture mark-up!

[Razzman]

I'm talking wholesale prices, not bullet's prices razz.

Ahh got ya.

So let me ask this then ... and i'm just asking, no fight club here! But at $77 each, with a minimum of 50 pieces and let's just say a 15-20% possible failure rate they are how much then with the shipping (that won't be cheap)?

I'm guessing then that Ken's price of $139 he offered wasn't too bad? Again just asking?

[Tanner]

Ahh got ya.

So let me ask this then ... and i'm just asking, no fight club here! But at $77 each, with a minimum of 50 pieces and let's just say a 15-20% possible failure rate they are how much then with the shipping (that won't be cheap)?

I'm guessing then that Ken's price of $139 he offered wasn't too bad? Again just asking?


That's exactly my point above! Accounting for the fact that he'll have to eat some if he has a failure rate of any kind....his pricing isn't bad at ALL!!!!

My contact had a min. order of 10, with 8 lights already spoken for. I don't think shipping is that bad when your splitting it amongst a few people though.