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For China-based budget light brands, always check out the reviews and comments at DealExtreme. While some sites use fake comments, DealExtreme comments seem to be genuine. Because they don't rate reviews as helpful like Amazon does, sometimes you need to read older reviews to get a better picture of light performance. Be aware that specifications and quality can be variable and budget lights seem to start out higher in quality and degrade over time. | For China-based budget light brands, always check out the reviews and comments at DealExtreme. While some sites use fake comments, DealExtreme comments seem to be genuine. Because they don't rate reviews as helpful like Amazon does, sometimes you need to read older reviews to get a better picture of light performance. Be aware that specifications and quality can be variable and budget lights seem to start out higher in quality and degrade over time. | ||
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These sites don't do full reviews, but offer some good information. | |||
'''[http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=260659 Lumen Readings]]''' - This post at CPF by bigchelis has lumen readings taken in a calibrated integrating sphere. There are a lot of readings of custom-made lights and [[P60]] drop-ins, but also production lights. Older readings taken by MrGman are posted [http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=229135 here]. | |||
'''[http://www.wikilight.de/vergleich.html Beams Shots]''' - This site has a lot of outdoor beamshots and lets you compare lights. | |||
'''[http://budgetlightforum.cz.cc/node/505 Budget light output]''' - Readings of a lot of popular budget lights at Budget Light Forum. Also tabulated here at Flashlight Wiki on the [[Budget light output]] page. | |||