I haven't experienced any delays myself. I just received an item from Hong Kong that I ordered less that two weeks ago....probably the FASTEST delivery ever.
I use lanyards on ALL my lights, especially my smaller ones. That way I can be sure the light won't slip out of my hand during use and won't slip out of my pocket unnoticed when I'm not using it. Yes, I've lost some that way before!
Those of you that hate lanyards - if you're interested in...
Let's see:
One on the wife's keyring
One on my keyring
Two in the wife's car
Two in my truck
One in my pocket
One in my briefcase
One on top of the fridge
One in the kitchen junk drawer
Two in my tool bucket
One in my shop apron
Two in the shop cabinets
One by the CPU at the desk
One on my...
I have full serrated, half, and plain edge. Lately I find that I prefer plain edge the most. It seems to be the most usable for my everyday tasks. Like Carrott said, a well-sharpened plain edge does everything I want it to.
The funny thing is that I don't like the LF2XT anyway. Call me a blasphemer if you want to, but I don't see what all the fuss is about. I had mine less than 24 hours and sold it. It was a big letdown with all the build up it gets.
I like the look of polished stainless or titanium better than HA. That's all. I don't care about heat dissipation because I never run mine long enough or high enough for heat to be an issue.