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If you have/make a user account at the German TLF you can view a couple very nice E21A 2000k beamshots here: https://www.taschenlampen-forum.de/threads/emisar-d4v2-nichia-e21a.77145/
2000K seems to be real nice as a "candle replacement". Just don't expect "high CRI", it's a bit too warm for that, i.e. everything looks orangeish ;-)

I wish ZebraLight would offer the same choice of LED types we can get from Emisar .. are you guys listening?
 
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Zebralight does not ship to Canada anymore. Is there a store in the USA that has the H53Fc in stock? It is out of stock anywhere I check, including at Nkon in Europe.
 
It's unavailable on Amazon US and is selling at four three times the price on Amazon Canada.
 
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I am also moving on from Zebralight, order for a Noctigon KR4 is in. Looking forward to new experiences with Andruil.
 
Yup, looks like Zebralight doesn't want to sell there lights anywhere other than on their own (broken) website and only to the US. Very strange business model. I still think they're in trouble, or have perhaps decided they just don't give a **** anymore about sales, and are just running it as a hobby now.

In any case, ordering from Amazon US to Canada isn't usually worth it, unless you really need an item badly that is only available from Amazon. You pay a lot for shipping, duties, taxes, etc., etc. if you order from the Amazon US website.
 
Totally agree. Even if Nkon could get stock ZL’s recent shipping practices have driven prices up ~30%, not worth it for me anymore.

Actually looking forward to a change, the choice of a large range of emitters amongst other things is refreshing.
 
I agree with mostly everyone but for me it's really sad that a company with this kind of following and "worship" from around the world decide to cut everyone out! Maybe it's just temporary for sorting things out. And I really hope it's like that.
I dont mind try new flashlight and new technology from other company but I will gladly continue to buy more zebralight too! If possible!!
 
Sorry, you guys can **** all over ZL if you want, but you won't find anything as efficient or sized as the ZL.

I can only speak of those I own, as in the SC53, SC64 and SC600 series.

It took me a few minutes to understand the programming, but now it's second nature. In the instructions above, I don't understand your Step 4 and why you're clicking 6-times at that point. I'll have to read it again, as maybe I'm reading it wrong.


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Fespe said:
I agree with mostly everyone but for me it's really sad that a company with this kind of following and "worship" from around the world decide to cut everyone out! Maybe it's just temporary for sorting things out. And I really hope it's like that.
I dont mind try new flashlight and new technology from other company but I will gladly continue to buy more zebralight too! If possible!!
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I think folks would take it better if we simply knew why they made that decision.


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I still consider my Zebralights to be my most favorite lights by a long-shot. But, Zebralight's recent FU attitude towards buyers (especially non-US buyers), has me soured on the company. Even if I could buy zebralights, I don't think I would right now.

Personally, it's a great opportunity to get back into trying some other companies' flashlights. There's a lot of choice out there, especially in emitters, that Zebralight never had an interest in offering. And, most of it is quite a bit cheaper, too.

I love zebralight's small size and UI, but other companies are starting to close that gap. Zebralight hasn't really updated their line-up in 3 years. That's a lonnnnng time.
 
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Dunno. Unfortunately, I've now been forced to move on from Zebralight. I'll keep using all the ones I have now, but I think I won't be buying any more. Well, I can't buy any more, so that solves it.

I just ordered a Emissar D4v2, to see how it compares. Probably not as small or efficient, but they do come in a great variety of tints. Looking forward to the 2700K CRI95 version I ordered. I really love the warm white lights I have now, especially for indoors. Zebralight 4000K is nice for outdoors, but sometimes I find it a little cool for ambient indoor light (ceiling bounced).

There was a 2000K version of the D4v2 I almost bought. But, that might be too warm, even for me. Might be kind of fun in the Anduril "candle mode", though. Perhaps next time.
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I love the D4v2. The andruil software is fantastic and the light output is amazing. For the price of this light and what you get out of it, it’s really hard to beat. I honestly don’t even use my zebralights (only headlamps)or hds anymore.
 
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Nobody is ‘pissing’ on Zebralights, they’re great lights. However I think they’ve damaged their following by closing shop to outside of the US. Like Walkintothelight I wouldn’t buy any now even if I could.
 
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I have no horse in this race because I don’t own any zebra lights. I will say this however. Have any of you all complaining about the shipping tried to ship worldwide recently? It’s an absolute disaster. I don’t blame them at all for not wanting to do that on any kind of a large scale because customer complaints would be out the wazzoo. It took almost 2 months for me to ship a bezel to the UK.

It’s impossible to handle the outside factors for a company with such a good rep as zebra light. And you all know how humans are. Ship something out of country and it takes more than a couple days you are already getting bitchy emails. I don’t blame them a bit. We ARE still in the middle of a pandemic. I see these threads every few years on here, on Reddit, on edcforums. “Is zebralight closing up shop”?
Google it same topic every few years for the same reasons then things go back to normal. This year we have extenuating circumstances of course.
 
International shipping is very unreliable in these pandemic times. If that's the reason they stopped international orders it makes sense, but it's a shame they don't offer premium shipping options like DHL for those willing to pay a little extra.
 
Just about every other Chinese company is shipping just fine during the past year. In fact, I think I'm getting stuff more reliably now than I was a year ago! (Not a single lost package from China.) Delivery time is about the same, too.

It's not like Zebralight is shipping gold bars or nuclear material around. Other companies are doing business just fine. If they're using the pandemic as an excuse not to do mail shipments, that's pretty lame.
 
Maybe someone in the USA can organize a overseas ZL group buy. Create a thread and post interest. From that thread order the ZL’s and mail them to someone overseas where they can then dispatch to the new owners. Be a lot of work but doable. Lol.
 
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