Best Hong Kong Online Electrical/Gadgets shop (dealextreme.com)

Member Name: digitalexpertDCE

Product:	dealextreme.com
Date:	13/07/09 (356 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Free Shipping on Everything, Cheap, Lots of Products/Choice

Disadvantages: Website layout,

---Background Info---
I was sceptical at first when I was recommended this website to buy a torch (from a Mountain Bike forum), as the prices were really cheap for all sorts of things, and it gave the impression of an electrical shop that just did novelty electronics.

---What I ordered---
I ordered a P7 LED MTE torch, which is one of the cheapest most powerful torches you can buy with a rating of 900 lumen's (this is basically the measurement for light output, and means that it has the power of 900 candles - just like cars are rated in horsepower). Anyhow, I ordered the torch and the batteries that are specific for it 18650's, and the charger as well as some brackets that allow the torch to be fitted to my bicycle handlebars. The good thing about the website is that they give plenty of information on the products including measurements (items such as torches have the pictures of them with measuring rulers/devices), videos, and customer reviews. A lot of the customers do their own YouTube video reviews of the products they buy too.

---Checkout & Payment---
The website layout is not the best, but after selecting the products I wanted, I proceeded to the checkout. It is good that they use PayPal as a payment method, as this is accredited and worry free compared to other payment methods, when you are ordering from Hong Kong.

---Delivery---
After the purchase you receive the usual order has been taken email, that also contains a tracking number (or numbers) for your order. You can login to the website and with this tracking number it will tell you where your order is. When I checked I could see that it had been despatched by air delivery. They came in under one week, and arrived as a Royal Mail Signed For Delivery.

---Afterthoughts---
Overall, I had a pleasant experience with them, the goods were packaged well, and arrived in less than a week. Highly recommended, although I must stress that I am only reviewing the website, as there are thousands of products on this site.

---Secret Information---
Sometimes, the website is overloaded (due to the amount of traffic overloading its servers) and the pages do not work there is trick to view the pages though. Rename the web address protocol to "https" and the page should load. This is because the https is on a different server.

Summary: Best place for a good electrical bargain, LED torches etc..