Originally Posted by Humble Leader

the duty up to canada is ridiculous. shipping, FX and then duty really makes things expensive. I always try amazon if I can. overland outfitters and greenlane are my go to's if I'm looking for something that doesn't have to cross borders. I got hammered on a rago tray I bought directly from rago but I had no other choice. the lab testing is important, that's what I look for too. you say your light is waterproof, well let's see about that. but the flip side is well I just paid hundreds for these lights, I'll believe baja that they are waterproof and will survive being buried in snow during the winter.

now if I had a successful youtube channel that could finance these purchases I'd 100% do it. but I don't see many people testing their $500 baja lights lol. many of the videos and reviews are installs and instructionals and some long term use updates. which is fine for most people but if you're up in the slush and snow and road salt, seeing durability testing would be helpful

Originally Posted by Humble Leader

many companies won't authorize a review unless they can edit the script first, negative reviews, not allowed, contracts galore. people will be skeptical because of all the BS out there and as they should be, everyone is hustling trying to make it in this ridiculous world. Keep grinding and putting out good content

Originally Posted by Grug556

yeah i hear you. Example last week my Goat armour finally showed up. It was like $650 or from GOAT. Then $125 Fedex slowboat ground shipping. Then HST at the border, DUTY and then Fedex brokerage. With exchange it more or less costed me $1250 all in. Not cheap.

Where you from up here in this shitland? Im near Toronto

Originally Posted by Humble Leader

hahaha I'm east of toronto. I used to live there actually. now if I have to go into the city I take the train

Originally Posted by Grug556

yeah i hear you. Example last week my Goat armour finally showed up. It was like $650 or from GOAT. Then $125 Fedex slowboat ground shipping. Then HST at the border, DUTY and then Fedex brokerage. With exchange it more or less costed me $1250 all in. Not cheap.

Where you from up here in this shitland? Im near Toronto

Originally Posted by Humble Leader

hahaha I'm east of toronto. I used to live there actually. now if I have to go into the city I take the train

Originally Posted by TRD PANTHER

That’s ridiculous. Let us know how the GOAT armor is. Especially on and off applications.
My father was born and grew up in Toronto. On Indian Grove near Dundas. Served with the Royal Canadian Engineers during the war. His brother was with the 48th highlanders and started in full combat on Anzio in ‘43. I have cousins who live in Missasauga, Scarborough and north of Toronto. I have not been back since the 80’s.

Originally Posted by TRD PANTHER

That’s ridiculous. Let us know how the GOAT armor is. Especially on and off applications.
My father was born and grew up in Toronto. On Indian Grove near Dundas. Served with the Royal Canadian Engineers during the war. His brother was with the 48th highlanders and started in full combat on Anzio in ‘43. I have cousins who live in Missasauga, Scarborough and north of Toronto. I have not been back since the 80’s.

Originally Posted by Grug556

Oakville? Hamilton? Haha you may be my neighbor, this is funny!!!

Or seeing as I am looking at the map upside down..ugh

Pickering? Whitby? Lol.

Originally Posted by Humble Leader

thank you to your father for his service. maybe your father and my grandfather crossed paths near Anzio lol. he fought for Italy around that time. there's actually a huge cemetary north of the city that has a large section dedicated to WWI and WWII veterans. there's old military equipment on display there as well, just a couple pieces. I've put on hundreds of miles through that cemetary with my dog when I lived in Toronto

Originally Posted by Humble Leader

thank you to your father for his service. maybe your father and my grandfather crossed paths near Anzio lol. he fought for Italy around that time. there's actually a huge cemetary north of the city that has a large section dedicated to WWI and WWII veterans. there's old military equipment on display there as well, just a couple pieces. I've put on hundreds of miles through that cemetary with my dog when I lived in Toronto



durham region ya. I semi regularly drive through oakville and hamilton but it's always 407 to the Burlington bridge and off to niagara to see family. I've been meaning to get up to the ganaraska forest because it's somewhat close to me but haven't yet

Originally Posted by Grug556

Thats funny, you literally drive right by my house on the way after the bridge. I down in wine country near the escarpment. Great area.

Originally Posted by FiveO4Runner

I also have more respect for LASFIT for the reason you just mentioned. Literally they had zero input, never asked to see anything ahead of time to try to influence it and actually thanked me for being honest. They were receptive to my comments on the warranty length compared to BD and Rigid, and said that they would be discussing it with the higher ups. This at least to me shows that not only do they want the feedback but that they also are using it to make their products better. To me that speaks to the fact that they want honest feedback.


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Originally Posted by Pedro367

You really don't have to keep justifying yourself. What you did is perfectly fine and appreciated by most. Some people just like to get REALLY into lighting discussions on here because they think everybody "needs" the most expensive stuff. Top of the line LED lighting is borderline unaffordable and the "cheap" stuff is starting to get actually pretty good.

Every lighting thread turns out this way, especially with LASFIT involved. I'm actually kind of proud of them for sticking around in a very saturated lighting market with a high end clientele.

Originally Posted by FiveO4Runner

Your right, I just can’t stand when people make claims that I am being paid and all this other nonsense. It’s just amazing sometimes that something as simple as me posting a review and trying to help the 4Runner community through install videos and reviews turns into false accusations by some who have literally zero experience with the product they are claiming is sub par, junk, or cheap. But it is a forum and people have there opinions, even if wrong and unsubstantiated.

I however will continue to review and post 4Runner content of all types as my funds allow to continue to help where I can.


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Originally Posted by Photog5thGen

This thread seemed to run out of gas back in 2022. I only recently began to look into lighting and really liked the beam patterns of the Lasfit 3" LED Pod lights. But Lasfit doesn't have any and can't (or won't) give a projected availability date. I get the sense they aren't going to offer them anymore. Any insights here? Tks

Originally Posted by Pedro367

You really don't have to keep justifying yourself. What you did is perfectly fine and appreciated by most. Some people just like to get REALLY into lighting discussions on here because they think everybody "needs" the most expensive stuff. Top of the line LED lighting is borderline unaffordable and the "cheap" stuff is starting to get actually pretty good.

Every lighting thread turns out this way, especially with LASFIT involved. I'm actually kind of proud of them for sticking around in a very saturated lighting market with a high end clientele.