Bought 2-18'' MAGNUMS made in China , from Cabelas. Caveman mentality say buy 2 for twice the thrill. Head to favorite speck hole. I will admit that I have never fished it this early in the year, but crappie should be on pattern I assume. Hooked up 2 lights and only one of the Magnums made in china, work. I did see a 3 ft Gar did swim 4 ft from the Magnum, which i never saw with a sealed beam before. MAG 1,SB 0. Six hours with mag,6 crapps, previous years with sb , NEVER this bad.MAG1,SB1. now if we are talking reliability, the Magnum is a DUD. NOTE: all the American manufacturers tell of the Chinese QC problems. At 1/5 the price, I GUESS I GOT WHAT I PAID FOR! MUDWITCH