Honestly, my authentic Flip didn't hit that great until I put the new version positive contact in it. I watched the review from "Big Tom" and I must say that Hcigar did a pretty nice job on the clone. The engravings are not a spot on match with my first batch authentic, nor my wife's newer authentic Flip, but they appear well done. Seems my wife's later version Flip has quite a bit more detail in the engravings especially in the area of the lions.
I was happy to see that the HCigar does NOT say "Made in USA" on the switch, nor did they clone V3's serial numbering.