Sunday, May 20, 2012

Chinese 1 or 2 AA Cell Aluminum Flashlight

Another eBay purchase. The item title was:
5W Newest Bright LED Waterproof Flashlight Torch Outdoor Camping Carrying Light
It cost me $2.98 including shipping. Only took a couple weeks to get here from China. Shipping included tracking. The eBay seller name is SNSLED2012. The seller does not have all that many feedbacks yet (166 as of the time I got it). Perhaps his feedback level has something to do with the price. The light seems well built and fairly bright. It is made in three sections so it can be used as a 2-AA cell light and a 1-AA cell light just by removing one of the sections. The eBay item description included these bullet points:
• 1 LED slim Super Bright Torch with white LED light which is brighter than normal LED
• This Handheld Flashlight is compact and easy to carry and a great outdoors companion!  
• Ultra-bright, visible over a long distance in the dark  
• Slim body combined by 3 sections, the middle part can be removed, so this flashlight change from a long flashlight to a mini one freely (longer length is 14.5cm, shorter length is 9cm) 
• Durable black aluminum alloy casing, durable but still light weight  
• ON/OFF press button at the end of the Aluminum Flashlight body  
• Powered by: 2 x AA batteries for the long flashlight, 1 x AA battery for the short one (batteries are not included)  
• Head diameter: 2cm  
• Color: black  
• Weight: 90g
I am not sure how useful a flashlight than can change from a shorter one to a longer one will be, but when I saw it, I thought it was kind of a neat idea and for <$3, I can't really lose anything.

It came in this small padded envelope. It had been unscrewed so it was in two pieces so it would fit in the small envelope.
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The bezel unscrews as well, for no obvious reason. It is not for focusing. Maybe just the way they chose to assemble it.
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All screwed together.
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Nice amount of light. No appreciable difference in the amount of light I could casually detect between 1 cell or 2 cell mode.
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ETA 5-28-12 Some additional discussion here.

1 comment:

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