Flashlight Host and Uncommon Budget Flashlights

That switch looks like convoy BD series with recharge contact points. Weird looking light

As do I, but would love a 21700 type, slap on an L2 Head… hmmmm
Definitely not liking the Plastic Fantastic. Looks REALLY cheap.

Flashlight that uses Makita battery packs.


https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000301855017.html

Tool battery pack powered flashlights are very common.


https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32981767903.html


http://www.aliexpress.com/item/32952817482.html

I can see a train hopper using this :smiley:

How did the BriteBucket avoid this list? It’s not a host, heck, it might not even be a flashlight! But it has it’s own song.

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I have a hat with a built in light that uses coin cells, so once they died I pretty much never used it again.
I can see this being very useful for the average person, if they’re walking the dog in the winter or other things where you don’t need a ton of light.

Is there any other place to buy this from? When I selected USA on the site it changed the currency to something I didn’t understand.

Amazon has them at $8.
Search for “LED USB Beanie”.

Search them on Vipon. I saw them there before.

Here they are
https://www.vipon.com/promotion/index?search=led%20hat&group=

Headlamp with remote LED:

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/32926358941.html

Definitely not budget.

This light is probably plastic junk but I like:

  • screw-on magnet that doesn’t add size for those who don’t use it
  • right angle headlamp with mule emitter on battery tube? Nice implementation of flood-to-throw. :slight_smile:


http://www.aliexpress.com/item/33036830454.html

whats this please??

I have this light. Got it here.
It’s not too bad. Main LED is cool white, side LEDS are cool white and red.
Single click turns on main LED. Click to cycle through high, mid, low, strobe, repeating. Does have memory. Long press about a second to turn off.
Double click to turn on side LED. single click to cycle through solid white, solid red, slow blink red, fast blink red/white, repeating. Does have memory, but if you switch to mail LED, the side LED memory gets reset back to solid white. Double click to go back to mail LED, or long press to turn off.
Draws 27uA while off, 2.2A high. 1A mid, 0.3A low.
Side LED .1A solid white, .05A solid red.
Driver is easy access. Just unscrew the battery tube and remove the threaded retaining ring. There are a lot of wires on the driver. 4 to the switch (lighted), 3 to each side LED assembly, and 2 for the main LED.
LED is also easy access. Just unscrew the bezel- no glue anywhere. Led is on a standard 20mm board. I’ll replace the main LED with something more neutral, but I’m leaving the rest of the light as is.

Please excuse me stretching the definition of a flashlight but I think this way of using flex PCBs and magnets is interesting yet not worth its own thread.

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000145698500.html

Harry Potter and the Angry Blue Lights

Guess this belongs in the USB light thread:

The seller claims it’s titanium: