UFO style LED umbrella light

Other Types of Lights LED Spotlights
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The wife brought home an umbrella light the other day . It is designed to clamp to the pole and has spring loaded textured legs to grip it . She bought it at Aldis for about $8.00 . Here it is in the bombproof blister pack .

The package was no match for my Enlan EL01a .

It only opens this far , so if you have a big pole ...

The light features a reverse clicky and the modes are sequential - low, center LEDs with small reflectors , medium , outer ring of non-reflectored LEDs , and high , all LEDs .

Foldout hangers for suspended use .

The light takes 4 AA batteries , each has it's own bay . I loaded it up with Energizer Ultimates , which cost more than the light itself .

Control shot , daytime .

Low

Medium

High

Beamshot of low on whitewall

Beamshot of low

And high

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Yeah , well , it does work . And I believe my wife thinks that I will like any old light she brings home .

She's right .

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Hah! That's pretty cool!

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that's pretty cool

I think i'll stop in Aldis today. That'd work well on the center pole of the tarp/canopy I take camping.

4xAA?

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Great review, jack.

How's the heat sinking on that thing? :bigsmile:

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I have one very similar that I hang from my tent. it provides just the right amount of light while tinkering around before bed while camping!

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I saw one of those at Walmart and I was so tempted to buy it even though I have no place to mount it. I am thoroughly disappointed it has no flashing strobe mode for rave parties. I bet it would look cool mounted on a shotgun.

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I brought one off ebay for under 5 bucks, its got 48 small led,s i use it to hang from the center of the tent while camping as a night light, 3 mode and it came with 4 AAA batteries that we are still using. I has a hole in the middle but will not open, but has a clip and hanging point that slides into the hole perfect for camping to hang from the center of the tent..

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LOL

Any battery life numbers, it should run for pretty long given that its 4xAA :D

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I have one of those, I used it as a table light during the big power outage we had last year. I used a 2-Liter Pepsi bottle to hold it up.

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I'll confess to having a few of these as well.

Two different types in fact ... spend the extra 2$ and get the good one :)...

I made the mistake of leaving one on my dash on a hot summer day ...it ain't round any more and the back doesn't screw on any longer either ..

Done right in nice high cgi nichias .This isn't a bad idea ..maybe i'll buy some good 5mm leds and break out a piece of cherry or oak ,the drill and make a nifty lil camp/cabin light

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Pretty neat. I'll have to get one of those.

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I’ve always been curious about these. I like the idea and the utility of it.
I have about 15 nichia 5mm that I bought a while back that would be great for one of these with reflectors. The little nichia GS 5mm I have are a fantastic tint and claim to be among the brightest 5mm available. Nice little leds!

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Well , since this old thread was resurrected I can tell you that the light is not waterproof . My umbrella is covered with a semi-permeable fabric that doesn't completely stop rain . After a fairly decent rain , the housing will have enough water intrusion to short the leds and the light will stay on until dried out .

The light does get used , though , and it works well for what it is .

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Ouch.

Old thread but hey, new light on an old thread!

Any style of this light found that is actually kind of worth while?

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Jack, doesnt seem surprising given its looks and price and intended use that its not waterproof, still would be nice if it was moist-proof.

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Aldi have these again now, I was looking at them last week.

I think one could become my new favourite AA EDC! :wink:

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so cool , realy like an UFO haha , but the lumen of it’s looks not enough.
my company also have the lighting call UFO LED Downlights :bigsmile:

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Still functions well . Same batteries .

Everyone that sees it in action likes it .

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Pretty cool!