I picked up a couple of these to give away. One friend called after a few days to say it was “fantastic” (some people are easily pleased), and wanted “at least” two more. That’s the sad thing about Lidl - when they are gone, they are generally gone for quite some time.
I didn’t really like the one I played with (for 5 minutes), but then again I have a dozen or so single AAA lights, and I’m not a fan of zoomies. For £3 though …….
Ever since this thread started I’m looking locally to see if they are available….nope, they are not.
I even checked some site that catalogues lidl stuff - it doesn’t list them so they probably didn’t arrive some time before I started looking.
I wonder if they’ll eventually show up….I lost most of the hope already.
I saw them a week or two ago here in a store but can’t even find a leaflet announcing it so no idea how long they’d been there. - I’ll check later when I do groceries.-
They still had a half a dozen or so on the shelf, and I bought one.
“A1SHB” is a Si2301 P-ch FET
“CD” has only 3 connections, either another FET or a standalone boost converter
“WBAN3” probably handles the modes
I also found this 15.5mm lens in a drawer. It needs a spacer so it doesn’t rattle around - no rim - and I’m not quite sure whether it’s aspherical or not (the flat side is actually slightly concave) but it should survive a harsh pocket environment better than the plastic one.
Just an idea, I don’t know if it would be worth it or possible still but if I can get them I’d be happy to send one to you for just the price of postage.
Only issue I can see is that postage to Polland would cost £4.40 from what I can see, so a bit more than the light cost.
I forgot that took this photo a few weeks ago when I last visited the Lidl near me, they had quite a few.
Thanks a lot neBstress, that’s a great offer!
It got my mind running in circles for a while (even while writing this post) because….I can’t really take it.
The thing is:
Due to liquidity issues I forsee a quarter ahead I cut my flashlight spendings to $0 half year ago.
I cheated once, with a small Arrow order.
With this light I intended to cheat again.
Now…$10 or thereabouts are nothing next to the expenses that I have ahead. But still, they key to feeling OK with the cheat was that the price was really trivial.
Turning it from trivial to well-worth-it-and-small…well it’s a hard decision…but I have to decline your offer.
But I really appreciate it. Thank you.
i usually find cheap zooms don;t really concentrate the light so much as they just throw away the edges
the spot isn;t much brighter than the flood
also on your picture, the zoom looks crooked, not on the main light center line
anyway, enjoy anyway!
Check your local LIDL - these lights are back! There are some in stock at my local store, here in western France, so probably being stocked in a few more. Bought one in great excitement for €3.99, and was pleasantly surprised by the light. It is certainly well built, though my beam is not artefact-free. But for the money they’re a great small zoomie to throw in the car. I’m going back to get a few more for the kids for sure.
They’re back!!!
Last week i saw them again in several of our local Lidl shops in the Netherlands, €2.99 each. Bought two of them and today again two
after examining the two i bought last week.
There is a small plastic label on the keyring which states the type number. It says Livarno TL273. Manufacturing date May 2018.
Dimensions are: 85 mm long and 2.15/1.6 mm wide.
I’m quite happy with them, certainly for this price. Unbelievable, i wonder how long they will last.