Nice elaborate review. Glad that it supports the general idea you had before you did
Now you can give it a place near the door and give it to the first person who asks for directions. And you can tell your friend that you were happy to give it to someone who needed it more than you did.
If I gave this light to my friends they would think about not being friends anymore
Such garbage gets trashed by me, unsafe battery and internal charging —> potential pipe bomb
These have been sold for ridiculous prices over the years.
I think I saw them around $80 several years ago! Back before Mag lite LEDs started showing up in the big box stores.
You got to wonder just how cheap the components must be to sell these things for just a few bucks on ebay.
All the Best,
Jeff
Warning - Danger -Will Robinson
With apologies to the Broadway show “Music Man”
My friends we got Trouble.
Right here in Zoomie city.
That’s Trouble,
With a capital T.
That rhymes with B,
And that stands for BOMB!
Since the other specs on this light are basically fabricated.
I thought I might give the 110v USB power supply a test to see if it was usable.
It’s not!
Testing the USB supply included with the kit - I got 4.32v with no load at the output.
Not even close to the 5v expected from a USB power supply.
I stuck an undercharged cell in the light and it did start to charge.
I then tried a fully charged cell and it did not start to charge.
Does this mean it’s safe? Not for me it isn’t.
Then I thought about the 3x AAA battery carrier.
I stuck that in the light populated with AAA rechargables.
Yep, it started charging.
I put some fully charged Alkalines in the carrier and it didn’t start to charge.
I put some lower voltage Alkalines in the light and charging started.
Soooo,
What happens when you charge 3 AAA eneloop cells in series cut off of over 4 volts?
What happens when you charge Alkaline cells?
In an aluminum bomb tube?
Now I really feel like I cant give this away with a clear conscious.
All the Best,
Jeff
Let’s hope you were the only lucky recipient and they didn’t give one of these to each member of their extended family and friends.
Seriously a hint to them might be a kindness lest they spread more of these around.
Its 4.32V because it should charge the battery with no electronics in the light
But thats way too high 4.2V is max and it should terminate charge in the CV phase at low current
Lexel, I hear you.
There must be some sort of charging cut off in in the light.
I charged it using a real 5v USB source and it cut off and the battery was at 4.12v.
So a safe if a little low voltage.
In tiny lettering on the included supply it says 4.2v 500mAh.
So the supply is not defective.
Still i think it is a very poor practice to use a standard connector with non standard voltages.