I have confirmed that the Lampe de Poche is made out of genuine plastic! How can they possibly sell a light made out of this high-tech space age material for only $1.00?
Does (Lampe de Poche) translate to Sc**w the Pooch?
Nice light, great review.
I think you should get one and mod it with some nichias.
:_( Oh why oh why texaspyro did you hurt me with a review of such a …. THING! Gawd! I read all of it. :zipper_mouth_face:
Thanks for the review texaspyro. With a 10 out of 5 star rating, $1.00 price tag and genuine plastic used through out there only remains one question. Do you think we could start a group buy and perhaps if we get 239 members interested we may get this absolutely fantastic flashlight for 99 cents.
Alas, at Dollar Tree everything’s a buck. No discounts for bulk purchases. It’s not even listed on their web site where they only sell things in bulk… for a buck.
Now, if I can only find one of those 5 emitter monster lights, my life would be complete.
Lucks in. Maybe we can get this down to $64.50 with a group buy. If the shipping to Aus is under $200.00 I may just get one at the listed price. The write up on these lights is unbelievable and I dont want to miss out.
lol That first pic of the triple emitter/leds made me think it had promise for a sec.
This is the funniest review I’ve read so far!
I like!
Any idea where can i get the cheaper chinese clone?
When the give-away?
YEP, got it at Dollar Tree, 5-6 years ago. The only TRUE dollar store left - everything is still a dollar. The day I bought this there was a Scoutmaster there buying all they had for a camping trip his troop was going on. He actually described this light as having “good throw” Up until then, I had never heard the term, but I knew what he meant by it. He was right, it would throw clear across the room!, better than the other 6-8 LED shower heads that were also available at the time. Of course the 6-8 LED lights were “flooders” I remember giving them out as stocking stuffers that Christmas and was everyone impressed!
A closeup of this triple emitter looks impressive but wait ’til you see the scale of it is in context.
I have been gifting LED lights to family members ever since, and every year they are impressed at how much progress there has been in the technology. I still find it amazing that a light this small, with but just 3 emitters us able to throw so many photons all the way across a room.
Is yours made of genuine plastic?
i’d guess bakelite
I believe it is, although it was never stated as so on the packaging, only that it was double-insulated.
Almost all things in this world are made in China. lol J) Of course, this all about quality-issues. Well, welcome to the Era of Globalization.
3.62lm/w, is this better or worse then a candle?
Better, I think… aren’t candles around 0.1 lumens/watt?
Wow! Found a great selection of these at my local Dollar Tree! I just couldn't decide on a color, so I chose not to buy any at all.
-Garry
I couldn’t decide on color either, so I closed my eyes and happened to grab purple. A few weeks later I wandered into another Dollar Tree and wouldn’t you know, they had purple also, but a different shade of purple Now what do I do? I find myself going to all the DT’s looking for new shades.
Additionally, I moded mine using Monster Cable oxygen free copper wire. It doesn’t look any brighter but the quality of the beam just seems better. The wire cost more than I would have liked, but I’m glad I did it, it was a good investment.