£3 ebay AAA Flashlight

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Fri, 09/10/2010 - 16:12
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£3 ebay AAA Flashlight

Hi guys i found this little light whilst looking around on ebay and for the price i couldn't resist. It's not bad the metal is quite thin and the threads are appalling very rough and not a sign of any lube anywhere. The led is also pretty rubbish and the whole light is only a tad brighter than the BLF delight which only runs 1 AAA where as this runs on 3

 

Anyway heres a few pics:

 

Led

Body

Reflector

Disassebled:

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Fri, 09/10/2010 - 18:33
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I have modded it with a Q5 star from DX. Much brighter light now

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Fri, 09/10/2010 - 18:57
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Nautic wrote:

I have modded it with a Q5 star from DX. Much brighter light now

 

I've got some luxeon 3 stars i was thinking of sticking one of those in there, can i drive that on 3 AAA i'm not sure if this thing as any kind of driver on board

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Fri, 09/10/2010 - 18:59
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Heres a link to the light

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270627722336&ssPage...

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Sat, 09/11/2010 - 05:02
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I could not get the pill out, it is not screwed into the body,

so I just swopped the original led with a cheap Q5 from DX.

It works fine. Dont know about the Luxeons.

 

The reflektor did not suit the new pill, but I just unscrew the head

half a turn and then it has a nice bright hotspot.

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Sat, 09/11/2010 - 17:27
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The pill on mine is hollow what could i fill it with to conduct the heat ?

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Sun, 09/12/2010 - 07:25
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http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.4593

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Sun, 09/12/2010 - 16:12
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Cheers guys, i have just ordered the thermal grease that Nautic linked too..

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Sun, 06/12/2011 - 22:38
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You can DIY it,check the voltage and current,change the LED board to a brighter one

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Mon, 06/13/2011 - 04:32
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oh my ..these are very bad ..I bought 3 of these from dino direct a long time ago for $3 each.  I think they are a lexeon . the tints on mine aren't bad they are a little dirty brown but have very little output ,maybe 50 lumens .The tail cap is very cheap and has a tendancy to push right out if you push on it without  the AAA holder in it .  it looks very easy to modify but not worth the price of the q5 emmitter . these are more that budget lights IMHO they are bad lights .When the price of alkalines outweighs the value of the light ..That may be a bad thing .Mine were bought to resell...it's a hard sellSurprised

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Sun, 08/21/2011 - 05:20
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The star is 20mm correct?

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Sun, 08/21/2011 - 05:57
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yes 

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Sun, 08/21/2011 - 06:24
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Thanks, I am thinking in a mod.........

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