I’m getting my ‘flashlight fixes’ the cheap way these days After wondering why on earth I paid $150 for a custom light, and then another $50 for an Armytek Tiara headlamp, I switched gears. My last (3) purchases were
1. $15 for a B grade XinTD C8 V5 (off centered emitter)
You did make me realize that it might also be worth to check banggood etc. Although I’ll probably just end up looking for something with proven quality (just looking for 1 light, not to feed an addiction ;))
Not sure which thread I saw them in initially but my touch-sensitve ramping USB lights from your ebay link arrived a couple of days ago. If it was your thread I saw them in, then many thanks are in order.
I opted for the warm version, which have an almost pinkish tint. So much nicer than most of the cold, blue crap usually sold at this price point. I have since seen that Fasttech have a similar product (http://www.fasttech.com/products/2111/10006956/1741602) slightly cheaper but at under $2 each I'm happy with the ebay seller.
Not sure about long-term performance but so far I've found they work very well. I placed another order today for an additional 10 as giveaways for family and friends.
I have been fiddle futzing around with them…seeing how long I can run them
On my ML-102 w/ a Sanyo 2600mAh, I got a solid 5.25hrs on high, great little “emergency” candles when the power goes out (they do get rather warm though)
I "measured" a draw of about 230mA on high using my USB charger doctor. Not sure how accurate this gadget is but I did notice that current draw dropped rapidly if I ramped them down slightly. I dare say you could easily stretch this to 10 hours or more with only a small drop in percieved brightness.
I've not yet felt that mine were "hot" on high. Certainly no risk to anyone of burning fingers on the exposed components. But then, who knows how consitent these might be from batch to batch.
I have one of these that runs off a wall wort and has a nice lil rocker switch on the cord .
I put a wand type diffuser on it since it fit nicely and then wound it up and into the shade of my lamp . The tint is very nice(2700) sounds right but my guess is it's doing more than 10 lumens .....mine does about 80 lumens ...when comparing it to a thrunite ti
I’m rather enjoying all these inexpensive lil offerings. They provide all the light I need at my desk, and have wonderful tints. If anyone sees some other unique, cheap offerings, send em my way. I don’t need 5000 lumens. Thanks.
Name-brand SMD LEDs are nice too, and if they are only high flux or high brightness, they can be had for fairly cheap too, in case you have a soldering itch from time to time.
Those USB touch lights are interesting, you should try to combine the guts of that with the ikea light.
After wondering why on earth I paid $150 for a custom light, and then another $50 for an Armytek Tiara headlamp, I switched gears. My last (3) purchases were
