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    ONN 6700 mAh Portable Battery @ WalMart What's inside?

    Well, it is clear that I probably have more interest than anyone else 🤔. It's not that I'm NOT willing to "invest" $5 to see what's inside but just thought why waste time, effort or $$ if someone else had already done so? I view that as a major benefit of any forum regardless of its area of...
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    ONN 6700 mAh Portable Battery @ WalMart What's inside?

    Thanks to all that have opined on my original post. I have yet tho, to get an answer to my initial question that being "what type of Li-ion cells provide the storage capacity" in this product? I may just have to do a "destructive assessment" and report my findings. At that point, opinions from...
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    ONN 6700 mAh Portable Battery @ WalMart What's inside?

    The ONN 6700 mAh Portable battery was clearance priced at $5. If I could harvest 2 decent Li-ion 18650 cells for $2.50 each, I would be pleased. I've read posts and/or watched videos where battery packs from various devices (i.e. Laptops) are disassembled (usually destructively) to reveal usable...
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    ONN 6700 mAh Portable Battery @ WalMart What's inside?

    I'm wondering if anyone knows what type of Li-ion cells provide the storage capacity of the ONN (WalMart's brand) 6700 mAh Portable Battery? The size and heft (10.5cm x 4.5cm x 2.2cm and ~152g) strongly suggest that 2 18650 Li-ion cells live inside. I bought it for its intended purpose as a...
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    What lights will the old MagLEDs work in?

    I have to ask, will/does the Everready light work with its native bulb? Have you checked the continuity of the "negative" side of the circuit? Fresh batteries? IDK for sure but I believe that MagLite bulbs were specific to the number of cells in the tube. I don't know if that would be an issue...
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    Ozark Trail 50 Lumen - Budget Light Extraordinaire!

    You're still an electronic wizard compared to me 🙄. I never really got into the electronic hobbyist scene 🙁. Prolly could have but never actually applied myself to the craft. Oh well. You're right tho, for a dollar, I could tear one down and see what upgrades could be applied. There's no doubt...
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    Ozark Trail 50 Lumen - Budget Light Extraordinaire!

    Well, to be sure, your knowledge, experience and skills are WAY above my pay grade 😳. At this point I'm a "off the rack, drop-in" modder! I only have a few 18650 batteries and lights that accept them but I'm keen on finding ways to use them in lights that start out with "old school" battery...
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    Ozark Trail 50 Lumen - Budget Light Extraordinaire!

    This light IS able to tailstand but the lanyard ring allows it to teeter a tiny bit. My lanyard "upgrade" should take care of that. Using it in a short duration bug -out-bag might be OK (regardless of the battery capacity) but I'll have to do a few "run time" tests before it's used in any...
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    Ozark Trail 50 Lumen - Budget Light Extraordinaire!

    Never expecting anything really "new", I usually cruise the flashlight section of my local WalMart on General Priciples (just in case 😉). The selection has narrowed over the years to a few basic brands (MagLite, Ray-o-Vac, EverReady, Bushnell to name a few) plus their Ozark Trail brand. While...
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    LED versus inc flashlights

    I'm confused 🤔. The way you've written this, it makes it look like you're saying that the 2aa bulb'd cheapie will shine 10 times longer than the 2aa LED cheapie !!! I could be looking at this wrong 🙄 but syntactically speaking, the order of compared items should match the order of the ratio. My...
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    I don't think that Ikea Ladda batteries are Eneloops

    So, why did you waste the keystrokes?
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    I don't think that Ikea Ladda batteries are Eneloops

    It doesn't seem like the OP was asking a question but merely making a statement based on experience. To be sure, it didn't seem to be a rant 🙂. Also they was no request for comments but perhaps the OP knew that there would be some 😉. RE: the root statement "I don't think that Ladda batteries are...
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    Dorcy 70 Lumen MG500

    The AAAx3 carrier is just under 54mm in overall length. I would have to add a spacer to the (-) end to ensure solid contact. That is a potential option tho😎. RE: drilling the intersecting holes in the tailcap, I'm not so sure that there is enough room for either of the perpendicular drillings...
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    Dorcy 70 Lumen MG500

    Putting potential shortcomings aside, I'm a bit disappointed in the absence of a lanyard/wrist strap or at least an attachment point 🙁. The belt clip is fine for carrying it but I really like having a wrist strap to minimize the potential for having the light tumble into an inaccessible place if...
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    Dorcy 70 Lumen MG500

    I was cruisin' the aisles of an independent yet massive hardware store in Boulder CO (McGuckins) and spotted a flashlight that piqued my interest (mainly the clearance price of $4.99 !). Original price was ~$15. Nothing else was spectacular about it but still not too bad. 70 lumen output, 4...
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