Anyone ever bought one of these??

[PlayboyJoeShmoe]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2072103426

Looks kinda like a black Dorcy light, but also a lot like a Mag.

The Dorcys I have suck as incandescents but would be great as LEDS....

 

[PlayboyJoeShmoe]

Or this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1585685365

Looks slicker than greased owl poop. No knurling whatsoever.

 

[PlayboyJoeShmoe]

Or THIS?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2073165127

Looks pretty nice (don't even need camo) and can run on Cs or adapted AAs... Sounds great....

 

[PlayboyJoeShmoe]

Or THIS!?!?!?!?!?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2072139275

Looks like just what a 4D Mag needs! Or maybe a Lantern for long time use....

 

[Pellidon]

I bought the set of three lights with 3 cells and four LED's from the same seller. Not very bright units and switches needed work to become useful. Finish was rough and one of the LED's is already dead in one of them. Having said that, three lights at ten bucks each was not bad but one at 24 in a Dollar store body may be a bit steep. He does ship fast and the transaction was fine. He has also had some negatives about this light. I did keep the AA lights and use them frequently.

I did get a good deal on a 16 LED Mag Light replacement bulb on Ebay that replaces the reflector and bulb hold down collar. This was from a different seller. It is bright in a three cell and really bright in a four. That unit is resistored and well made. This one is probably not resistored as the AA lights were not.

 

[PlayboyJoeShmoe]

I know, I know.

I should buck up and buy one of Wayne Js creations.

Forget the 3AA stuff. But do tell me about the rubber 3C/3AA light, and the 3D Mag look-a-like.

And find me a decent cheap 4AA PR based LED bulb!!!

 

[Harrkev]

Originally posted by PlayboyJoeShmoe:
Or this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1585685365

Looks slicker than greased owl poop. No knurling whatsoever.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Craig had a review of these -- they got the "toylet bowl" award.

http://ledmuseum.home.att.net/ledclub.htm

 

[Rooster]

I definately agree with Craig's Toilet-Bowl award. I work for a company that sells flashlights very similar to this one, same body perhaps, but anodized blue, with six nasty blue/white LED's and a "clicky" tail switch. The physical quality of the light is very poor. The threads are very sloppy and loose, feels like it's going to strip any second... The light output is about what one would expect of six unregulated LED's driven by 4.5v, but very blue"ish". The lens is extraordinarily thin, and the LED's aren't potted, so they mis-align themselves if dropped. We sell them for about $16.00

 

[whiskypapa3]

A friend of mine got one. It was not very bright (light not friend). He couldn't figure out how to get it apart to change leds so he gave it to me.

The front end was rolled over after the lamp assembly was inserted. I had to file off the rolled over part of the front end, then I could push out the assembly from the back. It looked like with a bit of reamng a Luxeon Star and the optics from a blown Star/O would fit well. The old contact/resistor plate was recovered and leads from the Star were soldered to it. Thermal epoxied a 1/8th in slug between the Star and the plate and dropped it in where the old assembly went. A touch of Thermal epoxy around the slug and some GOOP around the optics and away we go..

Went in his glove compartment...

 

[whiskypapa3]

Should have noted that this was done to eBay item=1585685365...

 

[TOB9595]

I bought a couple of these lights before becoming enlightened here at cpf. good for mods but dim, dim, dim before modding.