Costco Squeeze LED Light

[kitelights]

I just got mine tonight and was attempting the same thing (trying to run mine down). But now that I know that there are multiple cells, I quit. Don't want to reverse a cell.

 

[RonM]

These are tempting, but I think the best survival light is something like an Infinity with an AA lithium. The batts in the sqeeze light may be useless after sitting around unused for a few years, plus there's the risk of mechanical malfunction.

I think the best use for the Squeeze is for little kids who love to play with lights but always forget to turn them off.

 

[geepondy]

I bought one tonight too. Plenty at my local Costco but no Luxeon lights that people talk about to be found. I won't bother reviewing it as plenty said here except to say it ran for over an hour straight from the package. I like the concept. I would be willing to pay more for one that was maybe a little smaller, and a little more durable so you could have a greater feeling of dependency should you stash it away for a emergency light. It does say in the package not to submerge in water but I would like a little more guarantee of water resistance for say changing a tire in the rain.

 

[kitelights]

I definately put it in the "toy" category. I wouldn't think of depending on it for a serious light, much less long term survival.

Another comment - the switch is not protected and gets turned on and off accidently very easily.

 

[LowBat]

I never got a reply from my email inquiry to GEI, buy thanks to the dissection performed by blinkycat we now know this unit uses a battery instead of a capacitor. I too feel this is something to give the kids.

 

[Artful]

So how hard would be to convert from batteries to capacitor I wonder ?

 

[Yukon_Jack]

I can see maybe having a few around to supplement more reliable light sources, all depends on the longivity of the rechargable batteries assuming no use. From what I can see, the light is simply not quality enough to try and modify to become a serious primary emergency/survival tool.