Energizer Hard Case 4 Led Swivel Head

[ernsanada]

I went by Lowe's to pick up a couple of Maglite 3D's on sale for $9.97. I found the Energizer Hard Case 4 Led Swivel Head for $34.97. SKU # 288212. There were only 3 Hard Cases.

Be careful of the silver color paint that holds the swivel. I dropped the light a couple of inches while taking pictures of the light and the paint scratches very easy.

The head and part of the body has a rubber coat which should stand some abuse.

The clip on the back is made of metal.

Comes with 2AA Energizer Alkalines.

To put batteries in unscrew the bottom counter clockwise. Clockwise to tighten.

Head can rotate 125 degrees.

On the package it says 80 lumens, 4 hour run time and survives a 20 foot drop.

4 Leds, 1 White High Intensity, 2 Red - Night Vision, 1 Green - Pipe Inspection. The White High Intensty can be turn on with a combination of the red or green also on.

Top switch controls Red and Green. The bottom controls White High Intensity.

Note the Silver Color. There are a couple of scratches.

Red @ 38"

Green @ 38"

White @ 38"

White with Green @ 38"

White with Red @ 38"

 

[ernsanada]

The Top Switch goes from Red, Green then off.

The bottom switch, the White High Intensity has 2 levels. High then low.

Both switches are reverse clickies.

 

[ernsanada]

Top Leds. Center Led Green. The other Leds Red.

 

[Schuey2002]

Good job on the review, ernsanada. :thumbsup:

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Now, if only someone would do runtime graph on this light... :candle:

 

[SIERRA]

HI! Thanks for your great review!


Just wondering, is it dunkable?



Thanks!

 

[e2x2e]

What does "pipe inspection" mean?

I wish this was waterproof!! That'd be a great light.

 

[Marduke]

What does "pipe inspection" mean?

I wish this was waterproof!! That'd be a great light.

Leak detection.

And it is relatively waterproof

 

[woodrow]

I think it will float with lithium AA's in it...My old luxeon model said it would anyway.

 

[Garand]

I did a run time test on mine tonight. It ran high three hours on rechargable Duracells with about two hours and 20 minutes of very bright light.

After that it started to get dim and at the three hour mark it went almost out.

The red and green LED's were still bright after the batteries failed to run the main LED very well.

 

[ernsanada]

I did a run time test on mine tonight. It ran high three hours on rechargable Duracells with about two hours and 20 minutes of very bright light.

After that it started to get dim and at the three hour mark it went almost out.

The red and green LED's were still bright after the batteries failed to run the main LED very well.

Thanks for the runtime.

I have too little time then I get another light. No time to do run times.

 

[Phaserburn]

Nice review as always, Erns. However, you left out the thing I want to know most; do you like this light? What are your personal pros and cons?

:twothumbs

 

[Garand]

One thing I did not like is the fact that there is little difference between high and low on the main LED.

I don't think there would be much difference in run time between the two.

As far as output this light does very well for a two AA light. It has plenty of throw.

 

[Handlobraesing]

Runtime check with a pair of generic Ultralast brand alkaline cells.

The sensor isn't linear responding, so it's not accurate like chevrofreak's, but it's better than nothing. It shows the knee jerk point where the light falls out of regulation and starts dropping rapidly.
x= minutes.

After the knee jerk point, it runs in "moon" mode for many hours.

They also have this in a tactical version. Look at the PDF in the thread. You'll see the product pictured with a pair of L91s. Since the case looks exactly the same and I suspect the heat sink spacing is the same, so I think it's safe to use L91s on this one.

I'll run another test with 2000 mAh eneloops. I won't be running any L91 lithium test as they're spendy.
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=178757

 

[Phaserburn]

One thing I did not like is the fact that there is little difference between high and low on the main LED.

I don't think there would be much difference in run time between the two.

Not so. The current draw using non-fresh nimh cells:

High - 790ma
Low - 360ma
High and red leds on - 830ma

Runtime should be double using the white led on low vs high.

 

[Handlobraesing]

Click for fullsize Made into thumbnail to ensure CPF regulations compliance.

 

[gunga]

Bumping an old thread. Thanks to the sale on the Hardcase tacticals on woot.com (I'm not eligible in Canada :mecry.

No matter, I am planning to put a nice warm/neutral cree into mine too.

Does anyone use the green led? Is it really helpful for leak detection? If so, how?

If not, I'll put a better white 5mm led in there...