Lighthound L600 - 500 Lumen Rechargeable Flashlight

[Russianesq]

Does anyone have this light yet?

http://www.lighthound.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2951&strVarSel=&strCompare=

500 Lumen output for $55.99.....wow

 

[ampdude]

It's got the typical big fat Chinalight tailcap, I wonder if it's something made by Ultrafire?

 

[Russianesq]

It does look like an Ultrafire and G&P got together

 

[RoyJ]

There was a thread on this before, but, whoa, just noticed it's a 6V phillips bulb overdriven to over 8V on 2 li-ons. I wouldn't like the bulb life at $16 a pop.

The WF500 is probably a much better deal @ $5 a bulb, and $30 light.

 

[Russianesq]

overdriven bulb = great point :thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[mdocod]

um... The bulb in the WF-500, R500, or any other flashlight, is no specific voltage bulb, saying a "overdriven 6V bulb" without mentioning the life and lamp type at 6V is meaningless as to whether or not the overdrive is a problem or not.

A WF-500 bulb is also a 6V bulb if you want to call it that, but has a 250+ hour life at 6V instead of ~20 @ ~7.4V....

As long as the philips lamp is rated for a decent life at 6V (like 250-500 hours) then it will work fine on 2x li-ion just as well as the WF-500 lamp.

To be honest, most common halogen lamps on the market are rated for about 2000 hours, so I would be less worried about bulb life on 2x-li-ion, and more worried about it being awfully dim because it's not driven hard enough.... but I'm sure the lamp is picked out to work correctly....

 

[j3bnl]

Agree with Russianesq.
This ones got Ultrafire and G&P written all over it.

Brian

It does look like an Ultrafire and G&P got together

 

[sysadmn]

Also sold on eBay as the "Solarfore" - it's been discussed in the forums. I didn't want to buy one when the only source was an overseas dealer on eBay. That dealer didn't have much info - the pictures didn't even show which bulb was used. Search CPF for "Solarfore" or "Solarforce" (both are used in the eBay ad, or go to eBay.