New Rayovac 2AA adjustable focus LED light?

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I saw a new (to me) Rayovac 2AA LED Sportsman (outdoor) series flashlight in a Farm & Fleet store tonight, but cannot find it discussed here on CPF.

The flashlight is dark green aluminum and the head is larger than the battery compartment. There is a black rubber covered forward clicky tailcap with momentary feature which performs like the side mounted switches on Maglite C and D flashlights (nice!).

Someone tore open the blister pack and inserted the batteries in the light before I arrived, enabling further examination.

You adjust the focus from narrow to flood by twisting the head. Looked like it had a collimating lens, but I couldn't be sure. The beam is square shaped at close distances when the focus is narrowed. The store was brightly lit, making it difficult to make other judgements about the emitted light.

The package claims this light is 100 times brigher than ordinary flashlights, but there is no lumen or wattage readings as found on other Rayovac Sportsman packaging.

Anyone have a link pointing to addition information about this flashlight?

Thanks,
 
parnass said:
I saw a new (to me) Rayovac 2AA LED Sportsman (outdoor) series flashlight in a Farm & Fleet store tonight, but cannot find it discussed here on CPF.

The flashlight is dark green aluminum and the head is larger than the battery compartment. There is a black rubber covered forward clicky tailcap with momentary feature which performs like the side mounted switches on Maglite C and D flashlights (nice!).

Someone tore open the blister pack and inserted the batteries in the light before I arrived, enabling further examination.

You adjust the focus from narrow to flood by twisting the head. Looked like it had a collimating lens, but I couldn't be sure. The beam is square shaped at close distances when the focus is narrowed. The store was brightly lit, making it difficult to make other judgements about the emitted light.

The package claims this light is 100 times brigher than ordinary flashlights, but there is no lumen or wattage readings as found on other Rayovac Sportsman packaging.

Anyone have a link pointing to addition information about this flashlight?

Thanks,
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Were you able to tell what type of LED this light used? Maybe you could check the Rayovac site and see if you recognize it anywhere.
 
adirondackdestroyer said:
Were you able to tell what type of LED this light used? Maybe you could check the Rayovac site and see if you recognize it anywhere.
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I don't know the type of LED used and that's something I'd like to know. Was hoping the LED was something relatively modern for a consumer grade light.

Forgot to mention that there is a square shaped area between the bezel and battery compartment.

Price was just under $20 US.

I looked, but could not find this light on the Rayovac web site. Sooner or later, a CPF'er will step forward to report on this light. :popcorn:
 
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It's almost an exact copy (made by maybe?) of the Romisen RC-G2 with a longer body tube for 2AA. If you look at the posted web site, in the lower left they have a picture/link to a "ALX-6911AA" which is the RC-G2.

DX has the RC-G2 for $11 free shipping. These have a better emitter and the head can be focused, just like my MiniMag Led only brighter.

Want a tiny bit more brightness - Shiningbeam RC-G2 Q5.

You can do the same head focusing trick with Shiningbeam's RC-N3 Q5 - very bright. It a pocket (CR123) or a larger 2AA - you get both options.
 
L.E.D. said:
Is it this light, but rebranded under Rayovac? : http://favourlight.com/1/#products/ALX-7012AA
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:twothumbs Yes, except for the color of the switch boot, that looks identical to the Rayovac light I saw in the store!

The web site you provided says the LED is a 1 watt Luxeon, but I don't know if that is the same LED used in the Rayovac.

Thanks!
 
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I'm guessing this light uses a Cree emiiter, since it is only running at 2 watts and is claimed to be 100 lumens. It also says "high powered LED" on the front of it, which is the same thing that the package says for the Rayovac 3C and that light uses a Cree.
Also, their lights that use a Rebel are rated for 3 watts and only claim 80 lumens.
I just got off the phone with a Rayovac rep, but they knew virtually nothing about this light (BIG SURPRISE!).

Parnass,

Could you check to make sure this light uses a Cree emitter the next time you go to that store?
 
Could also be a K2 emitter in it.

I have a relabelled nuwai light here that uses a K2 LED. Packaging says "high powered" and up to 100 lumens.
 
parnass said:
I found the flashlight I saw last night on the store's web site:

http://farmandfleetmodeling.net/catalog/product.aspx?i=591840&h=050603005

There is no mention of the type of LED.
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You're going to have to go to the store and look down the head of the light to see exactly what type of LED it uses. All the sites online just say it uses a "high power LED".
If you don't know what certain types of LEDS look like, you can take a picture and one of the members here can identify it.
 
It's a K2. There is a hexagon shaped base and square led that is visable when the flashlight is turned to flood.
 
I've been trying to take off the lens but no luck yet. when i do eventually get it off, how can i tell if it's a K2 or K2 TFFC?
 
The TFFC K2s have 16 evenly spaced "holes" or "dots" on the emitter.The older K2s that I have are a solid square.The way I have checked this on my lights is to turn on the light,point it at the ceiling and use an aspheric lens or magnifying loupe to focus the image of the emitter.This works well with my INOVAs but I have not tried it on a light that already uses a focusing lens.If you have a lens/loupe it would be worth trying.

EDIT:I tried this technique with my old T2 TIROS and X1 version one.It actually worked better with the TIROS though the image was not nearly as good as what I get with reflectored lights.
 
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The packaging for this new Rayovac "100 lumen" light says:

"Regulated circuitry provides constant light output throughout the entire life of battery."
 
parnass said:
The packaging for this new Rayovac "100 lumen" light says:

"Regulated circuitry provides constant light output throughout the entire life of battery."
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I'm pretty sure the packaging of the Rayovac 3C Cree said the very same thing, and all that was in their was a resistor.

Has anyone been able to open one of these up to see just what type of K2 it uses?
 
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