Surprised with River Rock 2AAA Target purchase

[regulator]

I just made an impulse buy at Target for a River Rock 2AAA light. It was on clearance for 4.77! With all the lights I have I thought that I should pass – but then I kept thinking $4.77 was not bad considering it even came with alkaline batteries. I wanted to see what the output was like and was curious about the light for some time now.

Well – I am impressed with the light for the price. It puts out a pretty impressive amount of light. I would guess it is close to 15-20 lumens. The build quality is also good. The tint is actually pretty white and not bad at all. It is definitely cool compared to a Cree but I would not consider it either blue or purple which I was concerned it may be. It is better than a Nichia GS and brighter. The reflector beam is very smooth without rings. It is actually very nice.

The light is said to be regulated and I measured 130-140 mA current from the battery. This is not bad for the amount of light it puts out compared to other lights I have tested. You could probably get 5 hours of bright regulated light on a set of eneloops.

I am happy I purchased the light and it will be a great backup light in a drawer or some other place for an emergency light. Definitely one of the best bang for buck lights I have recently purchased.

 

[daloosh]

Re: Suprised with River Rock 2AAA Target purchase

I saw those today at Target as well, but they were only down to $6.77. And I have one already.
But at $4.77, what's not to like, just throw it in the kitchen drawer, and you'll use it sometime.
I think I put one of these into my mother's bailout bag.
daloosh

 

[Bullzeyebill]

What LED does it use. Luxeon?

Bill

 

[regulator]

And it will be great with a couple of AAA lithium Energizers. If it follows any of the other lights tested with Energizer lithiums - runtime should be very impressive.

 

[regulator]

What LED does it use. Luxeon?

Bill

I'm not sure. It is one of the .5 watt LED's. It is not the Nichia used in the earlier Fenix E1 - which by the way were kind of purple.

FYI - I bought a cheap AA light at Fry's that had a similar looking LED that was TERRIBLE. It was truely PURPLE and not very bright. The light was a mimick of the Fenix light and was complete junk. This is why I was a bit hesitant. I think I paid about $7 for the light. This light is in a complete diferent class.

 

[Light Sabre]

The Target here in Boulder had the 2AA 1W Energizer flashlight on clearance for $6.48 a couple weeks ago. Bought one and was very impressed so I went back and bought the last 2.

 

[LightWalker]

The RR 2 AAA is on clearance here in Arkansas for about $6.68 I think it was.
I have not bought one yet but have been looking at it. If it drops below $5 I will probably get it even though I don't need it.

 

[Flying Turtle]

The clip that comes on these also works pretty well on your L0D or E01, and looks better than the Fenix clips.

Geoff

 

[boomhauer]

What LED does it use. Luxeon?

Bill

Someone else posted that it was similar, if not identical, to an SMJLED. For 5-7 bucks on clearance, it has good build quality, good finish, good brightness and beam quality, rear switch with momentary activation and anti-roll with a clip - what's not to like?

I've got a couple so far.