USB Light

[Flying Turtle]

For those out there that don't already have a few of these you might just find one in your local Dollar Tree. It works about as you'd expect, but at least the price is right.

Geoff

 

[Zatoichi]

I've had a few of those, and still have one left working. They used to be common in our 'everything £1' shops but I've not seen them for a while. They seem to get quite hot and burn out if left plugged in for very long periods, but they are pretty cool.

 

[Illum]

I cut mine apart and installed 2xCREE XR-E P4s on in in parallel long ago... with a 10 ohm resistor they draw about 125ma altogether and boy talk about an improvement.

only thing is the USB port isn't designed for this method of structural support so I had to make a stand for it:shrug:

 

[Flying Turtle]

They seem to get quite hot and burn out if left plugged in for very long periods, but they are pretty cool.

You are right about the heat. It's been running only about fifteen minutes and is almost hot. Can't imagine it will live long like this. I do like it in action. There's a small diffuser cap on the end that does a pretty good job whitening and spreading the beam.

Geoff

 

[goki]

I've been using one (mine is mostly silver/chrome and a computer-gray colored USB plug) for a couple of months and gets at least 5 hours of use everyday.

The original LED lasted maybe around 2 weeks till it dimmed considerably. I've modified it since with a nichia LED and changed the resistor which limits the current to around 20ma.