steve_vance
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there were some previous threads about the new LED module from Sylvania, the Dot-It.
http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProducts/AutomotiveLighting/Products/Dotitlights/
I received a couple dozen yesterday (donation for Cityteam, the group working in Mississippi THANK YOU SYLVANIA); I was expecting plastic cases and shoddy workmanship, what I got was a solid machined aluminum case and really great workmanship: THESE THINGS ARE BEAUTIFULLY BUILT.
The clickie switch is good quality: has a very positive feel. They use 3 AAA cells and advertise about 100 hours of runtime- that's probably using the same "usable light" standard that some of the LED flashlight makers use. I'd give it more like 25 hours of "good " light. The LEDS are all of unoiforn brightness and pure white: I'd estimate that they are the 8000-10000 mcd 5mm that most flashlight makers use.
The only concern I have is that the battery compartment (accessed thru the back) must be unscrewed to access the batteries. That could be a pain: they are literally VERY TINY Phillips screws and cpould be lost easily. And if you stick it onto a surface, using the supplied sticky backing, you might have trouble changing the batteries. As someone else suggested in a previous post, may be better to attach velcro.
All in all, though, I'm impressed with the quality, fit, finish and performance of this unit. They did a good job with this one. IMO it's a product design that will be suitable for a number of uses: closet light, camping, tent light, dome light for car or truck, IMO it would be a great item to put in a household disaster kit (it's shaped like a hockey puck- 2.625" diameter X .625" thick-- so the user could put it on a table and face it at the ceiling. The 3 LEDs would be bright enough to light a whole room)
BRIGHT, TOO!!!
They'll be sold at Walmart for about ten bucks each, but not every Walmart will have them. There's a list on the Sylvania website.
http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProducts/AutomotiveLighting/Products/Dotitlights/
I received a couple dozen yesterday (donation for Cityteam, the group working in Mississippi THANK YOU SYLVANIA); I was expecting plastic cases and shoddy workmanship, what I got was a solid machined aluminum case and really great workmanship: THESE THINGS ARE BEAUTIFULLY BUILT.
The clickie switch is good quality: has a very positive feel. They use 3 AAA cells and advertise about 100 hours of runtime- that's probably using the same "usable light" standard that some of the LED flashlight makers use. I'd give it more like 25 hours of "good " light. The LEDS are all of unoiforn brightness and pure white: I'd estimate that they are the 8000-10000 mcd 5mm that most flashlight makers use.
The only concern I have is that the battery compartment (accessed thru the back) must be unscrewed to access the batteries. That could be a pain: they are literally VERY TINY Phillips screws and cpould be lost easily. And if you stick it onto a surface, using the supplied sticky backing, you might have trouble changing the batteries. As someone else suggested in a previous post, may be better to attach velcro.
All in all, though, I'm impressed with the quality, fit, finish and performance of this unit. They did a good job with this one. IMO it's a product design that will be suitable for a number of uses: closet light, camping, tent light, dome light for car or truck, IMO it would be a great item to put in a household disaster kit (it's shaped like a hockey puck- 2.625" diameter X .625" thick-- so the user could put it on a table and face it at the ceiling. The 3 LEDs would be bright enough to light a whole room)
BRIGHT, TOO!!!
They'll be sold at Walmart for about ten bucks each, but not every Walmart will have them. There's a list on the Sylvania website.
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