Garrity Micro Brite LED copies now at Dollar Tree

Saw copies of these Garrity rectangle keylights at my Dollar Tree:
http://www.garritylites.com/page75.html
They don't have any wording on them and were grey.

The Garrity lights are made from a Chinese factory and imported. Maybe the ones that you saw at the dollar store are just the rejects or what the Chinese call "second quality"?

Omega Man said:

Saw copies of these Garrity rectangle keylights at my Dollar Tree:
http://www.garritylites.com/page75.html
They don't have any wording on them and were grey.

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I doubt they are rejects.

I use them a lot and I like them. They are very bright and suprisingly, not that blue. The only thing I regret is that the switch is intermitent only.

Does anybody else have try these?

Calina said:

Does anybody else have try these?

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sure, her`s one more:
http://www.xxl.no/xxl_templates/Produkt____34590.aspx

I've seen these at our local 99 cent store occasionally. I can't see any difference between these and Garritys. Their only problem is that it is hard to change the batteries (I assume this is also true of the Garritys). Once you take out the screws and pop off the top half, a bunch of little parts fall off which I haven't yet been able to get back in successfully. Otherwise, they work fine.

My dad carries those on his keychains. I do not like the amount of space they take up. Fauxtons seem to give the same amount of light for 1/3 the size. Is there a comparison between the 2? I am too lazy to search!:sleepy:

Damn you, I just wasted a trip to my local dollar tree.:lolsign: O well, hopefully they will come in soon.

Rejects can be cosmetic or just overruns, they need not be functional abnormalities. On the other hand, they just might be using the shells with different guts, or just copies.

Calina said:

I doubt they are rejects.

I use them a lot and I like them. They are very bright and suprisingly, not that blue. The only thing I regret is that the switch is intermitent only.

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Brighteyez said:

Rejects can be cosmetic or just overruns, they need not be functional abnormalities. On the other hand, they just might be using the shells with different guts, or just copies.

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Or they might be the very same lights rebranded (and "repriced") by Garrity and others. Judging on the quality of these $1.00 lights, I believe this to be the case!

That would be called an "overrun"

Calina said:

Or they might be the very same lights rebranded (and "repriced") by Garrity and others. Judging on the quality of these $1.00 lights, I believe this to be the case!

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I have seen them at our local Two Dollar shop, I had bought a few and their not
bad at all, these were very bright and have a nice tint to them

What cells?

r0b0r said:

What cells?

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They use 2x2016 button cells. As I said, they're a pain to reassemble...

seems they are overdriving the LED at 6 volts?

Most(all?) coincell keylights that are white leds and that size, are using 2x2016 cells. Red led ones use a 2032. But the phauxtons and Photons and probably everything in between use 2 of the 2016 cells it seems.

I highly recommend this Garrity keychain light. Puts my year-old Inova 2x2016 keychain light to shame. IMO this makes a great stocking stuffer or EDC/purse-light for a friend. Can't personally vouch for the 23-hour claimed battery life though.

Don't be put off by the use of 2 2016 cells either... the light costs $4.xx at my local drug store while the two-pack of 2016 batteries cost $6.xx, heh.

I didn't see the "generic" version at Dollar Tree, darn.

the ones I got at my local $ store were john deere brands.

swxb12 said:

Don't be put off by the use of 2 2016 cells either... the light costs $4.xx at my local drug store while the two-pack of 2016 batteries cost $6.xx, heh.

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Local prices on batteries are almost always a ripoff.

DX has a 20 pack for $3.48 shipped.
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.832

I got a 20pk, and all came charged, no duds.