Tricorder Auto LED

Thinkgeek is the other place that makes my wallet hurt. Especially since I got my wallet from them.

Has anybody seen the new Auto LED they carry? It looks like the tricorder sensor from Star Trek, which is part of the appeal.

Utility wise, it's a great idea. I don't smoke, and I don't think my car even has a lighter. Runtime and Lumens aren't great though, probably a pain to fix something like a belt with just this light, but it makes up for it with looks. Anybody have one?

I don't have one, but The Gadgeteer reviewed it here. It certainly looks cool.

Dr. Crusher used one, right?

It looks cute, but if I'm tgrying to locate something in my vehicle at night, I'm going to grab something that puts put much more than 5.6 lumens.

This guy has one
https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/175109

Ew.

When I saw "tricorder," I thought of this. The flashlight in question, though, is just a cylinder. Nothing special about that. This light impresses neither my flashaholic side nor my Trekkie side.

Gotta love the marketing speak, with tidbits like "super-bright highly focused white spotlight," without any numbers whatsoever (not even "12V").

from the looks of it its a LED lenser product....something tells me they will be available soon in Wally or Target pretty soon

rather than one rechargeable light my cig sockets taken up by a inverter with a power bar plugged into it powering 4 40 watt lightbulbs on clamp equipped sockets.....driving at night in the subdivision with the four lights clamped to 4 windows pointing down illuminates the car very very clearly and the space around it in the dark. joggers and pet walkers were like whenever I go by:nana:

unfortunately I can't turn the power strip on on the highway even at night...its like a ticket magnet:shakehead

I wish they were cheaper. One of our cars has 5 or 6 lighter sockets. I would fill each one. I wouldn't use them, just let them sit there and glow.

Trekkie side, I wish they used the hand scanner more outside of medical.

I actually like it. Yeah, it might not impress the Trekkies, but I still like it. Price is a bit steep at $24.99; I'm sure their cost on it is in the $5 or less range.

My daily commute starts at 5:30 AM so I'm always fumbling around in a dark car. Yeah, I could reach up to switch on the dome light, but why do that when I can add another light to the collection?!

everything bought from thinkgeek is generally more expensive....
REI sells it for $20 if your interested
Monstronix sells it for $16
Discount LED... sells it for $16 [from their pic the beam is spot, no flood and its nichia 5mm]

EDIT: very useful review with lot of pics here and includes links to other reviews

hope this helps those who like it but don't want to pay that much money....I did a search and thinkgeek was the most expensive of all the stores, where the prices excluding shipping ranges around $20

Illum_the_nation said:

rather than one rechargeable light my cig sockets taken up by a inverter with a power bar plugged into it powering 4 40 watt lightbulbs on clamp equipped sockets

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LOL! Now let me get this straight, are these 4, 40 watt bulbs on the inside of your car, or the outside? If on the inside, that's 160 watts of light in there, haha. That must look hilarious. You should go with 4, 23-watt or better compact flourescents. Get like 4 of those 150 watt equivelent ones.

WadeF said:

LOL! Now let me get this straight, are these 4, 40 watt bulbs on the inside of your car, or the outside? If on the inside, that's 160 watts of light in there, haha. That must look hilarious. You should go with 4, 23-watt or better compact flourescents. Get like 4 of those 150 watt equivelent ones.

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you know those bulb holders with a clamp on the bottom, I rolled by windows halfway down and clamped the holders on the windows facing out just to see what happens:laughing:


my inverter = odd
running on incan my radio humms with static, if I run CFLs the lamp drivers whine:thinking:

TigerhawkT3 said:

Ew.

When I saw "tricorder," I thought of this. The flashlight in question, though, is just a cylinder. Nothing special about that. This light impresses neither my flashaholic side nor my Trekkie side.

Gotta love the marketing speak, with tidbits like "super-bright highly focused white spotlight," without any numbers whatsoever (not even "12V").

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Actually in some episodes, a little cylindrical device much like that flashlight in question was used along with the medical tri-corder. It was what they took the medical scan with.

I'm a geek.

I don't own or have access to a vehicle, so I really could not evaluate this light in the manner in which it was intended to be used. :green:

Fenris said:

Actually in some episodes, a little cylindrical device much like that flashlight in question was used along with the medical tri-corder. It was what they took the medical scan with.

I'm a geek.

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I know that, but did this flashlight remind you of that, or of just another cylindrical aluminum flashlight?

Yes it did.

well...looked like b@rt acquired one of these
https://www.candlepowerforums.com/posts/2169633&postcount=2
https://www.candlepowerforums.com/posts/2169639&postcount=4

Okay, Mswisher, why the bias?
Are you a salesman?
Designer?
Retailer?

28 lumens on your lamp-prescription does sound alot better!!

Cheers,

Jeff O.