I bought this knowing that it would be typical of the stuff branded by what I regard as "dead" brands. Duracell, Kodak, Polaroid etc, where the products they originally represented have been superseded by technological advancements. The brand name tends to be applied to fairly generic products in the hope that the familiar brand name will allow them to be sold at a higher than average price.
This is a camping light that takes four AA cells (but will work with two) and has the novel feature of using a fairly heavy patterned edge-lit plastic panel to spread the light about in a rather vague pattern that makes it more of an area light than one suited to aiming light for working. It has two intensity settings. Full with no resistors in series with the LEDs and low with two parallel 3 ohm resistors. At the low setting the current is about 100mA with fresh batteries and at high setting the current will be affected by battery freshness, internal impedance, wiring/switch resistance and the current to voltage ratio of the LEDs.
The use of LEDs directly across 2 cells (two series pairs in parallel) means that intensity will quickly fall off and it should stay lit for a fairly long length of time, albeit at much lower intensity than with fresh cells.
The design and construction of the plastic case is good, but it's not as water resistant as it looks and the circuitry is very basic. The simple design means that it will only partially use the battery capacity. These days I tend to expect a product like this to be rechargeable and the only way this lantern could be used in this way is with NiMh cells, and the use of two in series means it's not really suited to their use.
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This is a camping light that takes four AA cells (but will work with two) and has the novel feature of using a fairly heavy patterned edge-lit plastic panel to spread the light about in a rather vague pattern that makes it more of an area light than one suited to aiming light for working. It has two intensity settings. Full with no resistors in series with the LEDs and low with two parallel 3 ohm resistors. At the low setting the current is about 100mA with fresh batteries and at high setting the current will be affected by battery freshness, internal impedance, wiring/switch resistance and the current to voltage ratio of the LEDs.
The use of LEDs directly across 2 cells (two series pairs in parallel) means that intensity will quickly fall off and it should stay lit for a fairly long length of time, albeit at much lower intensity than with fresh cells.
The design and construction of the plastic case is good, but it's not as water resistant as it looks and the circuitry is very basic. The simple design means that it will only partially use the battery capacity. These days I tend to expect a product like this to be rechargeable and the only way this lantern could be used in this way is with NiMh cells, and the use of two in series means it's not really suited to their use.
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This also keeps the channel independent of YouTube's advertising algorithms allowing it to be a bit more dangerous and naughty.
Nice video. Congrats. After at least one year using the flashlight. From 1 to 10? Whats your puntuation?
It's bloody horrible! I'd honestly rather have a fluorescent camping lantern.
just like the batteries there are better options on the market
That's an extortionate price to pay for that little pile of junk. Did you claim a refund? ;-D
expensive and dim what'd ya expect
Well it's not entirely bad, i thought it will be worse, there are screws (not some glued plastic), the batteries aren't soldered to thin easily-breaking cables, so it's nice.
I wonder if they have a more expensive model, but with an option to plug in a charger and with rechargeable batteries inside.
That would be nice.
I was about tho buy this lamp the other day… Thank you for this video and for saving me a few bucks!!! Not buying this lamp anyone…
*gone wrong* *explosions* *almost died*
Next do what's inside this Chinese fire extinguisher I once saw. It said 'DO NOT USE IF EXPLODED' and 'DO NOT OPEN WITN KNIFE' although you may need another fire extinguisher, as it may catch fire.
Tin foil on one side and you improve it. Adhesive aluminium tape for a permanent solution.
Could make a nice display piece if you swap the bulbs with colour changing pieces.
I've seen these in the USA. I'd never use one for their intended purpose. As a computer repair person, I'd use it to lay flat and have the light shine up in a cone or field of light if I am head and arms in a cabinet or something working… But, there are better lamps for that, like rechargeable traditional lanterns and such (granted, they cost more). Also, you can put Enerloops or Energizer li-ion batteries in something like this. Typically, way branding works on things like this is that a Chinese manufacturer has an item that they are looking to sell and "Western markets" won't typically purchase it under the Chinese name, so they get a highly regarded Western brand to put their name on it (thus instantly gaining sales because ONLY of the "has an %insert Western brand here% so it must be good philosophy" a lot of people have).
Energizer AKA Every Ready started to die in 1981 when Hanson Trust took over the business, Life support machine was turned off in 1996 when the last and largest uk factory at Tanfield Lea, Stanley, Co. Durham was closed down. The old Tanfield factory is only four miles up the road from me.
Audio is aweful
for that out of focus moment, I thought he is going to say "focus you fack"