This little light is a keyring style flashlight styled on a handheld one. The lithium cells are sealed inside making it a disposable item, but the use of a momentary switch means it really is just a short use flashlight better suited to keeping as an emergency light in things like cupboards or stuck to distribution boards with the built in magnet. The heat sealed case suggests it's probably waterproof too.
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13 thoughts on “Poundland disposable flashlight. waterproof and magnetic”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Huge Bartlett says:

    Glad you have cleared up the button cell code numbers for me. I always thought they signified voltage or something. Much more mundane though!

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jess I says:

    I have one it is fantastic. Being a woman is helps me emergency situations.

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Brian Cullen says:

    Environmentally VERY unsound! Should be banned.

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mike Cummings says:

    Ever Ready made a disposable torch called a snaplite in the 1940s, it used two zinc carbon batteries in series in a sealed metal case, in later years Woolworths did one an a French company Saft also made such an item, they used bulbs, you could salvage the bulb an the switch but that was about it, just goes to show this is not a new concept but in those days the throw away society was not as big as it is now, a good example of this is when a cheap TV set goes wrong an the part costs more than the set is worth, cheaper to buy new but in the 70s TV sets were expensive, more so when colour came out so you got it repaired, not so nowadays with some things. It's a shame those use once gadgets with lithium batteries get thrown because they can't be recharged yet contain a rechargeable battery.

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Acting Flight says:

    Omg Dollar Tree sells these called "Thin LED Flashlights". I bought one.
    The only bad thing i got to say is the LEDs do not last. One of the white LEDs has started blinking >.>

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Polite Cat says:

    with those parts you could have made little "graffiti LEDs", tape the LEDs on the batteries so they're always on, and also tape on the magnet. then throw the whole thing onto a high place like a building and it will stick 🙂 there are videos of people doing this with dozens or hundreds of them. easy and cheap to make.

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Robert Szasz says:

    I wonder if a qi re-charging version would be possible.

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars mattikaki says:

    You Americans call these FLASHLIGHT because the very first ones used carbon filament bulbs which took much current and the batteries couln’t give current enough for long time and you had to flash the light for a while and then wait for the next flash. We call them torch here in Europe. Anyway that’s an awful invention. Perhaps the factory has much used or bad batteries for these on stock and using them in short intervals can give you a reasonable amount of light for few seconds.

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Frank Smith says:

    I'm gonna guess lithium 🔋
    Nope, I'm wrong again lol

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars LazerLord10 says:

    I just love all the comments about how this useful disposable item is killing the planet, while the tons of other worthless plastic that goes into other things like packaging is completely fine, apparently. Just because it has two LEDs and a battery doesn't mean it's valuable or harmful to toss out.

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Yorkshire Rose says:

    I say, what a handy gadget to stick on top of the fusebox! Whether you're resetting an MCB, RCD or rewiring a conventional fuse, you'll always have a light to hand! – Would have been more useful if the switch was closer to the 'base end' of the flash-light, so that you could work it with your teeth.

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars George H says:

    I'm rewatching this video…and I remember seeing these in poundland the day you released this video lol

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Daniel Horne says:

    strange that a white led can run on 6v ? with no limiter

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