New Torch from Tricky Dickies
Submitted: Wednesday, Jun 14, 2006 at 15:09
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Pajman Pete (SA)
I bought a new Dorcy 3 D cell 1 LED torch from Dick Smith before leaving town on Thursday for a weekend camping. (all the other torches around the house had wandered - as usual)
This is it
Cost around $34 and it casts an excellent beam. We were really impressed. It was easily lighting up trees out to 100 feet and out performed my mates dolphin. They claim a 300 hour batter life as
well.
All round great toy.
Peter
Reply By: revhead307 - Wednesday, Jun 14, 2006 at 17:33
Wednesday, Jun 14, 2006 at 17:33
That would be the luxeon LED
Most people baulk when u say LED torch these days...as there are so many crap ones...
especially on ebay..they advertise a 28 LED torch as if thats a good thing...(28 crap LED's is still a @#$$ torch)
Jaycar, sell a few luxeon LED torches, the flagship being a 5W $150 job.
they are still expensive at present.
FYI Jaycar sells a 1W luxeon star LED (the 'globe') by itself, without power supply for $16...the power supply to convert the right voltage to run the LED is $40...
A 5W luxeon LED by itself it $70.
So it sounds like a decent price for a good torch.
Rev
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Follow Up By: Pajman Pete (SA) - Thursday, Jun 15, 2006 at 08:09
Thursday, Jun 15, 2006 at 08:09
I was a little dubious when I bought it but thought it was worth a try and I was in a hurry to get away from
Adelaide.
It is a luxeon LED and is very
bright. We were all impressed.
Pete
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Reply By: Member - RockyOne - Thursday, Jun 15, 2006 at 08:44
Thursday, Jun 15, 2006 at 08:44
Stanley (Tool folk) put out a magic LED torch..It has three rariating alum tubes to hold AA batts.I loaded all three of them on
mine when I bought it Christmas before last..Still going on same batts..(1 1/2 years)You can load only one tube with AAs or two tubes or all three...(No doubt it is a circuit in parallel)..Our G/Sheppard often cons me into going for a 2km walk around our 54acres 8 or 9 at nite..The torch has four settings..I only use setting two which is plenty to spot snakes etc..I must
check if it is still a current product as I should put one in each rig.. (Duracell batts leave the others for dead in my experience..The AAs I got out here in the stix (
Emerald Qld) have a 2012 use by date on them
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Follow Up By: Pajman Pete (SA) - Thursday, Jun 15, 2006 at 09:18
Thursday, Jun 15, 2006 at 09:18
I have one of those in my work crummydore. It has been there for 12 months and is still on the first batteries. The new Dorcy leaves it for dead.
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