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Posted at 5:00 PM on Thursday 11/20/08 by
Ben
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Shop4Tech.com has the 9 LED Aluminum Flashlight in Black for $7 - 17% with coupon code WG17 [Exp 11/21] = $6 with free shipping. It operates on 3 AAA batteries (not included). [BizRate]
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    ahjeck - Posted 5:42 pm PST 11/20/08 (38 Posts)  Report Spam

    These things work pretty well for it's price. Bright and portable! One thing to note is that these things are cheaply made, so depending on luck, your on/off button might break, the front plastic lenses might fall off...etc.

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    pandaking - Posted 5:45 pm PST 11/20/08 (162 Posts)  Report Spam

    Heck for $6 this isnt bad at all.

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    jklyank - Posted 5:52 pm PST 11/20/08 (267 Posts)  Report Spam

    2 for $6 at CSK

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    Ghost Rider - Posted 5:57 pm PST 11/20/08 (3337 Posts)  Report Spam

    #1- Check this out : 7 for for $13.02 shipped. FYI
    http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.3206~r.96035782

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    Ghost Rider - Posted 6:04 pm PST 11/20/08 (3337 Posts)  Report Spam

    #1- Check this out : 7 for for $13.02 shipped. FYI
    http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.3206~r.96035782

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    bostonman - Posted 6:22 pm PST 11/20/08 (1455 Posts)  Report Spam

    I just saw HomeDepot has a lots of these LED stuff for sale very cheaply. Like 4 LED lights for $10.

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    megabyte10240 - Posted 6:22 pm PST 11/20/08 (592 Posts)  Report Spam

    again with the 3AAA wtf?

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    BruserMan - Posted 6:25 pm PST 11/20/08 (177 Posts)  Report Spam

    This thing is Amazingly bright for the size and the price.

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    Bad_CRC - Posted 7:17 pm PST 11/20/08 (573 Posts)  Report Spam

    these flashlights are great, but that price is not. anything over 2 fiddy is too much. especially for a 9led. I got a 14led for under 5.

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    RKLE - Posted 8:09 pm PST 11/20/08 (8910 Posts)  Report Spam

    LED is the way everything is going, Headlights as well.

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    Corporate_Bate - Posted 10:52 pm PST 11/20/08 (333 Posts)  Report Spam

    The .99 cent store has a bunch of these. 6 for $6.

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    raymo - Posted 11:10 pm PST 11/20/08 (20 Posts)  Report Spam

    Do these last longer than convential flashlights?

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    R6 - Posted 11:52 pm PST 11/20/08 (268 Posts)  Report Spam

    these are dim for it's price, go for those 1-2watt led flashlight, those are the way to go with brightness for around the same price.

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    P5-133XL - Posted 3:30 am PST 11/21/08 (241 Posts)  Report Spam

    How much light does it give off? If the add doesn't say, then I assume the worst and refuse to buy. One really can't determine if it is a good deal or not without that info.

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    greencollar - Posted 5:36 am PST 11/21/08 (113 Posts)  Report Spam

    what is with the 30+ LED light flashlights on sale ben?

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    uncle_pennybags - Posted 1:07 pm PST 11/21/08 (294 Posts)  Report Spam

    they just cram all those cheap led's into a light, mostly because they happen to be cheap. the 9, 12, 14, 30, 42, or 10 million lights don't cast a huge amount of light compared to a 3 watt led.

    Well the 10 milling led light might, but I'd hate to see how many AAA batteries were needed for that bad boy!

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    dave_c - Posted 5:09 pm PST 11/21/08 (16750 Posts)  Report Spam

    These LEDs are typically under 3 lumens each, it'll take roughly 50 or more to equal a 3W LED flashlight but as importantly it would take a huge reflector to focus so many LEDs into the tighter beam you can achieve with a single 3W LED since it's a single point of origin.

    #7, it's 3 x AAA because that is the cheapest. By using AAA instead of AA, less metal goes into the flashlight body. By using 3 cells, they direct drive the LEDs instead of needing a regulator or current limiter (resistor) that a 4 x AAA or AA would need, although it is known that direct driving LEDs tends to wear them out faster and can cause complete failure of the weakest ones (actually not weaker, but rather those with the lowest forward voltage since they all vary in that spec a little bit).

    There are so many equal or better lights under $15, I don't see why anyone would want this unless they won some kind of AAA batteries for life contest.

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    devnull4321 - Posted 5:53 pm PST 11/21/08 (472 Posts)  Report Spam

    holy cow #17, that's deep! great analysis!

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