Deadly camping light with 240v USB outlet.
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- This is a rather exciting camping and hiking light with some unusual features. Mainly the mains voltage referenced USB charging port and the equally mains referenced chrome ring round the flashlight button. This is definitely one for my electrical deathtrap collection.
If you have one of these then I would strongly recommend you either dispose of it or take extreme care when charging it from wall power as it does pose a high shock risk.
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"that's the sort of dodgy shit I like" pretty much sums up this channel
Artyom Kozlov he got me to sub with just that line
"Scrolls down in the comments, sees this comment, the guy in the video says "that's the sort of dodgy shit I like" well, that really is some dodgy shit"
Dimitri That happened to me too XD
Yeah what got me was how he said yay before that
Im confused he plugs in a 5v usb to charge it and gets 240v sorry 230v coz were not coming out of the EU out of the usb out so how does it get from 5v usb to 230v without an inverter why didnt he put a meter across the usb cables
Looks like C3PO’s Fleshlight.
Flesh hmmm like human flesh
“Exterminate, their butts” 🤣
Doctor Who
@@g38jj53qofmt dr.poop
Ahh shit I bought 3 of these. Right time to find a light that won't send me to the light in the sky. Subbed for likely saving my life. Cheers.
Break the mains connection and the safety of the device is increased a lot. Don't know how easy it however
Nice username. The Island?
How would it send you into the Sun?
@Ged Woods Since charging literally requires the movement of electrons, that would be physically impossible (unless you redefine "charging" as "replacing the battery/electrolyte").
Just remove the AC unit from it
Live mains voltage power button, that's a nice feature.
fantastic
Added bonus that once it kills you it eliminates the metallisation so there's no evidence left behind! Sneaky!
Leon Kernan That's so you know when it is plugged in. ....... z-zt😵
Chinese population control feature.
bob s Ah Yes,, but who buys them the most?
a gay dalek that draws 69 milliamps
nooo its sexty nine mega camps dearie...
Could it be a female Dalek ?. . .No, Daleks are sexless (neither male or female, gay or straight). . . Search engine answered, not funny.
uhmmmm... what is a "dalek" ?
doctor who..
SuperAWaC
I am tempted to buy a few.
This would make an ideal Christmas present for a few people I know,.
Don't forget to buy them a shiny metal case as well! :)
Hilary Clinton perhaps? Send it with a metal cased phone!
send one to gina miller
I like it something for people I like and now something for people who piss me off, as they say in the adverts something for all the family.
Will G Actually more along the lines of Dumble T😀
Hey thanks for this video, my sister-in-law came home the other day with something that looked just like it. I took it away from her, told her dangerous. I opened it up and sure enough just like yours. So thank you.
Same exact thing happened to me, I told her to give it to her mother.
@@graxjpg Pit a transformer (1:1) on the input to galvanicly isolate it. Then its prett safe
@@H3wastooshort or you know just know when its plugged in dont use the USB.
Oh man, cheap gold coating (check), cheap solar panel (check), cheap r2d2 body (check. I'm surprised it didn't explode in shipping
...in Sydney (by the sound of the Dalek's accent) :)
Were they the sea monsters?
Genesis of the Daleks, a 4th Doctor (Tom Baker) story, filled out the background of the Kaleds and the Thals in some detail... :)
I do remember it. I watched them as they came out in South Australia..loved that show.
I'm surprised it didn't have Hoverboard style LiPo battery with self oxidizing fire capability.
Whenever Clive says "exciting!" I can be sure the product he is scrutinizing is a sure death trap when plugged into the mains. Clive, you made me aware of how shoddy so many cheap products are. And I now perfectly understand why in our company every device that plugs into mains gets checked once every year, using dedicated portable testing equipment.
I can just imagine him getting all hyper while reviewing a Chinese-made atomic reactor that he bought from Wish. ;)
240Volt usb? Is this the new Speedcharging of the Future?
Death port, Apples next generation Lightning port.
People get bored of exploding Samsung phones after a while... Time for something new I guess!
Apple made product for Samsung users
Of course. It will charge anything, including Tesla EV car.
My Samsung full charge in 3.4 second.
thanks for the fast charge lamp tip.
With enough voltage, angry pixies will flow through anything.
AvE
With enough force anything will flow through anything
Like a golf ball through a garden hose.
@@Indy509 like a McDonald's milkshake through a straw
@@Indy509 lmao... 😂
My father in-law (a regular at the pound shop) bought a couple of these for our kids only a couple of days ago. Now binned. Thanks Big Clive!
There is now a version 2 in the stores. It has the tag "V2" in the product description. This one hasn't this metallic button outside anymore but a rubber one, also placed elsewhere, near the long distance light. I measured the USB port metal against the power lines and could not detect any voltage. Seems they have solved the problems. Good news for those who were interested in this product but were afraid to buy it.
I find the funniest part is that there's shopping adverts under the video and the THIRD RESULT IS THE ACTUAL LANTERN *IN THIS VIDEO*
I know what I would do with this intriguing lamp. I would do away with the mains charger and that rather dodgy 250V Cap and convert the thing to get charged with a separate power supply as in a external 12v+ transformer you can plug into the mains voltage without getting your fingers burned, so not only can you charge it from home with said power supply , but charge the lamp from your 12v car supply..
Because I quite like this little lamp. It just needs beefing up and made safe.
Thanks Clive..
If the kids get bored while camping, this is sure to rise excitement levels.
Gonna take a wild guess and say it's not CE marked.
Zapp3012 Chinese Engineering? :-)
Zapp3012 the only CE mark would be "C"hinese "E"xport
Honestly... CE marking is worthless, this unit could be CE marked because for most type of devices it is just a self-declaration. Any by the time one gets killed by one of those and investigation starts the importer copany may be long gole...
Confirmed Electrocutor
Cum Exterminator...
Ok I'm sorry.
Oh shit my mom has one of these...Just told her about it. Glad i stumbled upon this video!
Reminds me of the "classic 5" tube radios from the 1950s , one side of the mains soldered firmly to the metal chassis and dependent on the knobs and box retaining their integrity. Replace a broken knob with something with a set screw and it might have an extra wakeup effect turning down the clock radio. Rivets holding the cardboard back on, only insulated by paint. The other side of the mains went to the plate on a 35W4 if memory serves, but neither outlets or plugs were polarized in Canada at the time.
Ahh You're talking about the good ole Transformerless AA5 radios. One side of the cord is attached to the chassis, making it a 'HOT" chassis. Even in the US at that time cords were not polarized to prevent the hot and neutral sides separate so every 60 seconds the hot and neutral switched and if you just happened to touch the chassis at that time, you just became part of the circuit. After that you most likely learn to never do it again. That is exactly why the cords were designed to break away and clipped to the back panel when it was removed for servicing.
@@the1andonlyfirebug Hence the prevalence of "cheater cords".
We still don't have polarized AC outlets and plugs after 70 years. Though why we should... better is to build proper circuits.
@@the1andonlyfirebug ...that's not how the hot line works. It's just the ungrounded line.
Were pretty common in Germany and Poland also. Transformerless, plug non-polarized, chassis can be live at 230VAC (220 at this time). Some of them were transformerless so they would be cheaper and lighter, but some were called "universal receivers" and could be powered from vintage 127V DC network, which in 40/50's still could be encountered. Heaters were connected in series, line voltage straight to the anode of the rectifying tube. There was single 110/220 line voltage switch on some models, just a resistive dropper (providing room heating also when used).
My favorite Cliveism = _"THATS_ not good"
...same here...lmao😂
Or, *T H A T ‘ S B A D!*
@@reekymirror6764 I've heard "That's *BAAAAD"*
Mine is "and it's all gone horribly wrong already"
I don't know if there's ever been a Channel that I don't understand most of what you're talking about but man do I love your videos.
Me and my mom actually bought some of these to go camping with. Guess i should be glad we didn't plug them into the mains and only ever used the solar panels
The batteries aren't that good either. It might be worth looking for some proper compact camping lights.
Yeah, and the battery in this is quite shitty as it is only about 600mAh at 3.6V
You also won't charge a phone up on 3.6V.
You're best off getting one of those USB powered cheapy work lights, which don't use any sort of mains circuitry, as well as user replaceable 18650 cells. The one I have also has a 5V output which actually does work.
@@TheSpotify95 these worklight have a powerbank PCB in them and the the led lamp part connected to the battery
I realize that I am very late to this show, but thanks for this video. I have 2 different models of those lanterns (120v since I am in US). Both have the lovely feature that you demonstrated. Both will go into the trash immediately. Don't want to take the chance.
I bought one that had the disco RGB on the top of it. Serves well for a bit of disco illumination, just have to remember not to plug anything into the USB when charging it :D
Good.
apart from all the problems you're pointed out, that may well be the thinnest mains lead i've ever seen
spankmeister at least it'll work as a fuse
That crap reminds me of the wires you typically see in very cheap battery operated toys, must be something like 30AWG.
Yeah, looks like 600v insulation to me!
@@markmodray7698 if you are counting the air
I actually hadn't noticed the jacket noise until you mentioned it at the end
Same
David Irwin can you say JUNK
Fuck! Thanks a lot!
@TheGame455 I just lost the game thanks to your username. Fuck you.
@@carnivorebear6582 damn it.
Makes me sad thinking there's likely thousands of people using these all the time without knowing the danger, it's totally reasonable to assume that someone who has misplaced their charger would decide to plug the lamp into the mains and charge their phone through it thinking that it's a good temporary solution, thinking that they might aswell plug it in so the battery stays fully charged
can you say KaBoom! there goes your iPhone 🤯
@@TexacaAnd heart pulse!
2:15
It was a cloudy morning and I was peacefully drinking my first coffee of the day. Unbeknownst to me, my monitor would get showered in hot liquids exactly 6 seconds later.
"Gay Dalek" you slay me, good sir.
James Pourroy "ass-terminate ass-terminate!"
No way I can unsee the gay Dalek.
No way I can unread "ass-terminate!"
I couldn't stop laughing!
People who slay chubby bearded guys are as nice as people who slay scottish fold kittens which are the mean people. My heart melts for chubby bearded guys...they are plush, cuddly and adorable.
I read that RIGHT AS he said it. Beautiful timing.
Big Clive is the manliest of men. He comes home and changes into overalls because manly stuff will still need to be done.
Thought he was dressed up as a fireman
karebu2 nope, firemen have reflective bits on their heavy fire proof overalls, a yellow and silver like finish, a little bit of soot on said heavy over coat and overalls from the fires they go into.
It's what car tow truck drivers wear.
No wonder he lives on the Isle of Man.
It's to reduce the number of women chasing after him.
My mother bought one of those from a friend a few weeks ago. It's blue, and it doesn't have a solar panel on top, instead it has a colorful party light that alternates with the flashlight on the bottom when you press the button. The inner light also has two modes, standard white light and warm light, which kinda looks like the fire from an old oil lamp. I knew I couldn't trust this thing for charging the very moment I saw it.
That's the one I've got, the one with the disco lamp on top. It's a nice light, you just have to remember not to charge anything through the USB when it's charging from mains :D
Every time you said "Uhhh, let's uhh.." my Alexa turned on.
Sounds naughty
at 2:15 Do not have a mouthful of coffee while watching. Coffee went everywhere lol
Iain Banachowicz coincidentally, I also was drinking coffee while watching this
Wow, that may be the worst death trap you've reviewed yet.
John Ridley china must be proud
ELECTRONTHORP but its so pretty . -zzzzzzzap
Kinda looks like a steampunk death ray too...
John Ridley Gives the suicide showerhead a run for its rupees
At first I thought, well that USB connecter is bad and potentially dangerous but alright. Then to find the switch on the side is ALSO live from the mains... good gravy. Bad news all around.
You channel is a big reminder why do we have the CE requirement. Thank you very much for fantastic videos. They are both entertaining and informative.
Thank you so much for this. We had picked up a variant of this lamp.
Incredible! You may have saved our lives!
Noise was fine, only noticed it after you mentioned it
***** I was too busy being horrified by the deathtrap
I noticed it immediately, but it was not loud enough to be disturbing.
It amazes me what some folks get hung up on. Even after noticing it I still don't care at all. He should wear whatever keeps him warm and comfortable.
"gay dalek" xD
Absolutely brilliant
hhahahahahahhahahah :)
yep that's medium rare.
"xD" le trolle epic
"Exterminate! Exterminate... their butts" I died. LOL still dead
Mesmerising.
I had flashbacks of my Dad teaching and drawing diagrams for me when I was young :D
Congratulations! Big Clive is your dad. I'm glad you found him 👍🏼
i really wish i had a dad like yours
Just bought one and felt the tingle off the USB port while charging it, so I searched youtube :) Good to know this, thank you.
"Yea, that is exactly the dodgy shit I like." I cracked up over that one.
"Yay, thats exactly the sort of dodgy shit I like" Best quote!!
Why can't my Electromagnetics professor sound like you. I cannot stop watchin your content!
I absolutely love the content you submit in your videos. So beneficial and informative and I always learn something new every single time.
It's danger factor and Stylish design makes me want one !
Did you check the solar panel, looks like some of the metal strips on the top of that might be live at mains voltage as well. What a fantastic Christmas gift for someone you don't like.
The amount of aesthetics it fits into is amazing.
Just the thing to fill in the gaps where my electronics knowledge tapers off! Subscribed.
All who watch this video should see this as a warning about purchasing AC Mains operated Chinese Electrical goods from ebay or other similar sites that effectively bypass the mandatory safety checks and approvals required that local retailers and distributors have to go through. Dangers such as exploding batteries, LIVE and exposed parts, fire hazards, insufficient insulation and/ or creep-age distances, no earth connections are the common breeches.
"When the nanny state takes over, there'll be no more fun to be had"
Tbf a lot of countries don't have earthed earthen sockets so I guess it makes sense for a Chinese manufacturer to ignore that component. Not safe but reasonable
+Domino52o I'd usually agree, there is A LOT of unnecessary regulation about tiny stupid things. However, this is one instance where regulations are a good thing. You DON'T fuck around with electricity. It can and will kill people.
Terrible.
"breeches" An old English term for trousers.. also that part of a Cannon where the shell is loaded and then closed before firing.. Breaches.. thats the word you wanted here..
"Yay! That's exactly the kind of dodgy shit I like!" a reading from The Book of Clive 3:14
Funny thing is, I do not know nothing about electronics, but I love this guy how to explain everything and the way he does!
I just discovered your channel and content today. I've been binge watching a few videos so far. I already loved you before this video but after that dalek joke you just won life.
FWIW I was taught that capacitative droppers were verrry bad and never to be used for anything ever when I was doing O level electronics... I guess the reason is that if you do a circuit that's charging some batteries or lighting a LED inside a lovely insulated box the temptation's there, possibly after a few weeks, to come along and think 'oh it's 4.5 V across that bit of the circuit - that's a safe voltage - I'll add an auxiliary connector on the outside' and forget about the mains referencing.
didn't notice your coat making any bothering noise in this weather might be wise to keep it on.
Happy Larry no take it off big man!
+ChrisD4335 lol
never mind his arms... maybe he should be wearing rubber gloves while handling this death star?
Got this item today and returned it within an hour thanks to ur review.
Please never loose your sense of humour it's so good
Gay Dalek oh that caught me off guard lol.
I lost it there. I'm sure my housemates are wondering why I'm bellowing with laughter, and at least one of them would join me at it if he were watching.
I think the light is designed so that when you extend the area light that looks like a gas lantern, you would stand the unit up on its front lens where the light comes out when you have it in torch mode if you like, so then it will work like an area light, and yes, those extendable bits are so you can hang the light from something like a hook or a tent poll. I don't have one of these lights and perhaps that's just as well considering how dangerous the design is, but I do have a few little torches that have similar designs.
Great video! I've had my lamp for two weeks and I love it!
Hi bought two similar lanterns solar/ mains usb/ 3aa batterys about 5 yrs ago, no big flash at end that’s for the 3aa. Got it for emergencies/power cuts, having seen you video I’ll now get my grandson who’s an electrician to check them many thanks Noel
Still waiting for China to build USB power adapter with resistive dropper and single diode rectification.
geez am i the only one who understands and finds what youre saying funny
@@untitled2792 Yes I do. This guy said before about capacitive dropper based PSUs when the "cheap shitty USB charger from China" song came out. That was before the era of Dalek camping lights that actually DO use a capacitive dropper.
The question is, how cheaply can China make a PSU without it going bang the first time it is plugged into the mains?
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Everyone likes to dump on the Chinese, but they can build to nearly any spec they are given. If you give them a standard to build up to, they can achieve it for a very good price. If you specify only "cheap as possible" well, then this is what they build for you. Not really their fault.
No they can't, in the advanced field of tech, they lack a certain understanding, could be down to not designing said item, not understanding in someway, or just living up to the expectation of not giving a hoot. Either way I'm yet to see German quality come from China, I hope I'm wrong but even there own brand cars are copys? With the likes of eBay and banggood ect, I feel most consumer stuff will stay on the cheap no cheers side of life.
@@sulawesi-steve I think it's much more a lack of manufacturing experience. China is relatively new to this whole industrialization thing so they simply don't have the traditions and wisdom of countries that have been industrialized for a long time, like the US, Germany, Japan to an extent, etc...
The chinese are better than we give them credit for, but for very advanced parts (say fine motors for robotics, hard drives, CPU's, memory chips etc) I mean the I phone for example. China actually makes less than just about any country involved. Even if you exclude apple itself, the US still makes more money off the iphone than the chinese through texas instruments, because it costs more for the bits and bobs texas instruments makes than paying the chinese to glue it together which is really all foxconn does.
The korean LCD, the texas instruments electrical components, the japanese memory, the of course CPU itself, the german (i think hard drive can't recall) all those parts manufacturers make far more and the chinese would love to capture that market, but they lack the hard and soft skills required to do things like make a factory that churns out CPUs. I mean that is crazy hard, even Intel and AMD struggle to make chips with a decent amount of dead on completition or being forced into a much lower speed because it can't handle what they wanted it for.
yet everything and i mean everything i bought from china works very well good quality. but i wont make a totally blanket statement and say they build everything well as you shouldnt say they cant.some pretty damn good mobile phones come from china.
If your ethics don’t make you stop and think that cheap *and* potentially fatal is bad, then you deserve everything you get and can legitimately be called a soulless, money grubbing scumbag. Being ‘dumped on’ is a rather low level response...
You won my respect and I subscribed, when you said you ordered one because "it's exactly the kinda dodgy shite you like" ha! A man with a cause, and also one who spends his money to save us from being scammed.
the last bit about describing the light ring being live as "exciting"... nicely understated! :)
Stylish light case, but ugh... Capacitive droppers are pretty good at turning everyday objects into suicide contraptions. They could have just used a 3.7v Li cell and a 5v booster chip and have it charge from a 5v USB supply like every other USB power pack on the planet.
haha fusible mains lead... that's great, I'm going to start using that
OMG, "chinese deathdapter", made me laugh out loud!
Could re engineer it by using a separate wall wart...
Two additional things that concern me are that there is no voltage regulation to charge the battery and no current limiting for the USB port. While not deadly, like the mains issue, these seem like very questionable design decisions.
It's kind of a piece of shit. And now the world's flooded with crap just like that. Was Chinese engineering always this bad, perhaps some way of helping out Mao's de-population policy? Or have they designed all this dangerous garbage for Ebay?
I own a number of items I bought from a Chinese ebay supplier which I have opened and examined and which I consider to be at least adequate, and in some cases excellent quality... and others, like this which are an utter travesty... it's generally down to price, if something is ridiculously cheap, it's probably very poor quality too... you definitely have to understand what you're buying if it's coming from China, but I wouldn't say that all Chinese engineering is that bad.
Nitecore is a really good Chinese brand, only issue is finding counterfeit products is incredibly likely.
+greenaum I think it's the latter. Mao was a definite nutjob all right (just like every single Communist in the world up to this day), but this is just fulfilling the needs of all the cheapskates on eBay. You wanna have it cheap? Okay, they'll make it cheap. By any means necessary (don't forget that safety codes are nonexistent there anyway, especially for stuff produced for export). Adding a voltage regulator? That'd probably be more expensive than ALL the rest of the components on that board combined (including the PCB).
Cheney and Rumsfeld are indeed nutjobs; however, they are not designing and selling electronic devices.
I have no idea why CZcams recommended this video, but I'm glad it did! That was absolutely fascinating.
Haven't heard anyone mention the daleks in ages. LoL thanks for that. Long live the Dr. You have a new subscriber.
I wonder why they thought it necessary to use mains. I just got one of these and even in 2020 it's the same design. I have no idea why they don't just charge via USB which would be inherently safer.
LMAO "So.. That's exciting." haha great video!
Cheers Clive. Love your stuff.
The accent mixed with the humor = one of the best youtubers ive seen in a while :)
Hang on, so why is the USB at mains voltage but the LED and batteries don't blow up?
Mr Videos & Games it is directly referenced to the mains, not at mains voltage. the capacative dropped drops makes sure that the electronics don't blow up
So "referenced to mains" is not the same as "at mains voltage"?
Then why would it produce a potentially fatal electric shock?
+Imagine a 9V battery connected to the mains. It's still 9V across the battery, but you could get a shock to ground from it.
The voltage across the LED and and batteries will only be around 4.5v but the voltage between the negative of the LEDS and ground will be half of 240v.
Deltaexio. It is at mains Voltage. When we are saying referenced in electronics, it's always the voltage. The capacitative dropper will in normal operation limit the current, but you can bypass this in a number of ways (for example by touching ground) and get a potentially deadly shock.
Liked for the Dalek
Just stumbled on this. We have two (similar) ones in the house. Thanks!!
This guy is great. I'm hooked.
You could probably stuff a 5V boost circuit, a 3.7V LiPo and a charging and protection board in there and line the USB input in place of the mains in connector and effectively make it into a power bank.
It already is. It charges your phone, but the battery isn't huge.
it somewhat looks like an asgardian artifact
S C probably Thors.. thunder and lightning and all that
@@knusern666 it will shock you tho. Probably it is asgardian.
Hey it's a pretty cool lamp any ways thanks for taking the time showing it because for some dumb reason I love flash lights or I wouldn't have come hear.
These videos are strangely entertaining, even though I don't understand most of the technical stuff.
Its a shame it is so deadly as I like the styling of it!.
Hack it!
That's why it makes a good Dalek
+ELECTRONTHORP Except when its an actual LED lamp...
It would be easy enough to redesign the wiring (making it safe) with more power, looks like plenty of room in there.
That thing is severely tacky.
If the 1uF capacitor became shorted, things would get VERY exciting with this little light !!
You mean "if the voltage under-rated 1uF capacitor..."
Or just plug in reverse, the the whole main is on the other end of the diode!
Been following for a while on a random click. Finally subbing because of this
I have two of these for camp and use them all summer. I have never used the USB or wall charger because I never trusted them in the first place. But they are nice little lanterns for playing cards at night and have a surprisingly long battery life.
omg , almost every household here in india have them..and i have two :'D
Hmm, I think I might buy one just so I can win big in a lawsuit.
LOL you HAVE to be from America....
Good luck tracking down the original manufacturer in the surely massive chain of suppliers, retailers, and factories.
@@Skyhawk1998 Registered address some pigsty in rural china. Or a lake.
DoomFinger511 good luck serving papers.
"yeah, thats exactly the dodgy sort of shit i like........" i love your way with words, i havent even got a multi meter but i love listening and watching you reverse engineer random objects..... and deliver banter with a plomb...
Your a great narrator Clive. Thanks for the info.
Well, the current will be limited by the fusible mains lead, which is most likely 4 strands ( the luxury version) of the thinnest mystery something like steel wire you can get. All in all a camping light, when it is daylight you can get light out of it, and after it is turned on for 20 minutes at night you better be ready for bed, because it will be dark.
That mystery metal is Chinesium, an incredibly versatile element that only occurs in the soil around Shenzhen.
Hi Clive. I recently bought a pair of lithium powered heated gloves in which
one of the lithium cells will not charge. I have received another pair from
the company and they have the same fault. As I now have a pair of working cells it's not an issue and am waiting for an email from them as to if they want the cells back for investigation, if not would you like one and a charge=
r to make a video on and maybe find out the cause?
I shall of course fund your patreon for cheap Scottish champagne, cookies or
similar.
Btw, love your CZcams and have watched every one with great interest and it=
has given me some great ideas for projects over the last year or so especia
lly the green foliage work light.
Regards
Good video man!!!
Thanks for letting me know of this risk.
Superb description. Thanks.
I'm curious, do trading standards hear from you quite often? Stuff like this should *NOT* be on sale...
It is not on sale in the UK I guess, but noone prevents you from importing your own stuff (which I generally find a good thing).
What's a noone? Is that a quickie at lunch time?
Noone is a common surname. They're a busy bunch by all accounts.
I really like the case and general design.
Might buy one and just replace all the circuitry with my own.
Do you think i could fit 18650s in there? 2 maybe 3?
There's actually very little room due to the sliding internal section.
What if you slid it out and kept it out, removed the front LED, and kept it as a lantern instead of a flashlight/lantern combo? How much room would that free up? I could see some USB ports on the bottom with a couple 18650's, a better charging circuit that charges from a USB wall adapter, and maybe a better solar cell.
hmm too bad. But there are other sizes, 18650 is just what a got big amount of spares.
I might buy it and look what besides AA i could fit in there. Because i really like the design.
nicely detailed content , thank you for posting !
I have two of these, I've never charged them on the mains only ever had them charged by the sun, never had any problems with them although I'm now quite pleased that I threw the mains cables away because we never go anywhere where theres main electric.
2:12 - Oh, my!
Dead Frt West GAY DALEK
Dead Frt West thats such a ashens thing to do
So this is what they used to frame the Note 7?
Oh dear ! bought one of these back in 2017 while on holiday in Grease mine has a gizmo on the top that produces a disco effect on the room using a rotating dome shaped prism. Luckily for me it packed up, probably saved my life haha
I have one of those next to me. It's got the same hazard.
Everybody should have one of these. Cheers!