@Stallion reviews seem pretty mediocre. There's a few bad reviews saying they broke quick, and a few saying they're great for the price. Hell, there's even a 1 star on Walmart saying how much he loved them for his kids!
@Stallion I bought a pair a couple of years ago. The only one that I opened didn't even work properly. I tried taking it apart and reassembling it to no avail. The assembly and quality was just shoddy beyond hope. All I'd say I got out of that one is a handful of LEDs that I probably won't use for any projects and a funny headband that probably isn't useful for anything.
Here we are on a very special Twofer Tuesday. Again we find ourselves at the corner of impulsivity and temptation as we near that janky ass pawn shop on the wrong end of town. As we turn the corner into the typically dark alley we can help but notice a blinding light coming from the alley. In the alley we hear crazy laughter coming from Twofer Tuesday and her friend, Five Dolla Special. Both women, soo sleazy they can get you to buy pretty much anything. They have adorned themselves in headlights and are spinning around aimlessly. "Today is a very special day and you are just in time for the party!!" A party? "Oh yes, today is @studerc and @thumperchick 's birthday! Come join the celebration!" How could I say no to my own party. I bought a fuck ton of these bastards for no good reason. Let the festivities begin!
@studerc I got lost and never even came close to the intersection of impulsivity and temptation, instead finding myself stranded at useless and rejection. Alas, it was there that I wandered into a bakery and picked up a birthday cake for meh friends, @studerc and @Thumperchick. Happy Birthday to you both! And I'm really sorry, but I was pretty fucking hungry and I ate your cake. Take solace in knowing it was delicious and wouldn't have shipped well anyway...
I should probably already know this but if they do not work when I get them, do I have to rely on Sentry warranty service or can I deal with meh's utterly delightful customer service people?
@Alien D'oh! I probably should've phrased that question better. I suffer from Eric's burden. Also, lazy (FAQ - TL;DR). Sorry, I will try not to ask stupid questions in the future, or at least make them more precise. Thanks for helping me anyway @thismyusername, @Ignorant, @Thumperchick. What I wanted to know was about DOA products: Q: What's your return policy? A: If it's damaged, defective, or just DOA, we'll either refund or replace it at our discretion...
I owned one of these. I was happy with it. I used it a lot.
Then I bought one with a single CREE LED. No comparison.
Once you get a "real" headlamp you will throw these in the trash. They're not even that much more expensive, $8-10 on the cheap side, $20-30 gets you a pretty amazing headlamp. And yes, I know there are much more expensive ones that are even brighter, have more features, etc, but you don't have to spend a lot more to get a huge increase in functionality.
I know not everyone needs a bazillion lumen headlamp, just realize as others have said, you're getting what you pay for.
OMG these are not CHEAP - THEY'RE KKKKRAAPPP! (Say with a Scottish accent). I purchased these locally and the switch/knob was intermittent at first use. The battery cover likes to fall off too. They are NOT that bright. And the batteries don't seem to last very long. DON'T BUY! DON'T BUY! DON'T BUY!
@dlmasonjr I bought 14. Toys for tots. There are a bunch of kids that could care less and for a few hours they'll have fun. At $1.50, I can afford to make a few more kids smile for a short time. Blinded parents and tortured siblings is just a bonus.
@dlmasonjr 3 out of 6 do not work. This is the worst purchase I have made with meh. meh has become like every retailer before Christmas selling pet rocks to Texas air. This just adds to the world's pollution, cardboard, gas, plastic, money, land fill. more and more.
I bought them for cheap head straps to try to convert this Viewmaster google cardboard into a vr headset... gonna use duct tape too... it's gonna rock.
I bought $12 worth, but I'm kind of regretting it since the batteries I'll have to buy to power them will cost more than the lights themselves. Dammit Meh, sell me some batteries that aren't trash, please.
And, I just talked myself into canceling before the cancellation window is up. If we hadn't just gone through our 'gift box' yesterday to figure out Christmas gifts, I might have kept the order. However, yesterday showed me just how much I've ordered over the last 512 days without any thought about what I'd do with it beyond our 'gift box'. Trying to figure out who to give ice cream makers, coffee makers, ridiculous amounts of flash lights, knife sets, etc. is exhausting when you can't remember what things you gave them last year. I'm pretty sure my brother will be getting power banks two years in a row.
Wisconsin public schools also observe Casimir Pulaski Day. Banks in Illinois may close for the holiday.[1]
Section 118.02 of the Wisconsin Statutes provides that, "...when school is held or, if the day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, on a school day immediately preceding or following the respective day, the day shall be appropriately observed...." The use of "shall" denotes this as a mandatory requirement. Each public school in Wisconsin must observe Casimir Pulaski Day on March 4. How the day is observed — "appropriately" — allows for some discretion among the schools.[2]
@v I stand corrected. He must be from Illinois or Wisconsin.
I'm not sure how I feel about Wisconsin stealing my state's weird holiday. That was always the best day to get off school because I lived close to Iowa and none of those suckers got the day off.
@christinerenee Yeah from IL here and totally know about Casimir Pulaski Day. They didn't make it officially a day off until I was almost out of school though.
@JasonToon Now I'm imagining the multitude of strange facts you have deposited in the dark corners of your mind, just waiting to spring them on unsuspecting readers at opportune moments. I'd probably want you on my Quizzo team, wouldn't I?
Sorry, but the time required to get or keep these things working is not worth it. Life is far too short to waste on stuff that is not simply inexpensive, it is just plain taking up space in the plastic wrapper. This product is beneath Meh. Evidence: the reviews. Why offer it?
I had bought several of these - but after looking through the reviews, I cancelled my order and re-ordered just one set of two, only to make them send them to me. Have to get my $5 worth out of the wife's VMP (although I did feel a guilty for increasing my carbon footprint).
Finally! Something to help me see whilst I clean things out right in front of me. No flashlight in the mouth, no holding the phone under my chin with the flashlight on...woohoo!
Got one as a gift a few years back... Cheap plastic pivot snapped after about 2 uses. For the 3AAs you don't even get much light for the weight. Few bucks more will get a much better light, but these aren't terrible for stashing around the house. Would not rely on them for anything more than lazy "I don't feel like grabbing a real flashlight" moments.
I absolutely refuse to buy lights that use AAA. This includes remotes. There is a place for headlites that don't blind you when you turn them on or give out your location to every critter within a 5 mile radius. However, using AAA batteries in devices when there is plenty of space to slip 3 AA batteries is just plain dumb (this includes remotes!). A big fat MEH!
@Pavlov I messed up and called AA once when I needed a tire changed. It was the weirdest roadside assistance call ever. They made me admit I was powerless over the car. They wanted me to believe in a higher power that could get me back on the road. They told me to turn my life over to this higher power. As they had me conducting a searching and fearless inventory of my car, I found the jack and lug wrench and changed the damn tire myself. Then they told me I was only a third of the way through, but I had places to be and didn't see how starting on the phone with them for another hour was going to get my tire any more changed than it was already.
I wonder how Meh chooses the deals that they do. Why offer a deal that sells out at a maximum of $8.5k when things like the Cheerson rake in almost $200k? Is Meh gouging on shipping (doesn't seem like their style, especially with alert VMPers being likely to buy most of the units)? Is Meh taking taking a loss (or accepting less profit) on some items in order to attract a loyal userbase for the big ones? Is it just that it's hard to find really great deals, and selling big hitters day after day would eventually get old?
@cutroil They throw this bait in the water to get the VMP turned on every several weeks. Not dumb in that respect. Except this particular bait is beneath Meh.
@cutroil They sold over ten thousand of those damn quadcopters. Even if there were a lotta double or triple orders that's still a shitload of packages to box up. Maybe they didn't want to overload the warehouse staff any more. Of course there's also always the good ol' incompetence option, or at least there is when I'm involved.
What?!? I made it into a product write-up? And a sell-out? Coincidence? Maybe. But once again I find myself an inspiration to many. Thanks for the shout-out, meh!
Big surprise that most were sucked up by California when there was a good priced item. (dripping with sarcasm) Maybe you should surprise everyone and change to Eastern time zone for the rest of the year. I really needed these.
If only I didn't sleep in upstate New York. These look like they would have been perfect to strap to my tractor. Stupid west coasties, snagging all the good stuff.
Mehbe there could be a meh-east and a meh-west someday?
@Marion14505 Why... Why... why? I live close enough to upstate (unless you're one of the New Yorkers that think that Binghamton is "up state" or worse when you think Yonkers is "up state NY". (I know some people define it as there's NYC and "up state" ;) Either way... I'm in VT and I got it... Now I did curse myself a little as I should have gotten more than 1 or did I get 2 sets... but... It was late, and the site went down, so then I checked at 5 AM (yes... only about 4-5 hours of sleep between checking meh and getting up for work... Oh less when the baby wakes us up at night.) and sold out. Bummer :( Maybe @mehcus can hook us up... nope...
Now... I may be a little hot headed on this one... but... upstate NY is one of my hot button phrases... like some people don't like the word Moist, Squirt, Orifice, Queasy, or Secrete. They don't bother me at all... Upstate NY... the way it's thrown around willy-nilly bothers me. (it's like the difference between Florida and California... Yes they're both warm... but there is a difference...) Now if you are truly what I consider Upstate ny, GREAT! I love the Adirondacks and Great Escape... But then again the phrase probably bothers me more than it should... I mean... why just exclude one city? (granted NYC is huge... and easily has more people that the whole state of VT... but if you're going to say "upstate NY" is anything other than NYC... why not make NYC it's own Entity... ya know like DC is it's own entity... ) Yeah... it definitely bothers me more than it should.
Hey @thumperchick & @humper what are your definitions of upstate NY and does it bother you more than it should? (Maybe it's just a vermont/north north NY thing...)
@sohmageek I am definitely upstate. NYC doesn't even enter my brain as a thought when I think of NY. It's apples and farms and mountains and lakes and wineries and corn fields and little villages of 3000 people every time.
@Marion14505 awesome. I don't know why it bothers me more than it should. But upstate to me is lake George and north. I mean even west doesn't feel the same. It's like to me upstate Ny =rural similar to Vt/where I used to live in Paris in the 80's-90's(much more built up by now)
@sohmageek I'm more "western NY" than upstate, but unless you're a New Yorker, most people think of western NY as Staten Island. My username is my town and zip code. :-)
EDIT: Forgot to add: And thank you for being upset about upstate. I moved here to go to school and never left, so I'm not from NY originally, but it bothers me that "upstate" is "outside the five burroughs."
@Marion14505 you're close enough to Waterloo which is very much what I'd consider upstate. However Albany, Binghamton, Rochester (which I see you're close to) Buffalo it just "feels" different. More larger city and politically different. I helped open the Carters store in Rochester! So I've been there. Fixed an Oshkosh in Waterloo. ;). Apparently pa to Vt I get around... And I see the differences.
@Marion14505 also you realize I wasn't "jumping your shit" for the upstate my comment. Just I hate the usage of it that a majority see. I agree with yours in that case ;) I also agree there should be a differentiator for NYC from Ny state. Cause they are pretty different.
@sohmageek No, I know you're not jumping my shit. My shit is jumpproof. :-) And hey, next time you're in Rochester, let me know. I'll show you all the good stuff that's not big city! And I love me some Dorset, VT. A friend of ours is in town today (we'll see him tonight) from there, and will be spending all weekend drinking bourbon and comparing our wine to their wine (ours is awesome) and his food (he's a Michelin starred chef, actually) to ours (his is awesome). Anything above 42 degrees and east of 73 degrees is pretty much what I consider "the fun zone."
I coulda sworn I checked Meh last night and it was something else...my dreams are getting a bit too real! I woulda bit but of course they are sold out...probably good as I have too many lights as it is...Coulda Woulda Shoulda
@lisaviolet Guess what I snagged some... I should probably check how much I purchased... I mean... I feel like I should get another job just for my Meh addiction (no People always think it's a Meth addiction... maybe it's because of our Governor speaking about all the meth issues of lately... but it's Meh.)
@lisaviolet I work for a living. Actually, I own a bunch of companies that pretty much occupy all my time and then I spend the rest with my kick-ass awesome girlfriend of 17 years (well, Dec 11 is our anniversary). So by the time midnight EST rolls around, I am stone cold afuckingsleep.
@Marion14505 lol. what I hear: "I'm successful. In fact, more successful than you and with a better girlfriend. I don't even need or want to lurk around on a daily deal site, because success. I just come here to congratulate you on your purchases."
@Mehntok You've never owned a company if you think owning a company means you're successful. :-) Mostly, it means you're paid less than minimum wage, have higher than normal expenses, get less sleep than other people, and have no free time. So yes, I am proud that I carve off free time for the woman that I love, and yes, I'm glad that I sleep rather than staying up until midnight to check a deal site that, a statistically high percentage of the time, is selling something I don't want.
I also get pissed when I find that there was a deal on something I DO want, and I missed it! :-)
@Marion14505 Well, to be honest, I have to wake up at 8:55 to check the 9:00 latest Meh offering. Then I get it or don't, then both of us toddle off to bed. The only reason I even check every night is that one time I missed the ten dollar deep fryer. I'm still sore over that one.
Thirty years married come December 31.
And he's self employed, has been the entire time I've known him. He had a successful glass company, we made a buttload of money and spent it accordingly. :D But alas, age caught up with him, glass is heavy and the economy tumbled and people didn't want to pay as much for his craft (he was the best) and went with cheaper companies. So, he ended that business and started up a new one where he works here at home. Seven days a week, fourteen hours a day. It kicks his ass, but he loves it.
@Mehntok I have one or twenty of those. They are shit. I really would have liked to have gotten this meh deal, but oh well. I drop headlamps all over the place for lights while I'm working on machinery and I either crack 'em, cover 'em with grease, or forget them and run them over with tractors so I like a supply of cheap, good lights.
I got mine. And apparently I've scared the Malevolent Order Name Generator enough to make it assign me nonrepulsive order names. organic-foggy-road isn't bad at all, compared to some, so
@OldCatLady I don't think mine was that bad either... Reminds me of a few brews I've had... I feel bad if someone likes this... but I don't know personally so this is the image... gruesome-profuse-pilsner is the order :)
@MrGlass I'm sorry! For future reference, the top post in every product thread has loads of info, some of which is the estimated shipping times. This one, for example is:
I'm not going to lie, these things smell like pure gasoline. (Seriously, I opened up the package and was nasally assaulted. One is sitting 15 feet from me, and I still haven;t gone nose deaf from it and everyone who walks in my office comments on the scent. Cheap Chinese child labor...or feature?
These are so stupid. You have to hold down the button to get light? This doesn't stay lit unless I press down the button, then it goes off again. It doesn't toggle? What the hell??? Doesn't that defeat the entire purpose of this thing?
looks like one's broken. I can't locate what it is. for $3 this isn't worth worrying about, the one that works is good enough. I might try to take this apart and make it a science project.
Specs
Condition: New
Warranty: 1 Year Sentry
Estimated Delivery: 12/12 - 12/14
Shipping: $5 or free with VMP
What’s in the Box?
2x Headlamps
Pictures
Retail packaging
The headlamps
Foam heads
Rotating
Gross
Price Comparison
$15.98 List, $13.24 (For 2) at Amazon
Find a relevant price comparison? Please share it in a comment in this thread
Warranty
90 days
@lichme lolololol
@lichme Wow, Meow.com is a scary place!
@lichme well played.
@Stallion I just found my wife's Christmas present. http://www.meow.com/cats-coming-and-going-deluxe-sweatshirt-white/
Speaking of which, does anyone know of any cheap apartments for rent in East Tennessee?
No.
what's the point when i don't have any friends to share this with
@wiserkir Then you can strap one to your head and have a backup one if it falls off? or did you ask Siri to divide by 0...
@wiserkir
Wear them both, one pointed forwards and one backwards. No one will sneak up on you, cuz they'll think you're watching
My 1st 1st meh
@llangley Technically it's your first twofer, if it's your first purchase. Congratulations!
Bright idea! I'm glad these came back! Better at this price point too...
Polly Anna Gifts!!! Boy she'll be pissed!
Fuck me, at $3 it's hard to say no. :(
@DrunkCat my feelings as well... wtf.. in for too many
@baqui63 god, how many shitty LEDs have I bought from Meh for too little money?
@DrunkCat Exactly my feelings......
@DrunkCat I never go for the $3 ho. It is easy to say no to you.
OH wait! You meant the sale didn't you?
@Stallion I had woot bought ones in my old place that I didn't take with and they were mighty useful so for a $1.50 a piece it's basically entrapment.
@DrunkCat $8 total with shipping... still not bad.
@Liera21 If you aren't VMP you're doing it wrong.
For $1.50 each, i'm in for a few. Don't ask me where the 7 or 8 I already own are if I needed one this minute, they seem to get lost in the mix.
The reviews on these are HORRIBLE though, so i'll take the chance on a few.
@Stallion reviews seem pretty mediocre. There's a few bad reviews saying they broke quick, and a few saying they're great for the price. Hell, there's even a 1 star on Walmart saying how much he loved them for his kids!
@Stallion I bought a pair a couple of years ago. The only one that I opened didn't even work properly. I tried taking it apart and reassembling it to no avail. The assembly and quality was just shoddy beyond hope. All I'd say I got out of that one is a handful of LEDs that I probably won't use for any projects and a funny headband that probably isn't useful for anything.
I figure Office Secret Santa. I can throw a pair of these in.
For $3....why not.
The quality on these must be spectacular if you're selling them for $1.50... oh well.. mad-lost-mist it is.
* product may not actually be this bright
@awk That's just plain awksome.
At $3, I can't afford NOT to buy it.
not such a bright idea . good gift for kids but not adults if you want functionality
lumens!?! or super bright? hmm, how to measure light!
Blinded by meh...I'm in!
Boiling-Disturbed-Gecko
why not coast or led lensers 2 for $3 :(
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I've been looking for my headlamp for 3 days with no luck. With 4 more of them I should be able to find at least one, right?
@remo28 WRONG! You will eventually lose the 4, buy more, lol.
@remo28 you're going to need more than that.
@Stallion We already have 4! The 'I need all the headlamps' man in the house keeps taking them.
@remo28 For the sake of all mehry pranksters, post an image for that order name. Please, the world needs to see what it looks like.
Here we are on a very special Twofer Tuesday. Again we find ourselves at the corner of impulsivity and temptation as we near that janky ass pawn shop on the wrong end of town. As we turn the corner into the typically dark alley we can help but notice a blinding light coming from the alley. In the alley we hear crazy laughter coming from Twofer Tuesday and her friend, Five Dolla Special. Both women, soo sleazy they can get you to buy pretty much anything. They have adorned themselves in headlights and are spinning around aimlessly. "Today is a very special day and you are just in time for the party!!" A party? "Oh yes, today is @studerc and @thumperchick 's birthday! Come join the celebration!" How could I say no to my own party. I bought a fuck ton of these bastards for no good reason. Let the festivities begin!
@studerc @thumperchick happy birthday you two!
@studerc Thanks birthday buddy! Happy Birthday.
@studerc You had me at Five Dolla Special. Laughed out lout at work. Good thing no one else is here yet.
Merry birthday!
@studerc I got lost and never even came close to the intersection of impulsivity and temptation, instead finding myself stranded at useless and rejection. Alas, it was there that I wandered into a bakery and picked up a birthday cake for meh friends, @studerc and @Thumperchick. Happy Birthday to you both! And I'm really sorry, but I was pretty fucking hungry and I ate your cake. Take solace in knowing it was delicious and wouldn't have shipped well anyway...
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I don't need this.
But it is $3 for two of them.
Two things I don't need. For $3.
I should probably already know this but if they do not work when I get them, do I have to rely on Sentry warranty service or can I deal with meh's utterly delightful customer service people?
@Alien
@Alien toss them in the trash.
@Alien hi friend
@Alien88 Brother, I've missed you!
@Alien Top comment in every product thread has the warranty information in it.
@Alien D'oh! I probably should've phrased that question better. I suffer from Eric's burden. Also, lazy (FAQ - TL;DR). Sorry, I will try not to ask stupid questions in the future, or at least make them more precise. Thanks for helping me anyway @thismyusername, @Ignorant, @Thumperchick. What I wanted to know was about DOA products:
Q: What's your return policy?
A: If it's damaged, defective, or just DOA, we'll either refund or replace it at our discretion...
In for more than I know what to do with.
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W3W- West of Castaic, CA.
Per the reviews these would make excellent projectiles or, if you're lucky, a fire starter.
I can get rocks and Bic lighters for cheaper than 1.50$ each.
... And now everyone is getting a shitty headlamp for Christmas. Yay!
Mannequin loves baby arm.
I owned one of these. I was happy with it. I used it a lot.
Then I bought one with a single CREE LED. No comparison.
Once you get a "real" headlamp you will throw these in the trash. They're not even that much more expensive, $8-10 on the cheap side, $20-30 gets you a pretty amazing headlamp. And yes, I know there are much more expensive ones that are even brighter, have more features, etc, but you don't have to spend a lot more to get a huge increase in functionality.
I know not everyone needs a bazillion lumen headlamp, just realize as others have said, you're getting what you pay for.
@eVil I tried mine They do not work. Going in the garbage.
@mellaine you may want to write in to meh.com/support before throwing them away.
I've had a few of these, they are flimsy but mostly work. At this price it's a deal.
For less than a cup of coffee at the neighborhood coffee shop it is really hard to say no.
Meh. I don't like the g-string style even for 1.5
@LankHairdoo You're wearing it wrong.
OMG these are not CHEAP - THEY'RE KKKKRAAPPP! (Say with a Scottish accent).
I purchased these locally and the switch/knob was intermittent at first use. The battery cover likes to fall off too. They are NOT that bright. And the batteries don't seem to last very long.
DON'T BUY! DON'T BUY! DON'T BUY!
@dlmasonjr I bought 14. Toys for tots. There are a bunch of kids that could care less and for a few hours they'll have fun. At $1.50, I can afford to make a few more kids smile for a short time. Blinded parents and tortured siblings is just a bonus.
@dlmasonjr 3 out of 6 do not work. This is the worst purchase I have made with meh. meh has become like every retailer before Christmas selling pet rocks to Texas air. This just adds to the world's pollution, cardboard, gas, plastic, money, land fill. more and more.
I bought them for cheap head straps to try to convert this Viewmaster google cardboard into a vr headset... gonna use duct tape too... it's gonna rock.
Trying to post again-- I see this deal is heads above the rest..
I bought $12 worth, but I'm kind of regretting it since the batteries I'll have to buy to power them will cost more than the lights themselves. Dammit Meh, sell me some batteries that aren't trash, please.
And, I just talked myself into canceling before the cancellation window is up. If we hadn't just gone through our 'gift box' yesterday to figure out Christmas gifts, I might have kept the order. However, yesterday showed me just how much I've ordered over the last 512 days without any thought about what I'd do with it beyond our 'gift box'. Trying to figure out who to give ice cream makers, coffee makers, ridiculous amounts of flash lights, knife sets, etc. is exhausting when you can't remember what things you gave them last year. I'm pretty sure my brother will be getting power banks two years in a row.
@PurplePawprints Home Depot has 30 AA plus 30 AAA Rayovac batteries for $10 right now. Order online, pick up in store to avoid shipping charge.
Is @JasonToon from Illinois? How else would he know about Casimir Pulaski Day?
How many people here know about Casimir Pulaski Day?
@christinerenee there is a Pulaski, WI.
Wisconsin public schools also observe Casimir Pulaski Day. Banks in Illinois may close for the holiday.[1]
Section 118.02 of the Wisconsin Statutes provides that, "...when school is held or, if the day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, on a school day immediately preceding or following the respective day, the day shall be appropriately observed...." The use of "shall" denotes this as a mandatory requirement. Each public school in Wisconsin must observe Casimir Pulaski Day on March 4. How the day is observed — "appropriately" — allows for some discretion among the schools.[2]
@v I stand corrected. He must be from Illinois or Wisconsin.
I'm not sure how I feel about Wisconsin stealing my state's weird holiday. That was always the best day to get off school because I lived close to Iowa and none of those suckers got the day off.
@christinerenee Yeah from IL here and totally know about Casimir Pulaski Day. They didn't make it officially a day off until I was almost out of school though.
@christinerenee St. Louis, actually. But my wife is from just over the river in Illinois.
@JasonToon Now I'm imagining the multitude of strange facts you have deposited in the dark corners of your mind, just waiting to spring them on unsuspecting readers at opportune moments. I'd probably want you on my Quizzo team, wouldn't I?
Sorry, but the time required to get or keep these things working is not worth it. Life is far too short to waste on stuff that is not simply inexpensive, it is just plain taking up space in the plastic wrapper. This product is beneath Meh. Evidence: the reviews. Why offer it?
And it is a show of disrespect to buy and donate these to Toys for Tots.
I had bought several of these - but after looking through the reviews, I cancelled my order and re-ordered just one set of two, only to make them send them to me. Have to get my $5 worth out of the wife's VMP (although I did feel a guilty for increasing my carbon footprint).
@Pavlov Hah! So there. You'll get a nice box out of it. Hopefully. Although perhaps it will be a bubble wrap envelope.
@RedOak One can never have enough boxes.
@Pavlov I agree. Unfortunately, I have yet to convince my spouse of the same.
Finally! Something to help me see whilst I clean things out right in front of me. No flashlight in the mouth, no holding the phone under my chin with the flashlight on...woohoo!
Got one as a gift a few years back... Cheap plastic pivot snapped after about 2 uses. For the 3AAs you don't even get much light for the weight. Few bucks more will get a much better light, but these aren't terrible for stashing around the house. Would not rely on them for anything more than lazy "I don't feel like grabbing a real flashlight" moments.
I absolutely refuse to buy lights that use AAA. This includes remotes. There is a place for headlites that don't blind you when you turn them on or give out your location to every critter within a 5 mile radius. However, using AAA batteries in devices when there is plenty of space to slip 3 AA batteries is just plain dumb (this includes remotes!). A big fat MEH!
@thsia If you hate AAA so much, who do you call when you need a tow?
@Pavlov Men who nab men who did die!
@Pavlov I messed up and called AA once when I needed a tire changed. It was the weirdest roadside assistance call ever. They made me admit I was powerless over the car. They wanted me to believe in a higher power that could get me back on the road. They told me to turn my life over to this higher power. As they had me conducting a searching and fearless inventory of my car, I found the jack and lug wrench and changed the damn tire myself. Then they told me I was only a third of the way through, but I had places to be and didn't see how starting on the phone with them for another hour was going to get my tire any more changed than it was already.
Baby Arm.
We have had nothing but repeats for days now. With how fast these sold out I am sure we will now see this again real soon as well.
I wonder how Meh chooses the deals that they do. Why offer a deal that sells out at a maximum of $8.5k when things like the Cheerson rake in almost $200k? Is Meh gouging on shipping (doesn't seem like their style, especially with alert VMPers being likely to buy most of the units)? Is Meh taking taking a loss (or accepting less profit) on some items in order to attract a loyal userbase for the big ones? Is it just that it's hard to find really great deals, and selling big hitters day after day would eventually get old?
@cutroil They throw this bait in the water to get the VMP turned on every several weeks. Not dumb in that respect. Except this particular bait is beneath Meh.
@cutroil They sold over ten thousand of those damn quadcopters. Even if there were a lotta double or triple orders that's still a shitload of packages to box up. Maybe they didn't want to overload the warehouse staff any more. Of course there's also always the good ol' incompetence option, or at least there is when I'm involved.
What?!? I made it into a product write-up? And a sell-out? Coincidence? Maybe. But once again I find myself an inspiration to many. Thanks for the shout-out, meh!
Big surprise that most were sucked up by California when there was a good priced item. (dripping with sarcasm)
Maybe you should surprise everyone and change to Eastern time zone for the rest of the year. I really needed these.
@doxeelady Trust us, you didn't need these. Check your local dollar store, they might have something similar.
@doxeelady
If only I didn't sleep in upstate New York. These look like they would have been perfect to strap to my tractor. Stupid west coasties, snagging all the good stuff.
Mehbe there could be a meh-east and a meh-west someday?
@Marion14505
@Marion14505 Why... Why... why? I live close enough to upstate (unless you're one of the New Yorkers that think that Binghamton is "up state" or worse when you think Yonkers is "up state NY". (I know some people define it as there's NYC and "up state" ;) Either way... I'm in VT and I got it... Now I did curse myself a little as I should have gotten more than 1 or did I get 2 sets... but... It was late, and the site went down, so then I checked at 5 AM (yes... only about 4-5 hours of sleep between checking meh and getting up for work... Oh less when the baby wakes us up at night.) and sold out. Bummer :( Maybe @mehcus can hook us up... nope...
Now... I may be a little hot headed on this one... but... upstate NY is one of my hot button phrases... like some people don't like the word Moist, Squirt, Orifice, Queasy, or Secrete. They don't bother me at all... Upstate NY... the way it's thrown around willy-nilly bothers me. (it's like the difference between Florida and California... Yes they're both warm... but there is a difference...) Now if you are truly what I consider Upstate ny, GREAT! I love the Adirondacks and Great Escape... But then again the phrase probably bothers me more than it should... I mean... why just exclude one city? (granted NYC is huge... and easily has more people that the whole state of VT... but if you're going to say "upstate NY" is anything other than NYC... why not make NYC it's own Entity... ya know like DC is it's own entity... ) Yeah... it definitely bothers me more than it should.
Hey @thumperchick & @humper what are your definitions of upstate NY and does it bother you more than it should? (Maybe it's just a vermont/north north NY thing...)
@sohmageek I am definitely upstate. NYC doesn't even enter my brain as a thought when I think of NY. It's apples and farms and mountains and lakes and wineries and corn fields and little villages of 3000 people every time.
@Marion14505 awesome. I don't know why it bothers me more than it should. But upstate to me is lake George and north. I mean even west doesn't feel the same. It's like to me upstate Ny =rural similar to Vt/where I used to live in Paris in the 80's-90's(much more built up by now)
@sohmageek I'm more "western NY" than upstate, but unless you're a New Yorker, most people think of western NY as Staten Island. My username is my town and zip code. :-)
EDIT: Forgot to add: And thank you for being upset about upstate. I moved here to go to school and never left, so I'm not from NY originally, but it bothers me that "upstate" is "outside the five burroughs."
@Marion14505 you're close enough to Waterloo which is very much what I'd consider upstate. However Albany, Binghamton, Rochester (which I see you're close to) Buffalo it just "feels" different. More larger city and politically different. I helped open the Carters store in Rochester! So I've been there. Fixed an Oshkosh in Waterloo. ;). Apparently pa to Vt I get around... And I see the differences.
@Marion14505 also you realize I wasn't "jumping your shit" for the upstate my comment. Just I hate the usage of it that a majority see. I agree with yours in that case ;) I also agree there should be a differentiator for NYC from Ny state. Cause they are pretty different.
@sohmageek No, I know you're not jumping my shit. My shit is jumpproof. :-) And hey, next time you're in Rochester, let me know. I'll show you all the good stuff that's not big city! And I love me some Dorset, VT. A friend of ours is in town today (we'll see him tonight) from there, and will be spending all weekend drinking bourbon and comparing our wine to their wine (ours is awesome) and his food (he's a Michelin starred chef, actually) to ours (his is awesome). Anything above 42 degrees and east of 73 degrees is pretty much what I consider "the fun zone."
Damn - never fails. I see a hot Meh, and it's sold out.
@CFL_Kent this wasn't that.
I coulda sworn I checked Meh last night and it was something else...my dreams are getting a bit too real! I woulda bit but of course they are sold out...probably good as I have too many lights as it is...Coulda Woulda Shoulda
West coaster here.....snagged two two-fers at 9:23 last night. Just before we went to bed.
economic-damned-ape
@lisaviolet Guess what I snagged some... I should probably check how much I purchased... I mean... I feel like I should get another job just for my Meh addiction (no People always think it's a Meth addiction... maybe it's because of our Governor speaking about all the meth issues of lately... but it's Meh.)
@lisaviolet I work for a living. Actually, I own a bunch of companies that pretty much occupy all my time and then I spend the rest with my kick-ass awesome girlfriend of 17 years (well, Dec 11 is our anniversary). So by the time midnight EST rolls around, I am stone cold afuckingsleep.
Congrats on your score.
@Marion14505 lol. what I hear: "I'm successful. In fact, more successful than you and with a better girlfriend. I don't even need or want to lurk around on a daily deal site, because success. I just come here to congratulate you on your purchases."
@Mehntok You've never owned a company if you think owning a company means you're successful. :-) Mostly, it means you're paid less than minimum wage, have higher than normal expenses, get less sleep than other people, and have no free time. So yes, I am proud that I carve off free time for the woman that I love, and yes, I'm glad that I sleep rather than staying up until midnight to check a deal site that, a statistically high percentage of the time, is selling something I don't want.
I also get pissed when I find that there was a deal on something I DO want, and I missed it! :-)
@Marion14505 Well, to be honest, I have to wake up at 8:55 to check the 9:00 latest Meh offering. Then I get it or don't, then both of us toddle off to bed. The only reason I even check every night is that one time I missed the ten dollar deep fryer. I'm still sore over that one.
Thirty years married come December 31.
And he's self employed, has been the entire time I've known him. He had a successful glass company, we made a buttload of money and spent it accordingly. :D But alas, age caught up with him, glass is heavy and the economy tumbled and people didn't want to pay as much for his craft (he was the best) and went with cheaper companies. So, he ended that business and started up a new one where he works here at home. Seven days a week, fourteen hours a day. It kicks his ass, but he loves it.
And he doesn't make a lot of money.
@lisaviolet I musta missed the appropriate reply button. my response was supposed to go to @somhageek. Congrats on your 30 years!!!
@Marion14505 Thank you. It's been fun and educational. Living with another person for all these years.
@Marion14505 they are probably pieces of shit, most things harbor freight sells are, but 5 for $5! http://www.harborfreight.com/five-led-magnetic-head-lamp-93549.html
@Mehntok I have one or twenty of those. They are shit. I really would have liked to have gotten this meh deal, but oh well. I drop headlamps all over the place for lights while I'm working on machinery and I either crack 'em, cover 'em with grease, or forget them and run them over with tractors so I like a supply of cheap, good lights.
I got mine. And apparently I've scared the Malevolent Order Name Generator enough to make it assign me nonrepulsive order names. organic-foggy-road isn't bad at all, compared to some, so
@OldCatLady I don't think mine was that bad either... Reminds me of a few brews I've had... I feel bad if someone likes this... but I don't know personally so this is the image...
gruesome-profuse-pilsner is the order :)
Unfortunately, or fortunately in my case, I already own a headlamp that I still only use sporadically at best.
Hrmmmm. $3. Shoulda got some. Oh well. To meh or not to meh, that is the question.
Sadly did not ship in time for me to use as a secret santa gift.
@MrGlass I'm sorry! For future reference, the top post in every product thread has loads of info, some of which is the estimated shipping times. This one, for example is:
@Thumperchick I was mostly joking when I wrote this - but I did miss the estimated delivery on this one. Thanks!
At 3 bucks for the pair Meh still looks like the deal if you had VMP vs the following "free" but with $4.89 shipping...
http://www.13deals.com/store/products/21631-free-2-pack-of-super-bright-led-head-lamps-plus-exclusive-offers-during-checkout
I'm not going to lie, these things smell like pure gasoline. (Seriously, I opened up the package and was nasally assaulted. One is sitting 15 feet from me, and I still haven;t gone nose deaf from it and everyone who walks in my office comments on the scent. Cheap Chinese child labor...or feature?
I noticed an odd smell too, @CraigDanger.
Also, these are even more Meh than I expected. Not going to complain for $3 for two, but I'm also not going to buy any more should they come up again.
These are so stupid. You have to hold down the button to get light? This doesn't stay lit unless I press down the button, then it goes off again. It doesn't toggle? What the hell??? Doesn't that defeat the entire purpose of this thing?
@MindlessMachina that's no good. Is there a demo mode or anything that it might be in?
@Ignorant Not that I know of.
@MindlessMachina That's not right. Maybe the folks at Sentry can help you figure out what's wrong?
looks like one's broken. I can't locate what it is. for $3 this isn't worth worrying about, the one that works is good enough. I might try to take this apart and make it a science project.
I found them to be great- Who complains over $3 spent on a set of lights anyway??? Cheaper than that shitty Starbucks coffee you get!
1 worked and 1 was missing the battery insert. can i complain? no. I got what I paid for cheap head lamps.