@RogerWilco Time is a relative construct arbitrary decided upon by people long dead yet still manage to dictate the scale at which we all entropy into the darkness that eventually consumes us all
Happy New Year with my Foulest Priceless Rice!
Doing it in Meh style with the shipping code for my new magnetic flashlights. Which will be useful for attaching to PC cases.
I was thinking that they would be great little lights for working under the car, but these take AAA batteries, which means that they aren’t intended for serious use. Meh.
@accumulator@narfcake Double agree. Why oh why do mfgrs use AAA when there is plenty of space for AA? I hate AAA! They cost as much and have 1/4 of the guts of the AA. Boycott AAA’s!
@accumulator@narfcake- you mean you can save battery life by storing batteries in a frige? Since it’s 12:15 in the New Year, you can answer this whenever,…Thanks! BTW, Have a Great One!! That goes to All You Meh-teers!!
@narfcake@shahnm- I know not about any per chance of any of your predictabilitiness, but you plainly mentioned u had more AAs than AAAs by the last time you looked in the Frige, so this sounds mo like confessionalness, or an itelleverybodymybusines disorder, or id for short! Nevertheless, since you have eludiness habits, I see you do practice a Batteriesinmyfrige syndrome! I thank you for the heads upiness. Thank Ya, Thank Ya Very Much!!
@decoratedwarvet@narfcake On the contrary, I verily propound that I have never once disclosed my battery stock status, either in absolute or relative terms. My AA and AAA battery aggregates, as with my C, D, 9v, CR2032 et al, remain proprietary information.
@narfcake@shahnm-then someone refered you to me, so evidently they know your top-secret obcessive compulsive disorders, or great idea activities. Whatever,…as I said, Thanks!! NOTE: Maybe, wikileaks, or Russian intell hacked into your brain, or ur Emails,…Or some Fat man on a bed did! If you wanna know who refered you to me, well, that’s proprietary gossip! Yea, we talk about ya’ll All the X!! No, I’ll give U that info If YWI.
@narfcake@shahnm-Okay, I’ll snitch,… narfcake did refer you to me, When they started talking about batteries, narf was the 1 who mentioned the ‘frige’ & posted that comment @ 12:12AM exacto! Please, don’t tell him that I said he told me about you which means that at some point you told him about yourself! Otherwise, how would he know to tell me about you?¿
@TheFLP Throw one of these on your keyring or zipper pull. Surprisingly bright at max, and variable output if you don’t need max. Micro USB recharging.
@blaineg
I dunno, I’ve been disappointed before by keyring flashlights that were supposed to be surprisingly bright. I need to know if my car is surrounded by alligators before they try to jump me, so it has to be surprisingly bright from a good distance.
@TheFLP It’s by far the best tiny light I’ve used. But it may not be adequate for parking lot alligators.
This should stun them, and the crenelated crown gives you the option of crenelating their heads. USB rechargeable, standard 18650 Li-Ion battery, variable brightness, variable focus.
@TheFLP My worst parking lot adventure was after watching Alien in its original release. And then realizing my idiot best friend had parked behind the theater. And we now had to walk down a creepy, dark alley, KNOWING that the Alien was lurking behind every dumpster and in every shadow.
There was some justice though. He said when he got home he hurried into bed, and pulled the covers up for safety, then realized he’d left the porch light on. His Mom doesn’t like the porch light being left on. He now has to choose between the wrath of Mom, or being eaten by the Alien. He said he made it to the porch light switch in about three steps (which is impossible), one in his room, one in the hallway, and one to the switch.
So, I bought the Anker Bolder. And last night I could say with complete and utter confidence that there were exactly zero alligators taking advantage of the then-unlit parking lot.
This thing is so bright that I could probably spot alligators (or the absence of same) on the other side of the river. Which is probably a good idea, now that I think of it…
Spotting them in the river is less likely, but I fully intend to stay out of the water anyway.
Tempted. I already have too many flashlights, though. These have both a hook and magnets for just slapping up while you’re working and need an extra hand to hold the light, like in an attic or crawlspace. And with a few of them, you can leave one along your way to light up your path as you move materials and tools in and out to the work area.
@ellett Never tried to work on something in the dark or in a cars engine compartment where you can’t just put a phone down? The fact that this has magnets, a clip, and a hook makes it rather useful.
Meh, you are the light at the end of the tunnel, handing upside down from the metal support, burning out quickly with underpowered batteries. What a way to start 2019!
@jro2020 I bought these because they weren’t rechargeable. My old rechargeable shop light was left plugged-in in the garage and the battery stopped holding a charge. I suppose I charged it too long and didn’t use it enough. Temperatures in the garage probably didn’t help.
Small, handy, and with the dozen magnets, you can point it almost anywhere. LR44 batteries. $6.
On the downside, there’s one inside a computer at work somewhere with dead batteries. A week after I used it while working inside the computer the thought dawned: Where did that light go?
Joby Gorillatorch. Bendable magnetic tripod light. AA batteries. Multiple brightness settings, including annoying strobe modes.
Good luck finding this one, it’s discontinued. They were $30 or so, and scalpers are asking over way $100 now. But you can occasionally find them at a reasonable price. The last I bought were from Amazon vendors in Japan. They took a while to get here, but the price was reasonable.
Or the Gorillatorch Blade, with a single Cree LED.
Striker FlexIt A flexible LED array, with central spot. Bend it concave to focus the light, or convex to spread it. Magnetic base, AA batteries, multiple brightness settings, including seizure/strobe modes.
I work part of my day in a dimly light warehouse and I am now in possession of way to many flashlights because of it. I have a Dorcy very similar to this design but it is 250 lumens and has a pocket clip which is very helpful. I have a headlamp on my head and the Dorcy hanging from the front of my my polo shirt and this is usually enough to find the box I need. Can’t thank my company enough from going from colored labels on the box to black and white labels that all look the same. By thank you I mean fuck you. Is colored ink really more expensive then your employee hourly wage? Oh wait yeah it probably is since I know what you pay but you still suck for changing the labels. Anyway,also have two much bigger Dorcy flashlights with what looks like a similar hook and the hook broke on the first use on one and the hook broke on the otherwhile trying to take it out of the package. I will say that Dorcy doesn’t lie about it lumens if it says 250 lumens it is if it says 600 lumens it is I have bought several flashlights from Amazon and there is no way the lumens are what they say they are. Also I live in Wilmington, NC and we experienced the end of days with that Hurricane this year and had zero power for two weeks so yeah buy those flashlights people. I do agree with the first few post that say AAA flashlights suck because they eat batteries way to fast and with this being 650 lumens I am sure the life of the batteries will be very short lived. I did pay 24 dollars for one 600 lumen flashlight that looks like a regular flashlight so 4 flashlights for 16 is a great deal. Maybe I can put on in every corner of the warehouse and stop looking like a miner when I work.
My youngest keeps taking my flashlights and moving them to other parts of the house. These will either help occupy them for some time or maybe I can attach them out of reach.
/giphy noted-darling-moon
Rechargeable batteries have come a long way babe! I highly reccomend ‘eneloop’ by Panasonic Ni-MH batteries, rechargeable approx 2,100 times, made in Japan. Only takes 4 hrs to fully charge. Remember the early model ones took at least 24 hrs to charge and the chargers were bulky, ugly PITA’s. Plus, Costco carries a streamlined progressive kit with a case, make size ‘C’ and ‘D’ by slipping an ‘AA’ into a jacket. $30 kit is on sale for $20 about 3-4 times yearly.
@HoneyIMHome Eneloops are great, but so are some of the competition. Some tests I’ve read rated the GP Recyko (what a name!) higher than the Eneloop. I’ve got both, and they seem equal in ordinary use.
$20 for 16, and the price hasn’t gone up in two years.
I’ve been using the tenergy D cells (10kmAh and 8k mAh for the low discharge ones) in my modified mag lights, and love them. Eneloop in D sleeves just weren’t cutting it. <10 minute run times, vs now i’ll get nearly an hour on the highest brightness.
Happy New Year while there is still 1 hour 45 min left. I could have used these last night when I slept in my car with the driving rain and 40-50 mhp winds.
Arrived today and they’re actually pretty nice. Should be useful with all the options to hang/stick/clamp them places. The batteries are generic alkalines so it may be best to store them outside of the actual flashlight until needed. Not like any batteries from meh products have ever leaked before or anything…
Specs
What’s in the Box?
4x Worklight/Flashlights
Price Comparison
$35.96 (for 4 similar) at Amazon
Warranty
1 Year Dorcy
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
@yakkoTDI Will it be better than last one?
@phendrick @yakkoTDI no. We peaked in 1992.
Happy new year!!
/giphy happy new year
It’s not 2019 yet.
Sincerely - Mountain Time.
@RogerWilco Time is a relative construct arbitrary decided upon by people long dead yet still manage to dictate the scale at which we all entropy into the darkness that eventually consumes us all
/giphy super goth
Happy New year
happy meh year
@alacrity
I’m glad someone remembers why we’re here.
@alacrity @TheFLP Or would that be: meh new year?
@blaineg @TheFLP as opposed to new year’s meh
Doing it in Meh style with the shipping code for my new magnetic flashlights. Which will be useful for attaching to PC cases.
Bring back the Halo lights.
What a Dorcy deal.
I was thinking that they would be great little lights for working under the car, but these take AAA batteries, which means that they aren’t intended for serious use. Meh.
But a happy new year to all.
@accumulator Yeah, the use of AAA is a deal killer. I have like a 5:1 ratio of spare AA to AAA batteries.
(I know because I was just at the fridge.)
@accumulator agree. Not enough juice for rechargeables. Lately, I’m looking at 18650 torches. Not willing to go to C or D or 6v Lantern models. Yet.
@accumulator @narfcake Double agree. Why oh why do mfgrs use AAA when there is plenty of space for AA? I hate AAA! They cost as much and have 1/4 of the guts of the AA. Boycott AAA’s!
@accumulator @narfcake- you mean you can save battery life by storing batteries in a frige? Since it’s 12:15 in the New Year, you can answer this whenever,…Thanks! BTW, Have a Great One!! That goes to All You Meh-teers!!
@accumulator Oops, didn’t read enough. Time to cancel.
Thanks!
@mike808 3 D cell lanterns are great, and a less than a quarter of the size of my old 6V fluorescent lantern.
@decoratedwarvet I’ll refer your question to @shahnm.
Hhhhhhmmmmm… I wasn’t all that interested but there is an accumulation of AAAs in my household & we are out of AAs. Is that a good reason to buy?
@Joedetroit Better than most.
@decoratedwarvet @narfcake Have I perchance become a bit predictable in my penchant for recommending cryotherapy for enhanced battery longevity…?
@narfcake @shahnm- I know not about any per chance of any of your predictabilitiness, but you plainly mentioned u had more AAs than AAAs by the last time you looked in the Frige, so this sounds mo like confessionalness, or an itelleverybodymybusines disorder, or id for short! Nevertheless, since you have eludiness habits, I see you do practice a Batteriesinmyfrige syndrome! I thank you for the heads upiness. Thank Ya, Thank Ya Very Much!!
@decoratedwarvet @narfcake On the contrary, I verily propound that I have never once disclosed my battery stock status, either in absolute or relative terms. My AA and AAA battery aggregates, as with my C, D, 9v, CR2032 et al, remain proprietary information.
@narfcake @shahnm-then someone refered you to me, so evidently they know your top-secret obcessive compulsive disorders, or great idea activities. Whatever,…as I said, Thanks!! NOTE: Maybe, wikileaks, or Russian intell hacked into your brain, or ur Emails,…Or some Fat man on a bed did! If you wanna know who refered you to me, well, that’s proprietary gossip! Yea, we talk about ya’ll All the X!! No, I’ll give U that info If YWI.
@narfcake @shahnm-Okay, I’ll snitch,… narfcake did refer you to me, When they started talking about batteries, narf was the 1 who mentioned the ‘frige’ & posted that comment @ 12:12AM exacto! Please, don’t tell him that I said he told me about you which means that at some point you told him about yourself! Otherwise, how would he know to tell me about you?¿
Screw the apocalypse. Are these any good in a dark parking lot? It’s amazing how dark it gets when they turn off the lights.
@TheFLP- ha, ha! That’s called the Law of Physics. At Night+ No Lights= Pitch Black & Scarey As Hell!! I’m with you, I don’t like it!!
@TheFLP Throw one of these on your keyring or zipper pull. Surprisingly bright at max, and variable output if you don’t need max. Micro USB recharging.
https://www.amazon.com/Nitecore-Keychain-Light-Pocket-Flashlight/dp/B00OZJ79R4
There are bigger models too.
@blaineg
I dunno, I’ve been disappointed before by keyring flashlights that were supposed to be surprisingly bright. I need to know if my car is surrounded by alligators before they try to jump me, so it has to be surprisingly bright from a good distance.
@TheFLP It’s by far the best tiny light I’ve used. But it may not be adequate for parking lot alligators.
This should stun them, and the crenelated crown gives you the option of crenelating their heads.
USB rechargeable, standard 18650 Li-Ion battery, variable brightness, variable focus.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KH2JP5G/
It’s $28 right now, but The Camelizer says it drops to $21. I paid $26 and am very happy with it.
@TheFLP My worst parking lot adventure was after watching Alien in its original release. And then realizing my idiot best friend had parked behind the theater. And we now had to walk down a creepy, dark alley, KNOWING that the Alien was lurking behind every dumpster and in every shadow.
There was some justice though. He said when he got home he hurried into bed, and pulled the covers up for safety, then realized he’d left the porch light on. His Mom doesn’t like the porch light being left on. He now has to choose between the wrath of Mom, or being eaten by the Alien. He said he made it to the porch light switch in about three steps (which is impossible), one in his room, one in the hallway, and one to the switch.
Yes, an angry Mom is scarier than the Alien!
@blaineg
That one looks promising.
@blaineg @TheFLP For a keyring light, these are gator-worthy.
Nitecore TINI 380 lulu’s
They are not cheap, but they are bright. The opposite of me.
@blaineg
So, I bought the Anker Bolder. And last night I could say with complete and utter confidence that there were exactly zero alligators taking advantage of the then-unlit parking lot.
This thing is so bright that I could probably spot alligators (or the absence of same) on the other side of the river. Which is probably a good idea, now that I think of it…
Spotting them in the river is less likely, but I fully intend to stay out of the water anyway.
@TheFLP Great, glad it worked out for you.
Happy New Year Ya Filthy Animals!
@fastharry-You Too!!
/buy --color green
@medz It worked! Your order number is: overwhelming-rocky-beggar
/image overwhelming rocky beggar
@medz it wasn’t that easy for me
/giphy solid-flaky-sky
Tempted. I already have too many flashlights, though. These have both a hook and magnets for just slapping up while you’re working and need an extra hand to hold the light, like in an attic or crawlspace. And with a few of them, you can leave one along your way to light up your path as you move materials and tools in and out to the work area.
Nah.
@mike808 Don’t forget about the spring loaded clip. Meh-nage a trois of flashlight attachment.
Good for you, Meh, for starting 2019 on such a meh path.
Are these Y2K friendly???
@Stallion Y2K19 ?
If I ever found myself in a situation where I needed to direct a plane into the gate I’d be all over these.
This is the 21st century. When anyone needs light, they use their phone. What sort of prehistoric rock did you find these under?
@ellett Never tried to work on something in the dark or in a cars engine compartment where you can’t just put a phone down? The fact that this has magnets, a clip, and a hook makes it rather useful.
@ellett- made in Vagina, i mean China! Dam, i’m turning into tRump!!
@ellett
I tried my phone in the parking lot, and it was pathetic.
/buy --color green
@hoosier The card was declined.
@mediocrebot well I am in bed on my phone… I can’t update my payment method
@hoosier @mediocrebot-what a great way to start the New Year, bot!!
@mediocrebot Go on bot, blab to everyone.
@hoosier @mediocrebot way to shed light on the situation for us… public roasting by mediocrebot to kick off the new year is priceless
@mediocrebot @jasor_x @blaineg @decoratedwarvet take that bot /buy --color purple
Meh, you are the light at the end of the tunnel, handing upside down from the metal support, burning out quickly with underpowered batteries. What a way to start 2019!
i broke my new year’s resolution already of ‘Buying the 1st item i see on meh’,… dammit!!
oops didn’t notice these weren’t rechargeable. abort abort
@jro2020 I bought these because they weren’t rechargeable. My old rechargeable shop light was left plugged-in in the garage and the battery stopped holding a charge. I suppose I charged it too long and didn’t use it enough. Temperatures in the garage probably didn’t help.
Random light: This is the best headlamp I’ve ever seen. It’s a simple, clever idea: a few inches of LED strip light. It throws a huge swath of light.
Of course anyone you look at will think Cyclops just glanced at them, but that’s a fair trade off.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GT49F9C/
@blaineg More random lights. (Ok, lights I’ve bought.)
Striker Magnetic Light Mine
https://www.amazon.com/Striker-00105-Magnetic-Hands-Free-Flashlight/dp/B001MXZA7M/
Small, handy, and with the dozen magnets, you can point it almost anywhere. LR44 batteries. $6.
On the downside, there’s one inside a computer at work somewhere with dead batteries. A week after I used it while working inside the computer the thought dawned: Where did that light go?
Big brother, Light Mine Professional. About 4" instead of 1.5".
2 or 8 white LEDs, 2 red LEDs on the rear. AAA (I know) batteries. Only 11 magnets because one spike is the switch. $20.
https://www.amazon.com/Striker-00107-Light-Mine-Professional/dp/B004C35GRI/
Joby Gorillatorch. Bendable magnetic tripod light. AA batteries. Multiple brightness settings, including annoying strobe modes.
Good luck finding this one, it’s discontinued. They were $30 or so, and scalpers are asking over way $100 now. But you can occasionally find them at a reasonable price. The last I bought were from Amazon vendors in Japan. They took a while to get here, but the price was reasonable.
Or the Gorillatorch Blade, with a single Cree LED.
https://www.wired.com/2010/10/gorillatorch-blade-bright-enough-to-kill-vampires/
Striker FlexIt A flexible LED array, with central spot. Bend it concave to focus the light, or convex to spread it. Magnetic base, AA batteries, multiple brightness settings, including seizure/strobe modes.
https://www.amazon.com/Striker-Concepts-4-0-400-Flexible-Flashlight/dp/B01M3XLX3L
Not a light, but it made me laugh.
I work part of my day in a dimly light warehouse and I am now in possession of way to many flashlights because of it. I have a Dorcy very similar to this design but it is 250 lumens and has a pocket clip which is very helpful. I have a headlamp on my head and the Dorcy hanging from the front of my my polo shirt and this is usually enough to find the box I need. Can’t thank my company enough from going from colored labels on the box to black and white labels that all look the same. By thank you I mean fuck you. Is colored ink really more expensive then your employee hourly wage? Oh wait yeah it probably is since I know what you pay but you still suck for changing the labels. Anyway,also have two much bigger Dorcy flashlights with what looks like a similar hook and the hook broke on the first use on one and the hook broke on the otherwhile trying to take it out of the package. I will say that Dorcy doesn’t lie about it lumens if it says 250 lumens it is if it says 600 lumens it is I have bought several flashlights from Amazon and there is no way the lumens are what they say they are. Also I live in Wilmington, NC and we experienced the end of days with that Hurricane this year and had zero power for two weeks so yeah buy those flashlights people. I do agree with the first few post that say AAA flashlights suck because they eat batteries way to fast and with this being 650 lumens I am sure the life of the batteries will be very short lived. I did pay 24 dollars for one 600 lumen flashlight that looks like a regular flashlight so 4 flashlights for 16 is a great deal. Maybe I can put on in every corner of the warehouse and stop looking like a miner when I work.
@dino2269 the batteries would have died before I finished reading this
@dino2269 ragequit.
@dino2269 I’m still awake, so I did read this.
@dino2269 @nolrak That’s why you don’t want AAA flashlights.
@dino2269 tldr - My job requires flashlights. Dorcy is good. This deal is good.
So tempted, but it uses AAA batteries.
Pass
My youngest keeps taking my flashlights and moving them to other parts of the house. These will either help occupy them for some time or maybe I can attach them out of reach.
/giphy noted-darling-moon
@ArmchairGamer Be sure to order three four-packs of decoy lights.
AAA battery bundle tomorrow?
Rechargeable batteries have come a long way babe! I highly reccomend ‘eneloop’ by Panasonic Ni-MH batteries, rechargeable approx 2,100 times, made in Japan. Only takes 4 hrs to fully charge. Remember the early model ones took at least 24 hrs to charge and the chargers were bulky, ugly PITA’s. Plus, Costco carries a streamlined progressive kit with a case, make size ‘C’ and ‘D’ by slipping an ‘AA’ into a jacket. $30 kit is on sale for $20 about 3-4 times yearly.
@HoneyIMHome Damn. I too wish todays item didn’t use 'AAA’s. eneloop AA: 1.2 V, min 1,900 mAh; AAA: 1.2 V, min 750 mAh.
@HoneyIMHome Eneloops are great, but so are some of the competition. Some tests I’ve read rated the GP Recyko (what a name!) higher than the Eneloop. I’ve got both, and they seem equal in ordinary use.
$20 for 16, and the price hasn’t gone up in two years.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C7WB048/
@HoneyIMHome The C & D sleeves have always seemed more of a desperation measure than a real solution, because you’re giving up so much capacity.
On the other hand, C & D NiMH cells are a lot more expensive than AA.
On the gripping hand, 10,000mAh for a D vs. 2,100mAh for an AA…
I’ve been using the tenergy D cells (10kmAh and 8k mAh for the low discharge ones) in my modified mag lights, and love them. Eneloop in D sleeves just weren’t cutting it. <10 minute run times, vs now i’ll get nearly an hour on the highest brightness.
@HoneyIMHome I think they sold those on here a few years ago I have no clue where I put them.
@Goatcrapp That’s some current drain! What LED are you running in them?
the problem I have with rechargables is that that they are under powered voltage wise… 1.2V vs 1.8V Lithium
@gfreek Well, with AA or whatever cells, they’re using 3 in series to get the voltage needed to turn on the LED, so you’re talking 3.6-4.5 volts.
That’s really the reason for the garbage 3 AAA lights, it’s the easiest way to get the forward voltage needed to turn on the LED.
The 18650 Li-Ion batteries are 3.7 volts.
Anyone see a way to modify theses lights to slide a 18650 in them?
There’s got to be a Meh-gyver that can do it.
@gustador Anything is possible, but it’s certainly not worth the effort for a $4 light.
The first problem you’ve got is an 18650 is 20mm longer than an AAA, so you’ll have major body work to do to start.
/buy --color purple
@hoosier Sorry, this deal contains 3 unique items and I’m not sure which one you want. You can review how to pick one, or just try ordering from the checkout page.
@hoosier @mediocrebot love the purple or nothing people never gets old.
Happy New Year while there is still 1 hour 45 min left. I could have used these last night when I slept in my car with the driving rain and 40-50 mhp winds.
Wow, already shipped
/
@Cerridwyn See? You have a reason to live after all!
Arrived today and they’re actually pretty nice. Should be useful with all the options to hang/stick/clamp them places. The batteries are generic alkalines so it may be best to store them outside of the actual flashlight until needed. Not like any batteries from meh products have ever leaked before or anything…
Received mine today. We’re putting one in each of our daughter’s car. Very pleased. Should have gotten more. We lose electricity often in Washington