Do you have empty space in a drawer? Have you been wanting to fill it with random stuff. Well this bundle is perfect? Every house had a junk drawer filled with these types of gadgets.
Power outages don’t bother me, I have a 12 volt lamp in the living room on a sealed lead acid battery on a trickle charger. I also have a generator plugged into the house.
I don’t have a backup source of heat, but my fridge stays on, and I can cook with my microwave.
I can power/charge USB devices from the USB port on my powerchair, so I guess my power chair’s a 200 pound power bank.
@mike808@rogerbacon In case anyone is interested by the idea of those USB charging AAAs, I would suggest don’t. I had some (not that brand) they were terrible, they stopped working after about 4 charges, and they only held about a quarter the amount of a regular rechargeable, so it was less total capacity (including all charges) than a regular non-rechargeable would have been, but with added frustrating charging and costing a lot more.
The USB charger mentioned by @chienfou above, plus regular rechargeables, makes a lot more sense.
(But for an emergency low-drain tiny flashlight, non-rechargeables probably make the most sense because you’ll most likely lose the flashlight before you drain it, and non-rechargeables generally hold their charge for longer when not in use.)
@chienfou@yakkoTDI
I have a LaCrosse charger, so I’m familiar. I was just thinking it would have been a good product pairing.
Rechargeables on AAAs don’t really make sense other than for your favorite remotes and computer mice that get regular use. They just don’t hold that much total energy and dissipate too much for never or rarely used devices (in a drawer, or emergency use).
There are some high density rechargeable AAAs, but they cheat a bit on the sizing so they are tight fits, which makes replacing them a pain in small devices (probably like these flashlights). They also tend to swell, making them even tighter fits.
Rechargeables are just not for high-drain applications, like flashlights are. Especially as they are using high wattage LEDs to generate more and more light. While still more efficient than incandescents and halogen bulbs, a 3W LED (or 3x1W LEDs) will still drain a 1.2v AAA, even with high capacity 1200 mAh, pretty quickly.
Alkaline AAAs are about 1200mAh, but at 1.5 volts.
The voltage drop as they are drained is what kills rechargeables for driving LEDs because pulling up the voltage means circuitry, and in the world of $0.01 per 10K units, even a miniscule extra expense for another chip or a tiny circuit board kills the economics of the product. Alkalines have a flat voltage under load for longer with a sharper drop as they approach depletion, while rechargeables tend to decay linearly under load.
Energy density, cycle, and load characteristics are where the action is in battery tech these days.
Product Name: 5-Piece: Halo LED Mini & Powerbank Flashlight Bundle
Condition: New
Halo Shine 3,000mAh 2-in-1 Powerbank Flashlight
Model: 1332161
Input: 5V1A
Output 5V2.1A
UL Certified
Power ON/OFF button
Features a 2 mode flashlight at the top: Bright LED and SOS light
Compact portable charging
Capable of charging any small electronic devices, including but not limited to mobile phones, cameras, iPods, and gaming systems using standard USB output
Halo Mini-Lite LED Flashlights
Model: 133810
Includes three mini-light flashlights, 3 AAA batteries, and three gift boxes
I have the lights from a mehrathon. Not bad at 2 bucks each. They are a little bigger than the Arc/Fenix style of AAA light and they have the stupid steel carabiner (way heavy for its size), but you can remove that. They are pretty bright, like maybe 20 lumens, much brighter than the old 5mm lights.
I’m slightly tempted by this combo but only to get a style of powerbank that I don’t have yet, but then: what I’m collecting powerbanks now?! And I already have enough of the lights. They are good little gifts I guess. Gonna pass but only because I have too much of this stuff.
I can’t see this deal over my 18650 stockpile.
@fuzzmanmatt Well then flash a light on it and you might see it
Do you have empty space in a drawer? Have you been wanting to fill it with random stuff. Well this bundle is perfect? Every house had a junk drawer filled with these types of gadgets.
Power outages don’t bother me, I have a 12 volt lamp in the living room on a sealed lead acid battery on a trickle charger. I also have a generator plugged into the house.
I don’t have a backup source of heat, but my fridge stays on, and I can cook with my microwave.
I can power/charge USB devices from the USB port on my powerchair, so I guess my power chair’s a 200 pound power bank.
Not a perfect solution but works quite well.
Ohhh… Shiny and chargy!
Can the power banks be used to charge the torches?
@mike808 it says they use batteries, that would have been a really good idea though
@mike808 No because they are not rechargeable. They take AAA batteries.
@mike808 @yakkoTDI
Sure… If you own one of these and some rechargable batteries
@mike808 With USB charging AAAs
@mike808 @rogerbacon In case anyone is interested by the idea of those USB charging AAAs, I would suggest don’t. I had some (not that brand) they were terrible, they stopped working after about 4 charges, and they only held about a quarter the amount of a regular rechargeable, so it was less total capacity (including all charges) than a regular non-rechargeable would have been, but with added frustrating charging and costing a lot more.
The USB charger mentioned by @chienfou above, plus regular rechargeables, makes a lot more sense.
(But for an emergency low-drain tiny flashlight, non-rechargeables probably make the most sense because you’ll most likely lose the flashlight before you drain it, and non-rechargeables generally hold their charge for longer when not in use.)
@chienfou @yakkoTDI
I have a LaCrosse charger, so I’m familiar. I was just thinking it would have been a good product pairing.
Rechargeables on AAAs don’t really make sense other than for your favorite remotes and computer mice that get regular use. They just don’t hold that much total energy and dissipate too much for never or rarely used devices (in a drawer, or emergency use).
There are some high density rechargeable AAAs, but they cheat a bit on the sizing so they are tight fits, which makes replacing them a pain in small devices (probably like these flashlights). They also tend to swell, making them even tighter fits.
Rechargeables are just not for high-drain applications, like flashlights are. Especially as they are using high wattage LEDs to generate more and more light. While still more efficient than incandescents and halogen bulbs, a 3W LED (or 3x1W LEDs) will still drain a 1.2v AAA, even with high capacity 1200 mAh, pretty quickly.
Alkaline AAAs are about 1200mAh, but at 1.5 volts.
The voltage drop as they are drained is what kills rechargeables for driving LEDs because pulling up the voltage means circuitry, and in the world of $0.01 per 10K units, even a miniscule extra expense for another chip or a tiny circuit board kills the economics of the product. Alkalines have a flat voltage under load for longer with a sharper drop as they approach depletion, while rechargeables tend to decay linearly under load.
Energy density, cycle, and load characteristics are where the action is in battery tech these days.
Specs
Halo Shine 3,000mAh 2-in-1 Powerbank Flashlight
Halo Mini-Lite LED Flashlights
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$43.67 at Walmart & QVC
Halo Shine 3,000
Halo Mini-Lite Flashlights
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Friday, May 28 - Tuesday, Jun 1
QVC link est kaput.
I have the lights from a mehrathon. Not bad at 2 bucks each. They are a little bigger than the Arc/Fenix style of AAA light and they have the stupid steel carabiner (way heavy for its size), but you can remove that. They are pretty bright, like maybe 20 lumens, much brighter than the old 5mm lights.
I’m slightly tempted by this combo but only to get a style of powerbank that I don’t have yet, but then: what I’m collecting powerbanks now?! And I already have enough of the lights. They are good little gifts I guess. Gonna pass but only because I have too much of this stuff.
One of the lights/chargers was damaged and does not work.
@bobd57 If you haven’t done so already, contact meh support.
https://meh.com/support