@warpedrotors Never heard of 26650 batteries until now but I would be willing to use the 21700. Doesn’t sound like much more but they do have a 46% more volume than the 18650 and is what is used for the Tesla Model 3 so they are being created in large volumes.
I don’t have a charger for that size or any flashlights that can use it but would be willing to upgrade if more things start using 21700’s in the future.
@elpepe@squishybrain Nothing that I can see with the batteries themselves. The only potential issue I can come up with is that average households don’t tend to keep stock of C and D size cells (presumably due to their higher price and limited general use in comparison with AA and AAA sizes), so unless you do keep a bunch of them around, you’ll have to go to the store to buy more when your light dies, or else risk not having the light when you need it. (I have the same issue with D cells and vintage boomboxes!)
@decoratedwarvet@elpepe@squishybrain In my experience (which is considerable) small flashlights with inbuilt rechargeable batteries still can’t approach the brightness and battery life of ones with replaceable cells. I’ve got a Feit Electric 3 C cell flashlight, and it’s probably the single best flashlight I own. VERY bright, great battery life, and solid and durable.
@decoratedwarvet@elpepe@ponagathos@squishybrain I own several 18650 flashlights, and those aren’t what I was referring to when I mentioned ‘inbuilt’ rechargeables. Rather, I meant smaller, cheaper things with non-removable USB rechargeable batteries. 18650s are considered replaceable.
@PooltoyWolf Have you seen the Nitecore Concept 2. It’s a flashlight with built-in rechargeable batteries that’s pretty skookum.
It’s brighter, lasts longer, and IMHO is better constructed than any C-cell powered flashlight with the Feit named slapped onto it. But the thing costs $200.
nitecore is a Chinese company that designs and builds some of the best consumer flashlights in the world.
Also the 1-18650 (or 2-CR123) cell Nitecore Concept 1 is also pretty good for a super compact rechargeable/disposable cell flashlight. I would trust quality CR123’s cells to outlast any alkaline C cell for usable storage time. ($60 flashlight only, $20 more with a 3100mAh 18650 cell and charger.)
@decoratedwarvet@elpepe@PooltoyWolf@squishybrain I love those little lights because I always have it with me. Currently carry a Nitecore Tini on my keychain which has 360 lumens on high I believe and a turbo, limited to 30 seconds, of 650.
@elpepe C batteries (real c , not AA in C cover) carry lot more charge than AA. Plus a C battery flashlight can be used to blind and club someone if needed.
@kbaum17@2many2no That Guidesman link does say 3,500 lumens but I seriously doubt it. Many companies exaggerate the lumens ratings just like many Chinese companies claim to sell 18650 batteries with 6,000 mAh when reputable companies like Nitecore and Panasonic sell maximum capacities of 3,500 mAh.
A flashlight putting out 3,500 lumens should cost a couple hundred dollars, take around four 18650 batteries, and probably have a safety lockout to prevent you from blinding someone by accidentally turning it on to max brightness. You can set paper on fire with a flashlight that bright.
It is definitely possible to start a fire and melt materials with the light from a flashlight. A lot of what comes out the front is not just visible light, but infrared as well. I can melt holes in a dark blanket with my Emisar D4 and start a fire with my Imalent DX80.
@kuoh FYI, that so-called 18,000 lumen flashlight exceeds CREE’s maximum output spec of the XHP70.2 x 4.
According to CREE, the manufacturer of the LED, you can get a max of 4,292 per LED. That’s 17,168 lumens maximum the flashlight could produce at optimum conditions. If the company exaggerates a figure higher than the manufacturer, they aren’t too trustworthy in my opinion. People have commented on that product page that if the flashlight is able to get 18,000 lumens out of those LEDs, the company should tell CREE about it so they can update their specs.
I hate how companies put a distance in their spec: “Max beam 622 meters.” What happens at 623 meters, the photons drop to the ground?
For anyone that doubts flashlights can start fires, here’s the Crazy Russian Hacker demonstrating it.
And @kbaum17 , my laser comment was because you stated it is impossible to start a fire based on brightness. You didn’t say based on the brightness of a flashlight. Like you hinted to, you can concentrate the sunlight with a lens and start a fire. There are devices specifically designed to cook food using the sun. Another demo here:
My oven generates heat by using coils to generate IR light which is outside my visible spectrum but it is light and it is very hot and can easily burn things. You saying that bright light cannot start fires is definitely wrong.
Again, lmfao! A microwave isn’t a flashlight light.
And, if people are starting fires with their flashlight, it’s NOT because of the # of lumens! It’s because of the heat… which is technically different.
@cengland0 Yeah, I know it’s not 18,000 OTF, but it’s definitely going to be a lot more than the 3500 lumen mentioned for the price. Also, it’s not uncommon for some manufacturers to drive LEDs beyond their rated specs to get more lumens at the expense of longevity.
@kbaum17 Please re-read my comment. I did not mention my microwave. I mentioned my oven which does cook by using light in the electromagnetic spectrum. The flashlight generates visible light around 10^15 hz, my oven generates infrared light somewhere between 10^12 to 10^14 hz.
Light of any frequency will heat surfaces that absorb it. So if you shine a flashlight that is bright enough on an article that absorbs it and is flammable, it will catch fire. Didn’t you watch the video I linked above with the demonstration?
Lumens and heat are different as you stated – However, when the photons (which is a form of energy) are absorbed, they are converted to heat. That’s how bright (high energy) light can start a fire.
Light, a.k.a photons is a form of energy. Heat is a form of energy conversion. It is very easy for a flashlight to emit enough photons so an object that it is hitting will convert that to heat and start a fire. Watch that video.
haha. The video of the crazy Russian, who touched the paper to the hot lens? lol that’s your real world proof??
Look, go buy a 3500 lumen flashlight at Menards. shine it on a piece of white copier paper, 12 inches away from the lenses, at full power and leave it on and at that distance until the batteries die. You will NOT get a fire. good luck.
@kbaum17 So you’re not satisfied because the Crazy Russian Hacker touched the paper. Okay, here’s another demo of a flashlight burning paper without any physical contact.
I am surprised that you still doubt that bright light can burn paper. Light is energy and energy can be converted to heat easily. What seems to be the problem with the physics here?
You don’t understand physics… it’s not the light that is causing the fires… it’s heat.
and 3 inches away from paper is the same as touching it… why?? because it’s heat… not “light” that is causing the burn.
hell, I could take 8 aa batteries and make them convert electricity into heat and not need them to generate light to burn the paper. Your entire premise is incorrect.
and don’t confuse yourself into thinking the “light” itself is heat.
using your logic, it takes tremendously bright light to burn paper. that’s isn’t true. a 1w flashlight could cause a fire… but it’s not because of the light.
like i said, learn the meanings of the words you use. words (and their meanings) matter.
maybe technically it’s 3200… but man, you are so off. hundreds of $$ to get 3500 lumens?? get a grip on the market place and also on simple technological facts.
they (the internet) sell AA-to-C battery adapters. take a aa, makes it a C. less battery life than a regular C… but waaay better than buying stupid C batteries that will leak before you get a chance to use them all.
@decoratedwarvet@mike808 I have those batteries for one of my other flashlights. They hold charge great, good product! (No affiliation, just satisfied customer)
So, I’m somewhat of a flashlight nerd (I’ve been known to drop terms such as “EDC” and “membrane switch” during romantic dinner dates, which helped end those dates quicker, allowing me to get back home to my true passion: flashlights), and I have to say that those lumen figures appear a bit overstated.
You’re just not gonna get that much brightness out of a single lamp, even the best in the industry (which this one won’t be, since it’s not even stated what it is), and about 6-7 watts of power (assuming a roughly 1A discharge rate based on the 3 hour figure for the big flashlight and loss due to discharge inefficiency at higher drain rates). That’s like 300 lumens per watt, which is basically experimental tech at this point. A third of that is more realistic, and what you would find in a quality product today.
So, this is not as bad as those $6 Chinese lights that promise 8,000 lumens on a single 18650 cell, but it’s still not exactly truthful.
Although the mention of pulse width modulation significantly increases this product’s technobabble score. You can expect the inverse reactive current to really juice up those unilateral phase detractors:
@ShotgunX@stolicat Are you sure you considered McMillan’s Structural Dynamics of Flow and the arrangement of the spurv-plinth girdle-jerries on the husk-nuts with Donnelly spacing at a vent hatch depth of 1/2 meter?
@mike808@stolicat Vent hatch depth of 1/2 meter? All you’re gonna get out of that is contra-regulated chain deprogrammation leading to a bunch of inversely-reticulated splines, and good luck cleaning that up. You can’t just throw McMillan around willy-nilly without accounting for all the Javitz index offsetting you’re gonna experience. I swear, kids these days don’t know anything about vibrometatronics…
I do not think I have ever seen a Dorcy flashlight this expensive. Isn’t this the company that normally has like six flashlight of various sizes with batteries for ten bucks at Home Depot?
@ponagathos - Woot had a sale on Dorcy Python Flexs some time back; I bought two and have never looked back. Well, I HAVE looked back but with the flashlight hung around my neck, as long as the rechargeable AAs have some power, I can see that I made a good decision, and have my hands free to boot.
@dino2269 Actually, the 3-AAA flashlights from Dorcy were pretty cool IMHO. They’re perfect for what I need it for which is hanging/clipping under my desk when I have to crawl under there to do something to my PC or the rats nest of wires down there. I don’t need them to last for a long time on a charge. Definitely I would not use them as a primary flashlight. (I also chucked one of the 3AAA Dorcy flashlights in the back of my car just for emergencies.)
These ones are not to my liking at all since I’m into rechargeable lithium flashlights for flashlights of this size and refuse to buy any alkaline powered flashlights of this size/configuration.
in for 3 sets…one set for a Christmas present for my neighbor…One set for me so I can carry in my car to replace my prized 80’s 4 d cell maglite with LED conversion and vintage Night Ize grip and the 3rd set to give my wife so she can beat me for buying more flashlights, lol…
Bought this off Massdrop: Folomov 18650S 900-Lumen Tactical Flashlight and very happy (and I haven’t even received it yet!). Do better meh, also here’s my referral link if anyone wants $10 credit on their first order: https://www.massdrop.com/?referer=X3ZGEW
I purchased two of these. One of the large 1850 Lumen flashlights does not stay on. There is a problem with the switch. I contacted Dorcy via email. There has been no response. Meh never responded either. I guess a “buyer beware” message should be prominent on the Meh website. This is the second time for a non-response from Meh or a manufacturer for a problem.
Specs
What’s in the Box?
1x 1850 Lumen Flashlight
1x 600 Lumen Flashlight
1x Belt Holster for 600 Lumen Flashlight
2x AA Batteries
Price Comparison
1850 Lumen: $38.99 at Amazon
600 Lumen (Same design and model number, less lumens than ours) $30.54 at Amazon
Warranty
1 Year Dorcy
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
Nope
@Stallion maybe?
@Stallion @Thumperchick Thats about equal to saying, “Maybe Not!”…I’m just sayin.
Flashlights must take 18650 batteries or no deal.
@cengland0-Too bad, they only take 18,647! Sorry!!
@cengland0 @shahnm
And be stored in a refrigerator (or better, a freezer).
@cengland0 But what about 26650?
@warpedrotors Never heard of 26650 batteries until now but I would be willing to use the 21700. Doesn’t sound like much more but they do have a 46% more volume than the 18650 and is what is used for the Tesla Model 3 so they are being created in large volumes.
I don’t have a charger for that size or any flashlights that can use it but would be willing to upgrade if more things start using 21700’s in the future.
They still make C batteries?
@nolrak Yep. I have crates of them in my spare refridgerator.
@nolrak @shahnm @squishybrain
Yep, user name checks out.
/giphy I’m addicted to flashlights
/giphy fortunate-magnetic-knife
C batteries, C you later.
@elpepe Why? What’s so bad about C batteries?
@elpepe @squishybrain my reasoning is because they make an already heavy flash light heavier
@elpepe @squishybrain Nothing that I can see with the batteries themselves. The only potential issue I can come up with is that average households don’t tend to keep stock of C and D size cells (presumably due to their higher price and limited general use in comparison with AA and AAA sizes), so unless you do keep a bunch of them around, you’ll have to go to the store to buy more when your light dies, or else risk not having the light when you need it. (I have the same issue with D cells and vintage boomboxes!)
@elpepe-C, vyen, Senior!!
@elpepe @PooltoyWolf This all makes sense now. Luckily, I have a bunch of old electronical thingies that require C cells so I always keep a bunch.
/giphy precarious-underwhelmed-vulture
@elpepe @squishybrain- One , I have about 75 AAs!! Plus, the built in batteries that you can charge up with a USB chord are better!!
@decoratedwarvet @elpepe @squishybrain In my experience (which is considerable) small flashlights with inbuilt rechargeable batteries still can’t approach the brightness and battery life of ones with replaceable cells. I’ve got a Feit Electric 3 C cell flashlight, and it’s probably the single best flashlight I own. VERY bright, great battery life, and solid and durable.
@decoratedwarvet @elpepe @PooltoyWolf @squishybrain Try a flashlight that uses 18650 rechargeables.
@decoratedwarvet @elpepe @ponagathos @squishybrain I own several 18650 flashlights, and those aren’t what I was referring to when I mentioned ‘inbuilt’ rechargeables. Rather, I meant smaller, cheaper things with non-removable USB rechargeable batteries. 18650s are considered replaceable.
@PooltoyWolf Have you seen the Nitecore Concept 2. It’s a flashlight with built-in rechargeable batteries that’s pretty skookum.
It’s brighter, lasts longer, and IMHO is better constructed than any C-cell powered flashlight with the Feit named slapped onto it. But the thing costs $200.
nitecore is a Chinese company that designs and builds some of the best consumer flashlights in the world.
https://flashlight.nitecore.com/product/concept2
https://www.feit.com/product-type/flash-lights/
Also the 1-18650 (or 2-CR123) cell Nitecore Concept 1 is also pretty good for a super compact rechargeable/disposable cell flashlight. I would trust quality CR123’s cells to outlast any alkaline C cell for usable storage time. ($60 flashlight only, $20 more with a 3100mAh 18650 cell and charger.)
https://flashlight.nitecore.com/product/concept1
@decoratedwarvet @elpepe @PooltoyWolf @squishybrain I love those little lights because I always have it with me. Currently carry a Nitecore Tini on my keychain which has 360 lumens on high I believe and a turbo, limited to 30 seconds, of 650.
@elpepe @ponagathos @PooltoyWolf @squishybrain-Thanks for the clarification
@elpepe C batteries (real c , not AA in C cover) carry lot more charge than AA. Plus a C battery flashlight can be used to blind and club someone if needed.
@elpepe @squishybrain Which makes it a good weapon when you’re tromping out in the dark after a noise.
Two bright ideas
Bring back the Halo lights.
You have entered POWER DRIVE.
…
Ball is in <Parking Lot>. Would you like to play again?
@FightingMongoos you have selected “no”
Meh, I have not had a decent c-cell flashlight in 20 years. Meh as well grab one today.
Crap! That’s two days in a row, Meh will start thinking I want this stuff.
@charlie_tca-Me will think you do too! Why? Maybe, it’s because you do!! I’m just guessing?
If I shine these into my toilet, will they lighten my load?
@shahnm no but they’ll brighten em’
@shahnm- No, your probably drunk, high, or you’re doing some act that a drunk, or high person does!!
I kind of love flashlights… Now I need to get some C batteries!
@kubiak
See, batteries!
/image batteries
@kubiak Woot! Has some Amazon Basics - https://electronics.woot.com/offers/amazonbasics-alkaline-batteries-your-choice-1
$8.99 for 12. Amazon has the same for $11.39
@Euniceandrich @kubiak- Doesn’t anyone ever go to eBay; they even have used batteries!!
@shahnm Thank you! That… helps…?
@decoratedwarvet @Euniceandrich I’m going to buy so many used batteries!
@Euniceandrich Thank you!
3500 Lumuns, $19, lifetime warranty on Guideman flashlights at Menards. several times a year. includes batteries. AA ones, at that!
@kbaum17
https://www.menards.com/main/guidesman-reg-9aa-3-500-lumen-led-flashlight/8136/p-1521095378461-c-6314.htm?tid=-6666802598601527308&ipos=11
Currently $25 before rebate, but it only runs 1.5 hours on 9 AA’s
@kbaum17 @2many2no That Guidesman link does say 3,500 lumens but I seriously doubt it. Many companies exaggerate the lumens ratings just like many Chinese companies claim to sell 18650 batteries with 6,000 mAh when reputable companies like Nitecore and Panasonic sell maximum capacities of 3,500 mAh.
A flashlight putting out 3,500 lumens should cost a couple hundred dollars, take around four 18650 batteries, and probably have a safety lockout to prevent you from blinding someone by accidentally turning it on to max brightness. You can set paper on fire with a flashlight that bright.
@2many2no @cengland0 @kbaum17 set fire!! Sold!!!
@cengland0 What you said.
@2many2no @cengland0
Haha. Hope that was a joke… impossible to set fire simply due to brightness.
It’s as much 3500 lumuns as this Dorcy is 1850.
@2many2no @kbaum17 So you think it’s impossible for a laser to set a fire?
@2many2no @cengland0
Lmao! … so you think a flashlight is the same as a laser? lmao!! wow!!
hint: a laser is generated using totally different technology.
another hint: the sun is not a laser… neither is a flashlight
omg
@2many2no @cengland0 @kbaum17
You don’t need to spend $200 for just 3500 lumens. You can get 18000 lumen lights for around that price.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XRF2C81
I got an Imalent DX80 which is 32000 lumens for just over $200 a couple of years ago and there are much brighter lights today for not much more.
KuoH
@2many2no @cengland0 @kbaum17
It is definitely possible to start a fire and melt materials with the light from a flashlight. A lot of what comes out the front is not just visible light, but infrared as well. I can melt holes in a dark blanket with my Emisar D4 and start a fire with my Imalent DX80.
KuoH
@kuoh FYI, that so-called 18,000 lumen flashlight exceeds CREE’s maximum output spec of the XHP70.2 x 4.
According to CREE, the manufacturer of the LED, you can get a max of 4,292 per LED. That’s 17,168 lumens maximum the flashlight could produce at optimum conditions. If the company exaggerates a figure higher than the manufacturer, they aren’t too trustworthy in my opinion. People have commented on that product page that if the flashlight is able to get 18,000 lumens out of those LEDs, the company should tell CREE about it so they can update their specs.
I hate how companies put a distance in their spec: “Max beam 622 meters.” What happens at 623 meters, the photons drop to the ground?
For anyone that doubts flashlights can start fires, here’s the Crazy Russian Hacker demonstrating it.
And @kbaum17 , my laser comment was because you stated it is impossible to start a fire based on brightness. You didn’t say based on the brightness of a flashlight. Like you hinted to, you can concentrate the sunlight with a lens and start a fire. There are devices specifically designed to cook food using the sun. Another demo here:
My oven generates heat by using coils to generate IR light which is outside my visible spectrum but it is light and it is very hot and can easily burn things. You saying that bright light cannot start fires is definitely wrong.
@cengland0 @kuoh
Again, lmfao! A microwave isn’t a flashlight light.
And, if people are starting fires with their flashlight, it’s NOT because of the # of lumens! It’s because of the heat… which is technically different.
The meanings of words matter.
@cengland0 Yeah, I know it’s not 18,000 OTF, but it’s definitely going to be a lot more than the 3500 lumen mentioned for the price. Also, it’s not uncommon for some manufacturers to drive LEDs beyond their rated specs to get more lumens at the expense of longevity.
KuoH
@kbaum17 Please re-read my comment. I did not mention my microwave. I mentioned my oven which does cook by using light in the electromagnetic spectrum. The flashlight generates visible light around 10^15 hz, my oven generates infrared light somewhere between 10^12 to 10^14 hz.
Light of any frequency will heat surfaces that absorb it. So if you shine a flashlight that is bright enough on an article that absorbs it and is flammable, it will catch fire. Didn’t you watch the video I linked above with the demonstration?
Lumens and heat are different as you stated – However, when the photons (which is a form of energy) are absorbed, they are converted to heat. That’s how bright (high energy) light can start a fire.
Light, a.k.a photons is a form of energy. Heat is a form of energy conversion. It is very easy for a flashlight to emit enough photons so an object that it is hitting will convert that to heat and start a fire. Watch that video.
@cengland0
haha. The video of the crazy Russian, who touched the paper to the hot lens? lol that’s your real world proof??
Look, go buy a 3500 lumen flashlight at Menards. shine it on a piece of white copier paper, 12 inches away from the lenses, at full power and leave it on and at that distance until the batteries die. You will NOT get a fire. good luck.
@kbaum17 So you’re not satisfied because the Crazy Russian Hacker touched the paper. Okay, here’s another demo of a flashlight burning paper without any physical contact.
I am surprised that you still doubt that bright light can burn paper. Light is energy and energy can be converted to heat easily. What seems to be the problem with the physics here?
@cengland0
You don’t understand physics… it’s not the light that is causing the fires… it’s heat.
and 3 inches away from paper is the same as touching it… why?? because it’s heat… not “light” that is causing the burn.
hell, I could take 8 aa batteries and make them convert electricity into heat and not need them to generate light to burn the paper. Your entire premise is incorrect.
and don’t confuse yourself into thinking the “light” itself is heat.
using your logic, it takes tremendously bright light to burn paper. that’s isn’t true. a 1w flashlight could cause a fire… but it’s not because of the light.
like i said, learn the meanings of the words you use. words (and their meanings) matter.
@2many2no @cengland0
total BS! again. It’s 3500 lumens, yo.
maybe technically it’s 3200… but man, you are so off. hundreds of $$ to get 3500 lumens?? get a grip on the market place and also on simple technological facts.
they (the internet) sell AA-to-C battery adapters. take a aa, makes it a C. less battery life than a regular C… but waaay better than buying stupid C batteries that will leak before you get a chance to use them all.
Waaaait… They use PWM to dim the beam… so, just how flickery are these things gonna be? My guess is enough to be fucking annoying.
C senior, me no like C batteries, no really, does anyone know if anyone makes rechargable C batteries?? I need to know before 11:55 CST!!
@decoratedwarvet https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_14?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=rechargeable+c+batteries
You still have 13 minutes.
@decoratedwarvet
These are LSD (Low Self-Discharge) which are just the kind you need for flashlights that sit in a drawer until needed.
https://www.batteryjunction.com/tenergy-10207.html
@phendrick- Thank Ya, Thank Ya Very Much, Ahuba, Huba!!
@decoratedwarvet @mike808 I have those batteries for one of my other flashlights. They hold charge great, good product! (No affiliation, just satisfied customer)
@deathbynoodlez @reclaimercube
@mandirose @moofi
These are perfect for looking in the warehouse for the Meh face Pop Sockets.
You know, the ones you’re going to be selling here really soon. Hint, hint.
Day 110: Meh face Pop Sockets
So, I’m somewhat of a flashlight nerd (I’ve been known to drop terms such as “EDC” and “membrane switch” during romantic dinner dates, which helped end those dates quicker, allowing me to get back home to my true passion: flashlights), and I have to say that those lumen figures appear a bit overstated.
You’re just not gonna get that much brightness out of a single lamp, even the best in the industry (which this one won’t be, since it’s not even stated what it is), and about 6-7 watts of power (assuming a roughly 1A discharge rate based on the 3 hour figure for the big flashlight and loss due to discharge inefficiency at higher drain rates). That’s like 300 lumens per watt, which is basically experimental tech at this point. A third of that is more realistic, and what you would find in a quality product today.
So, this is not as bad as those $6 Chinese lights that promise 8,000 lumens on a single 18650 cell, but it’s still not exactly truthful.
Although the mention of pulse width modulation significantly increases this product’s technobabble score. You can expect the inverse reactive current to really juice up those unilateral phase detractors:
@ShotgunX Love the product clip - “…surmounted by a malleable logarithmic casing …”
@ShotgunX @stolicat Are you sure you considered McMillan’s Structural Dynamics of Flow and the arrangement of the spurv-plinth girdle-jerries on the husk-nuts with Donnelly spacing at a vent hatch depth of 1/2 meter?
@ShotgunX Here’s a 800W 72,000 lumen flashlight. Each 100W LED puts out 9,000 lumens. You can also weld with it.
@mike808 @stolicat Vent hatch depth of 1/2 meter? All you’re gonna get out of that is contra-regulated chain deprogrammation leading to a bunch of inversely-reticulated splines, and good luck cleaning that up. You can’t just throw McMillan around willy-nilly without accounting for all the Javitz index offsetting you’re gonna experience. I swear, kids these days don’t know anything about vibrometatronics…
I do not think I have ever seen a Dorcy flashlight this expensive. Isn’t this the company that normally has like six flashlight of various sizes with batteries for ten bucks at Home Depot?
@ponagathos - Woot had a sale on Dorcy Python Flexs some time back; I bought two and have never looked back. Well, I HAVE looked back but with the flashlight hung around my neck, as long as the rechargeable AAs have some power, I can see that I made a good decision, and have my hands free to boot.
Shine on, Dorcy 41-1440!
/giphy grody-shocked-cave
the last Dorcy flashlight use triple A’s and everyone was downing them so this should make those people happy.
@dino2269 It worked! Your order number is: terminal-itchy-coffee
/image terminal itchy coffee
@dino2269 Actually, the 3-AAA flashlights from Dorcy were pretty cool IMHO. They’re perfect for what I need it for which is hanging/clipping under my desk when I have to crawl under there to do something to my PC or the rats nest of wires down there. I don’t need them to last for a long time on a charge. Definitely I would not use them as a primary flashlight. (I also chucked one of the 3AAA Dorcy flashlights in the back of my car just for emergencies.)
These ones are not to my liking at all since I’m into rechargeable lithium flashlights for flashlights of this size and refuse to buy any alkaline powered flashlights of this size/configuration.
Give me 4 C’s and I’ll sit on your lap.
/image maniacal-poignant-grass
This is…interesting?
@dewaynelawson I see Bigfoot!
@dewaynelawson Whoa…so…mystical!
@dewaynelawson Is that a microphone in your pocket or are you happy to see me?
I own several Dorcy flashlights. They are plastic, but very bright. It won’t beat off a burglar, though, so for that you need a Maglite.
@schmani Phrasing!
@schmani Or a Fleshlight
@schmani
@raymeh Haha, trying to offer some review on the products and this is what I get!
Buying this for my wife, who has appropriated the big Mag-style flashlight I keep in my truck on more than one occasion.
/image upsetting-quirky-pita
@dannybeans Yum!
Great, yet another meh flashlight sale for crappy flashlights that still use disposable batteries.
Will Meh ever sale some flashlights that run in 18650s?
in for 3 sets…one set for a Christmas present for my neighbor…One set for me so I can carry in my car to replace my prized 80’s 4 d cell maglite with LED conversion and vintage Night Ize grip and the 3rd set to give my wife so she can beat me for buying more flashlights, lol…
Dorcy actually makes a lot of good stuff including your Dollar Shave Club razors. I buy them under the Dorcy name on Amazon for about 1/2 price.
@gatesboy23 - Those are made by Dorco but that’s close enough.
@spinefan so right!! I just have it on auto order so i don’t really pay attention. Good catch, i’m an idiot
@gatesboy23 @spinefan The new Dorco Laser Razor! For the Star Wars fanboy who always wanted to shave with a light saber!
@cinoclav @gatesboy23 @spinefan What could go wrong?
These are currently on MorningSave for the same price if anyone doesn’t want to wait until they’re available here.
@spinefan I guess they don’t sell there until 11a either…
@spinefan Nice catch!
My comment must have alerted them as they’ve taken the page down. I’m guessing it wasn’t supposed to be live until tomorrow.
Great. Need 'em and have a lot of C batteries.
Bought this off Massdrop: Folomov 18650S 900-Lumen Tactical Flashlight and very happy (and I haven’t even received it yet!). Do better meh, also here’s my referral link if anyone wants $10 credit on their first order: https://www.massdrop.com/?referer=X3ZGEW
@SaintO so… You’re happy buying things and not receiving them… Weird.
@medz retail therapy at it’s finest. And like others have said, a flashlight with a rechargeable 18650 is a head above either of these options.
Now that it’s sold out…I kinda want it.
https://www.amazon.com/LampVPath-Battery-Adapter-Spacers-Converter/dp/B01BOX86HU/
/buy -c LOOKSMART
@medz It worked! Your order number is: passe-sneaky-thistle
/image passe sneaky thistle
/buy
@Euniceandrich It worked! Your order number is: ominous-kooky-creator
/image ominous kooky creator
/giphy ominous kooky creator
/buy
@hpw3inc Oops, sorry. We’re sold out.
@mediocrebot Blocked by a bot… must have just missed it bc it was still showing buy now, but wouldn’t go through. Next time MEH!
@hpw3inc You were too late. You could say you were…
…Clock-blocked.
/me puts on sunglasses
Got mine today,tried the large one and it’s now the brightest flashlight I have. Seems well made so if it lasts for a year or so I’ll be happy
If you use nearly dead batteries you get really strange behaviors.
I purchased two of these. One of the large 1850 Lumen flashlights does not stay on. There is a problem with the switch. I contacted Dorcy via email. There has been no response. Meh never responded either. I guess a “buyer beware” message should be prominent on the Meh website. This is the second time for a non-response from Meh or a manufacturer for a problem.