Dorcy 41-4269 K2 LED Aluminum Flashlight with 6AAA-Battery
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Product Details
Manufacturer: DorcyModel: 41-4269
Product features:
- Includes 6 AAA Cell Batteries
- Aluminum Alloy Construction
- Side Mounted Push Button Switch
- 12 Hour Run Time
- Projects 100-Feet Beam of Light
Tools and Hardware Reviews of Dorcy 41-4269 K2 LED Aluminum Flashlight with 6AAA-Battery
Customer Review: Defective by design.
Summary: 2 Stars
I've had the light for about 6 months or so and it was worked great up until now. It might not be the brightest kid on the block, but I'm not spending $100+ on it either... It takes AAA, so what? Buy some eneloops and be done with it. Then why only 2 stars if it works great and doesn't break the bank to run? Simple, it's dead.
Now the back story. I dropped it. Now, now, fine I did drop it, but it's an led flashlight and it should be able to with stand a drop from a couple of feet. It's not like I dropped it off a house or something. Well the mystery comes in the design. It's fairly straight forward to get apart, and when you do you'll find the circuit board mounted behind the push button. But the real problem is the connection between the circuit board and the actual led. The led housing has a large spring and a metal contact that sits inside the spring. The circuit board has a small spring surrounded by a contact strip. (Basically the small spring sits inside of the large spring when assembled.) Well when I dropped it the small spring slid over to the side, shorting the circuit board and killing the light. (This was evident by the fact the spring was still bent when I disassembled the light a couple of weeks later.)
I'm fairly good with a soldering station, but I can't find the ic parts or anything else out about this thing. I liked the light a lot, but if it's going to break from a simple 3 foot drop that's not acceptable. I don't expect it to survive everything, but that's something that can happen in just about anybody's everyday use.
(If you have one and are reading this, it's not really a hard fix to keep this from happening to your light, or at least lessen the odds of it killing your light. If you remove the head or lens cap and the battery compartment you'll have just the led light and switch assembly. Remove the rubber switch by prying it out, it just rests on the button and is physically attached. The circuit board piece should then slide out of the bottom. If you placed something like shrink wrap tubing or some other semi soft non conductive tube around the inner spring it should keep it from shorting if something like this happened. Just remember to cut it the right length so the spring can compress, but not so short as the spring is exposed....)
Description of Dorcy 41-4269 K2 LED Aluminum Flashlight with 6AAA-Battery
K2 LED Aluminum FlashlightThis 160 Lumen flashlight features High Powered K2 Luxeon Watt LED Solid State Diode- the brightest LED available in flashlights today! This 160 lumen flashlight is made of anodized aluminum and has a barrel mounted rubberized push button switch. Flashlight comes complete with 6 AAA cell Energizer batteries.
Luxeon K2 LEDs from Lumileds offer state of the art performance. With the highest output available and most robust construction the K2 outperforms all other solid state lighting devices currently in full scale production. By incorporating Luxeon's K2, Dorcy flashlights provide the greatest performance and value in high performance lighting products.
With high quality aircraft grade aluminum housings, o-ring seals to protect from dust and moisture, rubber booted push button switches, and precision machined parts the Dorcy K2 series of high performance flashlights will provide years of brilliant performance and reliable service.
The Dorcy precision reflector system coupled with the K2 produces a strong, focused, and intense beam of light that will project well over 100 feet. The center spot concentrates about 80% of the light output while using the remaining 20% to provide a bright area around the center spot to light up a wide viewing area.
Dorcy K2 flashlights are able to operate in extreme conditions. At temperatures from more than 30 degrees below zero to over +130 Fahrenheit. In high humidity extreme cold or blazing heat the Dorcy K2 will out perform the competition.
Features:
- 160 Lumens
- 6AAA
- Aluminum Alloy Construction
- Side Mounted Push Button Switch
- Projects 100 ft. Beam of Light
- 12 Hour Run Time
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