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Whoa, they are big and bright
Posted by
PM_CZ
on 6/22/2008
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Pros: Very bright in the focused beam, in fact the brightest LED keychain I have got.
Come with two CR2025 batteries, so they should last longer than those with CR2016.
Cons: They are quite big for me to attach to keys.
The black plastics is not so nice as the clear casing of sku.1100.
One of 10 came with dead batteries.
Two keychains lit up as soon as you pushed them very lightly, three were almost unusable with push-to-light, you had to use the switch to light them. Opening and bending the LED contacts slightly did solve this problem.
Other Thoughts: OK, when I received them my first reaction was "they are huge". But they are also handy and bright.
For the people who ask, they are not watertight. With the switch in ON position, there is even a hole in it, leading into the battery compartment.
The exterior ring has yelow-greenish tint and you can see projected lines of the feeding wires inside of the LED.
Bottomline: Great to give away to your friends or keep handy.
Really bright, but battery is NOT CR2016
Posted by
awemod
on 5/14/2008
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Pros: - Really bright.
- Excellent pricing.
- Fun.
Cons: - It does NOT use CR2016 batteries as the description says. It comes with CR2025 batteries. Actually not a con unless you also ordered a 20-pack with CR2016 as I did.
- All 10 pieces were packaged in the same bubble wrap bag and one of them was out of batteries when it arrived. As I also ordered the wrong kind of batteries there wasn't much to do about it.
Other Thoughts: These are physically larger than the http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1100 that I also bought. However the focuesed LED makes me prefer this one even though it is larger.
Bottomline: If you can accept that one or two arrives with dead batteries then it's a good deal. Also the batteries are dead cheap (if you just managed to get the correct ones) so it's not a big deal.
Could be better
Posted by
Narcotix
on 5/2/2008
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Pros: Great light for distance, easy thumb operation, switch to stay on. Strong beam to about 10 feet
Bright
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Cons: Switch is too easily moved to the ON position, which allows the batteries to run down by accident. LED does not fit snug in assembly, can be pulled out.
Other Thoughts: Bought 2x10
When received on 13 worked well
7 of them dead battery or not working
Better Switch to avoid accidental on
Not worth if out of 20 , 7 comes with dead battery
Bottomline: Overall, this 10mm LEDkeychain is still the brightest and has a good light throw of over 20 feet compared to any other keychain flashlights that I have come across.
Great little lite
Posted by
harryo
on 3/22/2008
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Pros: Great light for distance, easy thumb operation, switch to stay on. Strong beam to about 10 feet.
Cons: Switch is too easily moved to the ON position, which allows the batteries to run down by accident. LED does not fit snug in assembly, can be pulled out.
Other Thoughts: My units came bundled tightly together, moving the switch to ON and running the batteries down on 2 units. Separate packaging or a firmer throw on the switch would improve the situation.
Bottomline: Overall, a step up from the 5mm units, if a version with more spill like the 5mm would make this an even better product.