Where to buy LED flashlights in New York City?

[William P.N. Smith]

"Mjolinor" <mjolinor@hotmail.com> wrote:

Half the average intelligence people you meet plus (half the people you meet
minus those of average intelligence) are below average intelligence.

Half the people you meet are below the average intelligence of people
you meet. [I don't hang out in places (*) that represent a
statistical sample of intelligences]

(*) except for newsgroups, of course. 8*)

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[jakdedert]

Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, the Dark Remover" wrote:

"Dave VanHorn" <dvanhorn@cedar.net> wrote in message
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The problem with Inova is they use a much more expensive lithium
battery.
See URL http://www.inovalight.com/site.html?X5-ov

I pay less than $2 per cell on Ebay.

Most people don't shop on Ebay, they buy their batteries at the
grocery store or worse yet, Radio Scrap. And they're _not_ cheap
there!

Go to your local Batteries Plus store and get fresh Duracell Procell AA's
for around half a buck apiece.

jak

 

[Jim Yanik]

"Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\"" <NOSPAM@dslextreme.com>
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"Dave VanHorn" <dvanhorn@cedar.net> wrote in message
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The problem with Inova is they use a much more expensive lithium
battery.
See URL http://www.inovalight.com/site.html?X5-ov

I pay less than $2 per cell on Ebay.

Most people don't shop on Ebay, they buy their batteries at the grocery
store or worse yet, Radio Scrap. And they're _not_ cheap there!

If you can find an $8.00 battery for $1.66 from an Internet source,why
would you buy from the more expensive place?

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik-at-kua.net

 

[Jim Yanik]

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William P.N. Smith> wrote in message
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"Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\""
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What's bothering me is that very few flashlight makers have
progressed
to designing their lights to use rechargeable cells. If more AA cell
sized flashlights would be designed to use Ni-MH cells, the world
would
have a lot less batteries to trash, recycle, etc.

And a lot more dead flashlights sitting in drawers, cars, and other
places. Sure, if they get a lot of use, rechargable batteries are
nice, but they'll self-discharge to uselessness in a month or two. I
dunno how many flashlights I've got, but if I had to worry about
keeping their batteries charged I'd end up doing nothing else...

I don't know about you, but it doesn't seem to be a problem for the
several cordless phones, cell phones and cordless tools I have. They
come with a cradle to put them in when not in use. Another way is like
the ones we have at work: there is a fold-out plug on the side of the
flashlight and it stays plugged into the wall when not in use.

This isn't rocket science, you know. The cost or a rechargeable
cordless phone, screwdriver or whatever might be in the $20 to $30
range, less on sale. The leap from a 900 MHz full duplex transceiver to
a simple light beam is a leap backwards in technology.

--
William Smith
ComputerSmiths Consulting, Inc. www.compusmiths.com

Those cordless phone batteries are intended for frequent use.
Flashlights mostly sit around for long periods before being used.
Those lithiums have a 10 year shelf life.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik-at-kua.net

 

[Graham W]

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"Mjolinor" <mjolinor@hotmail.com> wrote:
Half the average intelligence people you meet plus (half the people you
meet
minus those of average intelligence) are below average intelligence.

Half the people you meet are below the average intelligence of people
you meet. [I don't hang out in places (*) that represent a
statistical sample of intelligences]

(*) except for newsgroups, of course. 8*)

Creep!

But did you know that most people have more fingers than the average?


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[Watson A.Name \"Watt Sun]

Jim Yanik wrote:

"Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\"" <NOSPAM@dslextreme.com
wrote in news:107s96077lc1n2c@corp.supernews.com:

"Dave VanHorn" <dvanhorn@cedar.net> wrote in message
news:04GdnTeKUMrw7-XdRVn-gQ@comcast.com...

The problem with Inova is they use a much more expensive lithium
battery.
See URL http://www.inovalight.com/site.html?X5-ov

I pay less than $2 per cell on Ebay.

Most people don't shop on Ebay, they buy their batteries at the grocery
store or worse yet, Radio Scrap. And they're _not_ cheap there!

If you can find an $8.00 battery for $1.66 from an Internet source,why
would you buy from the more expensive place?

The average dude or dudette don't know there are places that sell 'em
for $1.66. All they see is Radio Scrap or Sav-On, which may be even
more expensive than RS, believe it or not.

Then there's this latest scam, the "Ultra" battery. Like, do you really
get double the capacity for double the price? I don't think so.

 

[Watson A.Name \"Watt Sun]

Jim Yanik wrote:

"Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\"" <NOSPAM@dslextreme.com
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William P.N. Smith> wrote in message
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"Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\""
NOSPAM@dslextreme.com> wrote:

What's bothering me is that very few flashlight makers have
progressed

to designing their lights to use rechargeable cells. If more AA cell
sized flashlights would be designed to use Ni-MH cells, the world
would have a lot less batteries to trash, recycle, etc.

And a lot more dead flashlights sitting in drawers, cars, and other
places. Sure, if they get a lot of use, rechargable batteries are
nice, but they'll self-discharge to uselessness in a month or two. I
dunno how many flashlights I've got, but if I had to worry about
keeping their batteries charged I'd end up doing nothing else...

I don't know about you, but it doesn't seem to be a problem for the
several cordless phones, cell phones and cordless tools I have. They
come with a cradle to put them in when not in use. Another way is like
the ones we have at work: there is a fold-out plug on the side of the
flashlight and it stays plugged into the wall when not in use.

This isn't rocket science, you know. The cost or a rechargeable
cordless phone, screwdriver or whatever might be in the $20 to $30
range, less on sale. The leap from a 900 MHz full duplex transceiver to
a simple light beam is a leap backwards in technology.

--
William Smith
ComputerSmiths Consulting, Inc. www.compusmiths.com

Those cordless phone batteries are intended for frequent use.
Flashlights mostly sit around for long periods before being used.
Those lithiums have a 10 year shelf life.

Right now, I'm doing my own rechargeable thing. I use Ni-MHs in much of
my stuff, and I see no problem with them sitting around, for four years
so far, with occasional use, and an occasional charge. Obviously
lithiums don't need anything for years, but then neither do alkalines
(the ones I've been getting lately have date codes of 2006, 2008 or later).

 

[Watson A.Name \"Watt Sun]

jakdedert wrote:

Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, the Dark Remover" wrote:

"Dave VanHorn" <dvanhorn@cedar.net> wrote in message
news:04GdnTeKUMrw7-XdRVn-gQ@comcast.com...

The problem with Inova is they use a much more expensive
lithium battery. See URL
http://www.inovalight.com/site.html?X5-ov

I pay less than $2 per cell on Ebay.

Most people don't shop on Ebay, they buy their batteries at the
grocery store or worse yet, Radio Scrap. And they're _not_ cheap
there!

Go to your local Batteries Plus store and get fresh Duracell Procell
AA's for around half a buck apiece.

Never heerd of it. I'll have to see if there a store around here. I
doubt it, tho.

Nope. I checked their website, the closest store is 40 miles away, cost
me ten bucks for gas to get there and back. Forget it.

I can go to Fry's and get a brick of AA alkalines for $.25 to $.30 each.
Cheaper online, at such places as cheapbatteries.com.

> jak

 

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 23:08:33 -0700, "Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, the
Dark Remover\"" <NOSPAM@dslextreme.com> wrote:

"Jeff Wiseman" <wisemanja@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:4078D308.F95B11F5@earthlink.net...


Dave VanHorn wrote:

The problem with Inova is they use a much more expensive lithium
battery.
See URL http://www.inovalight.com/site.html?X5-ov

I pay less than $2 per cell on Ebay.


Check out Surefire's website (www.surefire.com). You can get them
there by the box for as low as $1.25 each.

I can buy a brick of AA alkalines for $.25 - $.30 each not on sale, and
even less when they're on sale. Hard to beat that for inexpensive
batteries, and everything seems to use AA cells.

What's bothering me is that very few flashlight makers have progressed
to designing their lights to use rechargeable cells. If more AA cell
sized flashlights would be designed to use Ni-MH cells, the world would
have a lot less batteries to trash, recycle, etc.

- Jeff

I've found cheap, off-brand batteries simply don't last very long. A
bought a bunch of el-cheapos from Big-Lots and they lasted about 1/3
as long as name brand ones.

NiMH batteries don't handle the current draw of a incandescent
flashlight very well. The do seem to be a good match for LED
flashlights though.

 

[Dave VanHorn]

NiMH batteries don't handle the current draw of a incandescent
flashlight very well. The do seem to be a good match for LED
flashlights though.

I think you have a different problem.. They power my thermal printer just
fine, with 10A pulse and 3A average draw.