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Halfords 1 Million Candlepower LED Spotlight €8.00

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  • #2
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,585 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    Reserved two there. Always great for keeping in the boot if the car or going camping!


  • #3
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,507 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    antodeco wrote: »
    Always great for keeping in the boot of the car or going camping!
    Remember to never look it in the eye - unless you are wearing a welder's mask, because blinking won't make any difference for a good while after that. :eek: :)

    Not your ornery onager



  • #4
    aw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 786 ✭✭✭aw


    Couldn't help but think of Rhod Gilbert.

    :D


  • #5
    bikerboy_ie
    Registered Users Posts: 154 ✭✭bikerboy_ie


    These were going for a fiver in Halfords about a year ago.


  • #6
    TheBigGreen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 752 ✭✭✭TheBigGreen


    Just reserved one. Also have a Group Scheme 10% voucher which is alway handy when buying a Halfords.


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  • #7
    Marhay70
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,916 ✭✭✭Marhay70


    Remember getting something similar a few years ago. Brilliant light but took about twelve hours to charge for twenty minutes work. Are these the same?


  • #8
    Marhay70
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,916 ✭✭✭Marhay70


    Marhay70 wrote: »
    Remember getting something similar a few years ago. Brilliant light but took about twelve hours to charge for twenty minutes work. Are these the same?
    Sorry, I really need to read things properly, I see it takes batteries.


  • #9
    Gryzor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,715 ✭✭✭Gryzor


    Marhay70 wrote: »
    Remember getting something similar a few years ago. Brilliant light but took about twelve hours to charge for twenty minutes work. Are these the same?

    This is LED, not Halogen like the ones a few years ago...

    Bright LED white light
    40 hours of runtime from 4x D batteries
    8 hours of runtime from 4x AA


  • #10
    bogman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭bogman


    Build quality is terrible, at least mine is, on/off switch jamming as is the battery cover, has anyone else used theirs?


  • #11
    flids.utd
    Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭flids.utd


    Yeah I had to screw off the back housing and file the sides of the torch body just so the battery cartridge could slide in and out, functional now , just about!


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  • #12
    Gone Drinking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,809 ✭✭✭Gone Drinking


    aw wrote: »
    Couldn't help but think of Rhod Gilbert.

    :D

    EXACTLY what I thought of when I saw the thread :pac:


  • #13
    Roberto5
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭Roberto5


    I got this last year in Halfords.
    I found it did not work on D batteries. I returned it. Halfords checked 3 or four others on display and none worked on D batteries. They said they would remove them from display as there was obviously an issue with them.
    I returned 3 days later and they were still on display.
    Something tells me that these still have this issue with D batteries.
    I would advise all you buyers to check this.


  • #14
    dingding
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,937 ✭✭✭dingding


    Got one and working fine. The button cycles through off d battery and aa battery. It comes with aa batteries.

    Looks ok for the price.


  • #15
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,507 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    Roberto5 wrote: »
    I got this last year in Halfords.
    I found it did not work on D batteries. I returned it. Halfords checked 3 or four others on display and none worked on D batteries. They said they would remove them from display as there was obviously an issue with them.
    I returned 3 days later and they were still on display.
    Something tells me that these still have this issue with D batteries.
    I would advise all you buyers to check this.
    The leaflet says not to use AA and D batteries at the same time. Could this have been the problem?

    3W LED in these, not as bright/powerful as I expected. Still OK...

    Not your ornery onager



  • #16
    dingding
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,937 ✭✭✭dingding


    I have both in at the same time and no problem. you can switch between them with the on / off switch.


  • #17
    CreepingDeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,015 ✭✭✭CreepingDeath


    Esel wrote: »
    3W LED in these, not as bright/powerful as I expected. Still OK...

    Yeah, "spotlight" was right.

    It illuminates one very small bright spot about twice the width of a tennis ball but very dim outside of that.
    It didn't exactly light up my back garden like an aircraft landing light as I was expecting with the "1,000,000" candle power !


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