Really good head torches these, I have a few I use for fishing.
Will be handy for walking dogs etc now that we are approaching the clocks going back. The batteries included with this normally cost more than £5.69.
Price shows as £10.99 however if you click the promotion message next to it, will take it down to £5.69 with Prime Delivery.
Top comments
4810510
22 Sep 164#12
Sorry mate, this isn't the forum for safety first messages. We only want cheap as chips and if there's a risk of your headtorch exploding when you are wearing it we'll all be doing the 'can we return it, get a refund and a £5 Amazon voucher".
scrumpypaul
22 Sep 164#11
Lithium Ion rechargeable batteries can be very volatile and need to be treated with respect in term of charging, storage and use. I'd strongly recommend that if someone needs to use these batteries that you read the following link:
Furthermore, I'd strongly recommend that people don't spend 99p on a product that has a greater risk of explosion or catastrophic fire, instead spend at least a few quid per cell from a reputable supplier.
These aren't like the AA's you buy from Asda - they need proper care.
***Do NOT buy cheap cells***
Latest comments (19)
robertvan1
26 Sep 16#19
Thanks for this info. I will stick to charging the batteries in my Nitecore D4.
wanye
23 Sep 16#17
arrived today.
christ, that's bright!
a note in the box to say you had to take the cells out of their wrapper would have been useful,
unpacked it, didnt work, so stuck it on charge. an hour later, still nothing. wasnt until i investigated further and found the battery pack lid was removeable that i realised my error....
Azurren to wanye
24 Sep 162#18
Mine arrived today and the first thing I did was to take it apart; As expected, the DC charging port is wired directly to the battery terminals.
So.. Don't use the included USB charger. I took apart the mains adapter but couldn't find the datasheet for the control chip. It does include an Red / green led and two transistors so it could, potentially, safely cut-off but it still charges both cells in parallel Ideally you want each cells monitored individually
TL;DR: Don't use the USB adapter or something will go up in flames.
Deaa
22 Sep 16#16
expired
Georgedeals
22 Sep 16#15
Thank you
elditig
22 Sep 16#14
Says 'no listings' for this item..... deal over?
CaptainSpaulding
22 Sep 16#13
These are good little headlamps I use mine for a back up fishing lamp. On high setting they give off a really nice beam of light, even better than my LED Lenser H7R.2 . Battery life isn't great on them but paired with a couple of spare batteries it does the job nicely.
4810510
22 Sep 164#12
Sorry mate, this isn't the forum for safety first messages. We only want cheap as chips and if there's a risk of your headtorch exploding when you are wearing it we'll all be doing the 'can we return it, get a refund and a £5 Amazon voucher".
scrumpypaul
22 Sep 164#11
Lithium Ion rechargeable batteries can be very volatile and need to be treated with respect in term of charging, storage and use. I'd strongly recommend that if someone needs to use these batteries that you read the following link:
Furthermore, I'd strongly recommend that people don't spend 99p on a product that has a greater risk of explosion or catastrophic fire, instead spend at least a few quid per cell from a reputable supplier.
These aren't like the AA's you buy from Asda - they need proper care.
***Do NOT buy cheap cells***
Thetrout
22 Sep 161#10
Have you clicked the "Promotion Message" Button?
geriatrix
22 Sep 16#5
Must be doing something wrong - I can't get it down to £5.69 even though it says promotion applied. Any ideas?
Thetrout to geriatrix
22 Sep 161#6
Mine only got reduced when you sign in and go to the checkout
shannensdaddy to geriatrix
22 Sep 16#9
How did you get the price to go down ..added to basket and logged in and the price stayed at £10.99 do you have to be a prime member ???
geriatrix
22 Sep 16#8
Aaah thanks - I just looked at the basket. Now its fine, ordered, cheers all.
robertvan1
22 Sep 16#7
Ordered! Thanks op, been looking for a decent headtorch for a while and the batteries thrown in are a bonus.
Robert_Mugabe
22 Sep 16#4
Here is the first one listed on fleaBay ( Edited because the link did not work ).
Copy and paste this instead in the search box
18650 3.7V 5000mAh Li-ion Rechargeable Li-ion Battery for Led Flashlight GU
listed at 99p.
It is of similar quality to the ones you will get from any far eastern deal like the one listed.
Robert_Mugabe
22 Sep 16#2
A workmate has this same one and it is good value and quality.
He paid around about a tenner 12 months ago.
The batteries alone are about a quid each.
eyebaws to Robert_Mugabe
22 Sep 16#3
Where about have you seen the 18650 batters for a quid? I could do with some spare but never seen them that low.
biggiep
22 Sep 16#1
These are great for our loft which has no lighting, awesome price! Thanks.
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Opening post
Will be handy for walking dogs etc now that we are approaching the clocks going back. The batteries included with this normally cost more than £5.69.
Price shows as £10.99 however if you click the promotion message next to it, will take it down to £5.69 with Prime Delivery.
Top comments
http://budgetlightforum.com/node/45314
Furthermore, I'd strongly recommend that people don't spend 99p on a product that has a greater risk of explosion or catastrophic fire, instead spend at least a few quid per cell from a reputable supplier.
These aren't like the AA's you buy from Asda - they need proper care.
***Do NOT buy cheap cells***
Latest comments (19)
christ, that's bright!
a note in the box to say you had to take the cells out of their wrapper would have been useful,
unpacked it, didnt work, so stuck it on charge. an hour later, still nothing. wasnt until i investigated further and found the battery pack lid was removeable that i realised my error....
So.. Don't use the included USB charger. I took apart the mains adapter but couldn't find the datasheet for the control chip. It does include an Red / green led and two transistors so it could, potentially, safely cut-off but it still charges both cells in parallel
Ideally you want each cells monitored individually
TL;DR: Don't use the USB adapter or something will go up in flames.
http://budgetlightforum.com/node/45314
Furthermore, I'd strongly recommend that people don't spend 99p on a product that has a greater risk of explosion or catastrophic fire, instead spend at least a few quid per cell from a reputable supplier.
These aren't like the AA's you buy from Asda - they need proper care.
***Do NOT buy cheap cells***
Copy and paste this instead in the search box
18650 3.7V 5000mAh Li-ion Rechargeable Li-ion Battery for Led Flashlight GU
listed at 99p.
It is of similar quality to the ones you will get from any far eastern deal like the one listed.
He paid around about a tenner 12 months ago.
The batteries alone are about a quid each.