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Aldi CREE torches (5W - £11)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 12:39pm
by [XAP]Bob
http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/sp ... _21969.htm

3 AA batteries, so not a small torch, but looks sane.

Re: Aldi CREE torches (5W - £11)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 1:23pm
by gentlegreen
Thanks for the heads-up - looks the real McCoy too- I'm definitely going to see if I can get one of those. :)

Re: Aldi CREE torches (5W - £11)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 1:59pm
by stewartpratt
5W on three AAs? Whatever it is you're trying to find in the shed when you use it, you'd better find it quickly :)

Re: Aldi CREE torches (5W - £11)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 3:48pm
by gentlegreen
stewartpratt wrote:5W on three AAs? Whatever it is you're trying to find in the shed when you use it, you'd better find it quickly :)


Actually it's amazing what you can do with LEDs and three AAs. The 48 LED camping lights I use on my bike take a full amp from three AAs - to the extent that I've heard rumours of smoke coming from the spindly wires of similar models - but they work for an impressive amount of time, before dimming and still giving useful light ...

Re: Aldi CREE torches (5W - £11)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 3:56pm
by stewartpratt
Mm, scratch my comment, I think I forgot to mentally multiply one of the figures by 3 :)

Re: Aldi CREE torches (5W - £11)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 3:59pm
by snibgo
The rechargables I use claim 2000 mAh, ie 2 Ampere-hours. At 1.2V, that is 2.4 Wh. Three batteries would give 7.2 Wh. So a 5W load should be sustainable for nearly 1.5 hours.

Re: Aldi CREE torches (5W - £11)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 4:01pm
by xpc316e
Thanks for posting this - I know where I am off to on Sunday morning!

Re: Aldi CREE torches (5W - £11)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 4:37pm
by Ribblehead
"automatic SOS flashing function"

What does that mean? Is it programmed to flash SOS in Morse code??!!

Re: Aldi CREE torches (5W - £11)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 5:13pm
by wirral_cyclist
Ribblehead wrote:"automatic SOS flashing function"

What does that mean? Is it programmed to flash SOS in Morse code??!!


I've got an ebay special with the same function and I think it just means strobe!
It is too fast to decode even if it is actually ... --- ...
Anyone got a high speed camera? :)

Re: Aldi CREE torches (5W - £11)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 5:22pm
by wirral_cyclist
Surely a missprint, and it's actually 3 x AAA as this is a common format (and a shoe-in for 18650 lithium?) a 3 x AA torch would be much larger diameter, and the head would then be huge, lets see, about 36mm diameter body and the head 40 odd? Be fabulous run-time if it is 3 x AA though!

Re: Aldi CREE torches (5W - £11)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 5:33pm
by gentlegreen
wirral_cyclist wrote:
Ribblehead wrote:"automatic SOS flashing function"

What does that mean? Is it programmed to flash SOS in Morse code??!!


I've got an ebay special with the same function and I think it just means strobe!
It is too fast to decode even if it is actually ... --- ...
Anyone got a high speed camera? :)


How many watts did it claim to be ? ;)

Re: Aldi CREE torches (5W - £11)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 7:46pm
by al_yrpal
And while you are in there pick up one of their Specially selected Christmas Puddings. Top award from Good Housekeeping. Just eaten some, its a cracker and only 3.50. Whilst you are at it get some of their fresh orange juice and some of their dishwasher tablets which both got Which awards. I like their baked beans and Columbian instant coffee. Its always half the price of what you get elsewhere.

Al

Re: Aldi CREE torches (5W - £11)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 11:25pm
by wirral_cyclist
al_yrpal wrote:And while you are in there pick up one of their Specially selected Christmas Puddings. Top award from Good Housekeeping. Just eaten some, its a cracker and only 3.50. Whilst you are at it get some of their fresh orange juice and some of their dishwasher tablets which both got Which awards. I like their baked beans and Columbian instant coffee. Its always half the price of what you get elsewhere.

Al


Their wine gets awards year in and year out. Oh and don't forget the haggis flavour crisps either...

Re: Aldi CREE torches (5W - £11)

Posted: 19 Nov 2011, 4:20am
by gentlegreen
al_yrpal wrote:And while you are in there pick up one of their Specially selected Christmas Puddings. Top award from Good Housekeeping. Just eaten some, its a cracker and only 3.50.

I daren't go in there this time of year.

:(

Re: Aldi CREE torches (5W - £11)

Posted: 19 Nov 2011, 10:38am
by mercurykev
Ribblehead wrote:"automatic SOS flashing function"

What does that mean? Is it programmed to flash SOS in Morse code??!!


My Fenix torch has a mode where it flashes SOS in Morse code, so this is possible.