Customer Reviews

Dorcy 41-1087 3-Million Candle Power Rechargeable Spotlight

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3 star:		(1)
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1 star:		(7)

 

 

This is a very powerful light. I bought it for night photography and "light painting" of distant subjects. The light is very white as compared to other Dorcy lights that are more yellow. Just depends upon your purpose. For general night use, this is a great light. It is heavy so you don't want to carry it too far without a backpack.

It has a great switch. You can hold it on or click it on to stay on.

I have had two of these die on me. First the bulbs go out after limited use (or time). Then, the batteries seem to fail to keep a charge. Complete waste of money.

I purchased a Dorcey 3,000,000 candelight spotlight. Does nice job of producing a bright light for looking into woods behind my house. I live in a rural setting in Connecticut and, at night, my dogs hear and see things, that I cannot see. So, I fire up the Dorcey and then I see what they see. I really like the fluroescent light that comes with light. It saves battery life when used instead of main spotlight. The only negative aspect is the spotlight feature really shortens the battery operational time. It does not last long at all. I guess you cannot use it as a long term emergency light, except when using the fluorescent, which does a good job of lighting a small area. Still, I am glad I bought it.

This spotlight rocks. It is bright, makes great home defense tool, allows me to see whatever I like, whenever I like. As to not holding a charge - mine does great - just have to not let it run dry, charge early and often.

I love this flashlight. This light is extremely bright. I use it for taking my dog out into the back yard at night. I no longer need to turn on the outside lights when I go out. I also had one of these lights die on me, but it died because the switch was left on when it was charged. There is a warning on the flashlight not to do this or the warranty will be void. I was extremely disappointed when the flashlight died, because I loved it so much. It is a little big, but for my use it is perfect. This light is as bright as a police car spot light.

It was great while it lasted. Brilliantly bright.

Then - it died. Got very few uses out of it.

I bought two of these. They worked fine for about two months, then the batteries went dead and will not recharge. An expensive disappointment.

I would never buy this product again. The bulb went out after 2 uses, and is not very easy to replace. I just ended up throwing it in the trash.

I chose this light because I had the 1M Candle Spotlight but I dropped it. I thought this would be better, but it's far worse. The purpose was to walk my senior dog at night, on an unlit wooded trail. As in the other reviews, it takes 15 hours to charge fully, but then you only get 15 minutes of bright, 3M Candle light. After that, you may as well be holding one candle for all the light it's giving you. The booklet says you will have 30 minutes, which would be ideal, but I haven't had that since I charged it the first time. This one's garbage...don't waste your money. (Now I've got to figure out how to get my money back!)

We bought this flashlight because we live on a country road and the electricity often goes out in storms and it takes a few hours or longer for the electricity to come back on. After a 20-hour charge- yes, it takes 20 hours to charge it - the spotlight worked for 5 minutes before dimming and finally going out. The flourescent light that is also on the back worked for about 15 minutes after the spotlight stopped working. The instructions warn against letting the battery completely discharge, so we turned it off before the lights completely stopped working. After another 20+ hour recharge, we had the same thing. 20 hours to charge for 5 minutes of bright light, and the spotlight is bright for a good 3-4 minutes before dimming, is just rediculous. Look somewhere else if you want a reliable and long-lasting rechargeable light.