Dorcy 41-1643 30 Lumen 3 Volt LED Replacement Bulb

by Dorcy

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The 30 Lumen – 3V LED Replacement Bulb is the perfect way to upgrade your old flashlights. This conversion bulb operates with any 2 cell – AA, C, or D – flashlight. This bulb is a 10 year bulb, and allows for 100,000 hours of use before any change is required. The 30 lumens of light output provides greater value and visibility to older flashlights.

Product Description

The 30 lumen 3V LED replacement flashlight bulb is the perfect way to upgrade your old flashlights. This conversion bulb operates with any 2 cell, ''AA'', ''C'', or ''D'' flashlight. This bulb is a 10 year bulb, and allows for 100,000 hours of use before any change is required. The 30 lumens of light output provides greater value and visibility to older flashlights.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 0.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B003MP8MGY
• Item model number: 41-1643
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,732 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
  • #4 in Home Improvement > Electrical > Light Bulbs > Specialty Light Bulbs > Color Bulbs

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 30 Lumens Output (as advertized) - Good But Not Great, January 8, 2011

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Spiced Rum (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Dorcy 41-1643 30 Lumen 3 Volt LED Replacement Bulb (Tools & Home Improvement)

I used this to replace the incandescent bulb (size PR4) in a headlamp. I didn't want to spend a fortune or the extra bucks to get a new LED headlamp. At the end of the day, I probably should have just bought a new headlamp. The 30 lumens output is clearly stated by Amazon and the manufacturer, so they are not hiding anything. But for working in the dark, 30 lumens of task light is not much. My educated guess is 50 or more would be much better.

On the positive side, this is a direct replacement for a 3 volt (2 normal batteries) incandescent bulb of the PR4 size. Most LED replacements for this general size are 4.5 (3 batteries) or more volts, so this is one of your few affordable options that I could find in 3 volts. Also, other replacements with more lumens are wayyyy more expensive, prompting you to think you should probably just get a new flashlight or headlamp for the same money.

This LED's light quality is good, fairly uniformly white, not blue, etc.

If you are just experimenting or changing a favorite mediocre large bulb 3V flashlight to LED, this might be what you're after. But if you need intense task light, I would go another route.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Decent incandescent bulb replacement, September 18, 2011

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A. M. Greer (California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dorcy 41-1643 30 Lumen 3 Volt LED Replacement Bulb (Tools & Home Improvement)

This LED upgrade makes a good replacement for the incandescent bulb in an existing flashlight. It is not a super-bright high powered LED but it will give off a little more light than the stock incandescent bulb (50%) and with a crisper, whiter light. This upgrade is made to fit in an existing bulb socket/lens focus and therefore limits the size of LED that can fit. If you have some older but rugged flashlights you want to keep and upgrade then this is the option for you. It will add significant battery life. If you need an ultra-bright, high-powered LED unit then you may want to consider just purchasing a new light that is made to fit the larger LED bulb assemblies. I used these to upgrade some older 2-AA cell flashlights I keep around the house for emergencies and a magnetic 2-D cell flashlight I use in my garage; they did give off more light and seem to run forever on a set of batteries.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 30 lumen replacement bulb, August 19, 2011

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G. White (Arkansas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dorcy 41-1643 30 Lumen 3 Volt LED Replacement Bulb (Tools & Home Improvement)

Replaced bulb in 20 yr. old Maglite-like flashlite. This new LED is brighter than original and stedier in output, obviously not as bright as higher lumen output bulbs.