Dorcy 41-2498 1/2-Watt LED Flashlight

by Dorcy

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

This 4AA LE is perfect for all your outdoor needs. It has everything you want: 200 hours of run time, and optic for a focused beam of light, and is on of the only LED flashlights that is waterproof and floats. Never need to replace the bulb.

Product Description

* Flashlight * Waterproof design with floatability * Shock absorbing rubber around the head and tail of the flashlight * Durable metal hang ring * 25 lumens of light output * Includes 4 AA cell batteries * .61 lbs * 6" x 2.63" x 8.88"

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00069PHYO
• Item model number: 41-2498
• Batteries: 4 AA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,575 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best LED flashlight I've found, August 8, 2007

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J. Thompson (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dorcy 41-2498 1/2-Watt LED Flashlight (Tools & Home Improvement)

Two problems I've had with all other previous LED flashlights: 1) the light is all in one small-angle area, with almost no light at all outside this, 2) there's no real hot-spot, the light is pretty uniform within the beam. With standard (non-LED) flashlights, there's usually a very bright hot-spot, and a wide-angle low-intensity beam that allows scanning for things in the dark, and then getting a better look at details with the hot-spot. This flashlight shares these characteristics with non-LED lights, eliminating all of the objections I've had with LEDs.

Two concerns:
1) the bulb gets very hot in use, so I'm skeptical about the claimed 70,000 hour bulb life,
2) I've seen one package for this product that claims 200 hour battery life, and another (with the same part number) that claims that the LED is a 25 lumen, 1/2-watt unit. These two claims are somewhat contradictory, in that 200 hours at 1/2-watt would be 100 watt-hours, which is way, way more energy than can be crammed into four AA cells. However, the packaging does say "200 hours of useful light", which may mean 4 hours of really bright light, 4 hours of kind-of-bright light, and 192 hours of yes-there's-still-light-coming-out-of-it. The package I bought had the 1/2-watt, 25-lumen claims, which are much more important to me than 200-hour life, so I'd be a little concerned about ordering one if it's going to be a different version, optimized for battery life.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Dorcey 41-2498 1/2 watt led flashlight warning, March 24, 2008

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Mark Rivers (Phx, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dorcy 41-2498 1/2-Watt LED Flashlight (Tools & Home Improvement)

Nice flashlight, life long LED bulb but beware of changing batteries the front end has to be removed and four aa batteries installed. When closing the flashlight and attempting to screw down the unfriendly front end I broke the plastic parts that fit on the battery. This is poor design and I would like Dorcey International to replace the parts and change their design. What good is a lifetime bulb, when the whole assembly breaks the first time you replace the batteries. Contact info not available on the flashlight of course to provide feed back to the vendor.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great LED flashlight, July 13, 2009

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William Kautter - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dorcy 41-2498 1/2-Watt LED Flashlight (Tools & Home Improvement)

I was introduced to this flashlight two years ago because The Moorings uses them on many of their charter boats. I bought two when I returned from vacation and they have been in constant use since then. One is used almost every day during the winter when my wife and I go for our evening walk which is usually in the dark. I use NIMH batteries which I remove, recharge and replace once a week. I've never had a problem with parts breaking or difficulty reassembling. I like the size and the fact that it uses AA batteries. It's truly a great product for the price.

October 5, 2010 Update

Both units have been in use since the main review was written and have performed as expected. One unit is used more than the other and the batteries in this unit have been removed, recharged, and replaced many times without any issues. I would still give this product the highest rating.