Customer Reviews

Shake Flashlight

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2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(16)

 

 

I purchased several of these lights (15 of them) to use as a teaching tool in a university undergraduate lab. I received them yesterday, upon inspection of the flashlight I found the following: The inductive coil IS NOT connected to anything, the slug which slides back and forth is not a magnet, the rectifier (diodes) which would be necessary to charge the light (and are pictured on the packaging) are not populated on the board. The lights work solely on two small batteries, when those are done, you're done. Shake all you want.

Disassembly of the unit was very disappointing.

The light is driven by the two 2032 coin cells.

The coin cells are not rechargeable, they are "use once".

There is nothing electronic except the LED itself.

The coil is not connected to anything, this is a

complete deliberate fake as far as I can tell.

I got two of these from my Thank you Points reward network..same lights. The one came with a screw shaking loose inside but the real problem is that these flashlights lasted one day. They no longer hold a charge and when they did...not very bright. They are not true battery freel shake lights. You can see the 3 little button cell batteries inside..and these are what I think was giving me the little bit of light at first..Absolute junk..cheap plastic feel, switch is cheap..nothing quality about it. Came with a box with typos all over it..not address of the company. Do not wasted your time or money on this junk.

Upon receiving this light and opening it I found 2 batteries, a slug that wasn't magnetic at all and a coil of wire that didn't connect to anything. Don't waste your time or money as this product is simply a fake and powered by batteries despite the claims in the listing. My advice for an emergency light would be to get a small crank one from a name brand, might cost a little more but at least you know it will work in an emergency.

I was disappointed when we received this item that it wasn't the one pictured, or apparently the same item other people reviewed. Ours hardly lights itself up, even while shaking it. It won't project enough of a beam to be at all useful at any time. Also, there's a small loose screw bouncing around inside and it makes it short out sometimes. Bait and switch, total rip-off.

The light is not very bright and I'm going to get tennis elbow shaking the dang thing. Get a hand crank or solar. Thumbs down to this flashlight.

I agree with most of the reviewers. This is junk. I didn't take mine appart, I just followed the instructinos. Shake & turn it on. It worked for the first year or so - mind you, it's not the kind of thing I use every day, it's an "emergency" flashlight, but I liked checking it out every once in a while.

Over time, it stopped holding a charge. There's only 3 explanations for this. 1) The rechargable device stoped recharging, 2) the magnet demagnetized over time, or 3) and this is what I tend to belive - it was always powered by batteries and over time the batteries died down.

I think this is junk. recommend you look elsewhere for your emergency supplies.

I took the flashlight apart and found that the coil was connected to nothing and the magnet is NOT a magnet! The stupid thing runs off a couple of tiny batteries-- when those are done then that is IT???!! This is a very sad and complete rip-off!

i didnt buy this from this person that selling it. i bought it from the web page where was sold orginally. it work find after a while dont remember how long. but the light got dimmer, dont wasted ur money on this not a very good product.

The flash light runs on the two batteries that come with it. The mechanism inside doesn't really do anything. The batteries do last long b/c of the LED lights. In most of these cheap fake imitations, the magnetic coil isn't even connected to the batteries.