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Beaker
Explorer
Aug 12, 2015

LED rechargeable flashlight

I am looking for a LED rechargeable flashlight such as the Dorcy 41-1045 that recharges by plugging into an outlet. Most of the use is to just to walk the dog at night.
I replaced lights in camper with LED.
The Dorcy is rated at 12 lumens which seems sounds pretty weak.

Anyone have one or similar and would it work for walking dog at night?
  • i bought a CREE chip led 200 lumen flashlight for $12 almost 2 yrs ago
    i use rechargeable AAA batteries in it, if the batteries are weak, i just put in a fresh set
    if they die, just get new batteries, instead of new flashlight
  • wa8yxm's avatar
    wa8yxm
    Explorer III
    I have a few Solar rechargables that would be just about right for that job I mean why pay for electricity when the SUN WILL PROVIDE.

    Mag Light makes a LED Head for some of their products and some of those are rechargable. The smallest ones (1 or 2 AA) are not really that great as rechargables. Never been happy with those. But the larger say 4D kind work great.
  • I use the ones that harbour freight gives away at times, they take 3 AS A battery that come with the flashlight and they last long enough for the price.
  • We just use moon and stars. If we need to pickup after dog, we use flashlight app on phone.

    I used to have an led with hand crank charger. It worked great for long scout camp outs.
  • The Dorcy is a dinosaur. I use the Cree 2000 lumen under $10. You can go AAA or the 18650 rechargeable batteries. The 18650 batteries are all over the map on quality. The cheap ones are worn out repacked laptop cells buy new Panasonic.
  • Here's a post I made a few months ago about flashlights. Someone recommended the battery powered LED light.
    I bought them and was impressed. The price has gone up slightly since I made the purchase. They were under $10. Now they're a little over that price.
    It's powered by 3 AA batteries.
    Buy one. You Will Be Impressed.
  • Ivylog's avatar
    Ivylog
    Explorer III
    I would suggest a led Cree chip flashlight with three AAA batteries. I would not worry about it being rechargeable as the led uses so little power and they are eight dollars on eBay. Do a search of flashlight and IvyLog for a good post on this subject.

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