9 LED headlight Elfeland teardown.
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- I decided to get one of the many ridiculous LED headlights from eBay to take apart for our amusement. This one boasts 9 LEDs and six modes including the usual annoying strobe one.
The battery charging circuit is interesting for the way it combines a standard charge chip with a secondary chip that controls the battery level LEDs.
The 18650 cells they supplied were never going to be anywhere near the quoted capacity. They seem to be the typical box-ticking 18650 cell that has the lowest cost/capacity available.
Things worthy of note are the way the control PCB in the LED section was just loose in the vicinity of the metal heatsink.
I tested the current draw in each mode based on a measured voltage of 4V at the battery terminals.
Mode 1 - cluster of three LEDs. 1.7A
Mode 2 - cluster plus next pair. 2.2A
Mode 3 - cluster plus two pairs. 2.3A
Mode 4 - narrow beams 0.8A
Mode 5 - all LEDs 2.46A
The wire between the battery and LED sections was probably limiting the current.
USB charging current is around 500mA.
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You're a legend, Clive. Keep being you, man.
My favourite head torch is the one with a single LED, battery, and a rotatable, zoom housing. Have used it for years and years at work and the thing just works.
One million Lumen's! How nice it's even brighter than the sun on an average day.
that's why it has a heatsink ;-) p.s. it says 100k
I would bypass the mode controller and install a physical on/off switch to all the LEDs. All the clicking through modes and flashing is just nonsense.
that is nice but these guys are all about cost. i have a flashlight with a similar switch, now it has an issue with the contacts, hard to get the mode I want
But the LED's don't connect directly to the battery.
That roll in the battery capacity reveal..... LOL
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I wonder what would happen if every knowledgeable buyer measured the battery capacity and gave a one star rating and a bad review with the real capacity?
For every knowledgeable buyer there are 1.000 byers who will give 5 stars as soon as the lights turn on. That's why we have sellers marketing 5.800 mah and more. That one review will decrease the overall rating only by 0,004 %
I was impressed by that too
I'm a little sad he didn't open the battery. The real light ones are usually fake, i.e. have an actual smaller battery inside them!
Back in the 1950's my father, who was a farmer, thought he needed a headlamp for working around our farm. You see we were so far out in the back country of North Dakota that electric power had yet to reach our farm, in fact it still has not although the farm is now vacant and has been absorbed into a huge maxi-farm. So he looked around and found a true head lamp. It consisted of a battery pack that you wore on your belt, the pack held 4 D cells, a wire ran from that to a large light housing with an incandescent bulb, glass lens and tin housing. An elastic band stretched around the head and another over the top. It actually worked OK, Dad said it was a "Miners" light and he wore it when he had to check the cows who were calving late at night, and other chores after dark on the very dark farmstead.
I would have thought that around that time, the miners would have been using the calcium carbide head lamps. Calcium carbide plus water equals acetylene which burns very readily.
2:10 - I do love myself some Chinglish of quality high!
Looks very much like a machine translation. Having said that, the better translation software (as used by Companies that have a reputation to defend!) produces a surprisingly good result, with very few mistakes.
Phil S - It's 99% machine translations that deliver the goods but a simple proof read by a person with Anglo-Chinese roots would fix the shit... but I don't really want it fixed for the entertainment it delivers.
Machine translations are part of getting something from China on ebay and a quick giggle before putting your item to use!
@@reggiep75 Or putting your item in the bin! lol.....
Their Chinglish is a lot better than my Chinese language skills.
Unfortunately, Chinglish will be a dead language -- like Latin, Aramaic, Klingon, and Elvish -- not long after the 'good machine translation' software becomes widely available to manufacturers as an on-line, real-time service. Something must be done to preserve Chinglish for posterity! Who will lay out for the corpus?
Show us your favorite head light (don't necessarily need a teardown). You mentioned it in the video but didn't tell us what it was.
Petzl makes the best head lights IMHO. Been using them for decades, never failed me.
Yes we need this
@@CircularMirror7 Duracel batteries hold more charge and you carry spares. For an emergency lamp the battery seems secure.
Don't be daft, teardowns are what this guy does. Go to a led headlight review channel.
@@mattburrows2615 This was more a comment on that he teased the light but did not give is any specifics this is rather uncharacteristic of him. I was more offering that in case he doesn't want to risk tearing apart his nicer light as some of the light teardowns are quite destructive. Knowing Clive (not that I actually know him) he has in all likelihood already had it apart to look inside.
Hi Clive I really enjoy your videos.
I have one of these headlamps for a year now works great I got the headlamp without batteries. And I use soshine 3400mAh actual capacity 3350mAh it lasts all day ideal for tight attics and dark cavities, I'm an electrician btw.
Soshine NiMh cells are remarkably good quality for the money. Not yet in the same league as Eneloops but they offer a very good capacity per dollar spent (and seem to hold charge very well).
"Hey this strobe light is very usefull in this situation", said no one ever
It may be intended for bike riders- I see bike headlights that strobe pretty often and they are annoying AF every time.
When you want turn it off you know when you reached the last of a gazillion modes and only need one more keypress😁
when you have no sos light ... which do you think might work just as well to get somebodys attention?
IDIOT
I wish they sold lithium 18650 like they sell AA/AAA batteries in supermarkets and stuff. It's clearly the standard of the future for removable battery-powered gadgets so I'm sure Energizer, Duracell and others will start selling them to the general public soon.
I've been hoping that would happen for the last 10 years though...
Product liability laws mean this will never happen. It's hard to damage yourself with NiMH cells, it is easy to make fire with lithium cells if you know nothing about them.
@@donaldmeston4165 Doesn't Clive have a video asking what's inside NiMH cells (fire apparently)? (Or similar)
The Chinese are geniuses. In flashing mode, the LEDs are on only half the time. Doubles battery life! WOOT!
sos or not i think the strobe would suffice. They also have the sexiest women in the world too.
The pissing contest is not all bad. Those LEDs are bound to fail at some point, at least you will have some left when you come back from the trek :-)
@Garaidh Llwyd That's not how LED screens work. They are LCD screens with an LED backlight, usually a few dozen LEDs at most.
@@SodaAnt Well I guess there are OLED monitors out there now and AMOLED screens for phones/tablets nowadays, in which case the screen does consist out of many active light emitting elements instead of an LCD letting light pass or not.
But they do have known issues with the blue pixels degrading faster than the red and green ones, possibly leading to colour shifts later after use. And I suppose if one is used 24/7 with rather static images that have bright sections displayed they can kinda similar to old "screen burn in" but in reverse dim that area earlier than expected.
@@extrastuff9463 The early OLED screens do fail with age. I had an old OLED watch that I used to love, I could watch videos on the blasted little screen besides it being a rather large, very heavy due to it's all pot metal case, and had extra batteries that one could charge individually as needed. After about 3 years, the screen went dull then went so dim it barly showed, that's when I took the batteries and used elsewhere and tossed the watch. Hated to see it go, it was a neat item, it was also a cell phone but now days that seems the norm and not the exception. I also have an old Archos 104 where the OLED screen has gone bad, it now displays in a dim RED and black mode that can only be read in the dark. Works OK for a night time MP3 player to lull one to sleep and keep the nightmares at bay player, well it did till very recently when the old battery began giving up the ghost, now only plays about 2 hours then dies. Time to that one to go in the bin as well I guess. It was only a 4 gig anyhow, and by today's standard, mostly useless, however I have never tried to listen to more then 4 gig of music in one setting anyhow.
Finally something i own before you release a video about taking apart! Now i don't have to destroy my light, lol.
A few things I would note having been an avid vaper for some time now. 1. Discard the chinesium batteries ASAP! 2. Buy a proper set of 18650's from a reputable company (Samsung 25r, 30q) 3. NEVER charge cells inside the light, always charge using an external charger. 4. Check out Battery Mooch for listings and tests of 18650's and their true ratings. Lastly, I've seen reports of these blowing up on people's heads, almost certainly down to the house fire brand batteries.
TrustFire - you can trust that they'll catch on fire! Unusual honesty in Chinese advertising! ;-)
That LED headlight feels like a film prop from the "The Matrix Trilogy."
Looks like a Sentinel's eyes
I swear I saw the red LED version of this model on the faces of "the bad guys" in a Cyberpunk 2077 trailer! 😄
Thanks for looking at this Clive. I have several set of similar lights / torches and use them a lot in the winter when walking the dog and another set which has cob arrays either side of an adjustable beam led when I am servicing the car. Its great to illuminate the deeper darker parts of an engine. :)
Yes!! Feed my headlamp addiction!!!
I just picked up a gearwrench one I have a review coming! there is a company called streamlight I know there flashlights are great and I assume there head lamps are too.
Clive, laddie.... yea should be out in the fog with the others, awaiting the start of the TT.
@Matt Quinn But Matt can you not just imagine BigClive hopping onto the MV 750, pudding-pot helmet strapped down to keep his beard from draining too much speed (he did used to ride with Mick Hailwood don't ya know?) and going off for a couple tours of the rock? The real problem though, is that it's apparently a deluge again this year and the TT may not be run for safety reasons.
All the best mate.
@@trumpetRex Done the course on an ST100 (obviously NOT during the Races!). After that I was even more impressed with the circuit times the real experts managed to knock up (and not that surprised how many have died on the course!)
Not only was I surprised to hear you talk of De Efteling, but your pronunciation is spot on! :D
Exactly this! 😮
You have the best banter on RUclips. It's so easy to listen to you as you take things to bits.
Ive got a headlamp from Wish that takes 18650s. I bought 4 cells plus a charger from ebay. Total investment was around 20 bucks and it help so much during cleaning cycles at work (once a week). Having to peer into empty 30 ton bins while trying to hold a flashlight and a brush is hard. The headlamp gives me two free hands to hold the 100ft extending pole. Maybe the best work related item I have ever bought.
A good head light is extremely useful. Light exactly where you need it.
14:30 - That sure is some awesome soldering!
You're a legend, Clive. Keep being you for us.
I wonder if it ever got put back together?
I wonder when someone of Clive's height, build, disposition, and inclination will be so bold as to begin suggesting ways in which products torn-down could, or can, be improved from stock. In the case of this head-lamp, would it have been worthwhile, for example, to bin the batts and replace them with something more burly? Could the silliness of the lockstep switching cycle be changed --arguably 'improved' -- by excising a few LEDs so that point in the cycle effectively, if not clicked-through, turns the unit _off_ and resets the cycle to the default start? Etc..
Maybe AvE could make you a torch body and you could make the circuitry ;-)
i wish there was just an on/off switch for whatever mode you are on
Megabats, I concur! Almost every cob LED flashlight, indeed just about every LED flashlight of any type, has a flashing mode. Don't want it, don't need it. Those so-called tactical flashlights have something like five modes controlled from just one switch. It's annoying as hell.
Great video Big Clive, thank you.
lol your almost at a million subscribers so god bless and keep on keepin on brother ill see you in the next video also ive been watching you for over 4 or 5 years now lol and i love watching your videos so thanks for being you lol
I like the phrase "Pissing Match" never heard that before, I'll have to remember that.
Nice one.
Increasingly I find stuff ordered from a "UK warehouse" actually comes direct from China.
That's against Ebay's ToS. Technically you could report a seller for misrepresenting an item's location.
@@veraxis9961 If I had a penny for every listing that is against eBay's TOS ....
"Ya it's a shitty whistle, you can just bin that." 🤣🤣🤣
I wonder if that extra strap length would be enough to allow it to be worn over a hard hat?
The contractors I work with tend toward Petzl lights because they fit well (and securely) on their hard hats.
And at the same time they regularly grumble about the cost of the Petzl lights...
The Petzl lights are designed for use on hard hats, but the quality is poor for the cost. My first LED head light was a Petzl Tikka. The dollar store clones are actually better made.
It must be so much more fun being the designer of the knock-off stuff than genuine products. You get to invent your own imaginary parts for one thing
I got one from Newegg for cheap. Says it came with 4000mAh 18650 cells. After testing they were 500. So I use those in my pocket flashlight and put my actual EBL 3,000mAh ones in the headlamp. Headlamp lasts weeks now since it's a single focused diode with 6000mAh behind it. I find these things handy.
Best headlight I’ve found is the Bandicoot. USB chargeable, slimline, integrated silicone housing and headstrap and you can program the modes via PC or Mac.
I like many others here would love to see the headlamp that you like.
Me too - if only to see if it's the one I settled on.
Damn you Clive! I've got a few of these and have taken them apart for repair so I know what's in them already. Still I watch this and almost forget my brekkie scones in the oven, you're voice is too enchanting 😁
Would love to see Clive tear down a MS12 flashlight. How they get that much power into a flash lamp must be brutal.
I bought one a few months back, I've got to replace the wires joining the front and back as the light turns off if it has a slight knock.
But I bought some proper 18650's.
Not a bad item 4/10 if you customise it. But there's better.
Looks like a creepy spider. Clive's led controllers remember their setting,which is nice.
To remove the flashing effect look up the Free PDK project on GitHub.
They have the parts list and Gerber file to build a programming device for Paduk micro-controllers using normal C or C++ (Paduk normally uses their proprietary mini-C format)
I'm tempted to program the Padauk microcontrollers in their native assembly code.
The annoying strobe operation is called tactical flash mode.
0:15 yes, the number of LEDs is great for marketing and on paper but it also has the benefit of producing more light at less heat compared to less quantity of high power LEDs
The Microchip PIC16F18313-I/SN would be a nice replacement for that microcontroller. You could use PWM to control the brightness of the LEDs if you want all on but at lower intensity to reduce harsh shadows. Less than £0.60 from Farnell in one off pricing. I would definitely put some series resistance with the LEDs otherwise they're just going to cook without significant increase in luminosity as they will run at very poor efficiency also resulting in low battery life.
Thanks for the review of another crappy torch, I love how they just connect the LED's straight across the battery with no proper current control. I was appalled when I saw this done using 3 x AAA cells, I thought they would get it right when they moved to Li-Po batteries. That's probably another reason for supplying low capacity shitty cells, If they used good cells the LED's would immediately blow.
I tried fitting Ni-Cad cells to one of those cheap 3xAAA cell torches to see what would happen if you used batteries that would not collapse/load down, Bang/fut went the LED's
Ironically I can't find a listing on fleaBay for this from an EU seller with the batteries supplied, except one which claims 600mAh batteries. Interestingly honest!
Must be a typo, they meant to put 6000 which would be a bit better than 5800 :)
@@benbaselet2026 😂😂😂
Handy when go up a dark tunnel
Great video Clive
So which one *is* your actual favourite light? I like the cheap cob-based ones without a lens, which provide a great wash of light in front of me.
My favourite uses a single focussed LED in a very rugged housing with a simple on/off function and adjustable intensity that is retained in memory.
Mine is also a simple on/off, but is more of a flood than a spot. I find it easier on the eyes.
Mine is from earlier in the pissing match, when there were only 3 LEDs. Some wet+dry to two of the (plastic) lenses turned it from spot/spot/spot to spot/flood/spot+flood (and strobe) and it's been great for work and play for three years now - well worth eight quid and ten minutes effort!
SPACERS!! Ivan Miranda will be proud!
So, it's a 'growler' then - makes big noises, but doesn't live up its promise? I too have a favourite "head torch" by 'LED Lights'. Uses three AAA cells and lasts about a month in regular use. It's well battered, been repaired several times and has one of those switches that keep you guessing "will it light this time" but there are none better in terms of light output, unless you go mad and pay silly figures for a light.
Agreed, the strobing effect is a total PITA on these things (mine doesn't have that feature) that should be mandatorily banned as a health hazard!
I've done the microcontroller swap for Christmas lights that start in "flash" mode. The pinout didn't match but there was enough room to run blue (i.e. bodge, rework) wires.
Maybe they rate their batteries in metric Amps?!? To convert metric Amps to imperial Amps multiply by 0.4231. If you find that hard to remember I use a morse code mnemonic, 4 dots, 2 dots, 3 dots, dash.
6:43 "...there's no real point in having it off."
Yeah, I know that feeling...
#o(
Clive slipping ir in and not hoping we would notice
The key frame for this video is mildly terrifying. ;D I love the macho fins and grooves. (the zeitgeist is stupid)
After seeing your review, I might actually buy one of these, $12 and it comes with (cheap) batteries, that's a pretty good deal I think, plus the cells are replaceable, very handy when you have other things that take 18650 cells (vapes and other flashlights) and have a bunch laying around.
Thanks Big Clive. So fabulous isn't it? I'm glad they added the warning about frying your retinas. Geeze! 100,000 lumens! Good grief, the skin on your face would peel away as well. That would be about as bright as about 25, 105 watt CFLs
You should have a set up for testing Lumins...EVERY flashlight on EBay/ Amazon overstates the brightness of its LEDs. I dont know what the standard set up for testing is, but its gotta be easy to reproduce with a Light Meter
I was at AutoZone earlier today getting parts for my pickup and my dad saw a headlamp with 60 something leds. 😂
Heh, I bought some elfeland "1200 mA" 14500 cells for a flashlight (knowing full well they weren't). They were ~350 mA. I tend to assume the actual capacity of any Ebay batteries is ~~ 1/5 of the rated claim. That tends to hold true, in my experience.
Pinout of the LED module controller is, or looks like, a PIC12F629? Can probably remove it , program one up, and put a F629 on it anyway for different "modes" ;)
@@Okurka. Probably... But you can't reprogram it, hence why I said you can remove it and use a 12F629 in its place for versatility. ;)
@@FG-Supercharged why can't we reprogram the chip? Never say never.
I bought this same one last month :) thanks for reviewing it!!!!
Could replace the chip with a simple on off switch (or center off SPDT I suppose)
EDIT- as Randy Smith already said!
My wife is amazed you DO NOT have a pink screwdriver - hint hint
Cheap source for 18650 batteries. Old laptop batteries. I have a lot of good high amperage cells from them.
Yup, and surprisingly they are more powerful than the 9800 mAh ones I got with one of these headlamps some years ago 😁
Yeah! Fresh video from Big Clive!
Chinese eBay battery spec = divide by ten for the actual ratings.
Well that's not completely accurate. I tested a pair of 9800 mAh ones about a year ago. The best one produced 254 mAh😂
Upside is that they are really easy to carry, they weigh nothing😊
Who the hell needs a strobe ? It would probably be OK with about 37 batteries. But then I like one that will last a couple days on high beam and a single charge.
I don't mind a strobe on a hand-held torch as it can be used to blind or confuse any potential attacker (pointed at them but held away from the body). However having that function on a head-mounted torch just shows them where to hit / shoot.
They should put a COB led on it and say it has like 500 LEDs because of the number of elements
My wife just ask me to put on Big Clive because she is having trouble falling asleep.
Lots of people find that my voice helps them sleep. I'm fine with that.
I love the vids by the way amusing and honest
Before I buy Anything... I check the online reviews of course!
But more Importantly... I Check your channel and Aves, to see if yall have done a review on it!!!
Same here - having "BC Teardown Approval" is a better recommendation than most Quality Standards!
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How can I tell when the battery is fully Charged Let me know thanks from MrJackson
I'm rather fond of the tiny little Nightcore headlight with high efficiency, red, and high cri
Nu25. I wish someone made a tiny 1 cell usb c charging board that was truly waterproof (zero potential between pins to stop electrolytic corrosion)
You've noticed too @bigclivedotcom . I've been wondering what's behind the increasingly aggressive and creative designs in headband work lights?!?
Flight from the notions of "durable" and "classic" and "clever"? 'Dunno.
i have one of those. batteries last about 20 minutes with just the center light on.
put two Samsung 30Q in see what will happen
There at the end I thought you called it a F'ing headlamp, made the best name for it!
Looks like a cluster of spider eyes.
I bought a truck with a 52 inch light bar on it water seems to have taken most of them out, however when I hit the switch some still light, after I fix the transmission and I stall the new light bar I wanna take this bar apart and salvage some of the LEDs and see if it just corrosion that are then up.
very interesting how long before some health and safety or other requires anyone who wears one of these head lamps requires you to fit a matching red light to your rear !
Clive, what is that little pry tool thing you have, looks like it's marked ReGizmo? Appears to be some kind of miniature splunger, as you folks in the UK might say. Perhaps made for disassembling cell phones?
The iSesamo is the spudger seen most often here. They hold up quite well in service.
The Chinglish doesn't fail to disappoint.
You need to review and teardown cheap 18650 batterys from ebay and find out witch ones have aa cells hidden in them and quality. I have had ultrafires that had them. would be a educational vid for us.
Absolutely love your videos Clive!! I agree 100% that the Chinese Mah ratings have as much truth in the as Goldilocks and her furry friends. However, the latest 18650 cells from Tesla/Panasonic put out a real 3400mah. They are expensive compared to the Chinese cells as you'd expect, roughly $8 - $12 per cell. However, if someone is in need of that very last tidbit of duration, there is an option. Quality control is much higher as well.
Keep up the fantastic work!!!!
I wouldn’t know how to describe a “pretty” headlamp if you asked, but after seeing this thing I know what a hideous headlamp looks like.
you should do a video taking some of the batteries apart, some are so light because they have spacers and loads of air. some of the top brands are the worst but at least they don't claim to be something they are not.
LOL 3000mAh... Got you beat Clivey!!! I got two in my headtorch that are branded 9800mAh (woo! so powerful!)... tested them on my load and they came out at 318mAh.
Always buy branded 18650s, I got Samsung greens at 2500mAh tested at 2483mAh (down to 3V)...
I just want the truth for god's sake but as you rightly pointed out... a pissing contest it is!
A product after my heart lol =D I love led flashlight
hats
At 12:26, concerning the resistor marked 101, 1 is *not* a "multiplier", because 10 times 1 equals 10! It tells you to add a single zero to the 10 proceeding it, thereby signifying a hundred ohms. People might refer to this as a *multiplier*, but it isn't. Yes, I am being pedantic.
It isn't 'adding zero' (10+0=10) and is actually multiplication but by 10 to the power of the number '101' = 10x10, '102' = 10x100. Multiplier is correct but assumes you know about powers of 10.
@Matt Quinn yes correct
😂. My phone seems to be working against me and regardless of how I type, it seems to deliberately screw with the spellings. Thanks.
The final “1” in “101” is indeed the multiplier position as it what *defines* your multiplier even though the actual value is an exponent, it’s just that you multiply by 10^1. That knowledge is considered a given if you work with electronics.
@@purpleviolin , my smartphone does exactly the same thing, it changes words on me. I can proofread a post prior to posting it, and then I look at it again after it has been posted and realize that words have been changed. I usually use the voice to text feature, speaking into the phone and having it transcribe for me, and sometimes several seconds after it types the word I have spoken, the word will change. I've also noticed that if I use any expression of speech that could be interpreted as the title of a song or movie, the software will capitalize the entire phrase.
@@ethanpoole3443 , I actually repair audio equipment fulltime for a living, so I do work with electronics. You could say that we are both at least partially correct, and I do understand about powers of ten; however, where people get into trouble or where it gets confusing is that you will see capacitors and other components that have three numbers on them that are the actual value of the component. Older ceramic capacitors will often be marked directly with the picofarad value of the part, although sometimes they're marked with the power of 10 multiplier scheme (and generally, ceramic caps will graduate to a decimal or fractional microfarad rating at some point, like .0047 or even .00047) . I've also seen small film caps that are marked with the actual value capacitance (or trim- pots marked with the actual resistance value); sometimes 470 means 47, and sometimes it means 470! When in doubt, grap the capacitance meter. It really is a stupid system. I'd almost prefer capacitors be marked with color bands like resistors, except that nowadays, modern resistors use such tiny narrow bands of somewhat odd color- spectrum markings that it can be difficult to tell red from brown, especially after the components age or are exposed to heat ( my eyes are also aged, and have probably been exposed to too much heat!). And now that 1% and 2% tolerance resistors are common, sometimes it's hard to tell which end of the resistor is which!
What???? Only 5800mah cells!...... My chinesium torch shipped with 13500mah 18650's as stock. The upgraded option was 20000mah.....
I hate the toggle through!
Looks like a heat sink for a beer tap
I think Elfeland is a Banggood house brand.
Hey Clive, for a long time I have been envious of your Poundland proximity. Guess what? Today I went to town, this is a ferry and then a bus and took 1½ hrs. Where Woolworths had been, then overpriced outdoor garment .co, then Dealz (same as poundland) and now today there is a Poundand :) I rushed in and bought a £1 power-bank, not because I need one one but because you showed me the inarrds. (It's been charging for 2hrs. but still flashing, is that duff?)
Lets all be 'Chinese in our minds'
Oh and good name for a band "Shitty Whistle"
Hey Clive, how about a teardown/review of head-worn magnifying visors, presumably including various cheap modern ones with plastic lenses and LED lighting built in? I've got a couple of cheapos that sell for 10 bucks or less at the Job Lot store. Plastic lenses, and the LED lights on either side of the lenses are merely okay, somewhat bluish light spectrum. And the magnifying lenses are plastic of course, and you have to flip down or pivot extra lenses in front of the main ones in order to achieve higher magnification. And then I have three of the much higher quality, significantly more expensive, glass-lensed Opti-Visors, outfitted with 5, 7, and 10 diopter lenses..... but they don't come with built-in lighting, and the Maglite style halogen bulb add-on lighting unit that Opti-vizor sells is overpriced and performs poorly......
Very annoying on ebay when you choose a UK supplier and it comes from abroad.
LED color change perhaps?
I had one of those. But the 6 light model. I fell while I had it in my hand and broke the cheap ass harness thing and the part that affixes the light onto the frame. They don’t take rough care well at all.