The worst head torch yet.
Added 2020-06-20 00:50:25 +0000 UTCThere's economy and there's economy. This crappy product took it a bit too far.
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I had one of the original Petzl Tikka lights and the build quality was very poor. No PCB. Just stacked LEDs soldered together and a very unreliable switch that pressed a battery contact onto a resistor lead. The first Poundland knock-off was better than the real thing.
Big Clive
2020-06-23 21:11:50 +0000 UTCIf a candle in a headtorch would be steampunk, would an actual fire strapped to your head be cavepunk?
Matt Tester
2020-06-20 17:27:20 +0000 UTCI expected worse actually, I was thinking it was 1 LED and a light pipe to mimic 5. I have the real Petzl that this is based on (which I think is a bit crap anyway) and that housing is a really nasty copy.
Matt Tester
2020-06-20 17:25:13 +0000 UTCNuke it from orbit. -it's the only way to be sure.
Michael Thompson
2020-06-20 16:44:51 +0000 UTCI can't even remember where I bought it from. It might have been One Below.
Big Clive
2020-06-20 14:57:45 +0000 UTCSave the elastic and strap a whoosher to your head.
Jim
2020-06-20 14:20:06 +0000 UTCAgreed there was 5 so the packaging wasn't misrepresenting that fact.
Charles Bruckner
2020-06-20 11:03:19 +0000 UTCMaybe the modular lens part can be swapped for a blue lens part and then it can be a Viral Killer UV head torch ! They could charge much more for that !!
Robert
2020-06-20 09:39:41 +0000 UTCWith the right type of incandescent bulb they could save half a penny each by omitting the resistor.
Lostngone
2020-06-20 09:04:15 +0000 UTCI was thinking it was only going to be one or two LEDs defused to look like 5
Lostngone
2020-06-20 09:01:33 +0000 UTCWhy did they even bother? It is just a total waste of everything.
Mike Hughes
2020-06-20 08:54:37 +0000 UTCOMFG! What pure crap. I bet the plastic is even of poor quality. From what I can see, it looks like those LEDs are old style, probably from some old stock they had lying around.
Rocco Rizzo
2020-06-20 06:40:30 +0000 UTCNext up... Same format, but with a non-replaceable battery running an incandescent bulb behind a fake row of LEDs...
Scott Miller
2020-06-20 03:45:52 +0000 UTCWhere can I buy one? Do you have links?
Gadgetman
2020-06-20 02:49:43 +0000 UTCYes, but that would cost you more than £1 in time and plasters. This is an exercise in pure economics FWIW.
Mike Page
2020-06-20 02:33:12 +0000 UTCYeah, but you can get a decent one for that too.
Big Clive
2020-06-20 02:33:11 +0000 UTC2 teardown in one night, I feel spoiled !
2020-06-20 02:21:39 +0000 UTCWow! I’d rather hot glue an 18650 & LED to my forehead than rely on that POS in a pinch
Jim
2020-06-20 02:18:22 +0000 UTCThat is remarkable. Wow even the flash on the plastic switch actuator. Spared almost every expense
Michael Thompson
2020-06-20 02:17:18 +0000 UTCHeadtorches: the Dandong edition. TBF I've seen soldering that crap from Shenzhen. At the minimum wage, manual soldering was economical. Recently there is a shift towards more automation. It's quite amazing, an Industrial Revolution at 10x speed!
Mike Page
2020-06-20 02:11:27 +0000 UTCWire in front of LED ... Hope the don't manufacture medical eequipment - AQA 0.005%.... Made in?
2020-06-20 01:39:06 +0000 UTCYay! Nothing like a 2AM Clive vid. to keep me entertained while debugging this XHP70.2!
Chewie
2020-06-20 01:32:46 +0000 UTCNo doubt leads back to some modern slavery somewhere along the manufacturing process
2020-06-20 01:03:57 +0000 UTCWhat was the cost. 1£?
Charles Bruckner
2020-06-20 00:57:27 +0000 UTC
