i lost my flashlight about a month ago, and it makes navigating the lightless cavern that is the floor below my desk nigh impossible

Curious how that ec01 will be

also there was that usb-c precision power supply with a wireless display from Mini

thats not a flashlight or anything but its usb-c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D9nJIzNVTY

i can't recommend these enough https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33018194514.html?spm=a2g0o.detail.1000014.29.52c034341G2VNU

actually the middle one is the only one i have but it's literally the one thing i love the most in my kitchen shit

i cant cook without it

oof ouch, why are you assaulting my wallet windatica

the eco1 is $40, dont you know im a cheap bastard?

it was $26 on release

i used "Astrolux24" as a coupon but thats probably expired

what store did you use

im not hip on this flashlight shit

banggood

yep, still $40

im not entirely sold on the ui though

because sometimes ill triple click to go straight into boost from off but youre not meant to do that

hmm

whats the best bang for the buck flashlight

the $6 xml-t6 flash light

i mostly use it for looking for model kit parts that fly off the sprue and land under my desk

actually

i take that back

the nitecore tube is definitely the winner for best bang for buck

$4 at its cheapest

lmao there's a brand called Lepin that's an all out clone of legos

lepin is a good brand, i have some of their stuff

high quality bricks

seems expensive still

lego is expensive

its cheaper than actual lego, i can tell you that right now

https://www.banggood.com/Nitecore-T-Series-Tube-45LM-USB-Rechargeable-LED-Light-Keychain-p-952684.html

$7

like the lego bugatti is $300 but the lepin one is $60 iirc

nice

bruh

imagine the pranks you could pull with these

***"pranks"***

oh its $6 if i get a transparent cased one

what is the next step up from the tube, windy

try ali

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32816276576.html

$4?!

just get a convoy

ya this pretty much

the t6 has a nasty blue light and the tail button will eventually break

this one?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1614328969.html

ya

its probably cheaper on gearbest or banggood

cheapest is like $8

bang good tricked me, it said $9.99, but when i clicked on it, $15.88

https://www.banggood.com/Gray-Convoy-S2-SST20-LED-Flashlight-18650-Flashlight-Camping-Light-Hunting-Emergency-Lantern-p-1420655.html

ok this one is $10

oh are there good shavers and trimming tools?

can be battery or plugged

@Windatica what this shit mean

i think its related to how much output current the ic's on the circuitry can do

what do i pick, i want to get one

$10 is the sweetspot

https://old.reddit.com/r/flashlight/comments/9x5yfn/drivers_boost_buck_linear_fet_direct/

```They are very simple to design in, but cannot handle very much current per device (so larger drivers have many e.g. Convoy S2+ driver has 8x7135 paralleled together).```

basically it depends on how bright you want your flashlight

i want it to singe my ballhairs

i think you should just get *8 anyway

sweet

thanks, im gonna order one

oh man it doesnt have a battery in it

hmm, yeah now im remembering why i wanted one i could charge though usb, because i didn't want to have to get a charger and batteries

try convoy s9

micro-usb charging port

i think ill just steal the battery out of my gongitan, and use that to charge it too, since it has a usb port

is that what its called?

This thing

#lifehax

18650

Wow 2200 mAhlet

whats a good mah

that one came with the fan

That's a mAhlet

Look at this bad boy

But yeah for a chink battery that came with it, should be fine

I bet the fan doesn't use much power anyway

it should be enough for the convoy right?

i was gonna use that battery

It'll work but not for that long

unless you have a good listing for a battery

Just be careful they don't explode

I got supposedly 3000mAh liitokala Samsung copiee

They're closer to 2750mAh I think

the only place i'll explode is in your bum @basker

I would suggest getting something a little beefier cause you'll just end up charging it a lot

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Plus better to just have at least 2 cells to switch

any recs?

>live in jewnada

>cant order 18650s from aliexpress

REEEEEEE

Here's a cheap liitokala

oooh *lavender*

They work well enough

since im getting extra batteries

might as well go all in and get a charger

Yeah they're cheap enough

are the $5 single chargers fine?

damn the $5 is sold out

Get this one or two slot

one slot is oos

They should be just fine

The one I linked is with socket plug, just go for it

im a burger, so the socket wont work

buy the ec01 and use its fast charging to charge your battery

actually the ec01 is designed to use the fatter 2330405 whatever batteries so dont do that

the 2 battery without the socket is the same price so ill jsut get that

Whatever you like

I just plug onto socket

@neetdev There's a ton of companies making that style of cable, and I've tried probably 8 popular brands. They mostly work well, albeit relatively short lived, I replace one every few months, but that's out of the 4-6 scattered around the house for different devices. But they can be weird. My Xiaome Mi A2 randomly stopped charging with any of those cables or connectors one day, despite them all working fine on other stuff. Phone works fine with a normal cable. And my roommate had one get real toasty and melt the plastic on the end, his vape survived though.
@Windatica @Billy Yum Yum Two-By-Two There was a ~$6-8ish brushed stainless 1xAAA light with high-CRI Nichia emitter a while back... Can't recall the name, but I can find mine later tonight. That'd be my bang-for-the-buck EDC type flashlight, especially for finding dropped stuff, because of the CRI. SST20 Convoy is my next pick.

oh, if you find it please lemme know

uh i know what you're talking about

blf348?

Yeah, that

Not what I EDC because I needed brighter, but I have one and like it.

oh man

you saying AAA reminded me that i have this thing

I had forgotten all about it

Sofirns good cheap stuff

Nothing amazing, but nothing wrong.

this is the flashlight i lost btw

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32859069417.html

i used it without the strap

If you get a charger you can charge ladda aaas too

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i think ill still grab the convoy

@Billy Yum Yum Two-By-Two

@Billy Yum Yum Two-By-Two You're better off. If they say COB(chip-on-board) instead of bothering to list a model, it's because the model is bad.

@Millwood You do the color yourself?

Not my pic

it was only $4 so not a big loss, it was bright enough for under the desk tho

Looks like the red version got bleached in sun

i think the convoy and battery is still the best way to go since now ill have a charger and extra batteries incase i feel the need fro more flashlight autism in the future

http://budgetlightforum.com/node/45025 Black anodized you can do neat color changes with

Get laddas for that sofirn too

^

from ikea?

those the recharable ones?

Cool shit @timsandtoms

Yea

oh apparently im vip2 on BG

probably from when i bought my 3d printer

Just print a flashlight

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Then print batteries

it would probably melt

@Millwood is it better to get the charger with the screen?

there is a one batt with a screen for the same price as the 2 without

If you're just going up charge it doesn't really matter o guess

With screen it might have testing function

ill stick with the 2 then

convoy ordered

aaaaand

battery and charger ordered

thanks for the help everyone!

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Which color did you get?

there as only black in the BG listing

cringe

shoulda just bought the nitecore tip

battery, charger, and light all in 1

i got a tip for you right here, pal <:crotch_grab:589212926066556929>

Sad, virgin black convoy s2+

i didnt see other colors

Imagine not getting cyan

Or orange

oh man there is an orange one, i really fucked up

oh well

too late now

maybe ill give it a paintjob when i get it

Probably you paid less

i have a jar of green acrylic laying around

ill give it some racing stripes or somthing

i aslo have a jar of transparent red acrylic that i use for painting blood effects, but i doubt you would even be able to see it on the black body

Dip it in luminous paint

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@Billy Yum Yum Two-By-Two If you bought it from Simon just message him and ask if you can pay the difference

He's like the nicest guy in all of flashlights to buy from

He got from banggood

Do you feel like more and more sellers are starting to charge for shipping on Aliexpress?

They always charged for shipping

havent noticed tho i have yet to make (long overdue) order

It just was in the price and they put free shipping for dumb laowai

Banggood kind of sounds like a porn site tbh

They ship your products out on the bangbus

great now there is going to be cum all over the package

free cum

is there any taobao agent that doesn't rape you on shipping costs?

no

you dumb gwaileo

Anyone has experience about messaging sellers to change "seller does not deliver to this country" what i have now seen on few shops

(RD Official store does not ship to finland for some odd reason)

are replacement ink cartridges any good on aliexpress?

wouldn't it be easier to bring them to a office supply shop that offers refills instead of waiting for Ali shipping?

well its not about waiting

if i can buy it for half the price on aliexpress

valid

Honestly I don't think anybody here has any clue so you could bite the bullet and let us know

is there a phone with stereo speakers in the 250-300eu range?

prob an open box or refurbished pixel 2 xl

not a lot of companies do stereo front facing speakers anymore

you could probably look deeper on gearbest and find something but i’m sure it’ll be a lesser name model

@Sam Hyde buy a bluetooth speaker

No

@adamcdx i have an alcatel idol 4

Just for the speakers

i edited my message, i meant to say not a lot of companies don’t do front facing stereo anymore

because it’s a race to minimize screen bezel now

between all the companies

Google seems to still stand firm on front facing audio though, so the pixel phones is probably the go to for that

HTC used front speakers a lot if you find an old model of theirs refurbed

https://m.aliexpress.com/item/33052834365.html

perfect Christmas toy to bring to school, harmless fun

review pic gold

just got a pack of JDLRoyal poker cards

bicycle cards except the king is on a motorcycle

those are og

plastic?

laminated paper

honestly they're pretty good

that's one for the collection

I was tempted to pick up some of those Iraq war playing cards

the ones with the faces of the Elite on them

my local milsurp had them, but they're expensive