Flashlights - batteries dead and gone?

[lopburi3]

Admit I am getting a bit long in the tooth but a recent search for flashlights/emergency lamps found almost all are now rechargeable types from China.  As I am replacing such a unit that will no longer charge by mains or solar not keen on buying more such units that may or may not work when required (experience with mosquito zappers has not been that positive either).  Have several older single AA battery hand units that work well so will go that route - but had to buy from Aliexpress as could not find much on domestic platforms.  

 

Everyone has to have a smartphone for telephone service these days - now rechargeable units that fail in days or months?  Is this a planned method to lower battery waste issues?  Now we have larger useless electronics waste.

 

[tjo o tjim]

Always good to keep some AA ones around. Personally I like the rechargeable flashlights with USB charging, as it is easy to keep USB battery banks around and use where needed. 

[Daffy D]

Have had several rechargeable flashlights, all have failed after time.

 

Now with flashlights having LED I find regular batteries last much much longer.

 

One slight problem with LED's is they don't fade like with regular batteries but just cut out when the battery is low, so good to have some spares handy. 

[Tayaout]

Why not get the one you can crank when needed: https://s.lazada.co.th/s.ZmIXp

 

I confirm for the mosquito zapper. They are <deleted>. 

[lopburi3]

1 minute ago, Tayaout said:

Why not get the one you can crank when needed: https://s.lazada.co.th/s.ZmIXp

But that requires you generate the electric to run it and a storage system of some type - all likely to fail (although admit am using such a doorbell system and so far so good). 

 

As said above with the extremely low draw of LED lamps battery operation makes more sense than ever and batteries have long shelf life now.  Seems we are going backwards.

[Tayaout]

22 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

But that requires you generate the electric to run it and a storage system of some type - all likely to fail (although admit am using such a doorbell system and so far so good). 

 

As said above with the extremely low draw of LED lamps battery operation makes more sense than ever and batteries have long shelf life now.  Seems we are going backwards.

Personally, I use Petzl headlamp and have rechargeable battery and a stash of Energizer battery. Never fail and the lamp is probably about 6-7 years old. 

 

Here is a entry model: https://s.lazada.co.th/s.ZmDej

 

Here is same quality standard and include the rechargeable battery (it has internal POWER BANK rechargeable via USB + support adding 3XAAA if needed) https://s.lazada.co.th/s.ZmpYA

 

Those 2 lamps should last you for life or 10+ years if you do a lot of outdoor activities like me.