XHP70 Outdoor Rechargeable LED Torch, retail $6.00 (https://www.wish.com...)
Manufactured by (Unknown)
Last updated 03-13-21
Eyeballs swollen and distended.
Clusters of bright, round afterimages.
Temporary blindness.
And a case of "toilet tongue" so severe, the casting director for National Lampoon's new movie "@*$%! You and @*$%! The @*$%ing @*$%! Too!" called and wants you to play the lead role.
These are the symptoms you can expect if you do with this flashlight what the typical flashlight user does to any ordinary flashlight when they take it home from the store or open the package that they received in the mail. That is, aiming it at your face and pushing the button. Well, OK, maybe not the swollen eyes part, and probably not the telephone call. :)
The XHP70 Outdoor Rechargeable LED Torch (hereinafter, probably just called a flashlight) is an amazingly bright, focusable LED flashlight that features five (5) modes, and can use either a 18650 Li:ION rechargeable cell or three AAA cells -- the Li:ION cell is included as is the battery carriage for three AAA cells -- however the current capacity (in mAh) of the 1860 cell is not stated.
Its beam is adjustable from a medium spot to a medium flood thanks to a thick convex (magnifying) lens in front of its rather beefy phosphor white LED with four dice (light-emitting regions); the focus can be easily adjusted by pushing the bezel (head) away from the flight and pulling it back in; you can easily "dial in" the beam diameter you want by how far you slide the bezel out or pull it back in.
The flaslight has a sturdy, substantial feel in the hand, and is blindingly bright!
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Remove the furnished 18650 Li:ION cell from the flashlight, carefully cut away the clear plastic film from the cell and dispose of it properly, and slip the cell back into the flashlight. Then you can go set fire to the side of a barn.
Press and release the button on the barrel to access the following modes:
1: High, steady-on
2: Medium, steady-on
3: Low, steady-on
4: Flashing; ~8Hz (~8 flashes per second)
5: Flashing; SOS (distress) signal - three short flashes, brief pause, three long flashes, brief pause, three short flashes, brief pause. Sequence then repeats.
6: Off.
Like it reads on the back of many shampiddle bottles, "lather, rinse, repeat".
In other words, pressing & releasing the button a sixth time turns the flashlight on in HIGH mode.
To change the battery(ies) in this flashlight, start off by unscrewing and removing the tailcap; set it in a safe place.
If you're using the 3x AAA cell battery setup, tip the battery carriage out of the barrel and into your hand. Remove and dispose of or recycle the dead AAA cells. Install three new AAA cells into the chambers for them in the carriage; orienting each cell so that its flat (-) negative end faces the spring for it in each chamber.
Slide the now-full battery carriage back into the flashlight barrel, orienting it so that the gold-colored post at one end of the carriage goes in first, then screw the tailcap firmly back on.
If you're using the 18650 Li:ION rechargeable cell (and it isn't yet inside the flashlight), slide the transparent plastic "sleeve" over the cell first, and then insert both cell & sleeve into the flashlight, orienting the cell so that its button-end (+) positive goes in first. Then screw the tailcap firmly back on.
On the flashlight's barrel, on the opposite side as the switch, there is a rubber bung. Carefully lift it away (it is captive but held on only by a fairly thin flexible rubber rod, so don't reef on it too hard or else it may become broken).
Plug the small end of the furnished MicroUSB charge cable into the female receptacle that you see, and plug the larger end into any USB port on your pee-cee or Mac computer or into any "wall-wart"-style USB charger commonly furnished with cellular telephone handsets.
A series of blue LEDs on the flashlight's barrel should now come on; one of them should be blinking.
When all four of the LEDs are illuminated steadily (e.g. none of them blink), the charge cycle is complete and you may safely unplug the charge cable from the flashlight and from the computer or AC power supply.
Place that rubber bung directly over the opening in the flashlight's barrel and gently push it back into place.
Current usage measures:
(3x AAA cells): 790mA (high), 430mA (medium) and 260mA (low).
(1x 18650 Li:ION cell): 1,160mA (high), 480mA (medium) and 230mA (low) on my DMM's 10A scale.
This flashlight appears to be reasonably durable at worst...let's try The Smack Test and see how many parts go flying off...so I beat the living tweedle out of it against a brick retaining wall -- five whacks against the side of the tailcap and ten whacks against the side of the bezel onto a brick retaining wall and...O NOOOO!!!
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED!!!
As it turns out, the two pieces simply screwed back together and everything's as right as rain.
There is some VERY MINOR gouging to the bare Metalpalmon - er - the bare Metalvenommyotismon - um that's not it either...the bare Metalwargrowlmon...mmm...the bare Metalbeetlemon...uh...wait a sec here...THE BARE METAL (guess I've been watching too much Digimon again! Now I'm just making {vulgar term for crapola} up! ) on the side of the tailcap and bezel where it was struck. Once I screwed the two halves of the flashlight back together, no optical or electrical malfunctions were detected.
The primary purpose of this test is not necessarily to see if the exterior of the flashlight would be damaged; it's more about the internal components which would be subject to a high shock load ("G force") every time it strikes the brick wall.
Water-resistance is a different story.
When I removed the tailcap and then suctioned the barrel, there was a fairly significant air leak. I mean, you can actually breathe through it.
So, "splatter-resistant", probably.
But "weather-resistant" or "submersible", no.
Not just "no" but "HELL NO!!!"
Beam terminus photograph (wide) on the test target at 12".
Measures 311,000mcd (high), 178,000mcd (medium) and 102,000mcd (low) on an Amprobe LM631A light meter.
Beam terminus photograph (wide)on a wall at ~8 feet.
Beam terminus photograph (narrow) on the test target at 12".
Measures 6,480,000mcd (high), 2,820,000mcd (medium) and 1,490,000mcd (low) on an Amprobe LM631A light meter.
The values are this high primarily because of the narrow beam.
Beam terminus photograph (narrow)on a wall at ~8 feet.
Spectrographic analysis of the LED in this flashlight.
Spectrographic analysis of the LED in this flashlight; spectrometer's response narrowed to a band between 435nm and 455nm to pinpoint native emission peak wavelength, which is 447.650nm.
Spectrographic analysis of the LED in this flashlight; spectrometer's response narrowed to a band between 550nm and 570nm to pinpoint phosphor emission peak wavelength, which is 558.030nm.
The raw spectrometer data (tab-delimited that can be loaded into Excel) is at xhp70.txt
Spectrographic analysis of the battery status LEDs in this flashlight.
Spectrographic analysis of the battery status LEDs in this flashlight; spectrometer's response narrowed to a band between 450nm and 480nm to pinpoint emission peak wavelength, which is 463.150nm.
The raw spectrometer data (tab-delimited that can be loaded into Excel) is at xhp70.txt
A beam cross-sectional analysis would normally appear here, but the ProMetric System
that I use for that test was destroyed by lightning in mid-July 2013.
Video on YourTube allowing you to see the operational modes of the XHP70 Outdoor Rechargeable LED Torch.
The modes are...
1: High, steady-on
2: Medium, steady-on
3: Low, steady-on
4: Flashing; ~8Hz (~8 flashes per second)
5: Flashing; SOS (distress) signal - three short flashes, brief pause, three long flashes, brief pause, three short flashes, brief pause. Lather, rinse, repeat.
That sound that you might hear in the background is the Star Trek: TNG episode, "First Contact" playing on the boob tube.
This product is not audio (sound)-sensitive in any manner; the sound may safely be ignored or even muted if it causes you to become piddled off.
I added, "***EPILEPSY WARNING!!!***" to the title because of flashing lights.
Brief video allowing you to see the XHP70 Outdoor Rechargeable LED Torch's focus being adjusted.
TEST NOTES:
Test unit was purchased at Wish.com on 02-04-21 and was received at 10:33am PST on 02-25-21.
When I first got the flashlight, I thought that it was partially defective because it did not function at all with the furnished 18650 Li:ION cell. Some number of hours later though, I realised that some dimbulb fv¢kw€€d (meekly points to self) forgot to remove the transparent plastic shrink wrap from the 18650 cell.
UPDATE: 03-04-21
I have given this flashlight the name, "My Poo-Poo Light" because I primarily use it to check for dog s#!7 at the side of the house -- we have a new mother dog (yes, a bitch!) that we keep in the house but she gets let outside a number of times daily to do her thing. The flashlight is used to see if she pissed or dropped a stool during the time that she was outside.
PROS:
Brighter than fv¢k!!!
Easily-adjustable beam profile
Option for using AAA cells or rechargeable cell (the rechargeable is furnished)
NEUTRAL:
Can "break" if abused; screws back together however
CONS:
Not submersible or even all that water-resistant (that's what nocked the most stars off its rating)
MANUFACTURER: Unknown
PRODUCT TYPE: Focusable high-intensity multi-mode rechargeable LED flashlight
LAMP TYPE: High-powered 4-die phosphor white LED; blue battery status LED
No. OF LAMPS: 5 (1x white, 4x blue)
BEAM TYPE: Adjustable from medium spot to medium flood
REFLECTOR TYPE: N/A
SWITCH TYPE: Pushbutton on/mode change/off on barrel
CASE MATERIAL: Aluminum
BEZEL: Crenelated; LED protected by thick plastic convex lens (and yes, it is a "lens" and not a "window")
BATTERY: 3x AAA cells or 1x 18650 Li:ION rechargeable cell
CURRENT CONSUMPTION: 1,160mA (high), 480mA (medium) and 230mA (low)
WATER- AND SIBERIAN TIGER URANATION-RESISTANT: Light splatter-resistance at maximum
SUBMERSIBLE: ¡¡¡UN ZOMBI DEJANDO UNA CACA EN UN TAZÓN DE HIGIÉNICO, NOOOOO!!!
ACCESSORIES: 1x 18650 Li: ION rechargeable cell, size adapter sleeve for 18650 cell, USB charger cord, AAA battery carriage
SIZE: 159.90mm L x 40.0mm Dia.
WEIGHT: 193g (6.81 oz.) (incl. 18650 cell); 189g (6.67 oz.) (incl. 3x AAA cells)
COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE: China
WARRANTY: Unknown/not stated
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) on the side of the tailcap and bezel where it was struck. Once I screwed the two halves of the flashlight back together, no optical or electrical malfunctions were detected.
