"Timothy Murphy" wrote in message
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dennis@home wrote:

I have no worries about buying another, the chances of another being
faulty is very small.

As a matter of interest, the best torch I ever bought is a Lidl LED one
(could conceivably be Aldi).

I don't think it is the one on sale now;
mine is fatter I think (shaft 4cm in diameter, top 6.5cm).
Lidl's current LED torch is coming here this week,
but from their web-page it looks quite a lot slimmer.


The one I bought is a 3AA one, all in a line so its about the same as a 3AA
maglite but no focussing and an on-off button in the base and its got the
same cree led in it..

I have another short one with 5 LEDs and takes 3 AAA side by side.
Nice torch, no beam to speak of.
Just found it broken a couple of weeks ago, it wont open for me to swap the
batteries.
I assume one of the lugs on the bayonet has busted and jammed it.
I can't turn it at all by hand, but I will have to open it by force to get
my nicads out.