rikbitter wrote:C'mon Woot! Let me blow my money. I keep getting "This sale has not launched" messages.

Me too.

P.S. Love the description. Heehee.

A modern high end led flashlight can produce more than 60 lumens for 5 hours on 2xAA batteries, instead of 6.

The keychain one also seems rather bulky for keychain use.

I googled these a bit and read that the tripod legs break easily when dropped.

here are some amazon reviews

Bought 2 for $20 when they were on woot last time weeks ago. Not too shabby, works well, and is quite bright. 4 flashlights for 10 bucks. Thumbs up.

alboy1125 wrote:oh geez- i'm glad with the stance woot is taking on twilight, but i feel like there's gonna be a sharp increase in traffic when the female 12-25 demographic wakes up
well- any publicity is good publicity- even if its coming from vindictive hormonal teenage girls

Nah, they'll be too busy broodily brooding over a significant other who left them to bother with wanting visit a site selling something which might light up their life.

...even though it's not letting folks actually BUY IT. Rar.

i'm getting the "This sale has not launched yet." message, too. i tried closing the window, coming back to woot, changing the payment method from paypal to a credit card, and trying firefox instead of chrome.

are you keeping me from buying this FLASHlight because of my NAME??

==> flash gordon md

I wanna buy it!!! Wasup woot?

sale has not launched yet? watching the films, last time we bought 2, and I said,,, i wish I had gotten more, these are great..... well

I wish to purchase this modern mechanical marvel but am stymied in my efforts. I do hope it's nothing too terribly personal.

...sale has not launched yet...?

Getting the same "the sale has not launched yet" messages.

Come on, seriously?

cpltrainer wrote:I wish to purchase this modern mechanical marvel but am stymied in my efforts. I do hope it's nothing too terribly personal.

There's always eBay for $10 more.

Kyoseki wrote:Getting the same "the sale has not launched yet" messages.

Come on, seriously?

ugh i know i've tried like 3 times now with nothin'! Cmon woot gods, don't tease us! :P

This is a great deal compared to Amazon.

They have them for $25.00 and it doesn't include the key chain.

If this flashlight allows me to brood darkly, count me in for one!

How come it says "this sale has not launched yet"? I wanna place my order so I can go to bed. By the way, I got these the last time Woot had them. They are awesome!!! I use it to look under the frige and stove for all the toys my cat throws under them.

Used the flashlight recently when I had to chain up my car at 1:30 in the morning. Didn't make it an easy task, but it was one less thing to worry about. Great product!

pauldownsouth wrote:This and Sellout are both hosed. Same message. Please fix.

Finally was successful at purchase just now. Try again.

yeawuteva wrote:what is the luminous intensity of these lights of the wavelength λ as given by Iv=6831y where Iv is the luminous intensity in candelas, I is the radiant intensity in W/sr, λ is the standard luminosity function?

Seriously? It's a flashlight, not a science project.

Not having any luck at all. I keep getting that "sale has not launched" message. I hope I didn't place multiple orders?

rikbitter wrote:C'mon Woot! Let me blow my money. I keep getting "This sale has not launched" messages.

First to complain. First sucker. My work here is done.

I bought these on the 2 for tuesday a few weeks back. They work great and my wife even liked them.

portezbie wrote:

I googled these a bit and read that the tripod legs break easily when dropped.

Don't drop 'em.

rrosales wrote:6 AA batteries needed makes the cost of ownership about $5 more.

You are buying your batteries at a kiosk in Zermat; Costco batteries are cheaper than dirt.

No more calls we have a winner....Finally

ChadAllenMurphy wrote:dealbreaker. ebaying some dynamo flashlights as we speak.

Try changing a tire under the light of a dynamo flashlight. You'll be verrry frustrated.

Picked these up when they were last offered on a 2-for-Tuesday. Put one in my truck..and keeping one in the house. I love them. Very bright in comparison to the Mag-Lites I have (which were replaced by these). When the 3 flashlights are combined they are extremely bright...and also just slightly larger than a typical Mag-lite of the same size (2 D-Cell Mag-Lite), but not nearly as skull-crackingly heavy. In other words, if you use a mag-lite for more than just light, I'd recommend sticking with them. These are plastic and don't feel like they would stand up to being used as a club like you can with a Mag-Lite. The light the flashlights emit is bright white at the center, and fades to a slight yellow.

rrosales wrote:6 AA batteries needed makes the cost of ownership about $5 more.

There is a certain bullseye store that is selling a 40 pack of AA Eveready batteries for 14.99. That makes it less than 2.50

How many of these things do they have---jeez twice in the last month--c'mon already

theoneill555 wrote:There is a certain bullseye store that is selling a 40 pack of Eveready batteries for 14.99. That makes it less than 2.50

They're even cheaper at Sams. The OP must have been buying batteries at Starbucks.

stormynite88 wrote:DAMN! i bought this the last woot-off and got it for $18. it works supurb and is actually very bright :]

If i didn't have one already, i would get it for this price...so sad...why woot..why do u have to do this and lower the price?! *tears*

On December 29 we got those - two for $19.99, at least that is what I paid. I don't think that was a Woot-Off.

Usually Woot does not sell things at such dramatic price differences, and especially not two weeks apart.

These were $20 for one during a Woot-Off?

skywarrior3 wrote:"“But that’s because you’re my brand of heroin,” Edward broodingly brooded in such a dark and brooding manner that it was so totally hot."

Heroin or heroine?

Ah how punny! You got the pun! :P

A buddy was showing these off just last night AT A DINNER PARTY. Nice light, bright as hell.

I'm in for three- one for me car, one for the wife's, one for the earthquake kit.

ChadAllenMurphy wrote:dealbreaker. ebaying some dynamo flashlights as we speak.

Each light by itself is quite bright. So these are actually like getting three extremely bright flashlights.

An additional feature is that you can put them into the tripod holder and have an extremely powerful light with three bulbs/beams.

I have wind up (dynamo) lights. While those are nice for emergencies when all else fails or you have exhausted your AA batteries, I have found they are not as bright as a single one of these lights and if one winds for 15 minutes you might get a half hour to an hour use, if you are lucky. On all mine I get about 10 minutes use after winding and winding and winding.

So these are as good an AA operated light as you are going to find. It's a great concept, one super powerful light or if the need be three people can be given a light.

And that the light heads swivel is a cool feature too. You can wedge it somewhere in the engine, for example, and swivel the head to light up a specific area. Can't do that with other lights, that is, ones without a swivel feature.

Bonus Tip: If you are not using rechargeable AA batteries, well then that's just plain foolish. I recommend eneloop batteries:

See my test of the eneloop here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2b9VpBaU5E

I bought one of these and love it! Use it all the time....I really didn't think I would use the tripod very much but it actually comes in very handy.....

Got em as a 2fer. They rock!!!

Tripod setup great for that poker tournament while camping.