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A friend of mine found this at a garage sell last week. She said that it reminded her of me and thought I should have a "profeshional" light!
When I first saw this thing, I thought it was going to be a piece of junk! Surprise, surprise! It is actually a very well made flashlight. Here are the main features:
1 The purple knob on the side selects a red filter, a green filter or no filter. The filters are the reason for the two slots in the reflector.
2. The two purple thingies on the handle are the switches...yes plural. To turn on the light, you have to push the top switch foward untill it clicks into place and then you MUST squeeze the bottom switch to get the light to come on. When you release the bottom switch, a timer kicks in and starts to reduce the light level, untill, at 30 seconds, the light turns off!
3. To get to the batteries, a screw in the battery tray release (the purple thingie) needs to be un-screwed in order for the release to be pushed UP out of the way.
4. The bulb is held in place in a rubber tube in the end of the battery tray. I suppose that this affords the bulb some shock protection.
5. And here is probably the worst beam pattern I've ever seen! Cutting two slots in the reflector for the filters probably doesn't help.
...and don't EVEN try to twist that huge green bezel to try an focus the light! It ain't gonna happen...glued into place that bezel is!
I found the Playskool Color Glow Flashlight for sale at several places on the internet for $10.00-$15.00. Not all that cheap....but then again it looks to be kid proof!
When I first saw this thing, I thought it was going to be a piece of junk! Surprise, surprise! It is actually a very well made flashlight. Here are the main features:
1 The purple knob on the side selects a red filter, a green filter or no filter. The filters are the reason for the two slots in the reflector.
2. The two purple thingies on the handle are the switches...yes plural. To turn on the light, you have to push the top switch foward untill it clicks into place and then you MUST squeeze the bottom switch to get the light to come on. When you release the bottom switch, a timer kicks in and starts to reduce the light level, untill, at 30 seconds, the light turns off!
3. To get to the batteries, a screw in the battery tray release (the purple thingie) needs to be un-screwed in order for the release to be pushed UP out of the way.
4. The bulb is held in place in a rubber tube in the end of the battery tray. I suppose that this affords the bulb some shock protection.
5. And here is probably the worst beam pattern I've ever seen! Cutting two slots in the reflector for the filters probably doesn't help.
...and don't EVEN try to twist that huge green bezel to try an focus the light! It ain't gonna happen...glued into place that bezel is!
I found the Playskool Color Glow Flashlight for sale at several places on the internet for $10.00-$15.00. Not all that cheap....but then again it looks to be kid proof!