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COLOR SHINE LED FLASHLIGHT
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Color Shine LED Flashlight, retail $24.99 (www.thinkgeek.com...)
Manufactured by (Unknown/not stated)
Last updated 10-29-10

This is one of the more interesting flashlights to have crossed my desk in recent memory...the Color Shine Flashlight has three 3-watt LEDs (one each red, green, and blue) behind a translucent white ("milky white") diffuser, and focused into a moon-shaped beam by a positive (magnifying) lens. It does not just produce some weird rendition of white with those LEDs; it produces ***TEN*** colors, and has two blink, one color cycle, and one color wash mode as well!!!
That's 14 operating modes, not counting "off".

SIZE

To use the Color Shine Flashlight, feed it first (see directly below), and then you can have fun at the Rocky Horror Picture Show when the song "A Light Over Frankenstein's Castle" is played.

Firmly press & release the button on the tailcap to turn it on. It will come on in "white" mode - that is, all three LEDs (red, green, and blue) come on, giving a somewhat oddly tinted white.

Press & release the small button on the barrel to switch to the following:
Red
Green
Blue
Orange
Light green
Purple
Yellow
Light blue
Pink
Color cycle mode
Color wash mode

In any mode (while the light is on), press & hold down the button for two seconds to activate fast flash mode, where the light blinks with a cycle time of approximately 3Hz (3 flashes per second).

While the light is in fast blink mode, pressing & holding down the button for two seconds changes from fast blink to slow blink mode, where the light blinks with a cycle time of approximately 0.7Hz (a bit more slowly than 1 flash per second).

While the light is in either "blink" mode, you can change the color of the blinks as described earlier for the steady-on mode.

While the light is in any mode, pressing & holding down the button for four seconds engages "sleep mode" where the light turns itself off.

To change the batteries in your Color Shine Flashlight, unscrew and remove the tailcap, go to a baseball field, have somebody pitch it to you, and hit it out of the park...O WAIT!!! YOU'LL NEED THAT!!! So just set it aside instead.

Tip the black plastic battery carriage out of the barrel and into your hand. If necessary, remove and dispose of or recycle the used cells if they are present in this carriage.

Insert three new AAA cells into the carriage, one in each compartment. Orient each cell so the flat-end (-) negative faces a spring for it in its compartment.

Once the carriage is full, insert it into the flashlight's barrel, aiming it so the end with the flat metal contact on it goes in first - the "button-end" should be facing outward; this is opposite of how you might think it should go in, so please pay attention here. Screw the tailcap back on, and be done with it.
Aren't you glad you didn't hit a homer with that tailcap now?

Current usage measures:

169.9mA (white)
153.0mA (red)
114.6mA (green)
131.6mA (blue)
139.2mA (red + green)
90.5mA (blue + green)
122.4mA (blue + red)
97.1mA (red + green {again})
133.2mA (blue + green {again})
131.5mA (blue + red {again})

All measurements were made using my DMM's 400mA scale.

This flashlight appears at least fairly durable, and it is!!! When I performed that terrible smack test on it (ten whacks against the concrete sidewalk (my sister was sleeping on the couch; doing this test on the patio would have awakened her due to the horrible sounds of my beating the urine out of a poor defenseless flashlight): 5 smacks against the side of the bezel and 5 smacks against the side of the tailcap), only some rather minor damage was found. There is some minor gouging to the bare Metaldarktyrannomon - er - the bare Metalshinegreymon - um that's not it either...the bare Metalmalomyotismon...er...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 poop} up!!!

) on the sides of the tailcap & bezel where it was struck.
No optical or electrical malfunctions were detected.

This flashlight has what I believe is a clear Type II anodizing to protect it.

The lens (yes, it really *IS* a "lens" this time) appears to be made out of glass, not plastic.
I determined this via the admittedly crude method of attempting to cut through it with the blade of a folding knife.
Needless to say, the attempt failed.
Would I ***REALLY*** try to gouge out the lens of a brand spanken new flashlight that I paid perfectly good money for?
You bet your sweet patootie (sugar-coated toliet muscle) I would, if it's in the name of science.

The barrel has a wide band of knurling (crosshatch-shaped texturising) on it, the tailcap has a narrow band of knurling on it, and the bezel (head) has a narrow band of longitudinal ribbing on it. This means that retention (the ability to hold the flashlight when your hands are cold, oily, or soaked with diet Pepsi Lime, orange juice, bird {vulgar term for feces}, coffee, pee, gasoline, or water) should not be a significant issue here.

The flashlight is not submersible, but it should be splatter-resistant and even weather-resistant. It failed "The Suction Test" I administered; though not miserably. So you ought to be alright using in light to at most moderate rain, but try not to dredge it.

The "white" generated by this flashlight isn't all that great, but if you really wanted a WHITE flashlight, you would buy a white flashlight. The ability to select ten colors (including "white") and four modes other than "steady on"is what really sets this wonderful little flashlight apart from all others.

Beam photograph (white) on the test target at 12".
Measures 37,500mcd on a Meterman LM631 light meter.

Beam photograph (red) on the test target at 12".
Measures 33,800mcd on a Meterman LM631 light meter.

Beam photograph (green) on the test target at 12".
Measures 51,600mcd on a Meterman LM631 light meter.

Beam photograph (blue) on the test target at 12".
Measures 8,700mcd on a Meterman LM631 light meter.

Beam photograph (red + green) on the test target at 12".
Measures 34,300mcd on a Meterman LM631 light meter.

Beam photograph (blue + green) on the test target at 12".
Measures 35,300mcd on a Meterman LM631 light meter.

Beam photograph (blue + red) on the test target at 12".
Measures 11,300mcd on a Meterman LM631 light meter.

Beam photograph (red+ green {again}) on the test target at 12".
Measures 36,200mcd on a Meterman LM631 light meter.

Beam photograph (blue + green {again}) on the test target at 12".
Measures 19,900mcd on a Meterman LM631 light meter.

Beam photograph (red + blue {again}) on the test target at 12".
Measures 24,100mcd on a Meterman LM631 light meter.

Beam photograph on a wall at ~10 feet.

Spectrographic analysis of the LEDs (white) in this flashlight.

Spectrographic analysis of the LED (red) in this flashlight.

Spectrographic analysis of the LEDs (green) in this flashlight.

Spectrographic analysis of the LEDs (blue) in this flashlight.

Spectrographic analysis of the LEDs (red + green) in this flashlight.

Spectrographic analysis of the LEDs (blue + green) in this flashlight.

Spectrographic analysis of the LEDs (blue + red) in this flashlight.

Spectrographic analysis of the LEDs (red + green {again}) in this flashlight.

Spectrographic analysis of the LEDs (blue + green {again}) in this flashlight.

Spectrographic analysis of the LEDs (red + blue {again}) in this flashlight.
USB2000 spectrometer graciously donated by P.L.

ProMetric analysis

Beam cross-sectional analysis.
Image made using the ProMetric System by Radiant Imaging.

The colors listed in the instructional material (in the same order as these spectra) are:

White
Red
Green
Blue
Orange
Light green
Purple
Yellow
Light blue
Pink

WMP movie (.avi extension) showing the product color cycling.
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That sound you might hear is an episode of Viva Piñata playing on the boob tube.
This product is not sound-sensitive; the sound may be ignored or muted if desired.

YourTube video showing this flashlight executing many of its modes.
When the colors change the first time around, it was me pressing the button.
When they change the second time around (starting with red), it was the unit itself switching them.
And finally, the flashlight executing its "color wash" program.

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TEST NOTES:
Test unit was purchased on the ThinkGeek website on 07-06-08, and was received on the afternoon of 07-11-08.

It is not stated where the product was made; however, some of the instructional material is written in some Oriental characters; possibly Chinese.
A product's country of origin really does matter to some people, which is why I wanted to publish it on this web page.

UPDATE: 10-29-10
I'm going to deploy this light on the front porch (in "color wash" mode), aimed at a plastic skeleton on the door to greet the Trick or Treaters on Halloween evening.

PROS:
Rather unique in the world of flashlights
Pretty to look at whether it's on or off
Users batteries that are common and relatively inexpen$ive

CONS:
Not too water-resistant and definitely not submersible (there goes ½ the 5th star)
Uses a battery carriage -- one more thing to lose or become busted (and there goes the other ½ the 5th star)

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
PRODUCT TYPE: Multiple color/multiple mode LED flashlight
LAMP TYPE: 3 watt LED
No. OF LAMPS: 3 (one each red, green, and blue)
BEAM TYPE: Wide spot w/sharp perimeter
SWITCH TYPE: Tailcap pushbutton on/off, barrel pushbutton mode change
CASE MATERIAL: Metal
BEZEL: Metal; LEDs & diffuser protected by glass convex (magnifying) lens
BATTERY: 3xAAA cells
CURRENT CONSUMPTION: 90.5mA to 169.9mA
WATER RESISTANT: Moderate splatter-resistance at maximum
SUBMERSIBLE: NO WAY HOZAY!!!
ACCESSORIES: Wrist lanyard
WARRANTY: Unknown/not stated

PRODUCT RATING:

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