Comments on: Today's DealExtreme-RSS-feed-spawned post http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/07/todays-dealextreme-rss-feed-spawned-post/ the blog that is not dansdata.com Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:44:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Changes http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/07/todays-dealextreme-rss-feed-spawned-post/#comment-4269 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:53:05 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/07/todays-dealextreme-rss-feed-spawned-post/#comment-4269 In your place I'd rig up some sort of spring spacer in one of the adapters. Should keep the light working fine. In your place I'd rig up some sort of spring spacer in one of the adapters. Should keep the light working fine.

]]> by: bmorey http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/07/todays-dealextreme-rss-feed-spawned-post/#comment-4268 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:32:56 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/07/todays-dealextreme-rss-feed-spawned-post/#comment-4268 Comments noted. It doesn't fit either of my two adapters, a fancy 3-way one that lights up the car like the Starship Enterprise that I bought at a trucker gas station in Arkansas last year; you'd think *that* would fit, but it doesn't. Or a two-way one from Jaycar. It's not a bit lose, it's very loose - needs packing out around 2mm. Comments noted. It doesn't fit either of my two adapters, a fancy 3-way one that lights up the car like the Starship Enterprise that I bought at a trucker gas station in Arkansas last year; you'd think *that* would fit, but it doesn't. Or a two-way one from Jaycar. It's not a bit lose, it's very loose - needs packing out around 2mm.

]]> by: Changes http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/07/todays-dealextreme-rss-feed-spawned-post/#comment-4266 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:25:44 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/07/todays-dealextreme-rss-feed-spawned-post/#comment-4266 DX now have <a href="http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.20216" rel="nofollow">this</a>. I'd say it's the same thing as a Spotlight only with no brand, if it wasn't for its lighter weight. Methinks the battery is smaller (I don't think there's much else that can be decreased in weight in the original Spotlight). DX now have this. I'd say it's the same thing as a Spotlight only with no brand, if it wasn't for its lighter weight. Methinks the battery is smaller (I don't think there's much else that can be decreased in weight in the original Spotlight).

]]> by: Daniel Rutter http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/07/todays-dealextreme-rss-feed-spawned-post/#comment-4235 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:07:49 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/07/todays-dealextreme-rss-feed-spawned-post/#comment-4235 As I said in the review, the Spotlight worked fine in my car, and I've since tried it in another, and it's fine there too. (And I'm in Australia, of course.) I'm sure there are some sockets in which it won't work, because of the difference between a "normal" sprung lighter plug and the solid contacts on the Spotlight, but I doubt the country you live in has much to do with the size of car lighter sockets. As I said in the review, the Spotlight worked fine in my car, and I've since tried it in another, and it's fine there too. (And I'm in Australia, of course.)

I'm sure there are some sockets in which it won't work, because of the difference between a "normal" sprung lighter plug and the solid contacts on the Spotlight, but I doubt the country you live in has much to do with the size of car lighter sockets.

]]> by: Changes http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/07/todays-dealextreme-rss-feed-spawned-post/#comment-4233 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:05:20 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/07/todays-dealextreme-rss-feed-spawned-post/#comment-4233 Try an adapter. There are many meant to run two or three gadgets from one socket. Try fitting your light in before buying them; if it fits right it's a safe bet it'll charge just fine from one. If all else fails, grab a lighter receptacle plug and McGyver yourself a charging dock. Try an adapter. There are many meant to run two or three gadgets from one socket. Try fitting your light in before buying them; if it fits right it's a safe bet it'll charge just fine from one.
If all else fails, grab a lighter receptacle plug and McGyver yourself a charging dock.

]]> by: bmorey http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/07/todays-dealextreme-rss-feed-spawned-post/#comment-4231 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 08:38:01 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/02/07/todays-dealextreme-rss-feed-spawned-post/#comment-4231 Good lights up to a point. I bought a couple when I was in the States last year. Big problem however. They don't fit a standard lighter/power socket in Australia. They're made for a narrower socket. Suggestions on how to get these to charge in Australian welcome. Good lights up to a point. I bought a couple when I was in the States last year. Big problem however. They don't fit a standard lighter/power socket in Australia. They're made for a narrower socket. Suggestions on how to get these to charge in Australian welcome.

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