Space. Adding the extra 40% of length would significantly increase the diameter of something like this. Personally, I'd call that a 'flashlight' chip, (or torch), not a bike chip. It's in every bleeding flashlight I've ordered. I want on, and off, and maybe a dimmer setting. I don't need a flashing flashlight. The other is that in flashlights/torches, many of the 3 AA torches are _also_ 18650 torches. If they used AAs, the diameter of the flashlight would be so large that the 18650 would rattle around.

I totally agree here. It does my head in as they aren't as cost effective. More often than not they are used in devices that don't even need to be made smaller, which is the only justifiable use for AAA's. I have some outdoor remote temperature sensors, AAA's. Kitchen timers, AAA's. Torches, AAA's. Computer mice, well ok if it's a small mouse. Grrrr. End rent :-)

Ok there are some things that warrant the use of AAA's due to their size, but there are too many with high drain and/or require a long life before changing batteries that really need to be designed to hold AA's, or better yet a 18650. The most recent "ugh, AAA's..." item I bought was a HT-175 thermal imager, nice device for the price (£83 in a Banggood sale), helps troubleshooting circuits etc., but they could've made the handle just 5mm longer to accommodate a 18650 cell instead of using a poxy 3xAAA holder. It can actually run at 5v so I designed & 3D printed a dummy battery with a USB plug on the end so I can power it from a USB bank but the battery cover then doesn't fit, so my ultimate goal is to take the circuitry from a poundland USB bank and combine it with the right sized lithium cell in a 3D printed case to make what would effectively be a "USB battery" for the HT-175.

I got a remote with a coin cell in it... It was a very expensive device, too. Manufacturers are getting absolutely shameless.

Is there a possibility that the makers of batteries , promote the comanies that make stuff that uses batteries.???😲🤔

Many, many years ago, flashing yellow warning lights were used on barriers around roadworks to stop people walking into the barrier (and ploughing through it, if drunk enough) at night. At university I found out that these were not only a nice source of large 9V batteries, but a dozen in a darkened room gave a nice effect if one was sufficiently drunk.

@@bdf2718 I once ended up with a car full of them on the way back from Buxton one night.. about 80 of them, all turned on too. I got a helluva headache !!

Easy enough to convert - see Clive's Christmas light video. Just put the lead where the batteries would connect, maybe add a resistor or two.

@roberto l ...or one of those batteries from a £land disposable phone charger.

Mahla Propyzm good idea. I’m thinking of using them as a backlight for the tv, way cheaper and more directional than a led strip....

Indeed, could make a good phone/tablet holder

How do expect to cook the ants if the can barely fit into the wok!

Zoolander

You just brought the 7 year old out in a 50+ year old guy. Wheres my magnifying glass.

Ahh! The childhood memories of the delicious aroma of fried ants. It always fascinated me when the fragrance of one cooked ant would bring its siblings out in hordes to join in with the fun. Children can be _so callous_ in the interests of scientific discovery.

I've found an item on Amazon that looks the same for 7.99. I'm wondering about it's abilities as cheap spot flood lights for photography.

This here is why Poundland exists, parts! Unless you by components in bulk it's a great way to get parts.

I suspect the case is made from polystyrene, rather that the more robust, and slightly more expensive, ABS. It's much more brittle and feels cheap.

@@WaltonPete I would guess polypropylene :P

auto-captioning causing auto-demonetizing.

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Daniel Glover 3:54 in fact he says Turn on impedance

lol... relies on the turn on penis... yet another auto-captioning fail! xD

Good catch!

The SOS mode can be entered when the lamp is off too.

You're welcome. I've sent people quite a few of these little clamp meters as prizes via their local Amazon's. They're a very good meter.

@@bigclivedotcom I have that little meter also...love it...keep it in my backpack/travel bag so I am never without a multimeter!

​@@paulstafMe too. My workmates think I'm mad, except when they need a screwdriver, bit of gaffer tape, cable tie or a working USB cable.

Think I saw similar one on Julian Ilett's recently.

It's £2 and very usable as a light or just for the components.

As I saw your photo " What's new pussycat?" flashed right through my brain.

👍 Amen! 👌

Stanley Denning Whats the Difference ?

Not true! There are some good items in Dollar Tree but I agree not as good as this. Also they they really stick to the dollar price.

My dude, Dollar Tree sells three liter Shasta cola. This is an invaluable item of survival level importance.

The one shown is a Uni-T UT210E and is a good example of a modern meter that has great functionality for the cost. Typically around 35£/$. It has DC current measurement with a clamp which used to only be found on very expensive meters.

Thank you Clive. Always look forward to your videos, Have a great Christmas. @@bigclivedotcom

It's incredibly good for the price.

The wall switch lights are bright, but also very glaring if actually mounted on a wall.

Probably just over 3 hours on alkalines.....maybe an hour with zinc carbons.

The NiMh cells would spend most of their time at 3.6V which is probably still enough to give out useful intensity, but with a much longer run time.

Just tested it, and yes it does.

Why? Who uses more than on or off? At most dimming. Who wants flashing lights? Feels instantly cheap to me.

@@ekner It's because the control chip they've used is a cheap one used in many bicycle lamps for which those functions make a little more sense. In this application, not so much.

̈ ; DROP DATABASE *; // those chips are also in caving/mining lamps hence the SOS feature.

Try removing the capacitor? .. just don't leave it in the disabled mode if that also turn is off - it might drain the batteries.

@@jayherde0 Worth trying.

No.

The flashing mode is built into the chip.

My 10millionmAh pocket powerbank has charged my phone for 6 years

@@Shazzkid *INFINITE POWER* 🤣🙃😁😁

I just got 2 10,000mah powerbanks from Geek, But they have a wireless charging coil in them, so I can just lay my iPhone X on the power bank and it charges it (up to 3 full charges) Also has the 5v 1.0A and 5v 2.1A USB’s too, so I could Charge 3 Phones at once 😁 Think they were about £12/13 each 👍🏻

It's disappointing that they don't round it up to a nice solid million mAh.

If you want to have some fun, whilst raising your blood pressure, may I suggest you buy a USB Power 'reader' that shows volts/current etc plus have a way to draw maximum current from it. It's infuriating how many USB supplies, of every type, output nothing even remotely near what they specify. The "2.4A @ 5v" socket on my bedside light peaks at about 800mA @ 4.75v whilst my "Qualcomm 2.0 High Power (insert other sales blurb)" Chotech 6-USB AC supply maxes at 1.0A at 5v. I'm still excited by quality power sources like my Anker powerbank that goes like stink. I'm easily pleased, a perfect boyfriend. XD

why of course, they want to "pound" you into getting a new one often :))

If you cut off the power for

It would require a custom programmed microcontroller.

@@bigclivedotcom Ah right, Thanks for the reply.

That's because the same chip is used in mining helmets.

They're actually LED. The battery pack has a timer in it.

No they have a 3pin mains plug .

@@carlyonbay45 Ah. Might be old stock. Every other one I've been into has had the LED strings. Could be worth having some as personal retro-stock.

Search eBay for 15x illuminated magnifier. It should only cost a few dollars.

What’s a “Poke Ball”?

@@waldenhouseThe balls in Pokemon

And now I'm hearing "I want to paint it like a pokeball" to the tune of Wrecking Ball for some reason.

@@2000jago I don't think they have that here in the us, I guess I could look for one online..

T H Hori damn you... 😂

Maybe, if it did not use AAA batteries but could work from the mains.