/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1623286
The blue lights from HF, I enjoy studying their evolution. Every few months they lose another part. They don’t even use a resistor for the larger LEDs anymore, I’m guessing the shit chink batteries provide all the current limiting they need.

>>1564435
Better believe it.

And it’s funny as you watch some of the common HF products over time and how they switch suppliers and go cheaper and cheaper while stll selling them at the same cost (or free). Pic related. There’s like a dozn cutbacks on these lights compared to the prior batch.

>>1552662
Those dirty bois really did cut back on these free lights. Look at the 3 damn screws that hold the case together, the newer ones are way smaller.

The little LED strip on the new cheap one has way less individual spots as well, I’m assuming they’re dimmer? Would that make a difference between needing the resistor in one and not needing it in the other? Or they don’t give a fuck one bit because nobody pays for the things anyway.

>tfw just tried to power both LED strips at the same time off one 3xAAA pack and they won’t turn on
Hmm so I guess alkaline batteries really are trash at putting out any current. I’m gonna hook up an 18650 to the one with no resistor and see if it burns out before it melts the plastic reflector.