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wind up torch and phone charger

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  • Sui_Generis
    Sui_Generis Posts: 1,177 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    A word about LedShoppe.

    Look at my past posts and I've bought from tham on a few coccasions but I have to say this eveything I've bought from them fails pretty quickly after receipt. I have 3-4 torches and a 4-in-1 pen and all of the torches if they work at all work for a few seconds before you have to thump them to get the light to come back on and it fails again every few seconds.

    I can't fault their CS as they've sent me a replacement for a 'non-working on arrival' pen, but I really don't think it's worth buying from them based on my experience.
  • jonboy31
    jonboy31 Posts: 172 Forumite
    A word about LedShoppe.

    Look at my past posts and I've bought from tham on a few coccasions but I have to say this eveything I've bought from them fails pretty quickly after receipt. I have 3-4 torches and a 4-in-1 pen and all of the torches if they work at all work for a few seconds before you have to thump them to get the light to come back on and it fails again every few seconds.

    I can't fault their CS as they've sent me a replacement for a 'non-working on arrival' pen, but I really don't think it's worth buying from them based on my experience.

    I agree that their products can use cheaper plastics, but the 2 things I bought from them are still going strong (usb sd card reader and a 3 watt luxeon star headlamp - best buy IMO was so much cheaper than anywhere in this country)

    John
  • Sui_Generis
    Sui_Generis Posts: 1,177 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Actually all the products I have bought have been metal - it's not a case that rough handling has damaged them.

    I think they're simply cheaply machined and the torches have poor contacts hence the light failing. It's just odd that it has happened on everything including including the three items recieved a week ago.

    Amusingly it hasn't happened to the cheap plastic freebies key fob light they include for free. ;)
  • deanos
    deanos Posts: 11,241 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Uniform Washer
    bokkie7975 wrote:
    woolworths had this one
    http://www.woolworths.co.uk/ww_p2/product/index.jhtml?pid=50475331

    but with a mobile phone charger for £6.99

    I bought that one for fathers day very good piece of kit :)
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