Blue Ridge Product Solutions 5 LED Light that Attaches to Hats Reviews

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cheap china product, but I made mine better and working flawlessly.

At least this is how I made it better.

First off these are comprised of very few parts and its all solid state electronics, so other than the switch or a soldering point, there is very little that can go wrong with it... at least I thought.

When mine arrived it did not work, so whats a country boy to do but take it apart and see why.

In summary, its a design flaw with the body/housing, but it was fixable for me.

Without going into all the troubleshooting and circuit testing I did, I'll just give you the summary. The problem with mine was the curve of the the body/housing was causing the circuit board holding the LED lights to curve. This curve was causing a short of some kind. Tested it by taking it apart, putting the batteries back in, holding the battery cover with my one hand, and clicking the switch with the other hand. Both modes, constant light and strobe light, worked perfectly.

What I ended up doing, after trying a couple hand files, was to use my dremel tool with an abrasive cut-off blade to remove about half of plastic body/housing thickness only at the circuit board area, and only on the bottom half of the body/housing (the part without the hat clips).

What this did was decrease the amount of curviture of the led panel circuit board, thus decreased the pressure on the citcuit board the curve provided. Put it back together and BAM... a flawlessly working LED hat light for a couple bucks and little of my time.

I am making absolutely no recommendations for how anyone is to go about fixing their non-working and intemittently working LED hat light. Just sharing my experience and how I got mine to work.

CONCLUSION: For the price, is a steal. A real bargain, although you can get them MUCH cheaper on ebay. I bought another there on ebay for $2 and shipping was free. Was the exact same light but it shipped from china to the usa. They just need to redesign it a little. So I will give this a 4. I had alot of fun troubleshooting it and seeing how it worked, so that didnt bother me. If that bothers you then the rating would probably fall between 1 and 3.

Hey, its a cheap light from china that costs less than a cheap breakfast or a starbucks coffee. What do you expect. If you want quality, go spend $10-$20 for a good one.

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I have many flashlights, from little one LED on my keychain to the biggest Mag-Lite with 4 D-cell batteries, to strap-on-the-head "miners" headlamps. The one I use most and find by far the most convenient is this unique unit. I do a lot of camping, and when I'm not on the trail I'm usually working on my yard, house or vehicle. Once I get started on a project there's never enough daylight to finish everything I want to do. With this unit attached to the brim of your cap you've got hands-free illumination that always shines in the direction you are facing, without the need for the straps that support the "miners" lamps. It provides a strong enough beam to illuminate the path ahead as you walk, and is wide enough to not run into your fellow campers. Its limitations are: 1) you have to tip the brim of your cap down for close work (many "miners" lamps pivot up & down), and 2)the beam doesn't reach as far as the more powerful lights. But for 99% of what I want a flashlight for, this is the best thing out there.

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I suppose I could be an isolated incident; but it took forever to arrive and then didn't work at all. I even went out and bought new batteries to see if it was just the batteries that were crap. Nope, the product never worked and frankly I just ate the cost and didn't try sending it back. I figure that's what I get for buying something that didn't cost much. You get what you pay for. I don't recommend this product or this vendor.

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The item arrived quickly and worked as stated by the seller. I like the weight of the flashlight. It does not weigh down the front of the cap. I have been using it every night for sbout 4 weeks for about 2 hours a night and have had no issues with it.

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What a bright light and very handy, I wouldn't go without having one of these(and SO CHEAP!). It shipped very fast. The one I got had a manufacturing defect, so I contacted the seller (DealGenius), he responded quickly and shipped a new one pronto. Great product, great service!