Classic Duracell torch

[Labarum]

I have an old Duracell torch. It was a design classic (I think of the 1970s)

It has two AA cells in a rectangular box with a flip top which acts s the switch and houses the incandescent bulb (MES).

The only identifier is inside the case: "Regd Des No 1000442"

This little torch I have carried around the world and continue to find useful. It will stand by itself and shed useful light - a cylindrical torch will not do this.

I think this torch has a name, but I cannot remember it, and cannot find it on the internet. Has anyone a better memory, or a better search routine than I?

If I could find a name I might be lucky and find one on eBay.

Does anyone know of a similar modern product?

Are 3v LEDs available in Miniature Edison Screw for direct replacement of an incandescent bulb?

 

[The_blue]

Picture?

honestly... :/

 

[Labarum]

Ah, Durabeam: picture found

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/elvis/images/torch.jpg

But the name applies to other products.

More info still welcome

 

[Labarum]

And here

http://plasticsnetwork.aucb.ac.uk/index.asp?page=item&filename=AIBDC%20catalogue&id=7197&mwsquery={website1}={design%20and%20designers}

 

[grudas]

a thread for a torch.. lol xD

 

[Nick1881]

Bin it and get an LED torch, you won't look back.

 

[Labarum]

Bin it and get an LED torch, you won't look back.

This little design classic will stand on a surface and its beam directed at will.

If there is a modern product that will do that I will gladly consider it.

My searches revealed a forum dedicated to Flashlights - who would have thought it?

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/index.php?

Someone there will have answers for me, but if anyone in this place can pont me to a source for a replacement . . .

 

[gjc10212]

http://www.4sevens.com/product_info...=1898&osCsid=b486949e17fa151ce677ab0f91631a86

 

[Dan87]

creepy thread.

the first post sounds like some kind of riddle.

It's a torch, you're on the internet. Really isn't hard.

 

[Mr. Anderson]

You haven't explained why you need a new one :/

 

[Biohazard]

i remember those torches!

has it really been round the world with you?

 

[Labarum]

You haven't explained why you need a new one :/

The old one is staring to break!

 

[Labarum]

i remember those torches!

has it really been round the world with you?

Germany, Canada, Falklands, Kenya, Angola, Borneo, Cyprus

Well, not a full circuit, but pretty antipodean.

 

[Mr. Anderson]

http://www.auravita.com/product/Duracell-Professional-Torch.MPLC21850.html?RefId=220&adid=MPLC21850

*
SUBTOTAL: £12.15
DELIVERY: £3.74
VAT: £2.78
TOTAL: £18.67
*

 

[Labarum]

http://www.auravita.com/product/Duracell-Professional-Torch.MPLC21850.html?RefId=220&adid=MPLC21850

*
SUBTOTAL: £12.15
DELIVERY: £3.74
VAT: £2.78
TOTAL: £18.67
*

Now that's a start, but too big, methinks. D cells?

 

[xb8browney]

I remember my grandad having one of those torches.

 

[V4NT0M]

I'm pretty sure I used to have one of those. Don't think it was a duracell one though.

 

[P_A_N_I_C]

used to have 2 of those 0_0
got em from Do It All when i was little, definately Duracell branded

 

[randal]

My doctor used to have one of those torches for... err... inspections. Retro though, like it.

 

[Labarum]

used to have 2 of those 0_0

An award winning design classic. I think they became possible with the advent of mercury cells. 2 AA mercury cells could last as long as 2 zinc-carbon D cells in what was then the conventional torch.

O, I remember getting one (D cell zinc-carbon) for Christmas as a boy in the late 1950s. It had three sliders on the side to make it shine red, yellow or blue. What fun!