Deben Tracer Tri-star pro lamp and lithium battery

[Steyr]

Hi all, sounds a good piece of kit. An it should be for that money.
Just an opinion on Led`s , i have had a 10x Led torch after a year half of them were not working, Ok i did not pay much for the torch(£20) but that Deben lamp has only got 3 in it. The lamp scope clip looks a bit flimsy, but if they are cheap to replace i dont see that as a problem.

That is because you have bought complete shit mate. Any decent quality LED will have a 50,000 hour burn time.

I would make a guess that your £20 went on some dodgy crap from the Bay or from Deal Extreme which is just as bad IMHO.

I buy decent kit and only one of my lights failed - the only one he made that had an LED failure BTW - and he replaced the LED without question.

By cheap buy twice - or 10 in your case.

[robkayak]

I havehad the lamp for a couple of years now. For over a hundred foxes it is the last thing they have seen. I only have to charge the battery once every 3 months.. It works best for me clipped under the barrel as it is so light that it is not effected by the recoil and does not effect the point of impact of the bullet. I would recommend taping the connections together at night as they pull apart too easily. I WOULD NEVER GO BACK TO LEAD ACID/ FILAMENT BULBS. IT WOULD BE LIKE GOING BACK TO USING BLANKETS INSTEAD OF DUVETS.

[Mod]

Oi - Tick Mop!

You use Duvets?

Nice review and good effort on the follow-up. This sort of review actually is worth-while as opposed to the
rubbish spouted in the media.

Rgds

Mod

[Blackrider]

Interesting read !
I'm looking for something to use on my rimfire and this may be it.
Is the beam adjustable, ie, can you widen or narrow it ? I note you mentioned earlier in the thread that you experianced reflection off the rear of the moderator ? I have had the same problem on previous lamps.

Brider.

[robkayak]

They are prefocused and not adjustible.I have started to clip the lamp to the underside of the barrel (of the 6.5) and to underside the moderator of the 22. This solves the problem. Deben supply a clip top to grip 1 " Scopes. The flexible lead has had to be replaced. I realise now that the lamp unit did not fail as reported in my earlier post, it was the lead as the symptoms repeated themselves recently and lead replacement (£8) solved the problem. I have had the LED for several years now