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Uncharitable Nokero clone (Patreon)

Published:
2023-02-20 07:43:27
Imported:
2023-02

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I made a video about the original Nokero light about two years ago, and unfortunately may have caused them supply issues by releasing it during the pandemic.

I deliberately avoided making a video about this unscrupulous clone, but since they seem harder to get now that they can't cash in on the publicity surrounding the real thing, they seem to be harder to find now.

I think Nokero may be on hiatus at the moment due to supply difficulties, so I wouldn't recommend trying to buy one of their original lights unless you can confirm availability in advance.

The original video is linked in the YouTube description.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3VKSw4fkvs

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Tacky Nokero solar light clone

The original Nokero light was designed to help avoid the use of kerosene lamps in developing countries, to reduce the exposure of kids to kerosene fumes and the fire risk. The copy was designed to be a cheap profit maker for an unscrupulous Chinese company. Nokero has honour, the cloner doesn't. In a way the clone is technically interesting for the way they have achieved two intensity levels (badly) by using twice as much circuitry, then defeating the point by using just as much power in both modes! I don't know the current situation with Nokero. I have another video featuring their light's circuitry, but I made the terrible mistake of releasing the video during the pandemic, which may have caused them supply issues. I think the brand still exists, but may be on hiatus. I deliberately didn't make a video about this light before in case it impacted their business negatively. But the clones are harder to find on eBay now. Not that you'll want one after seeing this video. A rough test on the NiMH cell does actually indicate that it is a real 1000mAh one and may be a low self discharge type due to it actually still having some charge left despite being bought over two years ago. Here's the video about the real light:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQqkxwuBLcU If you enjoy these videos you can help support the channel with a dollar for coffee, cookies and random gadgets for disassembly at:- http://www.bigclive.com/coffee.htm This also keeps the channel independent of YouTube's algorithm quirks, allowing it to be a bit more dangerous and naughty. #ElectronicsCreators

Comments

horrovac

I guess, charitable or not, even the crappy light is a boon compared to a kerosene lamp. Better that than nothing, and building them cheap and accessible is the way they should be built. The problem is that it probably won't deliver as much light and/or for a long time (how long/bright is it actually?). One could do a brutally simple one (though possibly not cheaper), with 3 cells in series and resistors to limit the voltage.

Curtis Hoffmann

What if we lend BigClive out to China to fix their clone designs...

Nani Isobel

I don't understand why they didn't just switch the LEDs and only use one chip and inductor. Very strange.

Anonymous

Was half expecting it to start blinking the SOS sequence when Clive pressed the switch a few times

Miek Buchanan
>>102318417

Nani, the reason is that the single LED needs less power than the six. (Although I guess they could also add a resistor. But that costs money.) What Clive was trying to say is that the two sides should have a different inductor value so that it would not attempt to drive the single LED with the same power as the six.

bigclive
>>102318417

Technically speaking it might have been viable to use a double pole switch and have one side switching power and the other selecting between two inductors.