LED torches on Ebay - Are they a CON?

[NOTTSTALGIA]

A friend bought one of these. I had a good look at it. When viewing
the LEDs from the front whilst on (I thought they were too bright to
do this?) I noticed that moving it from side to side, it appeared as
if the LEDs were not LEDs but separate lenses, with one bigger light
behind?

Now I did not want to take my friends light apart further than
removing the LED unit from the battery compartment
There appeared a central unit with wires strapped outwards.

Anyone closely examined one of these units at all?

I was looking at buying a 32 LED version from Ebay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=36112&item=5179485071&rd=1

 

[Clive Mitchell]

A friend bought one of these. I had a good look at it. When viewing the
LEDs from the front whilst on (I thought they were too bright to do
this?) I noticed that moving it from side to side, it appeared as if
the LEDs were not LEDs but separate lenses, with one bigger light
behind?

It's the nature of LEDs with their integrated lens that they seem to act
as a single lens effect, but all the torches of this type that I've got
use individual LEDs.

Now I did not want to take my friends light apart further than removing
the LED unit from the battery compartment There appeared a central unit
with wires strapped outwards.

Some have PCB's but one with 12 LEDs that I have uses a crimp system
with all the LED wires routed through holes in their plastic support.