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Does anyone know how to open an eveready dolphin torch? ._.

1:36AM Mon, July 26 2010

I can't work it out either, and their website is totally useless...even the phone number doesn't work. Makes you wonder about the quality of the company itself and the kind of support you might expect from them. I'm returning mine.

10:34PM Thu, August 26 2010

I cant find out either Does anyone have any idea I am totally confused by this torch i have had many in my time as we are BIG campers but cannot work it out

6:31AM Thu, September 30 2010

I cant find out either Does anyone have any idea I am totally confused by this torch i have had... http://replyz.com/c/6XdC

6:31AM Thu, September 30 2010

Apparently the trick is to hold the torch with the bulb facing away. Grip the body of the torch in your left hand and twist the black front with your right hand - it should come apart. However, it is impossible to do with small, or even ordinaly sized hands.

8:11PM Tue, October 12 2010

Thanks a lot for your helpful solution. Following your advice I held the lantern between my knees and used both hands to twist the front. Bingo! It worked!! - KiwiPete.

4:30AM Wed, October 20 2010

Thanks for the notes. Have one person hold the yellow body of the torch and the other turn the black front off in the direction of the arrow! We couldn't believe the lack of instruction!

3:41AM Wed, November 24 2010

Glad I'm not the only one that couldn't figure it out! I normally have no problems with this sort of thing.

11:41PM Mon, February 28 2011

ahhhh thank goodness for google and helpful souls...I could not figure out how the get the front of that torch for the life of me until I read this post...thanks everyone....much appreciated!!!

7:01AM Fri, April 08 2011

place torch in a vice or between your legs then screw with force it should open :)

10:12PM Sun, May 01 2011

Thanks, instructions from the manufacturer would have been good! I was ready to attack it with a hammer!!!

1:18AM Tue, May 31 2011

had just as much trouble today - thanks for tips.

3:26AM Wed, June 08 2011

Thank you, my daughter started crying because she thought she couldn't take it to her birthday night safari. You saved the day!!

12:32AM Mon, July 25 2011

THANK YOU!!!!!!!! MOST GRATEFUL!

7:15AM Thu, August 04 2011

THANK YOU!!!!!!!! MOST GRATEFUL! http://replyz.com/c/6XdC

7:15AM Thu, August 04 2011

PHEW....IT TOOK ME AGES TO FIGURE OUT...THANKS TO THIS WEBSITE I'M ABLE TO OPEN THE DARN TORCHLIGHT...

12:07PM Sat, August 06 2011

thank you so much. i was using a whole heap of tools like a hammer and stuff, i was probably going to destroy the torch. thanks heaps.

10:48PM Sat, August 13 2011

Thanks heaps mate, it worked :)

1:03AM Sat, August 27 2011

Thanks heaps mate, it worked :) http://t.co/ffjmgDG

1:03AM Sat, August 27 2011

I cant believe that this product has no instructions. How is an elderly person supposed to get on, let alone an able bodied person like myself who had to get his wife to hold the torch down while I unsrewed it. What a joke.

9:37PM Mon, October 03 2011

How wonderful. And there I thought i was a complete idiot. Doing the right thing. Didn't expect it to be a two person and vice job!!! Isn't the google universe wonderful!!!

4:50AM Wed, October 26 2011

How wonderful. And there I thought i was a complete idiot. Doing the right thing. Didn't expect i... http://t.co/3FVMNV36

4:50AM Wed, October 26 2011

Thank god, cheers

2:05AM Fri, November 18 2011

Thanks!!!!! We couldn't understand how to do it until we found your answer!

4:41AM Tue, November 22 2011

The old between the knees trick works a charm

9:49PM Wed, December 14 2011

yay thanks knees helped!!

6:26PM Sat, December 24 2011

Thanks for the help, still needed some strength to open it though!!!

5:42PM Wed, December 28 2011

Thanks heaps! We were trying to prize it off with a knife till I read this!

5:34AM Tue, January 03 2012

Thank you finally got the bastard open.

4:13AM Fri, January 06 2012

Six months and finally we have also got the bastard open!!!! Thank God for the person who took it upon themselves to to hold it between their legs and screw the head off. My husband just wishes I would do the same for him......not in this lifetime, honey!

11:10PM Fri, January 06 2012

thank god, taking advice of guest98101 i was FINALLY able to get this open to replace the battery. phew.

9:56PM Wed, January 11 2012

Thank God for Google, I to was about to take to the f$&@ing thing with a hammer when we followed tge advice from above. my wifes stuck it between her knees and twisted. It was exciting to watch. Do you think we should forward this to Eveready maybe they might think about adding some instructions...lol

5:41AM Tue, January 24 2012

thanks lot my whole family were going about how to open the touch with all sorts of tools hahaha

6:00AM Fri, March 02 2012

Clamp the body in a vice and use both hands, hopefully it will free up with use.

2:31AM Mon, March 05 2012

hooray, i have been trying to open it for a week, thank you placed in between legs and used both hands.

4:22AM Wed, March 14 2012

Thanks. Google found your answer. Between the knees and twist!

1:14AM Mon, April 09 2012

Hi all and thanks for the help. Internet is amazing. Happy camping! Mica (Kuala Lumpur)

3:33AM Mon, April 09 2012

What a useful thread! I hate to think its fate without this advice. Thanks all.

7:07AM Sun, April 22 2012

Thanks a million, what a great thread. Dolphin should post a GREAT BIG THANK YOU TO ALL!!

3:17AM Tue, April 24 2012

Many thanks - using knees and both hands finally opened the bloody thing. Hope someone shows the manufacturer this page and that they provide instructions in future...we can't all be that dumb!

3:20AM Tue, April 24 2012

Time for some body-strengthening exercises. You should be able to hold the torch in one hand and easily twist the head off anti-clockwise.

9:22PM Wed, April 25 2012

Great thread, and very important! I could not work this one out, myself, without the suggestions here!

1:12AM Sat, May 26 2012

Thankyou!

9:22AM Tue, May 29 2012

Great suggestion. Typical of a lot of manufacturers these days. Very helpful everyone.

1:54AM Wed, May 30 2012

Thanks. I cant believe how they expect anyone to work this out let alone complete the task without the assistance of an octopus! Thanks heaps!

10:16PM Fri, June 08 2012

Man what an effort. Funny isn't it how technology is supposed to make our lives easier. Just about everything you buy now is so damn complicated. This is the trouble when just about everything is made in China

2:37AM Fri, June 15 2012

Perhaps someone should send this thread to Eveready? Fantastic tips, thank you.

5:19AM Wed, June 20 2012

Does Eveready pay for medical treatment for "broken hand" caused by trying to open this useless piece of "junk".

7:20PM Wed, June 20 2012

Thankyou the internet

3:15AM Wed, July 25 2012

Thankyou the internet http://t.co/3FVIgl2c

3:15AM Wed, July 25 2012

really helpful tip. thanks

10:00AM Fri, August 10 2012

really helpful tip. thanks http://t.co/3FVIgl2c

10:00AM Fri, August 10 2012

I didn't really think I would find help, and felt pretty silly. Thanks for helping AND validating my trouble! Between my knees and twisted worked a charm. Not a chance I could do it with just my hands though! Thanks again!

8:28AM Tue, August 21 2012

wow this seems to be a common thing and still going. I to felt silly for looking but thought what the hey. Thanks

2:40AM Mon, October 01 2012

VERY helpful, thank you :D

5:29PM Tue, October 02 2012

Thank you everyone :) ... And for the amusing posts - it gave us good laugh

5:22AM Tue, October 23 2012

Thankyou

11:33PM Sat, November 10 2012

Thanks. Pleased to see I was not the only one having problems. Knees and twist worked a treat. Cheers!

7:14PM Mon, November 12 2012

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! I tried holding it but while my husband turned the top. Nope. Then he tried between his knees. Eventually he rolled up his trousers as the stupid torch kept slipping. It was fun watching my husband with bare legs struggling with the top. THEN it took a while to get the battery in!!!!!!! Thank goodness for google!!!

2:48AM Thu, November 15 2012

Well all I can say is @&%! - finally two of us got it open.

12:56AM Sat, November 17 2012

thanks so much..for a moment we thought it was a hoax torch

7:04AM Sat, January 12

Made in China - hope the product is better than the instructions?!?! And I thought the assembly instructions for pedestal fans were pretty ordinary....but surely this wins the Australia Day award for the most cryptic & unhelpful operating instructions ever ......hahaha Thanks for the knees tip Google. Followed that one after scraping skin off my thumb knuckle trying to 'slide' it across. Voila !! Success

7:00AM Fri, January 25

I'm in the process of trying to open mine. I might have to get a bloke to help me.

11:57PM Wed, February 06

This torch is an ASSHOLE!!!! I think i need stronger knees coz the knee trick isn't working! GRRRRRR!

8:27PM Wed, February 27

Thank you Internet!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And EVEREADY needs to print reasonable instructions with its products!!

7:45AM Sun, March 10

Thanks for the solution !!!! Its obvious that the label at the bottom of the torch should say UNSCREW >>>

10:43PM Sun, March 31

i have fulfilled my destiny opening a torch

1:59AM Wed, April 03

Hear Hear!! For the Internet and finding an answer when there didn't seem to be one! Of course it's simple once you know.... But this torch & battery have waited 3 months, there was no way my small hands could move the black cover, not realizing it was a simple screw mechanism! So all the advice about knees and both hands I got the picture! Thank you! Yes, they need to convey the instructions better! Thanks everyone.

5:53AM Fri, April 19

Likewise yeah team. Frustration gone new battery possible. Good work guys. How a simple thing can make your day. Legends!!!

6:56PM Sun, April 21

I had to get one of the men in the office to the "between the knees" trick - worked like a charm but I thought I might have to give mouth to mouth resusitation afterwards!!! Eveready - you need to change your website so you get the message from your users - there is a problem with this product!!!!!!!

7:12PM Sun, April 21

Thanks heaps!! The Chinese must be laughing themselves silly...

1:03AM Sat, May 04

Thanks a lot. Instructions would have been handy. Thank goodness for helpful people and the internet!!

12:30AM Fri, May 10

Thank you so much! I felt pretty silly when I googled my question - how hard can it possibly be to open a torch??? Unfortunately I still can't get it open. I don't have a vice or a husband and have very small hands, so I guess it's just going to have to wait until I can get some backup! Thanks anyway, at least now I know it's not just me!

6:40AM Thu, May 16

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