There are also inserts for Maglites and new rechargeable batteries that don’t discharge much. Bike light tech is useful for that. I’ve always liked my maglite.
DK
Check out Meritline.com. I have purchased THREE 1200 lumen flashlights from them and they all work great.
I gave away some to friends and family.
Be sure to buy the lights which use the Ultrafire 18650 4000 Mah 3.5 volt Li-ion battery. As these batteries are slightly oversize, they require the use of the Ultrafire charger model wf-139.
The lights I mentioned have multiple modes from low to high power and strobe including an SOS mode.
I have noticed light power is now expressed in lumens instead of candle power. I had gotten used to candle power and have no idea how lumens compares.
Nice find. I agree. Things on’t have to cist an arm and a leg to be good.
Found these binoculars at Walmart for $10 the other day and they’re better than many 4 - 5 times as much that I’ve owned:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Bushnell-Tasco-10-x-25-Binoculars-Black/16767717
I think the light in my refrigerator stays on all the time since it's lit every time I open the door. I think the cold gives added life to the bulb since I've never had to replace it.......
Sorry, don’t take recommendations from anyone who drinks Buttermilk.
That’s about the most dumbass “product review” I’ve ever read.
I bought a Browning LED flashlight from CDNN after they reduced the price from something like $96 to maybe $20. It appears to be beautifully made and has a 3 position switch for 3 different power levels.
On the brightest level it is far brighter than any of my old maglites. It takes 3 volt 123a batteries. I suspect they would not last long on full power but don’t use it very often
I will say it will light up things 60 to 70 yards away and even a couple of hundred yards if not as bright. If I shine it on a road sign half a mile away, the reflection is quite distinct.
A very cheap dazzle light is a disposable paper flash camera. Though it only lasts for a fraction of a second, getting strobed with around 100,000 Lumen will definitely wipe out night vision for a long time. With luck, you’ll even get a photo of the fool looking stupid.
Oh good grief, you need a flashlight weapon??? Just put a bayonet on the end of it.
I saw those. They are the first thing I’ve seen that remotely competes with the 550 lumen flashlights at costco that cost $25 a pair. But the costco ones have adjustable beam and adjust all the way down to a square “pencil” beam.
They also run on two C cells each.
Costco has a pack of two “500” Lumen lights, for $30. Sold under the Duracell name, the package includes six C size duracell batterys. The housing is anodized aluminum, and has an interesting telescoping (instead of rotating) beam focusing adjustment. I’ve had them only a few hours, but they work good and the price is right.
I have a high-quality one at the bedside for defensive use, however the lithium batteries are too expensive to use it as a utility flashlight.
In short, a Joule Thief uses a homemade transformer and a transister to cause the LED to blink at 50,000 times per second, allowing an LED that normally needs 3.2 volts to run on 0.8 volts or more. Most home devices that use AA or AAA batteries, such as TV remote controls, will see a battery as "dead" when it reaches 1.25-1.30 volts. There is still plenty of power left in these batteries.
An LED driven by a Joule Thief and a 1.25 volt battery can run uninterrupted for a week or more.
For mine, I took a bright LED from a cheap Brookstone keychain flashlight, and put it in a Radio Shack 2 AA battery case, using one side for the single battery and the other for the circuit. I added a switch to the side, and a small spring in case I want to use a AAA battery instead of a AA battery.
-PJ
M4L
If it’s effective the libs will try to ban it. Except for hardened, violent criminals.
500 lumen lights generally sell for $200+. That is what makes it interesting.
No one else seems to have pointed this out yet but that was a whole lot of Crap to read just to find out that everything sold at a Wal-Mart is CRAP!
If you want a very good quality light with 350 Lumens Hi, Low, Strobe. Also Red, Green, and Blue beams. Red: For Night Vision. Green: For Map reading. Blue: Helps Identify Blood. And it uses the more modern ten year shelf life 3V CR123 batteries. Get the Gander Mountain Item # 754235 GSX Tactical light. On sale right now for $49.99 It’s also available from Overton’s for the same price. I have four of these one in every car and one that goes in my pocket every night when I walk my dog thru the country. The strobe is powerful and has enough blinding and annoying flash to scare off coyotes and foxes pretty easily. The batteries will usually last for three to four months with a pretty good amount of use. The ones that are in my cars are rarely touched but always come on and are just as bright as new ones even after sitting for extended time periods months and months. When I ordered my second one of these it had a defective switch and Gander Mountain sent me a new one and a return envelope for the defective one no problem at all.
2 C Cells in a sock delivered properly will make the bad guy see lights he has never seen before and may never see again.
Good night (vision)
Back to lurking
TT