Flashlight Infatuations, anyone else share?

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I've had a maglite most of my adult life. They work so much better than the cr** I grew up with and they never seem to stop working, unlike the lights of old.

When I was in the construction trade I bought a DeWalt tool set that has a goose neck flashlight. It didn't replace my maglite, but it certainly was irreplaceable when working under a house or an attic. The gooseneck allows you to set the flashlight down and direct the beam where you need it OR you can wrap the neck around a pipe, board, nail, etc and hang it while still directing the light where you need it. At 18v, it's plenty bright and it's a full beam, unlike the maglite with it's big dark spot in the middle of the beam.
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Glad to see there is some Maglite love out there. This story about their founder and made in the USA story is good:

http://m.npr.org/story/130197557?storyId=130197557&f

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You have hit upon another affliction of mine Adam... :lol: I have one these: http://cgi.ebay.com/FUSION-36-LED-POWER-MODULE-2-6-C-D-Cell-MAGLITE-/120726577359 in a 6D Maglite I bought at Ace for $10 around Christmas. Easily a nice 500 lumens for $25. My 6D Maglite is black though :P

I've sold off many of the 'shelf-queen' lights I've had the past few years. Yes, there are those in the flashlight hobby too.
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beeing a tv/appliance tech a good mini mag is a must except when you drop it on a concrete floor. i was tired of constantly breaking the tiny grain of wheat bulbs in the 2aa mini mag lites so i bought a drop in led conversion, broke that too, so i got one of the new 1 watt luxon led mags; http://www.maglite.com/AA_Cell_LED.asp wow talk about blindingly bright luxon led's rule! this thing is as bright as a 2d/3d light and as bright as the h.i.r. headlight bulbs i have in the hemi magnum. luxon led's are the brightest led's ever and AUDI even uses them for their headlights. i have droped it quite a few times and it hasn't broke yet and the 4 modes are cool too.

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These are great if your tired of buying batteries. It's super bright but crazy expensive

http://www.511tactical.com/html511/static/LFLDemo.html
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Anymore I only need one of these. The only problem is that when I go to "charge" it, it gathers so much energy that when you turn it on the light emitted punches a hole in the space-time continuum. It has something to do with muscle training. I'm not sure what that means though... :? Guess I'm just well trained. :P

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Had that been a Losi model, it would have went for 1/4 that price. :lol:
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I really like the feel of the big C vs big D cells, but no way could I justify that. For once logic and sanity prevailed over something I wanted on eBay.

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Does your flashlight have an ignition switch?

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And an auxillary cooling switch, and require MX goggles :lol:

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This thread reminded me of a sign i saw along I-45 about 60 miles south of Dallas. There is an "adult video" store along the freeway that had a sign that was advertising "fleshlights". My wife and I couldn't stop laughing. If you've got a fleshlight infatuation, I don't think you should be telling anyone here about it!
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Post by Lowgear »

When I first saw this threads title I read it as "fleshlight infatuation" but I kept it to myself. :lol:

Anyway... the only flashlights I have of note are a 4D Maglite and a mini-maglite. Id like to convert the 4D one to at least LED.

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Was at Lowes today with my son and I had to walk by the flashlights. Silver 4D Maglites were on sale for $12! I don't know if they are silver anno or bare aluminum, but I bought two, one for him and one for me.

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If some of you guys get a woody from big flashlights, this one'll make you sport a sequoia:

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/25/worlds-largest-flashlight-debuts-in-germany
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