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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on September 17, 2009, 07:38:31 AM
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Oh my.
dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-03-09 02:07 PM
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Need advice on getting really GOOD flashlight (s).
We have several of the *battery dying when we need to use it* plastic handheld types, and I am ready to put some money into a bright, long lasting torch or 2.
Have also been considering the head mounted LED lights in addition to a
*middle of the night in the rain look-see* real torch.
American made, of course, if possible.
Would you please share your good or bad experience with different types and brands, so I can go online and order.
2Design (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-03-09 03:08 PM
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1. got one at lowes with the big battery for 3.97 - nice square shape
had it a year and it still works fine
dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Sat Jul-04-09 02:32 AM
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2. Thank you.
We have only a super Wal-Mart here in teeny town,but I get the idea.
2Design (1000+ posts) Sat Jul-04-09 10:02 AM
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3. kmart and supermarket had them for more money
The defrocked warped primitive who, as a nurse used to have access to controlled pharmaceuticals in an insane asylum:
Warpy (1000+ posts) Tue Jul-14-09 08:55 PM
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4. Depends on what you want it for and how you'll use it
I don't use my hand held jobs since I got an LED head lamp. It gets 150 hours on 2 AAA batteries at low power and has 3 power settings. It's adequate for reading when the power goes out, for taking out the trash after dark, for rummaging around in dark closets and cupboards and fixing the puter. It's one of those things I didn't know I needed until I got it.
My flashlight is a kiddie light in primary colors from Wally's, runs on 4 AA batteries, has decent life, and has a handle to help prop it into place when I'm using it for task lighting. Bulbs are easy to find.
However, the head lamp beats it for most jobs.
The old primitive:
old mark (1000+ posts) Thu Sep-10-09 09:20 AM
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5. have 2 plug-in rechargable flashlights - I use them to read at night so as not to wake my wife.
Got them from Lowe's for around $9 each, they work very well, one charges while the other is in use for nearly a week at a time. They have power level switches.
Flashlights have become nearly all disposable junk till you get to the aluminum expensive versions, and even they are hard to find lately. Try Lowes or Walmart for the best prices....Nearly none are made in the US anymore, even if the company is American owned.
Dorothy, the snobbish primitive:
uppityperson (1000+ posts) Wed Sep-16-09 06:37 PM
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6. Headlamps (with leds) and LED hand helds are the way to go
My oldest headlight w/LED & regular bulb option is over 5 yrs old, Coleman brand. I don't have brand names beyond Maglites (Maglights?) but would advise LEDs since they lasta long time on batteries.
I dunno. franksolich uses a Bic cigarette lighter.
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I got one of These (http://www.legear.com.au/Fenix-TK40-630-Lumens-AA-LED-Flashlight-p/fenix-tk40.htm) things a couple months back.
Awesome Torch.
While it can't quite start spotfires at a mile, it'll still light up a patch 300 foot away nice and clear.
8 AA Batteries - works fine with the rechargeable ones.
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I dunno. franksolich uses a Bic cigarette lighter.
Aw so...one of the benefits of being a smoker.
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Aw so...one of the benefits of being a smoker.
Well, sir, it's a matter of what one's used to.
Out here in the Sandhills of Nebraska, in the darkness of night, when there's a million billion stars in the skies overhead--not visible to those living in more-populated areas--one finds means of dealing with the darkness.
Plus the personal attribute of being creative; using one thing for multiple purposes, in this case not only as a cigarette lighter, but a flashlight.
Also, I picked up more "tips" about getting things done in utter darkness when I was wandering around the socialist paradises of the workers and peasants, where there was oftentimes damned little artificial light.
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Also, I picked up more "tips" about getting things done in utter darkness when I was wandering around the socialist paradises of the workers and peasants, where there was oftentimes damned little artificial light.
That's a tradeoff they make to get free medical care for all.
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They should get a shake-power flashlight
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They should get a shake-power flashlight
They wouldn't know how to use it.... :hammer:
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I like my Surefire. Of course it goes through batteries like a DUmmy through a bag of Cheetos, but if I ever want to illuminate a section of the Moon, it's always there for me. :-)
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They wouldn't know how to use it.... :hammer:
They do too. It is an action they've been doing hours every day all their lives
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I like my Surefire. Of course it goes through batteries like a DUmmy through a bag of Cheetos, but if I ever want to illuminate a section of the Moon, it's always there for me. :-)
I had an E2E until it slipped out of the pocket of a Carhartt I was wearing. I may get an E2D, especially the LED model.
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Is this a DUmmie lead in to "If we all lit just one little candle....."?
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Jezzz...haven't these retards ever heard of a Mag-Lite? During the ice storm last year, it was the best 20 bucks I spent.
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4 Cell Maglite.......................end of story.
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I have two Maglites, but since I am always the person who never has any batteries, I have a nifty wind up jobber, for just incase.
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4 Cell Maglite.......................end of story.
Yup. And a lantern. The problem was getting batteries for the damned thing.
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4 Cell Maglite.......................end of story.
Yes to the Maglite. And after the taser has been discharged, the Maglite is great for subduing
agitated miscreants.