Super Dave
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Zflashlight your reply made me laugh.
Parenting seems so simple until you have kids.
Take care,
Dave
Parenting seems so simple until you have kids.
Take care,
Dave
My toddler is afraid of the dark...
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Zflashlight
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Ok ok, i admit i don't have kids. There may be unforeseen challenges 
Kindle
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I love that story.
Notsure Fire
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That is very cute indeed.
Wyeast
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I know I've mentioned it here before, but my favorite kid light is the eveready 4aa light. (Shaped like a dorcy turtle light). The larger body is easier to find when they put it down somewhere.
I don't mean to disappoint anyone but we've found that LED nightlights work well. They provide enough light for the kids but we don't have to worry about them playing with them like flashlights.
I've seen some LED nightlights that also serve as emergency flashlights called the Eco-i-Lite. The light runs off wall power until a power outage and then the battery takes over. The light is removable from the plug/cradle which inductively charges the battery.
Short funny story and plea for safety. The other day I grabbed my little Peak Shasta off my dresser to take a look at something. The problem was it didn't turn on at all. This was odd since it was perfectly bright (for it) the day before. When I pulled the battery out I noticed that it was in backwards. A quick check showed that the voltage was very low. I remembered that we let our 4 year old take a nap in our room which has AC. He quickly admitted to taking it apart and that it didn't work after he put it back together. I was worried about the LED/circuit but it evidently has reverse polarity protection since it worked fine with a new battery.
Plea for safety - please make sure there isn't anything that an infant/toddler/etc. could choke on. My boss had a friend whose baby choked on a coin for just a few minutes and suffered permanent brain damage.
My 2 year girl loves to grab my lights and look under the sofa or whatever. She really wants a pink light (and a pink knife but that's a different story). I really don't like buying cheap made in China stuff (for various reasons) but I'm not comfortable with something like a Mini-Mag or Solitaire that she could take apart. I suppose she would be safe with the HDS EDC but she can barely push the button and it's not pink.
Regards,
Rich
I've seen some LED nightlights that also serve as emergency flashlights called the Eco-i-Lite. The light runs off wall power until a power outage and then the battery takes over. The light is removable from the plug/cradle which inductively charges the battery.
Short funny story and plea for safety. The other day I grabbed my little Peak Shasta off my dresser to take a look at something. The problem was it didn't turn on at all. This was odd since it was perfectly bright (for it) the day before. When I pulled the battery out I noticed that it was in backwards. A quick check showed that the voltage was very low. I remembered that we let our 4 year old take a nap in our room which has AC. He quickly admitted to taking it apart and that it didn't work after he put it back together. I was worried about the LED/circuit but it evidently has reverse polarity protection since it worked fine with a new battery.
Plea for safety - please make sure there isn't anything that an infant/toddler/etc. could choke on. My boss had a friend whose baby choked on a coin for just a few minutes and suffered permanent brain damage.
My 2 year girl loves to grab my lights and look under the sofa or whatever. She really wants a pink light (and a pink knife but that's a different story). I really don't like buying cheap made in China stuff (for various reasons) but I'm not comfortable with something like a Mini-Mag or Solitaire that she could take apart. I suppose she would be safe with the HDS EDC but she can barely push the button and it's not pink.
Regards,
Rich
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This is my 7 mo. old rocking an E1E with a Lumens Factory EO-E1R going to upgrade to a KuKu this week.
Jash
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Small children can't be trusted with bright lights. They will inevitably blind you at some stage.
The two older kids have their own 4D led mags (got two for AU$29), and the youngest has a cheap 12 led showerhead running 3C cells (runs for days on 3 eneloops).
They used to have some smaller 2xAA lights, but they lost them so I got them something they could not possibly lose.
The oldest is getting a Quark 2xAA Turbo at the end of school, provided he continues his excellent work. And I'll be getting some Malkoff drop-ins for their mags for Christmas.
The two older kids have their own 4D led mags (got two for AU$29), and the youngest has a cheap 12 led showerhead running 3C cells (runs for days on 3 eneloops).
They used to have some smaller 2xAA lights, but they lost them so I got them something they could not possibly lose.
The oldest is getting a Quark 2xAA Turbo at the end of school, provided he continues his excellent work. And I'll be getting some Malkoff drop-ins for their mags for Christmas.
tolkaze
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My 4 year old is using a Disney Princess energizer 2aa incan light (don't worry, they come in boy designs too) I have swapped the globe out with a magLED 4-6D dropin. When powered by 3 volts it puts out about 20 or less lumens. Frost the plastic lens to make it diffuse and it becomes a light that can't hurt you. Add a thick o-ring at the front and it makes it really hard to take the head off.
on 2 alky cells it can run from brightest to about 1 lumen for a ridiculous amount of time (days... not hours) which makes it cheap to run if she leaves it on from bed time till when I check on her next
on 2 alky cells it can run from brightest to about 1 lumen for a ridiculous amount of time (days... not hours) which makes it cheap to run if she leaves it on from bed time till when I check on her next
Gatsby
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My daughter (4) has a Disney Princess 2xAA light as well - I switched it out for a NiteIze PR base mag drop in that runs on just about any cell forever, and Eneloops. It runs a long time, the cells are plenty safe and she loves it. She keeps hinting at a pink MiniMag so perhaps in her stocking this year with an old 3 5mm Niteize drop in...
My son (8) has a Lumapower 1xAA 1watt he's had for ages, but it still works just fine and he likes it. He also has a solar powered light that works surprisingly well and since I removed the backup coin cells is entirely free lumens.
They both started, however, with the Playskool light with the rotating colored lenses and both loved that light for a long time. My son still pulls it out every so often (I also put a Niteize PR drop in in that one)...
My son (8) has a Lumapower 1xAA 1watt he's had for ages, but it still works just fine and he likes it. He also has a solar powered light that works surprisingly well and since I removed the backup coin cells is entirely free lumens.
They both started, however, with the Playskool light with the rotating colored lenses and both loved that light for a long time. My son still pulls it out every so often (I also put a Niteize PR drop in in that one)...
smokelaw1
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I hereby give up my CPF father of the year award!!!
M@elstrom
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I always used wall-wart mounted nightlights, torches/flashlights tend to get misplaced easily especially when handled by sub 5 y.o. mini humans
My daughter has the energizer princess mentioned by others with a nite ize drop in, and a Aerial light with a Dorcy Drop in.
You can see her in my avatar with her old school Mag 5D.
Second to most recent purchase was this one: I didn't actually buy it for her but she stole it
Her most recent light is this one:
Not bad for ~$3
But her favorite even after 3 years is "Lumpy."
You can see her in my avatar with her old school Mag 5D.
Second to most recent purchase was this one: I didn't actually buy it for her but she stole it
Her most recent light is this one:
Not bad for ~$3
But her favorite even after 3 years is "Lumpy."
Flashfirstask?later
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I have two Nephews, a just recently turned four year old Nephew and a about 17 month old. Been thinking about getting a nice 2AA PR based light that can use the 2-cell Dorcy dropin as it would provide good runtime, beam and not be too bright still if shined in eyes and also be ok if the younger one was grabby at time as he likes to grab and play with things that catches his attention.
One light I may consider is the Dorcy Gel Brite orange.
One light I may consider is the Dorcy Gel Brite orange.
Actually, the purple lantern was for her. The pink CR123 light wasn't. I really don't want my daughter using lithiums yet
It was for her mom.
If there's a AA version of that pink light . . . Problem solved! :thumbsup:
My daughter tossed my HDS in the fireplace when she was about 1 year old (she used it as her nightlight when we were traveling). The fire was out and the light came out dirty, but fine:thumbsup:
She has her own HDS B42 with a high CRI Seoul now:devil:
