LED lantern 2-pack at Costco
Costco in St. Louis has a two pack of led lanterns for $18.xx. They look exactly like http://www.flashlightreviews.com/reviews/osram_gd.htm , but I think other manufacturers have copied the design, so they may not be the same.
I put together a light with exactly this configuration: three Cree xr-e, direct drive by eight AA's in series. No driver, no resistors. Mine draws about 600 ma with freshly charged batts(energizer 2500's). I have not tried it with alkalines. I plan on checking the current occasionally to...
The Cree XR-E is indeed a hollow hemisphere filled with silicone. One that I received from cutter had "leaked" some silicone and let in some air. By pressing on the dome I could clearly see the flexible silicone moving around inside. Edit: I should have removed the dome for a closer look...
Re: Luxeon 1W? New Cateye EL500 in a bike catalogu
That Nite Ize is not much better than a regular rubber band. Nashbar.com carries the twofish light holder. They also carry a Nite Hawk Emitter lighting system, which sounds interesting, but they don't indicate 1w or 3w, beam pattern, plastic...