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    Why do YOU love Maglite

    Maglights are great because they are: Cheap to buy Cheap to loan (and more likely to be returned than a more expensive light) Easy to mod Known to last forever About half my lights are Maglights. The other half are Surefires and a few E01s. C.P.T.
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    I keep hearing on CPF how horrible alkaline batteries are

    Re: I keep hearing on CPF Agreed. I use alkalines for all my regular flashlights and I've lost 2 lights to them in the past 30 years. The best thing I've found is to keep them out of temperature extremes, especially heat. C.P.T.
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    Better flashlight than a 2D Mag-Lite + Malkoff Drop-In for the money?

    WillJitsu, By outperform do you mean brightness or runtime? Here's a link to a thread of mine where I graphed the relative brightness and runtime of the Maglites with the Malkoff drop-ins: http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showpost.php?p=3018044&postcount=259 As you can see, the 2D Mag...
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    Little History Lesson About Surefire(Link Inside)

    Cosmo7809, Thanks for the good article. Funny where they sourced the parts for their first weaponlights. :poke::crackup::crackup: C.P.T.
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    Inova X5 has been updated

    That sounds like a good opening line. "Hey, those are some nice tints". I think I've been in the desert too long. C.P.T.
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    EDC Pen?

    I'll cast my vote for the Fisher Bullet Pen. I've had a black one in my pocket for the last 5 months for use with a Rite in the Rain notepad. This pen writes on wet paper, paper covered with sand, and in 120+ degree heat (SW Aisa). I've had it in my pocket outside in 125 degree temps for several...
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    Fenix E01 still a good value?

    I've had an OD E01 on my keychain for the better part of a year. This past 3 months its been through 117 degree temps and several sand storms. I just clean the threads when they start to grind and it keeps on working. I keep feeding it Energizer Lithium batteries and it keeps giving me 12hrs of...
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    A Collection Of Runtime Graphs

    PoliceScannerMan Here you go. This is the 3D Maglite running on Alkalines. It has the 2-3D Malkoff and the 4-6D Malkoff. I've also included the 2D Maglite with the 2-3D Malkoff on Alkalines for comparison. The scale is in hours. As you can see, the 2-3D Malkoff in the 3D Mag drops off...
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    A Collection Of Runtime Graphs

    PoliceScannerMan, I'll see what I can do on my next day off. Internet access is a bit spotty over here so no promises. Thanks! C.P.T.
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    Surefire Runtimes

    Actually, I've measured the surefire 6P with the Malkoff M60LL at close to 18hrs at full output (appx 4000Lux). See this thread for the graph: http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showpost.php?p=2815326&postcount=108 If you want to go brighter, get yourself a 9P (or G3L) and the M60LL. It...
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    How do you get a stuck battery out of a mini-mag?

    Re: mini maglite 2AA led problem So if someone runs into your Chevy and wrecks it you'd blame Chevy and not buy another one? As suggested, try a better battery setup. C.P.T.
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    How to measure runtime

    "Hundreds of pictures"???? That might work for a shorter running light. One of my tests ran for over 8 days. I had the meter set to log every 30 seconds and still ended up with over 21,000 entries. Capturing a picture every 3 minutes on a light that runs for 5 hours will get you 100 pictures...
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    How to measure runtime

    That's almost what I did on one of my Malkoffs. The 9P with a Malkoff M60 was over 20,000LUX for the first couple of minutes. I put a small piece of black foam inside the lightbox to absorb some of the output and it dropped it by appx. 700LUX (verified with 2 other lights). I just added the...
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    How to measure runtime

    Texlite, I love it. Here's a link to my test station. http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showpost.php?p=2866094&postcount=203 I've done a lot of runtime testing with it and it has worked well. The only problem is I'm starting to bump up against the 20,000 LUX capacity of the meter. If I...
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    Favorite User Interface

    Most Favorite: Push button on/off with momentary Twist on/off Least Favorites: Anything with more than 2 modes. If I can't push a button and get decent light right away I have to question the usefulness of the light in an emergency situation. C.P.T.
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