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    Nite Ize 3-in-1

    The 3xAA was the Nite Ize Radiant 3-in-1, model NL3A-01-R7 which I bought one year ago on special order from a home center. They're now discontinued but available on Amazon. Mine is good. I shopped around back then and I'd definitely recommend it as a first flashlight. I liked the run time (# of...
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    What did you use your flashlight for today?

    I used my Olight I3E EOS to check for excess grout that I need to wipe off of the bathroom wall. An even wider flood would have been better but I like the length of the light.
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    NASA's flashlight

    Here are some NASA scientists examining the James Webb Space Telescope with flashlights. Can anyone ID the flashlight by its profile? It's a snapshot of a video on this page.
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    Heating to fix broken connections

    It was like new for a while but tonight it flickered and when I turned it off and on it was dead.
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    Has anyone ever FOUND a flashlight?

    I just found this thing but I was afraid to touch it. It was by the side of the road. Is this something that plugs into a car cigarette lighter? A bicycle light? The light was red.
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    Moderately priced, small, plastic flashlight wanted

    Yeah, these days a Solitaire is an option and I'd even prefer it over the old E05.
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    Heating to fix broken connections

    It worked! This is what it was like before I fixed it: Then I held a heat gun to the emitter end and the battery end for several seconds each and it improved but the red and black wire insulation didn't melt at all, so I tried the heat again, for a longer period, and it worked! It seems those...
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    Heating to fix broken connections

    I cleaned all the contacts and the threads feel OK when I tightened it but it was worse than ever. I tried a heat gun to loosen the thread locking but I gave up with that and just filed down a nut and jammed it in the tube so I could clamp it tightly with pliers without crushing it too much...
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    Heating to fix broken connections

    When I turn on old, one mode Fenix E05 it becomes dim, then I have to slightly loosen it for full brightness (it shouldn't work like that). Maybe pressure on the board caused it to bend and break a connection. I could try to add some solder to the copper that touches the battery but I'd like to...
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    Moderately priced, small, plastic flashlight wanted

    Well, there was still that issue with the tightening causing it to be dim and the sweet spot got even smaller so I'm getting a Olight i3E EOS. I just have to choose between the 120 lumen silver and the 90 lumen other colors.
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    Moderately priced, small, plastic flashlight wanted

    I think it finally died after 6 years of light use. It became harder to turn on recently - if I tightened the head firmly it would be dim so I'd have to loosen it a little to get full brightness, and now it won't turn on. Maybe something in the board that contacts the battery broke. Or maybe it...
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    Post your Swiss Army knives!

    My 25 year old Swiss Champ:
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    What jobs do people do that they need to EDC flashlights?

    Once I saw a bunch of people on the ground trying to find a woman's ring under a pile of wood or something. A flashlight would have helped. Other than that, I walk on a path that's indirectly lit by highway lights. One night, when they had recently replaced the incandescent lights with LED...
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    Dorcy 41-2460

    I added beam shots to the original post.
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    Dorcy 41-2460

    I tried looking them up. All I know is they're Dorcy Heavy Duty D cells.
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