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    Finally! A decent LED bulb for $10 (review)

    Old thread but...I've had one of these running in an enclosed porch light, base up, in North Carolina (hot summers) for 6 months straight...still working fine. Maybe not turning it off and on helps.
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    "universal" headband ?

    The nitecore headband works for an AAA or small AA light (quark mini aa2). Initially, I found it to small for my head even adjusted out all the way. I solved this by cutting off the plastic adjustment pieces on each side and letting the band out all the way. Works great for me with an itp...
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    Rayovac 3AA LED lantern runtime

    NIMH were 2000 mah. The alkaline line looks a little weird because of the large gaps of times between measurements (I have a cheap light meter that I have to manually check, which doesn't happen during the work day). I don't really see a performance advantage to using NIMH over alkaline in...
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    Minimag LED multimode runtime (my first runtime test)

    Here's a run with Duraloops. You can see flatter (but not flat) regulation, but with much reduced overall runtime compared to alkaline.
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    Moderately priced, small, plastic flashlight wanted

    I'm pretty sure having an aluminium flashlight in your pocket won't make a difference in lightning strike risk. I'd recommend either the ITP A3 or a streamlight microstream. I own a few Maratac AAA's, essentially the same light as the ITP but in a slightly different body, and they are great...
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    Minimag LED multimode runtime (my first runtime test)

    I agree, but maglites are designed to use alkalines, and I'm sure their ANSI standard runtime test of 18 hours used alkaline. For other, high-power lights, I'll use eneloops as well as alkalines/lithium.
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    Minimag LED multimode runtime (my first runtime test)

    So I finally got my $20 amazon light meter (by Mastech). I was planning on getting a good one, probably an extech data logger, but I'm short on cash at the moment. I'm mainly interested in testing lights that don't have runtime graphs that I can find. For this test, I manually checked the...
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    Where do you go to play with your flashlights---

    Where are the hiking trails around here? Edit: ok googling trails is easy but which one do u go to that's open at night?
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    Fenix TK35 vs Eagletac M3C4 vs ????

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_AaI3UAJyc&feature=related
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    basic flashlight for dog walking / dog poop picking up

    These 2 are your best bet for a little more $$. Shipping is under $3 last time I ordered from this site. http://www.shiningbeam.com/servlet/the-178/Romisen-RC-dsh-G2-II-WW/Detail http://www.shiningbeam.com/servlet/the-164/Romisen-RC-dsh-N3-WW-Neutral/Detail Even cheaper...
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    surefire G2L KX4 vs M61L

    Howdy, Thinking of getting another surefire, for no good reason really. I currently have a G2 with malkoff M60L...great combo from what I've seen. Now I'm trying to decide between getting the newer 120L surefire G2L or getting a G2+M61L. G2L would be $60-70, G2+M61L $105. I'm leaning...
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    Tucson flashaholic ideas?

    Will be in Tucson az for a few days (road trip)...any flashaholic ideas for the area? Any good ghost towns or novice caves(no equipment besides lights)? Any safe night hikes? Thanks
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    cheap rayovac charger fails?

    After break-in on Maha: AA's: 1927, 1928 (rated 2100; ~92% of expected) AAA's: 740, 734 (rated 800; ~92% of expected)
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    cheap rayovac charger fails?

    Model PS33. I'm not really sure if this charger charges in series, but it does require 2 batteries to be charged at once. As far as my best interests, it only charges one way, and I do realize that independent channels are best, but it is just a cheap backup charger. Still around 12 hours...
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    cheap rayovac charger fails?

    I have the rayovac charge, bought off Amazon, that accompanies their "new" platinum LSD batteries, which I believe are basically Rayovac Hybrids. I took the charger on a weekend trip. I ended up running down the 2 AA and 2 AAA batteries that came with the charger. Before I left for home, I...
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