I dont understand.

[LSlugger]

Personally, the Lithium / LED combo has pulled me in. I used to think there were two kinds of flashlights: Maglites, and generic D-cell flashlights, the latter of which are usually in a closet with dead batteries, a blown bulb, or a bad switch (or all of the above). Not good for preparedness.

It all started when I Googled flashlights and read about SureFire. It had never occurred to me to use those really expensive camera batteries in a flashlight, nor had I realized that LEDs have gotten so bright. Here are some solid flashlights that I can leave in a closet, or a car, or a backpack, and they will Just Work.

After lurking here for a while I splurged on an HDS EDC, a tough aluminum tube that holds a single 123A battery and puts out 42 lumens of light (i.e., more than a typical D-cell flashlight) with an LED that should last a long time. A week later, I found a SureFire U2 pretty cheap (at the mall, of all places), so I suddenly had two of these new-fangled contraptions.

I don't consider myself a collector, but recent events have increased my focus on preparedness, so I am researching a variety of tools, including flashlights, to help with that. For EDC, I want something really small; for checking on that "bump in the night," I want something really bright; etc.

 

[Tech a Billy]

Before LED/Lithiums, there was little variation from the standard 2D-cell, whether it be metal or plastic. I remember the first time I saw a yellow 3D-cell RayoVac, I thought it was so cool. So I would always be drawn to anything unusual such as side by side battery arrangements, or twin bulbs, multi-colors, mini-flashlights and penlights etc. But they were really all the same for a long, long time, it seemed. Cheap, dim and dumb.

Now though, it's a whole new world and we are seeing it develop right before our eyes. Really bright LED's, rechargable lithium batteries, progammable flashlights with regulation... Think about it. I am still always fascinated though, that there can be so many ways to design a combination of parts, (battery, switch and bulb) in so many different configurations. Just like the huge variety you see in simple folding knives, but that's another prob...ah, addict...er, hobby.

 

[TORCH_BOY]

You will understand when you have been lurking around here for sometime,
its the same thingwith Motor cars, cell phones, computer,, Ipods, guns,
guitars ect

 

[Roy]

Several years ago I discovered that the AA MiniMag was issued by MagLite in many colors, I decided it would be fun to try and collect one of each color! I called the Mag folks and asked them what colors I needed to have to have a complete set of AA MiniMags. I had more than they remembered!

 

[ericg533]

Actually, you can....first Aluminum will hurt if you "accidently club yourself...say if a 6D mag fell off a shelf and your sitting right under it..:laughing:
Slim probability, but...hey, it could happen

When I was about 15 (3 years ago) I had my 2D Mag on top of my bed's "headboard". My alarm went off and I jumped and it fell on my head. Damn Mags.

Several years ago I discovered that the AA MiniMag was issued by MagLite in many colors, I decided it would be fun to try and collect one of each color! I called the Mag folks and asked them what colors I needed to have to have a complete set of AA MiniMags. I had more than they remembered!

Roy, don't forget about proper color order - ROY G BIV. :lolsign:

 

[Illum]

When I was about 15 (3 years ago) I had my 2D Mag on top of my bed's "headboard". My alarm went off and I jumped and it fell on my head. Damn Mags.

LOL, so it CAN happen and it did happen