WNG said:These PR2 SMJLEDs are simply fantastic.
I have an Evererady Contractor - it looks EXACTLY like your picture - and unfortunately, it is not close enough to the 84 cent Walmart special to be useful as a modding host for the Buckalite. The Walmart light has thinner walls and looser inner dimensions than the Eveready (no doubt to save $$) so the Eveready can't be shortened or take CR123s as easily.EvilLithiumMan said:...the Eveready Contractor...has apparently been reincarnated into the 84 cent Walmart special....
nerdgineer said:I have an Evererady Contractor - it looks EXACTLY like your picture - and unfortunately, it is not close enough to the 84 cent Walmart special to be useful as a modding host for the Buckalite. The Walmart light has thinner walls and looser inner dimensions than the Eveready (no doubt to save $$) so the Eveready can't be shortened or take CR123s as easily.
Also, my Eveready had a spring wrapped around the PR bulb base which caused the SMJLED PR bulb to work poorly in it. Once I threw the spring away, the SMJLED PR bulb worked fine, except for artifacts in the beam due to the smooth reflector.
Just FYI...
nerdgineer said:I have an Evererady Contractor - it looks EXACTLY like your picture - and unfortunately, it is not close enough to the 84 cent Walmart special to be useful as a modding host for the Buckalite. The Walmart light has thinner walls and looser inner dimensions than the Eveready (no doubt to save $$) so the Eveready can't be shortened or take CR123s as easily.
Also, my Eveready had a spring wrapped around the PR bulb base which caused the SMJLED PR bulb to work poorly in it. Once I threw the spring away, the SMJLED PR bulb worked fine, except for artifacts in the beam due to the smooth reflector.
Just FYI...
Newuser01 said:Briefly....Saw a 2 AA no name flash lights in Fry's Electronics. No package, no name for selling for $0.99. Seems to be modable!! Check it out.:naughty:
carbine15 said:I got a .99 cent light from Fry's just like you said. It was a Brinkman glow in the dark 2 AA light with a smooth reflector. It has excelent throw and some usable side spill with the pr base SMJLED but does not appear to be modable with one CR123. I like it so much I don't want to destroy it. I want all my lights to be glow in the dark now.
Oh, it's original bulb was fairly bright and white also. I'm going back to get more soon.
Trueblue still has a few left at $6.66 each, but they're going fast (and that's the end of them I think), so I'd move on it if I was going to get any.Norm said:Where can I buy any SMJLED PR2? they seem to be sold out.
...so use a couple AA spacer cells.Lit Up said:This might make a good host for those who are fans of the "Turtlelite"/4AA form factor.
http://www.preparedness.com/ex4aacomwatf.html
Edit. disregard this as the SMJLED is 2 cell only.
Sigman said:...so use a couple AA spacer cells.
nerdgineer said:Also, my Eveready had a spring wrapped around the PR bulb base which caused the SMJLED PR bulb to work poorly in it. Once I threw the spring away, the SMJLED PR bulb worked fine, except for artifacts in the beam due to the smooth reflector.