MiniMag_Crazy_Greg
Newly Enlightened
So, the phone rings....."Help, I'm outa gas!!!"
My buddy calls me up and tells me he's in a bad spot for running outa gas, in between the right lane of a 3 lane intersection and a highway on-ramp, almost blocking the on-ramp to a major highway in my town, during rush hour.
Ok, "I'm on my way!!"
Since I was less than prepared when he called, I didn't have my trusty EDC P2DQ5 on my belt (duh!!
!! ) I grabbed my faithful incan PolyStinger, sitting on it's charger just waiting for such a situation. Picked him up, got 5 gallons of gas, and let him re-fill the tank while I directed traffic around him. To make matters worse, his battery is dead........D'OH!! Broke out the jumper cables, his truck is a 22 year old 460 carb engine, so it took some time to charge the battery with my truck and prime the carb. Several cranks later, still no start.
Then the cops showed up, they took over the traffic duties while I shined the Poly on the carb. He then tries to prime the carb by dumping gas right down the carb, not the smartest thing I've seen, even the cop got nervous. Small puff of smoke comes out of the carb, RUN AWAY!!!
So a second cop shows up, and the first shines his M@g Charger on the situation. I was quite impressed with the M@g Charger, out did my PolyStinger. HMMMMMM, I think to myself, maybe a magcharger is worth a second look. When I bought the Poly, I chose it for it's size and streamlight's reputation, and rechargabililty.
After 20 minutes, the Poly was getting a little hot at the head, but I was still impressed with it's performance, nice tight hot spot, but with good flood, and reliability. I felt that my EDC P2DQ5 might have been only a backup if the need arose.
I've been a long time fan of M@gs and will consider buying one in the future. But, the streamlight fit the bill tonight!!!
My buddy calls me up and tells me he's in a bad spot for running outa gas, in between the right lane of a 3 lane intersection and a highway on-ramp, almost blocking the on-ramp to a major highway in my town, during rush hour.
Ok, "I'm on my way!!"
Since I was less than prepared when he called, I didn't have my trusty EDC P2DQ5 on my belt (duh!!
!! ) I grabbed my faithful incan PolyStinger, sitting on it's charger just waiting for such a situation. Picked him up, got 5 gallons of gas, and let him re-fill the tank while I directed traffic around him. To make matters worse, his battery is dead........D'OH!! Broke out the jumper cables, his truck is a 22 year old 460 carb engine, so it took some time to charge the battery with my truck and prime the carb. Several cranks later, still no start. Then the cops showed up, they took over the traffic duties while I shined the Poly on the carb. He then tries to prime the carb by dumping gas right down the carb, not the smartest thing I've seen, even the cop got nervous. Small puff of smoke comes out of the carb, RUN AWAY!!!
So a second cop shows up, and the first shines his M@g Charger on the situation. I was quite impressed with the M@g Charger, out did my PolyStinger. HMMMMMM, I think to myself, maybe a magcharger is worth a second look. When I bought the Poly, I chose it for it's size and streamlight's reputation, and rechargabililty.
After 20 minutes, the Poly was getting a little hot at the head, but I was still impressed with it's performance, nice tight hot spot, but with good flood, and reliability. I felt that my EDC P2DQ5 might have been only a backup if the need arose.
I've been a long time fan of M@gs and will consider buying one in the future. But, the streamlight fit the bill tonight!!!
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