Re: Looking to buy my first decent flashlight, Tor
Agree that R. Nicholls are pretty decent, they have a store in Scarborough and IIRC Mississauga (never been to that one). There is no duty for importing flashlights from the U.S., but you will almost certainly have to pay taxes + the $5 handling fee, then there's the shipping $$ and the wait... Nicholls is pretty close to U.S. prices usually. But their SF 123s are more than double what they are in the U.S., though still about half what other 123s are in local stores, if you choose a 123 light.
And there's the Radio Shack 1W Luxeon lights, 2 of them, for $50-60 reg. price. They are actually not too bad, shorter but fatter than a Mini-Mag. I used the $60 123 one at work this week, I liked it, so did everyone else there. Very bright, equal or brighter to the similar 1W single cell models I've seen, so no lacking there. These are made by Nuwai I think, look like their models, RS price is about equivalent to their typical U.S. cost. Worth checking out if their size suits you.
