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    Neutral-warm small light

    Hey all I am looking for a small light, the primary purpose is to "paint light" for night time photography, but it will be used for general outdoor trail walking. I will use the flashlight to add light to something which is otherwise too hard to pick up when shooting a primarily an astro shot...
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    Good hunting light (AA or AAA)

    Hi all, I want to get my brother in law a new flashlight for hunting and was hoping you guys might be able to make some recommendations. Currently he has a Streamlight Scorpion. Two things he does not like 1) the price of the batteries ($10 for two) 2) run time of 1hr (again mainly due...
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    Post your home-made lanyard photos! (Part 2)

    Storm, thanks, I have placed an order and will soon attempt some of the knots you guys have mastered.
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    Post your home-made lanyard photos! (Part 2)

    Some stunning work in this thread. I have a couple of questions. I am going to try and make my first Lanyard. A simple adjustable wrist lanyard for a flashlight, similar to the one a few posts above from Stormdrane. My flashlights only have a 1/16" hole for the lanyard. The lights came...
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    Recommendations for adjustable wrist lanyards

    Is there a tutorial on how to make a paracord lanyard anywhere? Or can someone explain how to get the cord to attach to the light (the hole is very small) and what kinds of knots to use to when making the para loop. The Wii lanyards is a great idea.
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    Recommendations for adjustable wrist lanyards

    I've been looking online for some adjustable wrist lanyards. Searching brings up thousands of results for lanyards of all kinds, but I don't see any that are suitable. I'm not look for anything too special, just something I can thread through my EDC and can be tighten around my wrist so I can...
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    cordless phone batts?

    Mr Happy, thanks, I had the same kind of situation when I use "compatible" batts before, but that was before I knew about this forum and some limited knowledge on batt types. Itiu, I was thinking just the same. With a costco coupon I could get 5 new cordless phone package for not much more...
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    Best way to clean a device with a corroded battery?

    Re: Best way to clean a device with a corodid battery? It was some AAA Duracell standard alkaline. Dane, thanks I will try that.
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    Best way to clean a device with a corroded battery?

    what the best way to clean the batt acid off a remote control if the batter leaks? Or it the remote usually toast?
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    emergency light for my mother?

    thanks guys. you've given me a lot to work with.
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    cordless phone batts?

    I am visiting my mum and she has asked me to look at a few things for her, including her cordless phones. One will no hold a charge. I have been looking for a replacement and the batt has two sets of numbers on it. When I search one it give me OEM batts, the other gives me what look like...
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    emergency light for my mother?

    Hi all, I'm currently down visiting my mother and she wanted me to take a look at her battery collection (not pretty) and antiquated flash lights. Many of her lights are poor double D incan lights. She does have two incan Maglite 3d and 4d which I could get the led drop-ins for. If I were...
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    Quality of light from Eneloops v alkalines

    thanks for the replies. So the main difference is run time, the light emitted is about the same.
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    Quality of light from Eneloops v alkalines

    If you have two of the exact same flashlight but one uses AA Eneloops and the other standard AA Alkaline what is the difference in the quality of the light? This might belong more in the battery section but thought as I am more interested in the light emitted, rather than the batteries...
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    Why does neutral white LEDs have lower output than cool whites?

    here is a great explanation. link
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    Neutral white?

    I hope this will help, I started a thread because I was confused by the Cree model numbers. there is some great info in there, hope it helps. link I will give your question a shot, but I am very new to flashlights. The Q3, Q4, R2, R5 etc refers to the flux bin (efficiency of the LED, how much...
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    Do I really need more expensive Alkalines

    If you have an Ikea near you their AA cells run about $0.20. Not a bad bang for the buck.
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    Confused about chargers.

    Sorry, the costco copon was in the coupon mailer they send out every month to the primary act holder. I only just renewed my act so I could did not receive mine. I saw a post on another forum stating that they sometimes have some at customer service desk and will give them to you if your the...
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    What are the LED bulbs to look for in a AA light?

    John, you're right, I should have asked for that thread to have been moved here, and I should have known better, sorry. Having spent good amount of reading about it today and then going back and re-reading the other thread there was indeed a good amount of info in there too but at the time I...
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    What are the LED bulbs to look for in a AA light?

    Balu, that is absolutely amazing, thank you. Your post above should be incorporated into the "welcome mat"

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