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  1. bridgman

    Found my camping flashlight

    Many years ago I bought a yellow Fenix LD25 with a neutral colour LED for outdoor use, particularly camping. It was one of the first flashlights I saw with multiple brightness levels, and I was able to use it most of the time on low. My brother-in-law really liked it (he had never really been...
  2. bridgman

    LED Search Light

    One thing I always wondered is why we don't see multi-LED lights with the LEDs fanned out horizontally but not vertically. Search and rescue is the obvious application but I always end up torn between a floody light that illuminates the tree tops and close-to-me ground (waste of lumens) and a...
  3. bridgman

    Maglite came out with a new tactical light

    My understanding is that most companies have to give a lot of money to retailers in order to buy shelf space. My guess is that Maglite no longer has the money to buy retail space like they used to. That said, I agree that they should be making a big push for getting good online sales support...
  4. bridgman

    18650 battery weights

    I don't remember seeing weight discussions for 18650's but I have seen a few regarding NiMH D cell weight. Might have been in the Amazon review pages, not sure. IIRC the consensus was "the heavy ones are better".
  5. bridgman

    Looking to upgrade from a Maglite, what do you use?

    Yep... even today probably half of my flashlights are Maglites. I just wish Maglite shipped to Canada or we had an enthusiastic dealer up here - anything interesting or new typically comes at a high premium.
  6. bridgman

    Looking to upgrade from a Maglite, what do you use?

    I agree with your disagreement in a sense (OP was pretty clear that they were looking for a Maglite-sized light, not something smaller like a G2X) but my thinking was more about the G2X Pro being a replacement in the sense of being rugged, broadly useful and at least somewhat domestically...
  7. bridgman

    Looking to upgrade from a Maglite, what do you use?

    I hate to say it (understanding that you specifically did not want a smaller light) but I am increasingly convinced that the modern day equivalent to a Maglite is the SureFire G2X Pro. 15 lumens on low, 600 on high, decently neutral tint (when did this happen ?), CR123 primaries or...
  8. bridgman

    Looking to upgrade from a Maglite, what do you use?

    You know the old saying... the great thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from. https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/standards.png (xkcd allows hotlinking but not sure if CPF does, but that's OK because I'm not sure if I ended up hotlinking or not) The best I fear we can hope...
  9. bridgman

    Will I turn into a Maglite fan once again?

    Pity... I liked the look of it.
  10. bridgman

    Looking to upgrade from a Maglite, what do you use?

    I find that water pressure vs volume flow is a pretty good analogy - lumens is the amount of light coming out, and candela is the brightness at a single point (usually the brightest one). A floody light might have high lumens but not particularly high candela, while a light with a reflector...
  11. bridgman

    Looking to upgrade from a Maglite, what do you use?

    If it helps, that curve seems pretty typical. IIRC the FL-1 standard measures brightness at the 30 second mark. The only thing I don't understand about the curve is that it apparently spikes *up* around the 40 second mark, where I would expect it to be heading down. There may be flashlights out...
  12. bridgman

    Looking to upgrade from a Maglite, what do you use?

    That's fair... although my understanding was that one would normally hold onto the head end and communicate with the tailcap end so there wouldn't be much stress on the focusing mechanism anyways. I don't know how the plastic parts would hold up to banging the bezel directly (ie lens down) on a...
  13. bridgman

    Looking to upgrade from a Maglite, what do you use?

    If it helps, I don't remember ever reading about an actual problem with those gears, just a lot of people saying "they look flimsy". Given that all they have to do is rotate the reflector on a shallow thread and that the (tiny) load is divided across a lot of teeth it's not clear how a real...
  14. bridgman

    3D-cell Mag Lite LED

    Hold on... I didn't realize the LED module came out of the tower like that... I'm curious how you managed to remove it ? That is what I think of as "LED module built into the tower" ie no easy conversion available. Very glad you sent the picture ! Also my apologies for missing the post where...
  15. bridgman

    3D-cell Mag Lite LED

    IGNORE THIS POST, SEE NEXT INSTEAD Great, that makes it easy. You'll find a mix of 1 watt and 3 watt conversions - I think you'll need a 3 watt to match or exceed the original Mag LED assembly. There are some 5-watt conversions offered but they tend to need 6V or higher, ie more than you will...
  16. bridgman

    3D-cell Mag Lite LED

    Early LED Maglites were just regular incandescent lights with an LED drop in replacing the incandescent bulb. They included an incandescent bulb in the tailcap foam. Later LED Mags had a permanently installed LED (part of the tower rather than something that dropped into the tower's bulb...
  17. bridgman

    New Maglite 2C ML25LT

    D'oh !! I had completely forgotten about diffusers... thanks !!
  18. bridgman

    New Maglite 2C ML25LT

    It's a fair question - whenever I am knowingly driving on ice I have seat belt off, window open, ice safety picks handy and a sealed bag with wallet, phone and enough air to make it float handy. It would have to be a surprise scenario (eg off the road into the river) and in a lot of those cases...
  19. bridgman

    New Maglite 2C ML25LT

    I have to admit I have become less of a fan of candle mode since I realized it made a fairly crappy BBQ light. Ended up bringing out my Streamlight Survivor (for charcoal Weber where it can bounce off the lid) and Streamlight Dualie (for all scenarios) instead. Glass breakers still seem like an...
  20. bridgman

    Looking to upgrade from a Maglite, what do you use?

    I read and understood this part... ... but managed to complete miss this part. I read bykfixer's comment as giving you a twisty switch only. Just tried it on my ML25 2C and it works well. Thanks !

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