Alright, so we've all got lots of flashlights..

Slick

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Alright, so we\'ve all got lots of flashlights..

So how do you store them all, yet still keep them handy?
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I just found MY perfect solution!
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I was doing my usual "scan" of Walmart's flashlight isle, when I noticed some new "tackle boxes" on the shelf behind me.. These boxes are "single layer", but have the ability for two of them to be "snaped together" bottom to bottom by sliding lugs together on their bottoms. These boxes have horizontal compartments that run from end to end that you can place a divider in at any width in about 2" increments.

Width of the box is sufficient to easily house a pair of 2AA type flashlights end to end if that makes more sense. They only cost $3.97 a piece, so for $8 you wind up with a "tupperware briefcase" that could potentially house 48 mini-mag size flashlights! Just put the dividers in different places to fit your lights. The largest diameter light that I have put into mine is a Lightwave 3000 (3-C cell) flashlight - with plenty of room for a Rayovac headlight in the remaining portion of that compartment.

The brand name on these boxes is "Bait Box"

They also make these "paired" boxes in a smaller size that's perfect for knife collectors (which I also do). These only cost $2.97 Both sizes come with an ample supply of extra dividers.

Slick sez checkem' out..
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Re: Alright, so we\'ve all got lots of flashlights..

Cool stuff, while I was reading your post I came up with another, less practical idea. Just need a peg board and some peg style hanger devices, a'la flashlight asile
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Re: Alright, so we\'ve all got lots of flashlights..

Storing isnt really a problem for me. My US sits in my truck next to my seat. The E2e will go in the glove box. My Polystinger is in Kitchen drawer, and my Inova X5-T is on my night stand attached to a glowring.
 
Re: Alright, so we\'ve all got lots of flashlights..

I bought a Plano 4 drawer tacklebox on sale at Sports Authority for $12.99. Most of my bigger lights go in the top compartment (Surge, Stealth, Impact, etc...), and my smaller lights go in the drawers (E1, E2, LX, X5, etc...). It has compartments on the top for spare bulbs and other small accessories, and room in a couple of the drawers for spare batteries also. VERY handy, and makes my lights far easier to keep organized...

PJD

...there is nothing in the world more frustrating than a lousy beam...
 
Re: Alright, so we\'ve all got lots of flashlights..

I don't have quite so many lights, so they sit upright on my shelf. I really should put some lanyards on them though...
 
Re: Alright, so we\'ve all got lots of flashlights..

Since I have a very understanding wife, who accepts my addiction to vintage/antique flashlights, we purchased an antique glass-front china cabinet that now sits in our living room for all to see. Since it is just about full of the "old" stuff, I keep my normal "everyday" lights on and around my nightstand and dresser and floor and closet and car and.....!
Kirk
 
Re: Alright, so we\'ve all got lots of flashlights..

forgot to mention the torches I keep next to my bed. A 3D aluminium torch pointed cieling-ward and converted to Nichia cyans oftem is used as a bedside lamp in preferrence to the mains lamp which can dazzle somewhat. I can read mags and books in the reflected diffuse light.
I always carry a BT2 im my biking coat whenever I go out. It's very useful to have at least one torch with you...you never know when you're goimg to need it!
 

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