American (USA) made flashlights

[seale_navy]

the Pelican M6 series are still made in USA though. Only the new Pelican AA aluminium bodies one is made in China.

 

[american lockpicker]

the Pelican M6 series are still made in USA though. Only the new Pelican AA aluminium bodies one is made in China.

I heard from a reputable source (eodtech of mutitool.org) that they are made in China.

 

[seale_navy]

hmm... I just got the Pelican M6 #2390 updated 180 lumens version, I think its made in USA though. Because I spoke to technical support at that time, she said its made in USA. She did confirm the Pelican #2360 is made in China as well. And I have been sending her emails to enquire about Pelican products for the last 5 years..

I also called Pelican today, and they verified its made in USA as well for the M6 #2390. But anyway, I ll do more research and post here when I have more information

 

[MattK]

Energizer is making their higher end products here in the US, up in VT.

 

[american lockpicker]

Energizer is making their higher end products here in the US, up in VT.

Do you have some links to which ones?

 

[MattK]

Their website is way behind their product releases...

 

[Marduke]

Due to contract requirements, most likely only the military ones. That's probably the reason they are 3x the price of the civilian version made elsewhere.

 

[Outdoors Fanatic]

Energizer is making their higher end products here in the US, up in VT.

That's some excellent news.

 

[MattK]

Yah, I was so impressed that we're probably going to offer a few of the new line. They did an excellent job on the helmet lights in particular; obviously a limited market but they showed that they are capable of some smart engineering.

 

[american lockpicker]

Will they be available for sale to the general public or military only?

 

[MattK]

General public.

 

[Monocrom]

Yah, I was so impressed that we're probably going to offer a few of the new line. They did an excellent job on the helmet lights in particular; obviously a limited market but they showed that they are capable of some smart engineering.

Would the helmet lights be compatible with Hard hats?

 

[Outdoors Fanatic]

Would the helmet lights be compatible with Hard hats?

Good question! I hope it will make a decent light for caving...

 

[Marduke]

Good question! I hope it will make a decent light for caving...

They already have a good caving light. The 100lm Hard Case Pro headlamp is an excellent caving light.

The hardhat one is 1xAA, and rather dim. It would make an excellent backup, but not a primary, especially the way it hangs off the side.

 

[MattK]

Would the helmet lights be compatible with Hard hats?

I doubt it but,as mentioned below, they've made a few good headlamps as well for the more 'general outdoors' market.

 

[Monocrom]

Thanks for the response, Matt.

 

[Daylo]

Elzetta lights are made in the USA and use Malkoff light engines. Here is the quote from their website.

Where are Elzetta products made? All Elzetta products are designed, engineered, and manufactured in the USA using American tooling and American made materials :thumbsup:

I might have to pick one of these up.

 

[gallonoffuel]

Streamlight has really disappointed me. I have gone through most of the lights in there catalog and clicking on the 'fact sheet' pdf tells you either 'Made in China' or 'Assembled in USA' at the bottom of the sheet. I was fairly surprised how many are made in China. And even if it's 'Assembled in USA' we don't know if the body was made in another country and shipped here, or if they actually still make the bodies here and just pop in the lamp assembly that may or may not be made here. It seems that most of the smaller bodied lights (stylus, nano, microstream), headlamps, tasklights, and twintasks are made in China.

Pelican has a few products made in China as well, but not nearly as many as Streamlight. Some of their headlamps and aluminum bodied lights are foreign made. So basically for Pelican, if it looks and feels a lot like their original lights and their cases, it's probably made in USA. Even the little L1 is made in USA (great little light by the way, especially with the accessory kit).

 

[jch79]

Well said, gallonoffuel. It is too bad that Streamlight has shipped a lot of their production overseas.

This is one of the best running threads on CPF, IMHO! :twothumbs

:thumbsup: john

 

[american lockpicker]

Elzetta is made in the USA. http://www.malkoffdevices.com/shop/elzetta-flashlight-with-m60-led-bulb-p-63.html