Did Santa leave a flashlight?

[Hooked on Fenix]

I asked for Rudolph, but Santa wouldn’t part with him. No flashlights this year. With Christmas gift money, got a 48 pack of Kirkland AA batteries to run some lights and ordered an 8 pack of Luminiser thermoelectric candle lantern liquid candles. It’s kind of cool to be able to warm up a tent while using one light source to power another light source.

Edit: Just ordered a Sofirn HS10 headlight online and got a two pack of Husky 1000 lumen usb rechargeable work lights from Home Depot (under $17 for the two pack).

 

[jz6342]

None this year, but I did get an Olight Baton in November as a gift from a friend...🤔

 

[sween1911]

No flashlights this year. Last year was my Streamlight Protac HL 5-X, which I got for my December birthday and counted towards my membership in the "You have a December birthday so that counts as your Xmas present" shaftee club.

 

[hsa]

That is a shame about the Christmas/birthday shaftee club.
At least you got on heckuva flashlight.

 

[bykfixer]

No flashlights this year. Last year was my Streamlight Protac HL 5-X, which I got for my December birthday and counted towards my membership in the "You have a December birthday so that counts as your Xmas present" shaftee club.

That and being born on February 29th....

I used some Christmas cash to buy some ultimate lithium batteries for flashlights.....

 

[bridgman]

No new flashlights but something even better - enough cancelled work meetings that I had time to use the lights I already had doing various tasks inside and outside the house.

Surprisingly (to me anyways) the Mag ML25LT 2C has become my most-used flashlight, displacing a Streamlight 3AA Duallie and competing against a Convoy S21 and an older Mag 2C with 18500's and a 6 cell bulb.

I don't have a good understanding yet of exactly why I keep going back to the ML25LT but maybe I will by the end of the holidays.

 

[hsa]

It happens.

 

[zs&tas]

Didn't get any but I haven't been around in ages and decided it's the right time of year to update my collection, I got myself a Olight warrior X3 , which is cool cause I was using a custom light for 2500 lumens but now it's stock and 2500 lumens - time moves on !
Also a lumintop D1 is coming for small cheap locatable usefulness

 

[pnwoutdoors]

Did Santa leave a flashlight?

No, but a "bug" was placed in my ear, RE the idea of a new Malkoff M361N-LMH Neutral drop-in.

M361N-LMH Neutral Low-Med-High to Fit SureFire – Malkoff Devices

This is the Malkoff Devices P60 style Multi-Mode Drop-in LED Upgrade Conversion with solid brass heatsink construction. The output on high is 450 out the front lumens. The design utilizes a custom orange peel reflector designed by Don McLeish. The reflector offers a very nice balance between...

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[Talster]

Yeah he did. I got a Nitecore TM28. Absolutely blown away with it.

I've got a spare set of the batteries (the same ones that came with the TM28) on order as well as a Nitecore SC4 charger to allow me to charge the spare set up while charging a set up in the torch.

The SC4 will also be a useful addition as I have heaps of NIMH AA and AAA in my house and some Li-on cells too, so another charger will make charging them all easier, as you always end up having more batteries to charge than you have chargers for

 

[bridgman]

I used some Christmas cash to buy some ultimate lithium batteries for flashlights.....

Very good idea - I have been running no-name alkalines in the Streamlight Duallie and feeling guilty about it - will go and take care of that first thing tomorrow morning. Thanks !!

 

[Poppy]

Yeah he did. I got a Nitecore TM28. Absolutely blown away with it.

I've got a spare set of the batteries (the same ones that came with the TM28) on order as well as a Nitecore SC4 charger to allow me to charge the spare set up while charging a set up in the torch.

The SC4 will also be a useful addition as I have heaps of NIMH AA and AAA in my house and some Li-on cells too, so another charger will make charging them all easier, as you always end up having more batteries to charge than you have chargers for

Wow! What a great light!!!
I hope it gives you the giggles every time you turn it on, for years to come.

 

[AstroTurf]

i ordered a zebralight h600d yesterday...

to replace mine which i gave away to an inquiring friend in june.

arrived thursday, picked up on friday...

my work light. mounted to the back of a ballcap.

come on 2023... i'm ready for you.

 

[Talster]

Wow! What a great light!!!
I hope it gives you the giggles every time you turn it on, for years to come.

I certainly is. I've managed to use it twice on our after dark nature walks down our local river, and its totally wowed me both times when I put it on 6000 lumens 😮

 

[rwolfenstein]

Santa gave me a stinger classic with no battery and a traffic control cone for it. (shrugs) I will make good use of it.

 

[bykfixer]

Classic as in the incan kind or the first version of LED with the incan shaped head? That's the one I wanted the year Santa brought me a Stinger. He gave me the next version, which is 375 lumens. I've never felt the need to buy any of the newer ones because that 375 lumen one is all I need. Such an awesome flashlight that Streamlight Stinger is, regardless which version.

 

[rwolfenstein]

Classic as in the incan kind or the first version of LED with the incan shaped head? That's the one I wanted the year Santa brought me a Stinger. He gave me the next version, which is 375 lumens. I've never felt the need to buy any of the newer ones because that 375 lumen one is all I need. Such an awesome flashlight that Streamlight Stinger is, regardless which version.

I got the classic Incan version. I have plenty of those terralux conversion heads to upgrade as I need to, but the classics are always nice.

 

[bykfixer]

Nice.
I upgraded (if you wanna call it that) a Strion incan with a TerraLux. Not a bad change but I like the stock version better.

 

[rwolfenstein]

Nice.
I upgraded (if you wanna call it that) a Strion incan with a TerraLux. Not a bad change but I like the stock version better.

I liked the strion size, but I hated the old Incan versions. Mostly because it didnt come with a clicky tailcap (my preference on handheld lights) and the cap would unscrew on my duty belt. I also lost a couple of baton end caps from that unwinding as well lol.

 

[The Hawk]

No, however I did get a Cabela's gift card and you know what they sell there!