I just got the Double Barrel LED

[Elmie]

All I can say is WOW. Its a great flashlight conversion. Its plenty bright for my purposes. I'll be testing it tonight when I go hiking. It throws a wide enough beam and is bright. I would say that it is good for 100ft. Its a hefty price tag, but it is worth it IMO...especially since it has 18 leds

 

[JB]

Elmie...

Did you get yours off e-bay? That's about the only place I know where they're available? How much did you pay for yours? I hear they run around $100.

Can it really go 100ft?

 

[The_LED_Museum]

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Elmie...

Did you get yours off e-bay? That's about the only place I know where they're available? How much did you pay for yours? I hear they run around $100.
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The only place I've ever seen the DB LED conversion light is on ebay.

Prices seem to range from $85 to $100 depending on demand. I used the "Buy It Now" button that happened to be on the light I chose so nobody could snipe me out of it, and I think I paid $95 plus S&H.

When I bought mine last December, the listing said that only 15 to 18 of them would ever be made, but I believe somewhere around 40-50 of them have actually been sold.
So somewhere along the line, the guy found more Double Barrel bodies to work with.

 

[Spidey82]

is the 18 led so difficult to make that it cost so much??
i thought u guys are good at this sort of thing? but y must it be on a DB and can't it be on a mag of so smaller 4AA light??????

 

[Elmie]

Yes it will shine 100ft, but it does flood out considerably. It will light up anything pretty bright at 50ft. The DB is a really good choice for converting for a couple of reasons. One being that its a unique light, I like it alot. Two, being that it uses double A's and has the ability to just run on 3 AA's is a plus. I took mine apart and by looking at how the board is secured to the light I can see why the DB is a good choice for converting. On a Maglite, the light bulb is afixed to a spring loaded holder, whereas the DB has a plate and a bulb with 2 pins are friction fitted. I believe a while ago someone posted pics of how the array looks like. And for a 18 led light it is cheaper than the CC Crane lights and in my opinion is also a more durable light than the CC's. And in terms of brightness compared to the CC, from what I can see on Telephony's site, it is brighter.