Mini-Mag sized Light for my Father?

[Steel85]

I am Looking for something about Mini-Mag size for my dad. It needs to be rechargable and BRIGHT! He has a Mini-mag anyway to convert that or would it be better to start with something else?

 

[schiesz]

What is your price range and intended use? Flood, throw, combination of both? Desired runtime and output?

schiesz

 

[Marduke]

These?

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=173941

 

[schiesz]

Its hard to compete with that price. If it were me, i'd be looking for something more like this, but that is going to be 10X the cost.

schiesz

 

[mr.squatch]

I've built several minimags for friends lately and they all love em. I use common aa rechargeables like sony 2700 or duracel 2650's, buy em two batts and a charger so they never have to buy batts again. Gotta spread the rechargeable bug when I can Then I put in a terralux txle5 (?) dropin, it's by far the brightest I've found and lasts forever on a charge. They claim to have between 100 and 140 lumens output, that's not bad at all for anyone other than diehard flashlight freaks. The light is 7 bucks, a good set of batts and charger is 20-30 and the dropin is 24 bucks from lighthound. Not a bad price for an edc that'll fit most anyone's needs.

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[Steel85]

That Mini-Mag Mod sounds like the ticket. For my Dad price isn't an issue. He is a Mechanic and use his light on a Regular basis. He needs something that has good runtime.1-2 hours would be nice with 60+ lumens. Needs to be Rechargable.

 

[mdocod]

streamlight strion.

http://www.brightguy.com/products/Streamlight_Strion_Rechargeable_Flashlight.php

 

[mr.squatch]

I was a mechanic fulltime and tried several flashlights over the years. My goto light was a cree'd surefire g2 on rcr123's. I had a kaidomain 11 dollar dropin in mine and it was just bright enough to work in a poorly lit shop. It's the right size to fit in a shirt (uniform) pocket, plenty grippy with grimey hands too. I dropped it hundreds of times and it never got hurt or scratched up. It was yellow, so it got plenty dirty, but I could always find it on the workbench amongst all the tools. Plus a rag with some brake parts cleaner made her shine like brand new. You can't hardly hurt a g2. Now that I have malkoff dropins in my g2's, I wish I'd have had them back then. It adds to the cost of the light, but it's night and day for quality and quantity of light. I found streamlight, maglite and other metal flashlights to be too slick to use every day. Another 2 cents, that makes 4 :twothumbs

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