I picked one up at Sears today. It looks sorta like a Mini-Mag clone, but the similarities don't go much further than appearance. IMHO, the Craftsman is easily superior to the Mag. Instead of a twist-on switch, it has a very solid feeling rubber-covered pushbutton switch just behind the head. The light itself feels VERY solid in your hand. The stock bulb that comes with it (there's a spare in the tail cap) is a bi-pin, but it has a rather odd shape; it's only about 2/3 as long as a Mag 2AA bulb, but almost twice as wide. When the light is turned on, it out-performs the Mag in ALL aspects! It is (...using my standard-issue eyeballs as the only measuring device...) easily 50% brighter than a standard Mag bulb, and the beam is much smoother. In fact, this light is brighter than my Mag 2AA with a Nexstar bulb! The light comes in a variety of body colors. It also comes with a set of Dorcy AA batteries, and a belt holster. The holster isn't anything to write home about...not corduron or anything even similar; pretty cheap actually. But for $8.97, this is a VERY good utility light, and I was extremely pleased with it's output and beam quality.
A couple notes...DO NOT feed this light lithium AA's! The bulb can't take the extra oomph. Not a problem though, because the light performs extremely well on alkalines.
I tried a Nexstar bulb in this light, and it wasn't as bright as the stock bulb, and it didn't focus very well.
One drawback to this light is that you'd be hard-pressed to find replacement bulbs due to their odd shape. They're wider than a T1, but narrower than a T1 3/4, and they're shorter than both! If anybody knows what type of bulb this might be and where they can be found, I'd sure like to hear from ya...
PJD
A couple notes...DO NOT feed this light lithium AA's! The bulb can't take the extra oomph. Not a problem though, because the light performs extremely well on alkalines.
I tried a Nexstar bulb in this light, and it wasn't as bright as the stock bulb, and it didn't focus very well.
One drawback to this light is that you'd be hard-pressed to find replacement bulbs due to their odd shape. They're wider than a T1, but narrower than a T1 3/4, and they're shorter than both! If anybody knows what type of bulb this might be and where they can be found, I'd sure like to hear from ya...
PJD