Oldest LED lights you own

[RWT1405]

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My first LED flashlight was this led lenser "tri-max" 3x N cell light. I do not remember where I bought it or when but think it was between 2003 and 2005 and perhaps from Home Depot.

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How about that tri-max beam?

I think I got a couple of those from my local Radio Shack, back in the very early 2000's, if I remember correctly.

 

[RWT1405]

All the ARC's being shown, I thought I should show some of mine, from my backup supply

 

[RWT1405]

I believe these backup Gerber FIRECRACKERS were also from the early 2000's, but I can't remember for sure when I got them

 

[bykfixer]

I think I got a couple of those from my local Radio Shack, back in the very early 2000's, if I remember correctly.

Maybe mine came from Radio Shack too.

 

[ledbetter]

All the ARC's being shown, I thought I should show some of mine, from my backup supply

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That camo one is cool!

 

[RWT1405]

That camo one is cool!

I think I have 2 more of those around somewhere

 

[kaichu dento]

I think I have 2 more of those around somewhere

Had a camo Arc but sold it to another member. Still got the red one though.

 

[Monocrom]

Oldest would be Single-AAA Dorcy fish-eye optic flashlight.

 

[Kitchen Panda]

I, too, have a Photon Micro Light that to my surprise still works after at least 15? years? When did they come out? I would never have guessed it would live so long - but that's the advantage of lithium batteries.

Currently not working, but I have a replacement LED waiting on the bench, is a LED LENSER 7??? - using three AAA cells, 80 lumens claimed - I wrecked this LED demonstrating that there was *no* current limiting resistor in this light. I bought this probably about 2008 and it was a new favorite.

I have a 23-year-old Maglite mini but it started off incandescent and only acquired an LED about ...10?...years ago.

 

[JimIslander]

I'm sure it's one of my Surefire weapon lights. But traditional flashlight it's probably my bedside light. Quark Tactical QT2A-X.

 

[bykfixer]

Oldest would be Single-AAA Dorcy fish-eye optic flashlight.

I have a twisty tailcap Brinkmann made Craftsman like that. It makes 10 blumens look like a lot more than that.

It's actually a sturdy light.
Used it for a while to find stuff in the crowded engine bay of a 90's Japanese sports car.

They say a blue moon is pretty rare.
Not really. Turn on your old LED light and see one every time. 😁

 

[Monocrom]

I have a twisty tailcap Brinkmann made Craftsman like that. It makes 10 blumens look like a lot more than that.
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It's actually a sturdy light....

Ironically, that little Dorcy is still pullin' Work Detail.
Sitting next to the phone in my bedroom for more years (decades?) than I can remember.

 

[sceva]

my oldest are a Surefire E1l and a Maratac brass AAA. They both get used ofter.

 

[Kilovolt]

Surefire U2 Ultra, must be some 15 years old

 

[ScaryFatKidGT]

When did mag light first offer a LED mini mag?3

 

[zs&tas]

My oldest bought is a nitecore IFE1 , wish I had the IFE2 , big regret. I have many inova X5, x03 and xo's too and they get used !

 

[deKatt]

Mine is a Terralux LightStar 220. I don't know how long I've had it, but I have seen online reviews dating back as far as 2009.

 

[this_is_nascar]

I'd have to do some digging to confirm this, but I believe this is my oldest light that I own and actually still use from time to time. You old timers will know about this one.

 

[turbodog]

Surefire u2... were pricey at the time, $270 if I recall. And this was in ~2005 dollars.

 

[Dave_H]

One (if not the oldest) LED flashlight here predates common availability of white LEDs; it's 3AA with four 5mm blue. It dates back to before 2003 as I recall using during the big August power outage that year. I still have one.

First white one was a small keychain device with one 5mm LED, running from 4xLR41 in a small tube shaped like an AAA (probably a mod'ed
incan design). Before that there may have been some other non-white keychain lights running from button cells.

Dave