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Flashlight Enthusiast
Well,lets see:
MagLite 4d LED 3W
That Walmart 3AA HeadLight with 1W LED/5mm LEDs
STreamLight Twin Task 3AA 5mm LED/Xenon
StreamLight Jr. Luxeon
Several Mini Mag LED 2AA and 3AA
A regular Mini Mag, which I converted with Nite Ize 5mm LED module
Lots of Fifth Element keychain lights
and lots of batteries. Thankfully they were all either AA or D.
And a few nylon holsters for Mini Mags.
Also was gonna give away my StreamLight TwinTask 2D 5mmLED/Xenon but it was getting fixed at the time at StreamLight (I did something stupid to it, crossthreaded the tail cap, but they fixed it well)
All in all, the trip to Europe went well. No problems with customs or anything, although they were amazed at the "large quantity of lights" as they put it. They weren't packed in their original boxes, and many were used.
My Mini Mag 2AA LED fell off the x ray machine, off the rollers and I feared it would get lost somewhere inside, but it didn't. Nobody gave me issues about it. They did however confiscate my shaving cream as the only casualty of this trip. I bought a can at Wally Worlde for 89 cents, took it with me, found out I didn't use the whole thing and tried to bring it back with me. I am a cheap soul. I and almost made it, except it was confiscated in Amsterdam.
The MiniMag performed nicely, and I am still on the NiMH cells I put it before the trip! These NiMH 2700 MaH are truly long-lasting. In the digicam as well, although I took far fewer pics than I expected.
P.S. I asked a friend about the StreamLight Trident I gave him during the last trip -- He found it pretty useful as he lives in the middle of nowhere in a village. He said months later he was still on the original set of AAA cells, and I gave him a whole 36-cell pack from Home Depot. Neat Light actually, that's what I like about 5mm LEDs, they last a long time with their low power consumption. I liked it, but had no use for it as I don't use AAA.
So this time I gave him a better headlight, that cheap 3AA unit from Wally Worlde, it's actually fairly bright, and lots of spare AAs with it. I am sure he will use the 4D MagLite often enough. He is too poor to buy cells, which run close to $2 each, so I am contemplating getting him a charger, probably a Vanson that runs on 220V.
MagLite 4d LED 3W
That Walmart 3AA HeadLight with 1W LED/5mm LEDs
STreamLight Twin Task 3AA 5mm LED/Xenon
StreamLight Jr. Luxeon
Several Mini Mag LED 2AA and 3AA
A regular Mini Mag, which I converted with Nite Ize 5mm LED module
Lots of Fifth Element keychain lights
and lots of batteries. Thankfully they were all either AA or D.
And a few nylon holsters for Mini Mags.
Also was gonna give away my StreamLight TwinTask 2D 5mmLED/Xenon but it was getting fixed at the time at StreamLight (I did something stupid to it, crossthreaded the tail cap, but they fixed it well)
All in all, the trip to Europe went well. No problems with customs or anything, although they were amazed at the "large quantity of lights" as they put it. They weren't packed in their original boxes, and many were used.
My Mini Mag 2AA LED fell off the x ray machine, off the rollers and I feared it would get lost somewhere inside, but it didn't. Nobody gave me issues about it. They did however confiscate my shaving cream as the only casualty of this trip. I bought a can at Wally Worlde for 89 cents, took it with me, found out I didn't use the whole thing and tried to bring it back with me. I am a cheap soul. I and almost made it, except it was confiscated in Amsterdam.
The MiniMag performed nicely, and I am still on the NiMH cells I put it before the trip! These NiMH 2700 MaH are truly long-lasting. In the digicam as well, although I took far fewer pics than I expected.
P.S. I asked a friend about the StreamLight Trident I gave him during the last trip -- He found it pretty useful as he lives in the middle of nowhere in a village. He said months later he was still on the original set of AAA cells, and I gave him a whole 36-cell pack from Home Depot. Neat Light actually, that's what I like about 5mm LEDs, they last a long time with their low power consumption. I liked it, but had no use for it as I don't use AAA.
So this time I gave him a better headlight, that cheap 3AA unit from Wally Worlde, it's actually fairly bright, and lots of spare AAs with it. I am sure he will use the 4D MagLite often enough. He is too poor to buy cells, which run close to $2 each, so I am contemplating getting him a charger, probably a Vanson that runs on 220V.
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