Juggernaut
Flashlight Enthusiast
Mega Cardboard Kryptonite-ECD "M.C.K.-EDC"
This is one of my first cardboard based lights, it uses a reflector and lens from a old ACE hardware store light I have had since I was probably around 8. The wiring is from a charger for the 6 volt servo battery on my old HP savage 21 R/C, I even went through the trouble of inserting treaded wire in to the very small connectors which came with the charger switch. All the wires are soldered "first time I used one, originally the wires were aluminum tapped on" to the PR base removable socket, and to the negative metal contact ring. The light uses a piece of cardboard from a UPS box witch still has a "fragile sticker" on it, though this light is anything but that. Weighing so little the light can easily survive repeated drops on to a concrete floor "plastic and cardboard easily absorbers such impact". The tail cap is made out of tinfoil crushed around the rim and then duck taped into shape, this "cap" is then restrained by a red rubber band. This cheap modded light still surprises me to this day. Running a 6 cell Magnum star Krypton bulb, off only one "9 volt" NiMH battery it is surprisingly bright "well for less then 5 minuets". The bulb is easily overdriven from it' 11.4-11.6 volt charged battery. It produces a very white beam that can **** the efforts of even a Xenon 6D Maglite! My friends still like this 4 inch wonder more then some of my current "real" lights.
The M.C.K.-ECD
This is one of my first cardboard based lights, it uses a reflector and lens from a old ACE hardware store light I have had since I was probably around 8. The wiring is from a charger for the 6 volt servo battery on my old HP savage 21 R/C, I even went through the trouble of inserting treaded wire in to the very small connectors which came with the charger switch. All the wires are soldered "first time I used one, originally the wires were aluminum tapped on" to the PR base removable socket, and to the negative metal contact ring. The light uses a piece of cardboard from a UPS box witch still has a "fragile sticker" on it, though this light is anything but that. Weighing so little the light can easily survive repeated drops on to a concrete floor "plastic and cardboard easily absorbers such impact". The tail cap is made out of tinfoil crushed around the rim and then duck taped into shape, this "cap" is then restrained by a red rubber band. This cheap modded light still surprises me to this day. Running a 6 cell Magnum star Krypton bulb, off only one "9 volt" NiMH battery it is surprisingly bright "well for less then 5 minuets". The bulb is easily overdriven from it' 11.4-11.6 volt charged battery. It produces a very white beam that can **** the efforts of even a Xenon 6D Maglite! My friends still like this 4 inch wonder more then some of my current "real" lights.
The M.C.K.-ECD
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"and looks like crap"
. And it's only 4 inches long. 
" It's really quite funny all my unenlightened friends marvel at my high quality lights, than I pull this little piece of garbage out and their jaws drop
