News from Pelican

I sent an email to Pelican customer service and let them know they are missing the boat by being so slow with their LED developments. I let them know that Streamlight is NOT missing the boat, and that they'd better get busy unless they want to be left in the dust. Here is the reply I got:

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We are currently working on some new products along with improving our flashlight products with the LED beam

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I don't know exactly what that means, but I hope it means they will be introducing more LED flashlights with the famous Pelican quality in the very near future.

Next on my list.... Mag-Lite.

mag lite is already working on led products.
but they won't sell it untill they can get the beam nice and crappy /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Rothrandir said:
mag lite is already working on led products.
but they won't sell it untill they can get the beam nice and crappy /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Knowing it's from mag, somebody's bound to pop out any LED that's in there, and stick in one that mag never knew they could...

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Rothrandir said:
mag lite is already working on led products.
but they won't sell it untill they can get the beam nice and crappy /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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I possess two Maglites. One a 6D I bought years ago, more for a self defense "tool" than light. My other Maglite is a gunmetal 2AA that my firm gave everyone after 9/11. I happened to take it out of my desk drawer today to look at it. I unscrewed the tailcap to check on the batteries, and noticed a few metal slivers/shavings fall off the threads. Yikes! Perhaps Maglite is "quality" compared to $2 everready plastic jobs, but I was annoyed. I *hate* metal splinters. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/twak.gif

Your firm should it cares with Surefire!

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Skyline said:
I unscrewed the tailcap to check on the batteries, and noticed a few metal slivers/shavings fall off the threads. Yikes! Perhaps Maglite is "quality" compared to $2 everready plastic jobs, but I was annoyed. I *hate* metal splinters.

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I don't know if I'm right or not, but that might just be a side effect of aluminum rubbing against aluminum. I have seen that before on my Mag-Lite, but it didn't come from the factory like that. It came from screwing it in and unscrewing it over and over. I bet that if you clean off those threads and apply some silicone grease, you won't see it again. Aluminum rubbing aluminum is not a good thing.

In my case, I think this was only the second time I've unscrewed the cap (the first time being when I installed the batteries). /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif