Flashlight in the washing machine?

OfficerCamp · Sep 29, 2009

Any CPFers ever forget to take their edc light out of the ol' trousers and send it through the water works? I washed AND dried my Quark 123 the other night... man I love the smell of Gain.

Good job on the Quarks, 4Sevens; my stupidity has given me more faith in the quality of your product.

sparkysko · Sep 29, 2009

Dexlight X.V, Ultrafire C3 and a Nitecore D10 all have gone through a couple times in the washing machine and dryer (on high). All continued to work just fine.

flip · Sep 29, 2009

I washed a little AAA Streamlight Sonic 3 times. I had put plumbers silicone on the threads and it still works great.

mr.vu · Sep 29, 2009

Surefire G2. It was turned on. The batteries leaked, but I cleaned it up and it worked just fine.

csshih · Sep 29, 2009

plenty

camaro09 · Sep 29, 2009

Guilty!

Krotchitty · Sep 29, 2009

Yes, I washed my D10 twice...after that it really shined

Yucca Patrol · Sep 29, 2009

Lots of D10's going through the wash . . . . mine too!

bullfrog · Sep 29, 2009

Haha - washing machine vs. flashlight threads always make me smile

My E01, Arc-AAA, Ra Twisty and E1B have all survived unscathed.

The E01 I think about 3 times now :shakehead

post tenebras · Sep 29, 2009

I clicked on this hoping it was a "what's the best flashlight to run through the washing machine" thread.

ypsifly · Sep 29, 2009

Yes, I have conducted several unscheduled "Maytag Tests".

kz1000s1 · Sep 29, 2009

I haven't done that, though I have gone swimming and forgot my keys in my pocket with a Fenix LOD CE and Arc AAA attached. No damage. My daughter washed her Ipod shuttle. They aren't quite as durable as flashlights!

Flying Turtle · Sep 29, 2009

The E01 and Arc AAA have both been through the wash cycle. Almost did the LF2XT yesterday.

Geoff

OfficerCamp · Sep 29, 2009

post tenebras said:
I clicked on this hoping it was a "what's the best flashlight to run through the washing machine" thread.

That would not surprise me given the number of "best xxxx to xxxx" threads lately. That made me laugh Tenebras!

Lake Effect · Sep 29, 2009

My LD01 SS comes out real shiny after the wash cycle. :laughing:

divine · Sep 29, 2009

One of my EX10's went through the wash.

Illum · Sep 29, 2009

Surefire G2, L4, E2e, E2L....
Fenix L2P, P1-CE, E01...
minimag, solitaire...
Inova XO, XO2, XO3, X5...

I'm under the impression that any light that is operated using a twisty will not survive being thrown in and bouncing around. But if its well protected inside fabric they usually turn out okay. Of course I can't say the same about tumble dry medium...but:candle:

Surefires did fine, inovas did fine, the middle two leaves a bit to be desired

NE450No2 · Sep 29, 2009

I have washed my SureFire E1e three times.

Twice this year.

It never leaked a drop.

JohnF · Sep 30, 2009

No damage with multiple washings of ARC AAA and LF2. My 3 D-cell maglite has never been through the wash, however.

John F

gordonshowers · Sep 30, 2009

JohnF said:
My 3 D-cell maglite has never been through the wash, however.

:laughing:

None through the wash yet, but a Lummi Wee has survived a mud bath followed immediately by a hot spring bath. Had some condensation on the inside of the front lens and it went very discoloured (nickel silver version). The tour operators did warn us that silver would become discoloured, but we forgot all about it because it was worn round the neck. Nothing that a quick dismantle & clean couldn't sort out though.

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