Hi, I've been away from the bright&shiny scene for a while and am totally lost what's happening right now. Let me give a bit of background first.
The wife and I bought a car and ofcourse there is need for a glove box flashlight or two (or three). I have some ideas, but I'm not sure which way I'll go. It gets cold here in Finland so lithium AA's are given for emergency back-up use. I found the Eneloop freezer test and that gives me some confidence for them for EDC use I think even in winter time.
But the flashlights themselves are the question. A headlamp is a given, but I'm pondering about hand held lights. I could go with the Solarforce L2r I have, but I do like the idea of the heft of a M@glite in drivers side door flashlight.
So... let's say that I'd use Eneloops in D-cell parallel adapters in a 3D. Is there a reasonably priced upgrade for my old LuxIII Hotlips config? I'd need a led and a driver to mount on the heatsink, a good balance between throw and runtime.
Ofcourse I could go with a regular drop-in in a plain M@g (top of the line Malkofff
, but with $40 shipping is not gonna happen), but I really would like to take advantage of the Hotlips if possible at all.
If anyone has suggestions I'd appreciate it alot. Thanks.
The wife and I bought a car and ofcourse there is need for a glove box flashlight or two (or three). I have some ideas, but I'm not sure which way I'll go. It gets cold here in Finland so lithium AA's are given for emergency back-up use. I found the Eneloop freezer test and that gives me some confidence for them for EDC use I think even in winter time.
But the flashlights themselves are the question. A headlamp is a given, but I'm pondering about hand held lights. I could go with the Solarforce L2r I have, but I do like the idea of the heft of a M@glite in drivers side door flashlight.
So... let's say that I'd use Eneloops in D-cell parallel adapters in a 3D. Is there a reasonably priced upgrade for my old LuxIII Hotlips config? I'd need a led and a driver to mount on the heatsink, a good balance between throw and runtime.
Ofcourse I could go with a regular drop-in in a plain M@g (top of the line Malkofff
, but with $40 shipping is not gonna happen), but I really would like to take advantage of the Hotlips if possible at all.If anyone has suggestions I'd appreciate it alot. Thanks.
