Defunct brands

What flashlight brands/companies have either gone out of business or have stopped making flashlights?

I know that Pentagonlight went out of business and Leupold quit making lights. Any others?

Are "orphan" flashlights especially collectable?

More recently Xeno seems to have disappeared.

iTP which was made by Olight has been dissolved into just Olight and the previous models are no longer made except the successful iTP EOS is now called the Olight i3. I have an iTP SA2 2xAA which has infinite variable plus 3 fixed modes and strobe. I have no intention of selling it because you can't get them anymore.

Anyone know if Dereelight is still around?

I know the sad story of Novatac but I still mourn....

Novatac, the real Novatac, lives on in Henry and his Ra lights.

I don't see Kel-Lite manufacturing flashlights any longer, though you can still purchase parts for some of them here: http://www.kellite.com/

Monocrom said:

Anyone know if Dereelight is still around?

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Dereelight yet lives although they ought to invest more in marketing or people are going to think they are dead. A quick search will point you to the main website and there you can also find their dealers.

Barbolight was a Spanish company, which made very durable flashlights. Javier from Barbolight was a member here. Unfortunately, the company closed several years ago...

LiteFlux

How about: Emissive Energy and Lighthound?

Hexbright is gone.

I, too, still mourn the passing of LiteFlux.

Geoff

I miss Leef

LiteFlux is a big loss, too, for sure ....

Came into thread hoping to see Ultrafire

Leaving disappointed

grinsefalle said:

Barbolight was a Spanish company, which made very durable flashlights. Javier from Barbolight was a member here. Unfortunately, the company closed several years ago...

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I just heard that Javier is trying to restart things from a very reliable source-the economy is Spain was not economically conducive so he is starting up in another country...

Dr. Tweedbucket said:

Came into thread hoping to see Ultrafire ... Leaving disappointed

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Dr. T, you've been around for only 10 minutes . . . .

And (Your) Another Post Has Cracked me up!

THANKX! !!

(Wish I could just fall sleep instead of reading CPF!)

Thanks for the laugh!

Crazyeddiethefirst said:

I just heard that Javier is trying to restart things from a very reliable source-the economy is Spain was not economically conducive so he is starting up in another country...

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Sounds great, good luck to Javier! I was a big fan of Barbolights. Simple, reliable, great knurling on the body... Hopefully his project comes to life.

archimedes said:

I miss Leef

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....... I feel dumb for forgetting that one. No offense, I guess it's because I was fortunate to get all the Leef bodies I wanted before Leef and then Lighthound vanished off the face of the flashaholic world.

PALight is gone, the designer/owner passed away.