I'm ready:
L to R:
- stock 6P
- stock G2R (with stock battery and R60)
- 1950's HIPCO with 2x 18500 LifePo4 and 4 cell Mag xenon for about 150 lumens
- "+" logo E1 with Lumens Factory bulb.
- 1970's Kel Lite 2C with 2x 18500 LifePo4 and 4 cell Mag bulb for a throwey 150-ish lumens.
Top:
- 1950's 7D Dog Supply House search and rescue light with Mag 7D krypton that throws about 100 lumens from a super shiney mirror like it was shot from a canon. Those lights had optional shoulder straps.
My mostest favoritest flashlight:
A 1980's Bright Star clone made in Pennsilvania and gifted by none other than Scout24 himself. It's a great flashlight for general use purposes. I put a sweet beam'd Tung Sol turn signal bulb from the 1960's in it for a near LED quality beam with the genuine tint (not some imitation).
And lastly, a special little number I conceived after having some leftover aa sized lithiums from a monitor device I used for a month. The cells still had 75% life so I set them aside for use in a vintage pocket light to over drive a #224 focus tip E10 bulb. Puts out about 40 lumens versus stock 4-6 birthday candles.
Pocket rocket from the stone age.
The original idea was to overdrive a nickel plated Tom Thumb from the 50's but the slightly oversized battery wouldn't fit in the barrel. Noting a rattle in the 1960's Rayovac Sportsman Jr, I thought "well why not try it in the pre-EO1 style relic?" Yup, the Sportsman line was a durable type of consumer light meant for hunters and fisherman. It was a popular police light until Kel-Lite came along and changed the game using multi-cell parts like from the 7D above and sprinkler pipe for a bomb proof cop light that could double as a crowd control device when those dope smoking hippies at Berkley needed taming.