Flashlights?

Dano, and others; the faceted reflector is actually inferior to a smooth parabolic reflector. The facets are sort of a poor man's Fresnel lens (lighthouse lights with the reflector made of thousands of glass prisms; much easier to ship during the 1800 the 1900's); they should work, but don't.

Batteries? Stick with Eveready and Duracell. All of these may leak, but the battery companies have a very liberal policy regarding replacement of items damaged by leakage. I have had two batteries leak in 20 years. The battery companies have even replaced electronic equipment damaged by leakers. So don't worry about it.

Using Photon lights where it is wet? If you can, use either the blue, white, green or turquoise, as these have gold plated leads (wires) coming from the LED. Smear the leads and the battery with silicone / Teflon grease, which you can get at pool and spa supply places, or use a Tuf-Cloth (preferably Marine type) on the battery and leads; this will make the Photon very water resistant. Happy lighting, Walt
 
smooth is more efficient? interesting...
Something to pass on: Since i didn't have a Carley Lamp for a three cell maglite using hi-cap rechargeables (and the four cell Carley lamp wasnt bright enough
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) i put a halogen 2-cell lamp (from radio shack) into the mag, and now i have a damn bright, and handy light...much brighter then a standard bulb, and a little bit brighter than my SL-20...

--dan
 
Walt, regarding the Photon lights...

Won't the LEDs short out if they were operated when wet? I gave one to a good friend of mine, and somehow, his 1-year old daughter found it, and started chewing on it! hehehe.. When he tried operating it, it was no longer functional.. seems like the bulb shorted out because it got "wet".

Also, the lithium batteries these lights use. Do you think we should put those grease on the space separating the positive from the negative contacts? Seems like those are the most vulnerable spots where leaks frequently occur if they get wet.

Dan
 
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