maintaining your mag-lite .

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Shame upon you all . Well prepared survivalists and I betcha don,t put a little bit of vaseline on the threads and or gaskets of your mag-lite . Yeah like I went out and bought a tub of it just for that , L:O:L

Actually I was reading one of their brochures a while ago and they recommended doing just that . It helps maintain the water-resistance of the unit .

I was thinking of making up a few firestraws . I may just grease up the works at the same time .
 
Doc I never feel a loss when I,m bettered . Perhaps because it happens so rarely . L:O:L

While I think the mag is starting to show its age . I do like to keep up with how to take care of equipment .
 
Actually, I use plumber's grease (silicon like ghostguy6). It's easier on rubber o-rings than petroleum.

That's 3.
 
While your talking about Mag-lites I've lost 3 this year to corrision.The whole cylinder fills with it.I guess you need to remove batteries if there in storage.I hate to loose my tools but I didn't think about this.Arnold
 
I love my Mag-lites, I've had the same ones since I was a kid and their still kickin. I converted to the LED from nite-ize about a year ago and they still work OK.

I switched to surefire a few years back, got a E2E and a nitrolon, carried them on and off for about a year and after about 5 bricks of batteries at almost 20 bucks apeice after shipping, 2 bulbs a broken pyrex lens and a new tailcap, I went back to the Mags.

My one mini-mag is almost 15 years old and has never needed a part aside from batts and bulbs and if I lose one, I'm not out over a hundred bucks like with Surefire.

Next purchace is going to be the LED replacement bulb for my D-cell.
 
tobyrogers said:
While your talking about Mag-lites I've lost 3 this year to corrision.The whole cylinder fills with it.I guess you need to remove batteries if there in storage.I hate to loose my tools but I didn't think about this.Arnold
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If you get yourself a long battery terminal brush you can clean it out. I just rince it out with an ammonia solution ( windex or fantasik) and the brush, you might still see some discoloration on the aluminuim but the corrosion scale will be gone.
So far my favorite flashlights are the pelican brand. The are brighter, lighter and in most cases water proof. They are also rater for work in explosive atmospheres if you need it.
 
I am an Inova man myself, not quite as bright as the super, gee whiz, surefire xenon bulbs but almost, and they stretch the batteries a lot further. A Inova T2 has almost a 6 hour constant run time, and I have yet to break one. I carry an infinity ultra for close range work like map reading, with a lithium AA almost a 10 hour run time. Chris
 
You guys are just too good . I,m gonna taske up knitting .

Tobyrogers is it possible you would have less corrosion if there was less moisture ? Maybe I posted this in a timely manner .
 
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