Mini Maglite...

My AA Maglites are in the glovebox and toolbox. For hiking, I have LED microlights as backups and an LED headlamp for my main light. The Gerber Tracer is a super light headlamp that runs on one AAA. My "good" light is a Back Diamond Night Ray. Petzl, Black Diamond and Princeton Tech LED lights are pretty good. I have a Streamlight LED Task Light and a little Geber Infinity that make good EDC's.
 
exactly minimags are rugged ,,add the Leds and some 2900 mahs recharegable batteries,,tail click,,glass lens ,,and its a great tool...have the terralux 5ex, reflector that came with the terralux,,glass lens ,,and the tail clickie,,,great ligh in my opinon,,loooong run times,,,great light source/power,,
 
DonTomas said:
Are you talking about that push-button-rubber-switch-doohickey on the end? It barely works on my X1. I thought I just had a bad piece. I always have to twist the tailcap to use the light.
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Why do you want to use it anyway? I would much rather see a solid end cap than a push button switch. Maybe because I've been conditioned by Mini Mags?

BTW, Foilist, great line! (Until then, it is basically an aluminum tube in which to store dead batteries!)

Doc
 
I have a bunch of the AA mini-mag's. Get this, down here in Brazil they sell for about $75 US. Yes, you read that right, what you pay $8.50 for at Wally World goes for about 10x that price here.

I have given alot of them away, every time I come back to Brazil from the States I have a few more. Most of mine are converted to the LED config, the batteries last a long time and as I use Ni-cad they turn out to be very cheap and rugged lights.

Are they obsolete? Yes and no. Walk a mile over broken ground in the dark and then tell me the mini-maglight is obsolete. If by obsolete you mean, no longer performs its intended function, no they're not. If you mean lighter, brighter, smaller, and way more expensive, sure they're really good 80's tech.

I'm a big fan of the Inova LED's but they seem a bit fragile to me. I'd love to buy a keychain sized light, maybe a 2-LED model built like a tank but I haven't found it yet. Mac
 
pict said:
I'm a big fan of the Inova LED's but they seem a bit fragile to me. I'd love to buy a keychain sized light, maybe a 2-LED model built like a tank but I haven't found it yet. Mac
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I love INOVAs also and use the T2 and T1 a whole lot, damn good lights for the price.

As far as the LED built like a tank the closest I have found are the gerber task lights, rugged as hell, bright enough for most close work or walking in a pinch. I use lithium AAs and as far as I can tell they never go dead, they also have a convienent clip so you can put the light on your hat to use as a headlamp. If you haven't tried them give one a whirl, for 15 bucks I don't think you will be dissapointed, I carry and use one every day. Chris
 
Ok, after I started this thread I talked my wife out of a couple (22.99 to be exact) dollars so I could try one of the Target lights. It's a luxeon, single AA, 42 lumen, tail clicker whazit light; I really like it so far. Also, it has a pocket clip and a neck lanyard. The name of the company is River Rock and the light was designed in Texas and made in China. I'm looking forward to see how it performs over time. It's super bright and it says a AA will last 2 hours, which is long enough for me. The light itself is REALLY light and is perfect with the pocket clip. I'll let you guys know how this little feller performs.


OMG I just hijacked my own thread! :eek:
 
I can't look at my maglites the same after I bought my Surefire E2L. Expensive, yes, but its an amazing light. However, I do not believe the maglites will ever become obsolete. Not as long as they still light up dark places.
 
lol Troutfisher.... i would add my vote to Texastonydobbs. There would always be a place to a MAGlight.

Sasha
 
Generally i am a fan of maglites.I have 4 maglites a 2 d-cell, 4 c-cell, mini-mag and a solitaire. Other than the solitaire they are all super durable/reliable. Back in the 70's/80's most of the mainstream flashlights available were garbage, maglite was THE innovator in making good reliable flashlights.

However 90's onward Maglite as a company seemed to be kinda short sighted regarding the whole led thing. They resisted it and had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the led market. They really dropped the ball and lost ground to a lot of newer more savvy companies.Now they are just playing catchup.
Maglite is to flashlites as Kodak is to Photography. Both innovators and long-time leaders who unfortunately sat on their laurels and lost touch with technology and the marketplace. Kodak closed their eyes and covered their ears and just hoped digital photography/cameras would just go away.They didn't. As a result Kodak is in hard shape but i think Maglite will survive and may someday regain their dominance.
 
I have the 2AA and 2D maglites that came with the 3W LED. Very very bright, I like them a lot. I also use LED headlamps for backpacking, there is a place for everything. I like to keep the bright maglites in the car trunk, they can roll around in there without too many worries.
 
tholiver said:
Back in the 70's/80's most of the mainstream flashlights available were garbage, maglite was THE innovator in making good reliable flashlights.

However 90's onward Maglite as a company seemed to be kinda short sighted regarding the whole led thing. They resisted it and had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the led market. They really dropped the ball and lost ground to a lot of newer more savvy companies.Now they are just playing catchup.
Maglite is to flashlites as Kodak is to Photography. Both innovators and long-time leaders who unfortunately sat on their laurels and lost touch with technology and the marketplace. Kodak closed their eyes and covered their ears and just hoped digital photography/cameras would just go away.They didn't. As a result Kodak is in hard shape but i think Maglite will survive and may someday regain their dominance.
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Could not say it better!
 
fedaykincmndr said:
Ok, after I started this thread I talked my wife out of a couple (22.99 to be exact) dollars so I could try one of the Target lights. It's a luxeon, single AA, 42 lumen, tail clicker whazit light; I really like it so far. Also, it has a pocket clip and a neck lanyard. The name of the company is River Rock and the light was designed in Texas and made in China. I'm looking forward to see how it performs over time. It's super bright and it says a AA will last 2 hours, which is long enough for me. The light itself is REALLY light and is perfect with the pocket clip. I'll let you guys know how this little feller performs.


OMG I just hijacked my own thread! :eek:
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So you like it so far? I was looking at that exact same one, it looks perfect for carrying around clipped inside a pocket. The only thing is that I worry that 2hours seems really short.

Does anyone know of a similar light that has a little longer run time? Looking at lights is hard, cause some manufacturers tell you how many lumens but not how long the battery life while others tell you how long the battery life is but not how many lumens it puts out, and others don't even tell you anything. AGGGHHHH! What's a guy to do?!
 
I definately feel your pain. This is the only light that I know of in this size that's reasonably priced and bright enough to be used in multiple facets. It lights up the whole bedroom when it's on so it could be used defensively, for signaling, working, walking, etc. I even tried out it's water resistance in a rain storm yesterday; it seems like it'd hold it's own quite well. The run time doesn't really bother me it uses AA's and those are easy to come by and cheap.
 
fedaykincmndr said:
and cheap.
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Well, cheap is a relative term. Compared to other batteries, yes; compared to what I can afford, no. I might have to try and give it a go tho, and if it starts eating too many batteries it can go in the car or something, or in my psk if I ever get around to making one.
 
Is the LED version better than the old one converted? What's different about the two? Is it brighter because it's 3-watt, or are they both 3-watt?

I have a converted one that seems to go on forever with a single set of batteries. A few years ago when NYC had the overnight blackout I used it with a set of used batteries that could no longer power a digital camera. Even with the used batteries, I used the light as a mini lantern by keeping it on all night (10 hours) pointed up at the ceiling. Threw enough light to see your way around the apartment.
 
Grapevine said:
I used the light as a mini lantern by keeping it on all night (10 hours) pointed up at the ceiling. Threw enough light to see your way around the apartment.
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Old mini-mag trick: Remove the rotating lens/bezel assembly and place it face down on the table, tent floor, whatever. The light stays on and the barrel of the flashlight will slide into the upside down bezel like a lamp stand. Instant mini-lantern. I haven't handled the LED version so I don't know if this trick works with them.
 
stingray4540 said:
So you like it so far? I was looking at that exact same one, it looks perfect for carrying around clipped inside a pocket. The only thing is that I worry that 2hours seems really short.

Does anyone know of a similar light that has a little longer run time? Looking at lights is hard, cause some manufacturers tell you how many lumens but not how long the battery life while others tell you how long the battery life is but not how many lumens it puts out, and others don't even tell you anything. AGGGHHHH! What's a guy to do?!
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Get something with more than one level, so you can have the brightness when you need it, and still have a low low that will get you around 10 hours out of a single battery. You can find everything you ever wanted to know about flashlights over at candlepowerforums.com. My favorite multi-level of late is the Dexlight DX.1, which you can get at dealextreme.com. Sapphire lens, aluminum reflector, HA III, double o-rings at both ends, etc. Very nice light for $45. I think they call it the Dexlight Sapphire Crystal or something.

If anyone wants me to ramble on for a few pages about flashlights, just let me know. :)
 
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