Where to buy Photons?

[Aeneas]

Does anyone know what retail stores (in person, not mail order) carry photon microlights? I wanted to get some as last-minute Xmas presents.

TIA

 

[bquinlan]

Your best bets are various types of sporting goods stores. Around here I find them at gun stores and at camping stores like REI.

--Bob Q

 

[Michael_Aos]

I noticed some at "Batteries Plus" here in town -- I believe they're a national chain...?

Mike

 

[BHJ]

WWW.BOTACH.COM -- Great prices, unreliable mail order service (also not practical if you need it for Christmas). If you live in the LA area and are law enforcement/military you can go into the store and purchase direct (government employees also get a discount). You have to show ID to get buzzed in, the store is nothing more than a wharehouse.... I bought a bunch of the photon II lights in various colors for 10 bucks a piece, the cheapest price I've found anywhere by far!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

 

[Guyon]

Yeah, call around to sporting goods stores in your area. You might also try Army/Navy stores as well.

Around me, the only places I've actually seen them are REI and Bass Pro Shops. But I bought mine from Botach for the $10 price.

Michael, thanks for the tip on "Batteries Plus." There's one pretty close to me. I'll have to check them out.

Good luck to you Aeneas.

 

[The Magician]

I got mine at Bass Pro. There are Batteries Plus here too and the local surplus had a light that looks exactly like a photon II. Beware these ripoffs. The one I had did not last.

 

[Aeneas]

Thanks for all of your suggestions. I couldn't pass up Botach's price, so I ordered some from them. I printed out a photo and blurb on the Photon off the 'net to stick in my wife's stocking. That is, the stocking hanging on the mantle, not ... oh, never mind.

 

[ArchAngel]

If you have a Brookstone store in your area, I noticed they had them there. I picked up a few for stocking stuffers also. Good luck!

 

[Frank]

I saw a good szed display at the Spencer Gifts store at the mall. Expensive though - $18 for a II and $26-7 for a III.

 

[Spark]

Buy them from a dealer on the forums - they help keep this site open.

Kevin