carpriver
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those cool Tactical flashlights. When the night needed to be lit up we used a pop flare, fore use in side a building and finding my way to my deer blind it was a 5 cell Mag lite (also a good club).
What did you use before
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Sir, I used Mag-Lites, the little two AA size on my belt and a three D-cell model at home. Still have them, but rarely carry them since getting my spiffy Surefire G2 LED.
Hope this helps, and Semper Fi.
Ron H.
Anybody remember Kel-Lites? I've still got two of them.
Papaw
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Mag-Lites. If they ever wear out I'll replace them wiht the new stuff.
Fishslayer
US Veteran, Absent Comrade
Mag Lights. Got some 2xD cell ones & a filthy big "don't remember how many" D cell around here somewhere.
Marshwheeling
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Mag Lites. The AA ones have the 6 buck LED conversions. The 3d size is right there on my desk, next to my meat cleaver.
A pine knot or a kerosene lantern. Larry
semperfi71
US Veteran
Moonlight if there is any. If not, stumble around.
Actually, at home, for zombie attacks, one of those tactical, small handheld lights that would blind a whole football team.
In the woods, a 2-cell AA Maglite. It fits good in my mouth when I'm working with both hands.
Actually, at home, for zombie attacks, one of those tactical, small handheld lights that would blind a whole football team.
In the woods, a 2-cell AA Maglite. It fits good in my mouth when I'm working with both hands.
luangtom
US Veteran
Maglite 3-cell. I have the one I purchased back in 1978 and it is still going strong. Oh, I did convert it to LED now. I keep two Sure-fire tactical lights on the ready, also. Ya never know......
Got two of those 2AA size MagLites with the LED conversion somewhere around here. At home and in my vehicles I now use LL Bean wind-up flashlights; won't find the battery dead in one. They say to wind them up for a minute every three months or so. Provides plenty of light.
I tried traveling with one of the wind up flashlights. Got pulled aside at the airport security check. The guy was plenty nervous. He kept telling me not to touch anything in my suitcase. Finally he pulled up the wind-up flashlight. I guess in the X ray machine all those wires, coils and batteries look powerfully like a bomb. Now I travel with a little Fenix. It has one AA cell and when on bright it will light up a stop sign four blocks away. Indoors I use it on 'dim'. Its only problem is that it rolls off things; I epoxied a penny to the side, and now it doesn't roll.
I tried traveling with one of the wind up flashlights. Got pulled aside at the airport security check. The guy was plenty nervous. He kept telling me not to touch anything in my suitcase. Finally he pulled up the wind-up flashlight. I guess in the X ray machine all those wires, coils and batteries look powerfully like a bomb. Now I travel with a little Fenix. It has one AA cell and when on bright it will light up a stop sign four blocks away. Indoors I use it on 'dim'. Its only problem is that it rolls off things; I epoxied a penny to the side, and now it doesn't roll.
Oscarflytyer
US Veteran
Old Mag lites. Was trained how to use them as a lite and self defense weapon. They are VERY good for taking down a man if required!
GatorFarmer
Member
Old GI anglehead flashlights. The angle head idea has made a bit of a comeback in some models I see. Anyway I had one as a kid and still have one now. Though I converted my current one into an LED light.
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My wife and I have numerous SureFire fllashlights. I first got a 6P, then an early E1e. During the past year we both got some of the new resin body models just for the impact resistance.
The biggest benefit here is that they run on A123 batteries, which have a ten year shelf life. The worse thing in an emergency is looking for lights, and finding dead, corroded batteries.
The biggest benefit here is that they run on A123 batteries, which have a ten year shelf life. The worse thing in an emergency is looking for lights, and finding dead, corroded batteries.
Texas Star
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Yeah. I bought the deluxe one from Safariland in 1980 and had them engrave my name. Takes four C cells. Still have it. It has a red button in a three-position switch.
For smaller use, I tried the AA and AAA Mag-Lites and was disgusted at how easily the bulbs broke. I have a couple on my bookcases so I can scan titles in dark areas of the rooms.
But I don't carry them. I threw out my larger Mag-Lites because the rubber button switch popped off and got lost on a couple. That company needed to be more careful in designing, but I think they grew complacent in their fame. That is purely my opinion, and is presented as such. But they lost my business.
I do carry some Princeton-Tec flashlights in several sizes,and when I want really bright light, I have a couple of Inova lights. One uses those expensive type 123 batteries and is about six inches long and maybe a half inch thick. Very bright. The other is a mini light that takes a single AA cell, but is astonishingly bright. These are high tech LED's. I've taken to carrying a 2 AAA size Princeton-Tec Blast in a pants pocket. Very handy. The little Inova goes in my jacket pocket.
My son has these and a Sure-Fire, not sure which model. But he recently broke the clip on it and they grudgingly sent a new one.
Mag-Lite is the only brand that I've seen get a mention in the credits of a movie! It was in, "Manhunter," based on a Thomas Harris novel. William Petersen had the lead role, before "CSI".
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Ivan the Butcher
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I used 2-AA Mini-mags and 1-AAA Solitares, and sometimes disposable pen lights, When the new style LED's started to become common, as people moved out of their apartments they left their 2, 3, 5-D cell lights behind. I have given many to friends for emergancy kits and such, there are 2 or 3 under my bed right now.
Thuer
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Never leave the house without my pocket Olight. It works on a fotocellbattery. It gives so much light that it light your dark room or other place in a bright light.
I do own this light for 4 year now.
I do have a new pocket light for my work as a trainconducteur. When an accident happens I do need a good light to look under the train in the night.
It has a nice pocket format. The brand is sunawayman. They are quit new on the Dutch market. But the tiny light gives a lot of light so I can see what I am doing and what is under the train.
I do own this light for 4 year now.
I do have a new pocket light for my work as a trainconducteur. When an accident happens I do need a good light to look under the train in the night.
It has a nice pocket format. The brand is sunawayman. They are quit new on the Dutch market. But the tiny light gives a lot of light so I can see what I am doing and what is under the train.
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Stevens
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Old time coke bottle (8 oz.?) of kerosene with a rag stuffed in the top for a wick. Works pretty well unless the top gets too hot and cracks but that doesn't happen often.
Steve W
Steve W
the same thing i've used since 74. a 4 D cell mag lite. never even had to change the bulb yet. good for self defense or offense if necessary. lee
