Confession of a Flashlight Junkie (Trees And Things)

pO157: Re: Confession of a Flashlight Junkie

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:11:24 EST

I just got one of those non-batter required LED ones that you shake a lot. Therefore, in the event of 1) Nuclear Armageddon or 2) Me being too cheap to buy batteries I am covered. It is pretty weak, but good enough so that you can see decently in a pitch b

skeeter1: Re: Confession of a Flashlight Junkie

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:09:04 EST

I got this ad today from a place I buy batteries from:

http://www.all-battery.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2191

I'd love to try a 35

delete me: Re: 4-cell? Aren't you embarrassed in the gym?

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:40:44 EST

If I recall correctly, those overcompensating cops were why the LAPD forces their staff to carry smaller LED flashlights nowadays.

jwb: Re: the future of lighting

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:31:38 EST

I don't know why people complain about the color of white LEDs. You can get high power LEDs in 6500K, 4100K, and 3000K color temperatures, which to my eyes are quite neutral and pleasing. They may not be sunlight but they are much better than f

Lou: Not all incandescents are bad

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:15:00 EST

producing too much waste heat.

Yeah, but without incandescents bulbs, we would never have had the Easy Bake Oven.

skeptic: the future of lighting

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:29:44 EST

When the LED was first introduced, it only came in red, and it had very limited applications. It was good as an indicator light, to show that something was turned on (and so forth). The fact that LEDs are now available for flashlights, even if

MayorBob: Lights in the toes of my shoes.

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:20:23 EST

Great idea. Actually, they already have something like that on the market. They're probably good enough for use in the dead of night around the hou

Nameless Cynic: 4-cell? Aren't you embarrassed in the gym?

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:17:57 EST

4-D cell Maglite ... a 2-D model ... Either one can double as a shillelagh

4-cell? Pshaw!

The 6-cell, for when a baseball bat just looks suspicious.

Yes, I'v

WMK: Re: Confession of a Flashlight Junkie

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:05:26 EST

Why don't they make flashlights that shine out of the toes of your shoes?

Because they didn't talk Paul Simon into a licensing deal o

tomc: Re: Confession of a Flashlight Junkie

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:16:13 EST

Why don't they make flashlights that shine out of the toes of your shoes?

zyxwvutsr: Re: Confession of a Flashlight Junkie

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:10:01 EST

For night hiking you should try a

Well, we're on the same page there. I keep a 4-D cell Maglite in my bedroom (it was a gift from m

port1080: Re: Confession of a Flashlight Junkie

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:22:17 EST

LEDs are pretty much perfect for emergency flashlights - they have a really good battery life and the bulbs basically don't ever burn out. I have a neat little light that has an LED spotlight (like a traditional flashlight) but then along the side has a s

Lou: Re: Where's Frankie?

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:05:47 EST

medieval manuscript I'm reading on fire.

Would that be the Neoconimon?

Steve Urkel: Where's Frankie?

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:56:44 EST

As a reactionary I prefer to use an old fashioned torch. You can make them yourself, and they work well, though occasionaly they do set the pages of