What's the future for these lights?

[Benner]

Well, my Mini Maglite arrived last night, and for £4 I'm struggling to see any problems with it at all!

Absolutely ideal for me, and should last me a very long time. I've ordered a Nite-Ize LED kit for it too, it will be interesting to see what difference it makes as I've never used one before.

I was really disappointed with my Mini mag.  Having experinced Fenix's before I got one, I was amazed at just how little light it produced.

[DaveK]

Well, my Mini Maglite arrived last night, and for £4 I'm struggling to see any problems with it at all!

Absolutely ideal for me, and should last me a very long time. I've ordered a Nite-Ize LED kit for it too, it will be interesting to see what difference it makes as I've never used one before.

I wouldn't recommend the three led one as they are truely horrible very blue and and no throw what so ever yes i did waste the money on one

Well that makes two of us then jock1! It really is a bit cack isn't it? It came with the tail cap-switch - which is pretty rubbish too. It seems that to use the switch, you still need to turn the head first, so a bit pointless really.

Ah well, you live and learn.....

[ringzero]

Well, my Mini Maglite arrived last night, and for £4 I'm struggling to see any problems with it at all!

Absolutely ideal for me, and should last me a very long time. I've ordered a Nite-Ize LED kit for it too, it will be interesting to see what difference it makes as I've never used one before.

I wouldn't recommend the three led one as they are truely horrible very blue and and no throw what so ever yes i did waste the money on one

Well that makes two of us then jock1! It really is a bit cack isn't it? It came with the tail cap-switch - which is pretty rubbish too. It seems that to use the switch, you still need to turn the head first, so a bit pointless really.

Ah well, you live and learn.....

Yeah - the NiteIze 3-LED output may be kinda blue tinted, and it may not pump out that many lumens, but it does have a couple of good points that make it popular with backpackers.

1. Better for close up tasks than the other, brighter NiteIze mods - not too shabby for reading, cooking, lighting up a tent.

2. It'll run for a long, long, long time with gradually diminishing output.  People will use these to extract that "last drop" of energy from AA cells that have already been depleted by other gadgets.

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[Teofilo]

NiteIze LED Conversion Kit - Poor Light!

[Tsquare]

     Old flashlights never die they just fade away!!!!!  HeHeHe

[Roadie]

Yeah - the NiteIze 3-LED output may be kinda blue tinted, and it may not pump out that many lumens, but it does have a couple of good points that make it popular with backpackers.

1. Better for close up tasks than the other, brighter NiteIze mods - not too shabby for reading, cooking, lighting up a tent.

2. It'll run for a long, long, long time with gradually diminishing output.  People will use these to extract that "last drop" of energy from AA cells that have already been depleted by other gadgets.

I agree, it may not be the best upgrade out there but there are lots of times when you don't need to illuminate a match stick at 300yards. Yes this can be gotten round by having a multi output torch but when you just need a quick torch to see round the back of the computer, or navigate round a dark house then its a great upgrade to use.

[ringzero]

Yeah - the NiteIze 3-LED output may be kinda blue tinted, and it may not pump out that many lumens, but it does have a couple of good points that make it popular with backpackers.

1. Better for close up tasks than the other, brighter NiteIze mods - not too shabby for reading, cooking, lighting up a tent.

2. It'll run for a long, long, long time with gradually diminishing output.  People will use these to extract that "last drop" of energy from AA cells that have already been depleted by other gadgets.

I agree, it may not be the best upgrade out there but there are lots of times when you don't need to illuminate a match stick at 300yards. Yes this can be gotten round by having a multi output torch but when you just need a quick torch to see round the back of the computer, or navigate round a dark house then its a great upgrade to use.

Especially good for its low price.  If you already have a 2AA incan MagLite just sitting around gathering dust, for just a few bucks expenditure it can become a useful, long running, task light.

No throw to speak of, but the multi-emitter output makes it better for close up tasks than most tightly focused single emitter lights.

And, it'll just keep going, and going, and going...

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[DaveK]

Thanks for all the input guys. The LED kit is growing on me now!

As I say, I don't work as a security guard or anything, and generally only use a flashlight for putting out the rubbish at night and tinkering under the bonnet (hood ) of my car once in a while.

I'll try the LED and the supplied bulbs in rotation for a while and see what works for me!

[gafftapegreenia]

If anything, the C and D cells will die off, or at least become less common, however I see the AA model sticking around for a while. The single cell Nite Ize retrofit makes it a more than decent light, and the small size/slim profile makes it ideal for EDC on a crowded belt.

[jzmtl]

D cell won't die, the chemistry may change to improve energy density but the size will be alive, you just can't beat the amount of power they can store with little AA's.

[Neil]

Thanks for all the input guys. The LED kit is growing on me now!

As I say, I don't work as a security guard or anything, and generally only use a flashlight for putting out the rubbish at night and tinkering under the bonnet (hood ) of my car once in a while.

I'll try the LED and the supplied bulbs in rotation for a while and see what works for me!

Whilst I like my new Fenix torches I still have a soft spot for Mags.  I fitted a TerraLux upgrade in my 2AA, not a bad beam, twice the run time of the incandescent and around 100 lumens at the emitter.  Non too shabby.
I'm still hanging onto my 6D as well.  With the replacement of its bulb with another emitter I get around 140 out of it; that might not sound like much for 6D cells but the run time is respectable and it looks the part 

Neil

[Tarrodemierda]

i have 1aaa,2aaa,2aa and 6d mag and i think of them as very reliable basic flashlights,theyre not ultralight/bright but i dont expect them to be like that,theyre not the ones to get tactical-freak chicks hot,but i think theyre very affordable and nice quality to everyone who wants to jump from some far-east made,few bucks worth-flashlight world,to a world of better lights.im looking for some under 40 euro tagged lamp myself,but i donno a s--t about these new wave flashlights,so im hangin on to mags till the day i find some ultracool deal.

[jock1]

Got to agree buddy Maglite ain't the brightest but they are reliable durable as hell and run on the easily available alkaline batteries so they are going to have to go some to persaude me to give up my mag lite especially my 2AA led for general use .I do plan to purchase a Fenix L2D for outdoors use but will stick with my Maglites for every day stuff

[american lockpicker]

I think their good lights that will be around for along time. This week I purchased 3 of them a 2C Maglite, a 2AA Mini maglite and, a Solitare.

[appletree_man]

I only have one mag, a 3D model, I loved it. But now it lives in a drawer, the only torches I use come from DealExtreme, 2 for $5