Coghlan's Crank Light

[Grant Lamontagne]

This has been one of my most reliable and long lasting flashlights.  I purchased it many years ago in the general store at a campground, while camping, completely on a whim and it has held up against pretty well anything I have done to it.  It has gotten soaked while putting the tent away in the rain, it's been out in freezing temperatures and on the hottest days we get and it has always lit up, no questions asked.

Sometimes I wonder if t's worth spending more than $6.99 on a light.  Not with this thing around!

Def

[cody6268]

Coghlan's stuff is pretty decent for the money. I've got a hobo knife going on 20 years (one of my two Scout knives, and that little sucker's helped with dozens of meals), and honestly, their little Pocket Sierra is one of the best folding saws on the market, even though it's inexpensive (but that aggressive, paper-thin blade cuts like nothing else).


I just ordered one of these. I had some of the first crank lights that came out when I was a kid. Yeah, you didn't have to replace batteries, but they were pretty big at the time (think glasses case). Little lights are a pain in the rear when it comes to the time to change batteries (which often cost more than the little Harbor Freight ones with a magnet I often buy. With the crank, it's ALWAYS ready. It won't be "crap, the battery's dead" like it often is when I forget my EDC Solitaire, and then go for the i1R on my keys only to remember I forgot to charge it.

[Grant Lamontagne]

Remember the old adage about a flashlight being a device used to store dead batteries?   

This is different from the crank lights I had as a kid. I think this one has a battery or capacitor or something because it stores energy.  The one I had when I was young had a handle that you had to squeeze and there was only light whe. You squeezed and turned the dynamo.  That light lasted long enough to release the handle and squeeze again.  Similar to this one:

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/dynamo-hand-crank-flashlight-russian-3789538532

Your hands got tired really quickly with these.  Mine had He-Man on it but given the forearm workout you got when using it, it probably should have been Popeye!

 

Def