Any one use a PAK-LITE?

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I find myself quite tempted to buy one, but wouldn't mind a bit of input from you guys first

http://www.9voltlight.com/

[jekostas]

I've used the low-end one, nothing really spectacular.  For the price you could get a Streamlight Nano, a couple spare sets of batteries and a little GITD paint and put it around the inside of the bezel.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I just liked the idea of having one for power cut's ect

That and the fact I'm a little obsessed with long runtimes

[jekostas]

Might not be bad for that, then.  Slap a lithium 9 volt on there and it'll last quite a long time in both storage and light.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Might pick one up in a month or so then

[nuphoria]

I'm sure I read a good review of them somewhere. Only prob is for long term storage, a 9v alkaline would probably discharge and start to lose power 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I'm sure I read a good review of them somewhere. Only prob is for long term storage, a 9v alkaline would probably discharge and start to lose power 

You can get decent lithium's now though

[BlueDot]

I keep one in my jacket pocket for walking the dogs.  It wont light up the entire street, but i can see fine to keep them from eating cat poop.  And it's nice & compact.
The long runtime also appeals to me.  During a blackout last winter, used the low power setting to read a book (gasp) for about an hour.  Still on the original battery.  My GF got a cheap knockoff, and it seems to work OK, but I really like the original.

[Styerman]

I have one in my battery exploitation kit ( for grid failures like 2003 , ice storms etc ) , they are OK , and worth having . You can always pirate a batt out of a residential smoke detector .

Chris

[Neil]

I don't fancy them because they run from 9V.  but ... thinking about it, if you swap out the batteries in your smoke alarms each year you are left with a pile of batteries with plenty of life left in them that this would be able to make use of.

[nuphoria]

I'm sure I read a good review of them somewhere. Only prob is for long term storage, a 9v alkaline would probably discharge and start to lose power 

You can get decent lithium's now though

Oh, didn't know there were 9v lithiums - that's useful