Halp Any fleshlight heads here that aren't fleshlight heads?

[gee]

We have a bunch of flashlights around this house, and none of them work. Here's the list:

- 2D LED Maglite which burnt up after only a few months (burnt LED, fucked switch)
- 2AA LED maglite, ruined by a leaked battery
- 3-4 cheap plastic things
- Ultrafire C3 which works intermittently - had it replaced once and the replacement was worse. None of the fixes suggested online work reliably. Piece of shit.

So I'm looking for another. Here's my criteria:

- 2AA preferably - no CR123As, 18650s, etc. I keep a stash of AA's around the house.
- Simple operation. None of this "push the switch 4 times in 0.3 seconds, then hold it for 2, to make the thing blink SOS" shit, I'll never use it. Simple on/off is preferable.
- Wide beam pattern, not a spot light.
- Reasonably cheap (say, <$50)

This will be used for things like walking up the road to check on the neighbors dog, etc. Not for tactical purposes, dazzling intruders or any of the other shit that everyone on candlepowerforums seems to think a flashlight is meant for.

Suggestions?

 

[fly]

Somewhat offtopic, anyone remember that flashlight nut guy from genmay? He was from Sweeden or something and wrote all sorts of greasemonkey scripts for [M]? What happened to him?

That said, I picked this thing up from buy.com not too long ago. Seems to work really well. Bright as fuck.

http://www.buy.com/pr/product.aspx?sku=211251214

 

[Mikeawesome]

i got 2 of these. I use rechargable li-ion AA size battery in it. it will also work with regular AA battery.

http://www.amazon.com/Black-Lumens-...e=UTF8&qid=1356211359&sr=8-4&keywords=q5+cree

 

[Josh]

I just got this one a couple of weeks ago:
https://www.thinkgeek.com/product/f00c/?srp=11

Came in handy when I'd wake up needing to puke and didn't want to turn on lights to the bathroom.

Flashlight might not be the cheapest purchase from TG, but I had a gift certificate that I needed to use up. Beam isn't wide. Pretty damn bright for one AA battery. Simple on/off switch. Lightweight. Comes with a lanyard too.

 

[Coqui]

Nowadays, I use the assistive light widget on the GSIII, bright as fuck and way better than the Maglite flashlight I have.

 

[Wessels]

i have an app for that

 

[Petunia]

flashlights? really? flashlight heads??

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

I am surprised you gave had so many bad experiences with MagLites.

I have a mini Mag that I did the LED upgrade to about 6 years ago, still going strong, use it regularly.

 

[gee]

The 2AA was my fault, but the 2D pissed me off. Had it out in the woods, and it just stopped working. Realized the LED wasn't covered by warranty, so I bought another. Flashlight still didn't work, then I took the switch apart and realized it got burnt up too - presumably the LED failed short and took the switch with it. I s'pose I could order another switch.

Anyway, after browsing a few flashlight forums, the consensus is that the extension tube for the C3 fixes the problem and makes the light brighter - so I've ordered one from dealextreme, 4 bucks. Along with a few other evil things, to be mentioned in another thread..

 

[Coqui]

flashlights? really? flashlight heads??

It's no nail polish, but it's still something people collect.

 

[Syrup Beaver]

Somewhat offtopic, anyone remember that flashlight nut guy from genmay? He was from Sweeden or something and wrote all sorts of greasemonkey scripts for [M]? What happened to him?

That said, I picked this thing up from buy.com not too long ago. Seems to work really well. Bright as fuck.

http://www.buy.com/pr/product.aspx?sku=211251214

I_Robert_I

He was a member here too.

 

[Syrup Beaver]

I have a 3D Mag from the 80's with the LED conversion kit, solid as a rock thus far, and the battery life since installing the conversion almost 4 years ago now has been staggeringly good.

 

[Syrup Beaver]

And I have a pile of old school non-LED mini Mags that all work great, when they're not blowing bulbs that is.

Have an LED conversion for one, but haven't installed it yet.

 

[Josh]

I have a 2AA Mini Mag but the LED conversion kit I bought broke. It's got a metal tab that makes contact with the body of the flashlight and that piece of microscopic metal tab broke. Won't work now.
I'd rather replace the end with a push button and get a new LED conversion. Stop having to use the twist-on/twist-off action.

 

[fly]

I_Robert_I

He was a member here too.

That was him! Ya, I knew he was here too. He just didn't like us.

 

[DoubleJ]

Somewhat offtopic, anyone remember that flashlight nut guy from genmay? He was from Sweeden or something and wrote all sorts of greasemonkey scripts for [M]? What happened to him?

That said, I picked this thing up from buy.com not too long ago. Seems to work really well. Bright as fuck.

http://www.buy.com/pr/product.aspx?sku=211251214

2nd on the Dorcy's. Best flashlight for the money.

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

So I got a vintage flashlight at an estate sale.
Its a raovac sportsman 3 cell from the 1950s
Any one have any idea where I can get a bulb for this thing?

 

[APRIL]

EBay

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

EBay

Really?
Which of the 150 million different bulbs on offer should I get?

 

[APRIL]

Really?
Which of the 150 million different bulbs on offer should I get?

Fucking Google it... what are you? New to the internet?