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Flashlight Thread!

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agnitrate

Diamond Member
We haven't had a thread about this in a while (archived search took me back to 2001) so I thought we might as well get up to date.

My new job pretty much requires me to have my own flashlight which I will use every night. I was thinking of getting an LED light since the batteries would go a lot further than a typical 4D maglite would or anything like that. Since I'm just a poor college student, I don't want to buy buying batteries all the time 😛

In my archived search, lots of people recommended Surefire, but they're really expensive and I couldn't justify spending more than ~$50 or so on a light. Does anybody have any recommendations as to a flashlight with decent battery life? Also, feel free to post your light that you use and if/why you like it!

-silver
 
Originally posted by: minendo
Narc

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😛 Find me a job that pays more than $5 something an hour so I don't take a 50% pay hit and I'll do it. Slim pickings around here.

NOBODY has anything to say about flash lights? There were zealots all over these other threads I was reading. Where is everybody?
 
Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
I like my Mag.
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Mags are good and cheap, but a 4D light only has about an hour of battery life. I'd be getting killed paying for D batteries all the time 🙁

-silver
 
Just keep in mind Macbaine and agnitrate, that if I get a parking ticket on campus, I know who to go after.

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Originally posted by: agnitrate
Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
I like my Mag.
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Mags are good and cheap, but a 4D light only has about an hour of battery life. I'd be getting killed paying for D batteries all the time 🙁

-silver
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Do you keep it on constantly? If not, then a Maglite will be just fine. Besides, you don't want to keep it on all the time anyway. Criminals have learned to shoot center mass at the origin of the light to kill cops now. That's why you turn it on and off frequently, etc. I can go for months without having to change mine out when I was working swing shifts.
 
Originally posted by: Rogue
Originally posted by: agnitrate
Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
I like my Mag.
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Mags are good and cheap, but a 4D light only has about an hour of battery life. I'd be getting killed paying for D batteries all the time 🙁

-silver
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Do you keep it on constantly? If not, then a Maglite will be just fine. Besides, you don't want to keep it on all the time anyway. Criminals have learned to shoot center mass at the origin of the light to kill cops now. That's why you turn it on and off frequently, etc. I can go for months without having to change mine out when I was working swing shifts.
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We usually don't get shot at.
 
Originally posted by: minendo
Just keep in mind Macbaine and agnitrate, that if I get a parking ticket on campus, I know who to go after.

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You better keep providing me with the good stuff then 😉
 
Your job requires a flashlight and they don't pay for your batteries? bastages...

why not just set yourself up with some rechargables?

 
Originally posted by: yamahaXS
Your job requires a flashlight and they don't pay for your batteries? bastages...

why not just set yourself up with some rechargables?
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They provide us with sh!tty flashlights... it's just better if we get our own. The division we work for is also one of the most mismanaged agencies of the university.
 
Originally posted by: MacBaine
Originally posted by: yamahaXS
Your job requires a flashlight and they don't pay for your batteries? bastages...

why not just set yourself up with some rechargables?
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They provide us with sh!tty flashlights... it's just better if we get our own. The division we work for is also one of the most mismanaged agencies of the university.
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You might be able to convince them to buy better flashlights if you work out an analysis of total cost. Give it to your boss and let him take credit, you get the flashlight you want for free.
 
Originally posted by: MacBaine
Originally posted by: Rogue
Originally posted by: agnitrate
Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
I like my Mag.
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Mags are good and cheap, but a 4D light only has about an hour of battery life. I'd be getting killed paying for D batteries all the time 🙁

-silver
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Do you keep it on constantly? If not, then a Maglite will be just fine. Besides, you don't want to keep it on all the time anyway. Criminals have learned to shoot center mass at the origin of the light to kill cops now. That's why you turn it on and off frequently, etc. I can go for months without having to change mine out when I was working swing shifts.
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We usually don't get shot at.
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Then I guess you haven't written enough tickets yet! Get out there and revenue damnit! 😀

Seriously though, a mini-Maglite should be more than sufficient. Get some rechargeable batteries for it and you're good to go. I have a large flashlight for security checks, etc. and a small one for when I write tickets or do paperwork so that I can hold it with a finger or two or hold the end in my mouth or whatever. Considering what you use them for, a mini-Maglite should suffice then carry a larger 3D or 4D cell one on a belt loop or something.
 
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