Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: NeoPTLD
Originally posted by: mugs
Check out the Brinkman Maxfire LX. It's roughly equivalent to a SureFire G2 with a P60 lamp, and it costs about the same as that SureFire lamp assembly by itself. ($17)
(It's an incandescent and uses CR-123A batteries... so it's a slightly different class of flashlight)
An apple and an orange comparison. Why did you even bring this in? It's a completely different class of light.
Minimag 3AA lasts like 3 to 4 hours on three standard AA alkaline batteries. That thing you talked about lasts like 30 minutes on a pair of $5/ea lithium batteries.
Because your thread title said "damn this is bright" not "damn this is bright for an LED light with a 4 hour battery life". It's a similarly priced light that is much brighter.
And CR-123As cost $1 apiece, and the light I mentioned will last 1-2 hours on a set, and the batteries won't be dead when you need it in an emergency.
Quick research shows the light will last mere 45 minutes before losing 1/2 the output and 75minutes before its practically dead.
http://www.flashlightreviews.com/reviews/brinkmann_maxfirelx.htm
Would you show me where you can get them for $1/ea freight included for a quantity less than ten?
But if you want bright, LED and cheap batteries, I could recommend some <$10 21-LED lights that I got off eBay. It's about 3" long. I bought about a half dozen of them because I liked them so much.
Those have some 21 regular LEDs. Utterly useless except as a flood light. don't forget to include $14.95 S&H.
Mag LED has one 3W Luxeon that can be focused.
