Let there be light!

All of my old fashion flashlights are beginning to fail. I have held off on new LED ones since what I have used so far have not been impressive and the buggers are expensive! I did get one 2D cell one from Maglite this past year and it is impressive. But why does it have to be so long? I am not out on patrol. My son-in-law does that.

I bought one small one of another brand at Home Depot and its OK on light output, but I hate the two step off button. When I want light I am working on something, I click. When I don’t need it anymore I will click again to turn it off. Damn! It’s still on. Then I learned that some are worse, click again and you send an SOS!

LED’s use less power, so I guess they think that the D cells are overkill. So many of them use AA or AAA’s. I have a few of those around. My experience is that you have to be very vigilant about changing batteries or else they corrode. I do not know what research on this says, but an almost fresh battery lasts many years but the more it is discharged the more likely it is to start corroding. Gimme D’s, or at least C’s. But C’s are harder to find. My flashlights spend most of their lives waiting, and they need to be ready to work when I need them.

I found a reasonable looking 2D on Amazon but I have a suspicion it is one of those click three times, two of which you don’t want varieties. And I found a 2D Maglite that is smaller, that is, shorter, but I think then you might loose the ability to focus it.

I will keep you posted.