Are you a flashaholic ?

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i've upgraded every older flashlight in our house with led bulbs. it started when we needed new lights for our christmas tree last year and the wife bought some 'pure white' sylvania leds. at first i didn't like them, but they grew on me. now i can't look at any bulb in our house(or yaris) without wondering 'do they make an led version of that?'. i'll only buy lights from now on with led already in them, but it was cheaper for me to buy just the replacement kits since i already have the flashlights and i don't believe in throwing something away that still works.

the conversion kits i use are made by nite-ize and they make ones for maglite minimags(2AA) to any standard C or D cell(from 2-6 batteries). in fact, the last one i did was an old 2D that we keep in the nightstand. the duracells had been in this flashlight for over 10 years and the light was starting to dim. i put in http://www.amazon.com/LRB-07-PR-Upgr...6116836&sr=8-2 and now it's brighter and uses a fraction of the wattage as the old bulb - all without touching the batteries!

here's the link for the minimag kit:
http://www.amazon.com/LUC2-07-Upgrad...6116836&sr=8-7
the kit comes with a push-button tailcap. yes, i'm a nerd.

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Originally Posted by toad

i've upgraded every older flashlight in our house with led bulbs. it started when we needed new lights for our christmas tree last year and the wife bought some 'pure white' sylvania leds. at first i didn't like them, but they grew on me. now i can't look at any bulb in our house(or yaris) without wondering 'do they make an led version of that?'. i'll only buy lights from now on with led already in them, but it was cheaper for me to buy just the replacement kits since i already have the flashlights and i don't believe in throwing something away that still works.

the conversion kits i use are made by nite-ize and they make ones for maglite minimags(2AA) to any standard C or D cell(from 2-6 batteries). in fact, the last one i did was an old 2D that we keep in the nightstand. the duracells had been in this flashlight for over 10 years and the light was starting to dim. i put in http://www.amazon.com/LRB-07-PR-Upgr...6116836&sr=8-2 and now it's brighter and uses a fraction of the wattage as the old bulb - all without touching the batteries!

here's the link for the minimag kit:
http://www.amazon.com/LUC2-07-Upgrad...6116836&sr=8-7
the kit comes with a push-button tailcap. yes, i'm a nerd.

I have a NiteIze with pushbutton for a Mag AA upgrade, keep it on my nightstand. used it to replace the Opalec upgrade it had before.

-a Fenix LD01 and Photon II is my EDC
-Fenix E11 is my MTB backup light, and spare in the car
-Mag AA LED spare in the car
-ZebraLight H501 is my headlamp
-Brinkman crappy headlamp-it works, old LED tech though
-Eveready crappy headlamp-it barely works, close to throwing it away
-Fenix E01 is my look-behind-the-computer-cables light
-3 pack of LumenMaster from Costco is my pile-o-bright lights I don't care about, have these stashed around the house, wicked bright wicked cheap
-Thrunite Ti Firefly, might become my EDC light
-Mag 3 D cell is for bashing burglars
-Niterider Trinewt for MTB headlight
-Niterider Mi-Newt for road
-Dinotte 140L taillight for the bike (very very very bright rear light)
-PlanetBike superflash taillight for the bike (not as bright as dinotte, it's a backup in case I don't use the dinotte, or the dinotte dies)

everywhere I go I have a minimum of 2 flashlights

on order
-Lummi Wee, paid for, awaiting delivery
-PhotonFanatic Rainbow TI, paid for awaiting delivery
-PhotonFanatic custom, on drawing board in 2 months once he
is done with his batch he is working on now...I am sending ideas
in the meantime


and 2 Cree emitters for Yaris backup lights. strong stuff