On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:20:17 +0100 (BST)
"Dave Liquorice" wrote:

On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:52:22 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Gabriel wrote:

Yes, after swapping for LEDs you'll need to change it to a
brightener instead, but that doesn't exist ;-)

LED is getting there. Bought the pack of three LED torches on offer
in Costco this month (£12.58 inc VAT). Flippin eck they is bright.
Quoted battery life (3 x AAA's) is only 4 hours on 50% but they are
the best torch I have had for a long time. Single CREE LED, quoted at
150 lumens. It knocks spots of 3D cell or 6D cell maglights, no dark
spot in the middle, very light and compact, not so good as a weapon.

In Detroit, the 5 D-cell Maglights are known as Malice Green lights,
after a guy who was beaten to desth by cops using these.
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malice_Green
Don't mess with Detroit cops, especially if you happen to be black
and poor! Being stoned doesn't help, either.
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Davey.
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Davey.