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RANT: About LED flashlights
On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:54:25 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote: "Nate Nagel" wrote in message ... The "Task Force" 3W LED flashlight kicks a Mag-Lite's ass anyway, unless you're talking about bulk and weight. I have both a 3-D Mag-Light and a 2-C Task Force and the TF is way brighter and has a more even beam pattern. nate And how about energy consumption? |
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RANT - Task force flash lights
Seriously good stuff. I want one, but can't justify thirty
bucks at the moment. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Nate Nagel" wrote in message ... Stormin Mormon wrote: This is the one that I have http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...ATT&lpage=none and it's very bright. I haven't seen the one you mention (yet) because I don't have a Lowe's nearby, but it might be better yet, who knows. Only downside that I have found with the one that I have is that it rattles (batteries fit loosely, end cap switch rattles) but that is only annoying because I use it as a bicycle headlight occasionally. Hey, it's way cheaper than the stuff you buy at a bike store and brighter too. nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel |
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RANT: About LED flashlights
I bought three of the 3D LEG Maglites. Two went into my
vehicles, and one went to a friend. I've used mine occasionally. He's used his enough to say he's astounded how long the batteries last. The Mag web page says about 40 hours on a set of D cells. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. wrote in message ... And how about energy consumption? |
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RANT: About Mags and tasers!
I saw that web page, about the guy who'd been huffing. Did
you see his bugged out eyes? That must be some wicked inhalent. You remember that old chemical Mace stuff? Which says it's not effective on druggies. Well, shazaam, what's the point? -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "HeyBub" wrote in message m... I used to be a cop. Mag-Light advertised their 5-cell flashlights at trade shows with the comment" "If you ever have to use it as an offensive or defensive weapon, it will not break." Whereupon the salesman used his light to demolish a wooden pallet. I carried one for about six years. During that time I had several opportunities to use it in circumstances for which it was not actually intended (this was before Tasers and even before effective pepper-sprays). There are many goblins who interacted with my flashlight that can attest to its effectiveness. Today, with Tasers in common use, the term "light 'em up" has taken on a new meaning. Especially if the gomer has been heavily into inhalants. |
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RANT: About Mags and tasers!
On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:40:53 -0400, Stormin Mormon wrote:
I saw that web page, about the guy who'd been huffing. Did you see his bugged out eyes? That must be some wicked inhalent. You remember that old chemical Mace stuff? Which says it's not effective on druggies. Well, shazaam, what's the point? Tazers and Mace are not 100% effective. Mace may not even spray, batteries occasionally die. There are a lot of people unaffected by both, regardless of whether or not they are doing drugs or alcohol. |
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RANT: About Mags and tasers!
On 2009-08-23, Michael Dobony wrote:
Tazers and Mace are not 100% effective. Mace may not even spray, batteries occasionally die. There are a lot of people unaffected by both, regardless of whether or not they are doing drugs or alcohol. I good dose of inhaled pepper spray can easily kill you, and it deserves respect. Of course, there's a big difference between those pencil-thin sprays and the wide-cone sprays, and the volume of liquid that is dispenced per second is also criticaly important. I prefer pepper spray as it can be used effectively on dogs as well. |
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RANT: About Ray-O-Vac batteries!
HeyBub wrote:
Nate Nagel wrote: Stormin Mormon wrote: Lowe's had a one day sale on the 3D LED Mags, and I bought one for each vehicle. Very bright, and I havn't dropped it. But, when I had my very first 4D mag, I did drop it, and the filament bent. Threw a really strange light pattern after that. The "Task Force" 3W LED flashlight kicks a Mag-Lite's ass anyway, unless you're talking about bulk and weight. I have both a 3-D Mag-Light and a 2-C Task Force and the TF is way brighter and has a more even beam pattern. I used to be a cop. I thought your "attitude" seemed familiar ) Mag-Light advertised their 5-cell flashlights at trade shows with the comment" "If you ever have to use it as an offensive or defensive weapon, it will not break." Whereupon the salesman used his light to demolish a wooden pallet. I know someone whose life was saved by a MagLight....a cop who made a traffic stop alone and was jumped by two bad guys. Actually, three lives were saved...the bad guys went to the hospital rather than to the morgue. |
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RANT: About Ray-O-Vac batteries!
"HeyBub" wrote:
I used to be a cop. Mag-Light advertised their 5-cell flashlights at trade shows with the comment" "If you ever have to use it as an offensive or defensive weapon, it will not break." Whereupon the salesman used his light to demolish a wooden pallet. When I was a paramedic, a 2" wide depressed skull fracture was called a "Kel-lite fracture". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kel-Lite -- Doug |
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