I have a 3-D-cell LED no-name flaslight and the LEDs are going out and
otherwise screwed up. I can't figure out how to remove the LED assembly to
replace LEDs as required. In light of this can someone suggest a nice
bright flashlight of another type or at least more easily repaired? Do they
still make those 9-volt battery flashlights? I've not seen one for a long
time.

Recommendations of something I can easily find locally?

TIA


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when something closes the door from the inside.

On 11/14/2015 10:30 AM, KenK wrote:
I have a 3-D-cell LED no-name flaslight and the LEDs are going out and
otherwise screwed up. I can't figure out how to remove the LED assembly to
replace LEDs as required. In light of this can someone suggest a nice
bright flashlight of another type or at least more easily repaired? Do they
still make those 9-volt battery flashlights? I've not seen one for a long
time.

Look around on the internet. There are scads of cheap to very
reasonably priced LED flashlights. With your 3-D it almost sounds as if
it's a retrofit unit (LED module popped into an incandescent bulb unit).
Lose it! Have several high quality Streamlight units and neither of
them will hold a candle to a relatively cheap LED light with a
rechargeable battery that is 1/4 the size. 1/4 the size and probably
five times the light output.



Recommendations of something I can easily find locally?

Seeing as how this usenet group is worldwide (if "they" so choose) what
would you consider local? Planet Earth?

On 14 Nov 2015 16:30:24 GMT, KenK wrote:

Recommendations of something I can easily find locally?


Go to your local cop shop: Tactical Flashlights - Military Flashlight

Have a thick wallet when you go

On 11/14/2015 10:26 AM, Oren wrote:
Go to your local cop shop: Tactical Flashlights - Military Flashlight

Have a thick wallet when you go

Cops buy SureFire when someone else is footing the bill. The rest of us
buy Fenix. I've got a Duracell 1000 lumen flashlight sitting next to me
that was $20 at CostCo.

http://www.amazon.com/Duracell-Durab.../dp/B015ZL37JY

Mixed reviews on amazon but I must have gotten one of the good ones.
With 4 C cells it doesn't make quite a good a baseball bat as my old 6D
MagLite but it's a lot better than my 2 AA or 3 AAA LED flashlights in
that department.

On 11/14/2015 8:46 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 11/14/2015 10:26 AM, Oren wrote:
Go to your local cop shop: Tactical Flashlights - Military Flashlight

Have a thick wallet when you go

Cops buy SureFire when someone else is footing the bill. The rest of us
buy Fenix. I've got a Duracell 1000 lumen flashlight sitting next to me
that was $20 at CostCo.

http://www.amazon.com/Duracell-Durab.../dp/B015ZL37JY

Mixed reviews on amazon but I must have gotten one of the good ones.
With 4 C cells it doesn't make quite a good a baseball bat as my old 6D
MagLite but it's a lot better than my 2 AA or 3 AAA LED flashlights in
that department.


I've got one of those ryobi 18v rechargeable battery flash lights, and
have 3 batteries that are new and keep them charged up all the time.
Love that flash light.

--
Maggie

On 11/14/2015 10:38 PM, Muggles wrote:
Cops buy SureFire when someone else is footing the bill. The rest of us
buy Fenix. I've got a Duracell 1000 lumen flashlight sitting next to me
that was $20 at CostCo.

http://www.amazon.com/Duracell-Durab.../dp/B015ZL37JY

Mixed reviews on amazon but I must have gotten one of the good ones.
With 4 C cells it doesn't make quite a good a baseball bat as my old 6D
MagLite but it's a lot better than my 2 AA or 3 AAA LED flashlights in
that department.


I've got one of those ryobi 18v rechargeable battery flash lights, and
have 3 batteries that are new and keep them charged up all the time.
Love that flash light.


Walmart has a 10 LED square lantern in the camping
section which comes with the first square battery,
here they are $5.47, and the battery lasts about
70 hours (yes, I sacrificed one for testing.)
You can have any color, as long as it's black.

That's good for around the house, or car use. Long
reach beam, helps see racoons in trees, or burglars
in the back yard. Far too large for pocket carry,
but you could rig a shoulder strap maybe. Belt
carabiner.

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On Sun, 15 Nov 2015 00:28:15 -0500, Stormin Mormon
wrote:
I've got one of those ryobi 18v rechargeable battery
flash lights, and have 3 batteries that are new and
keep them charged up all the time.
Love that flash light.


Walmart has a 10 LED square lantern in the camping
section which comes with the first square battery,
here they are $5.47, and the battery lasts about
70 hours (yes, I sacrificed one for testing.)
You can have any color, as long as it's black.

That's good for around the house, or car use. Long
reach beam, helps see racoons in trees, or burglars
in the back yard. Far too large for pocket carry,
but you could rig a shoulder strap maybe. Belt
carabiner.

We have a couple of lantern type lights, too, plus various smaller
pocket size flash lights, and a generous supply of batteries for all
of them. I've even used outdoor dollar lights indoors at night when
we list power a few times. They make nice subdued lighting to get
around the house if needed.

--
Maggie

On 11/14/2015 11:30 AM, KenK wrote:
I have a 3-D-cell LED no-name flaslight and the LEDs are going out and
otherwise screwed up. I can't figure out how to remove the LED assembly to
replace LEDs as required. In light of this can someone suggest a nice
bright flashlight of another type or at least more easily repaired? Do they
still make those 9-volt battery flashlights? I've not seen one for a long
time.

Recommendations of something I can easily find locally?

TIA


I'd ditch it and get a single bulb led. I've got a 3 D cell single bulb
from HD rated at 200 lumens. I think Walmart carries a lot of good stuff.

The bulb itself should last practically forever but other electronics
can go bad. Google up the innards of a led or cfl and they look more
complex than my first Radioshack computer.

I had to toss one when the switch broke.

KenK wrote:
I have a 3-D-cell LED no-name flaslight and the LEDs are going out and
otherwise screwed up. I can't figure out how to remove the LED assembly to
replace LEDs as required. In light of this can someone suggest a nice
bright flashlight of another type or at least more easily repaired? Do they
still make those 9-volt battery flashlights? I've not seen one for a long
time.

Recommendations of something I can easily find locally?

TIA


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Zoomable-250...AOSwMmBV0sp O

I have purchased three of these flashlights, two for myself, and one for
a gift. They are amazing!!!! Not local, but worth the wait.

On 11/14/2015 12:43 PM, Ken wrote:

I have a 3-D-cell LED no-name flaslight and the LEDs are going out and
otherwise screwed up. I can't figure out how to remove the LED
assembly to
replace LEDs as required. In light of this can someone suggest a nice
bright flashlight of another type or at least more easily repaired? Do
they
still make those 9-volt battery flashlights? I've not seen one for a long
time.

Recommendations of something I can easily find locally?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Zoomable-250...AOSwMmBV0sp O


I have purchased three of these flashlights, two for myself, and one for
a gift. They are amazing!!!! Not local, but worth the wait.

It's safe to buy one of those now: they've already sold #666.

Perce

On 11/14/2015 11:30 AM, KenK wrote:
I have a 3-D-cell LED no-name flaslight and the LEDs are going out and
otherwise screwed up. I can't figure out how to remove the LED assembly to
replace LEDs as required. In light of this can someone suggest a nice
bright flashlight of another type or at least more easily repaired? Do they
still make those 9-volt battery flashlights? I've not seen one for a long
time.

Recommendations of something I can easily find locally?

TIA



If yo want local, Koopman's has a few nice lights.

LED seems to be the way to go as you can get bright and long battery
life. Check Amazon. I got a few small, single AA lights that are
amazingly bright but they have a bunch of others. The ones I got are
300 lumen for $3. Cree brand.

They also have a 2,000 lumen
http://www.amazon.com/UltraFire%C2%A... 09T3DMDF6HJP

On Sat, 14 Nov 2015 12:48:06 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 11/14/2015 11:30 AM, KenK wrote:
I have a 3-D-cell LED no-name flaslight and the LEDs are going out and
otherwise screwed up. I can't figure out how to remove the LED assembly to
replace LEDs as required. In light of this can someone suggest a nice
bright flashlight of another type or at least more easily repaired? Do they
still make those 9-volt battery flashlights? I've not seen one for a long
time.

Recommendations of something I can easily find locally?

TIA



If yo want local, Koopman's has a few nice lights.

LED seems to be the way to go as you can get bright and long battery
life. Check Amazon. I got a few small, single AA lights that are
amazingly bright but they have a bunch of others. The ones I got are
300 lumen for $3. Cree brand.

They also have a 2,000 lumen
http://www.amazon.com/UltraFire%C2%A...&perid=049FDCT

As an FYI, that's the same one you can get on eBay for 10 bucks. On
Amazon it costs 30 bucks.

On 11/14/2015 11:30 AM, KenK wrote:
I have a 3-D-cell LED no-name flaslight and the LEDs are going out and
otherwise screwed up. I can't figure out how to remove the LED assembly to
replace LEDs as required. In light of this can someone suggest a nice
bright flashlight of another type or at least more easily repaired? Do they
still make those 9-volt battery flashlights? I've not seen one for a long
time.

Recommendations of something I can easily find locally?

TIA



Flashlights, like so many things, cover a wide range
of needs and features. Please answer a few questions,
and we can do a better job of suggestions.

How much money to spend?

Does the flashlight live in your car, tool box,
in the house, pocket carry, or glovebox?

Do you need close vision like repairing under the
sink, or distance like racoons in trees?

Will this be a self defense tool?

How often to use this light? Daily? Only in
rare power cuts?

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On 11/14/2015 02:10 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
Flashlights, like so many things, cover a wide range
of needs and features. Please answer a few questions,
and we can do a better job of suggestions.

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/flashlights.png


xkcd comics can be a little cryptic but I think you'll get this one...

On 11/14/2015 9:50 PM, rbowman wrote:
On 11/14/2015 02:10 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
Flashlights, like so many things, cover a wide range
of needs and features. Please answer a few questions,
and we can do a better job of suggestions.

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/flashlights.png


xkcd comics can be a little cryptic but I think you'll get this one...

Thank you. A comic I can understand.

-
..
Christopher A. Young
learn more about Jesus
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Stormin Mormon wrote in
:

On 11/14/2015 11:30 AM, KenK wrote:
I have a 3-D-cell LED no-name flaslight and the LEDs are going out
and otherwise screwed up. I can't figure out how to remove the LED
assembly to replace LEDs as required. In light of this can someone
suggest a nice bright flashlight of another type or at least more
easily repaired? Do they still make those 9-volt battery flashlights?
I've not seen one for a long time.

Recommendations of something I can easily find locally?

TIA



Flashlights, like so many things, cover a wide range
of needs and features. Please answer a few questions,
and we can do a better job of suggestions.

How much money to spend?

Less than $20

Does the flashlight live in your car, tool box,
in the house, pocket carry, or glovebox?

In the house

Do you need close vision like repairing under the
sink, or distance like racoons in trees?

Close

Will this be a self defense tool?

Hopefully not

How often to use this light? Daily? Only in
rare power cuts?

Once a week?




--
You know it's time to clean the refrigerator
when something closes the door from the inside.

On 11/16/2015 1:07 PM, KenK wrote:
Flashlights, like so many things, cover a wide range
of needs and features. Please answer a few questions,
and we can do a better job of suggestions.

How much money to spend?

Less than $20

Does the flashlight live in your car, tool box,
in the house, pocket carry, or glovebox?

In the house

Do you need close vision like repairing under the
sink, or distance like racoons in trees?

Close

Will this be a self defense tool?

Hopefully not

How often to use this light? Daily? Only in
rare power cuts?

Once a week?





Sounds like a Durabeam or some thing like that
will do fine. Two D cells, and get alkaline
batteries. Not heavy duty batteries. Should be
able to get some thing well under twenty bucks.

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Christopher A. Young
learn more about Jesus
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..
..

I have a Maglite that also went. First it was
tricky to turn on. Then it just died, and the
bulb is not replaceable! They're also very
expensive. I'm not wild about LED flashlights.
They're only really bright when you stare into
them. And the claim that the bulbs last
forever is simply not true. So now I just buy
the cheapest I can find. I got a mini one recently
at a paint store for $3 to replace the Maglite.
(The prices on those are absurdly high.) The
$3 light works fine and fits in a pocket. If it
breaks at some point it won't be a big loss.

For a bright light used for things like camping
I like the big flashlights with the boxy 6 volt
batteries. I can't find the incandescent ones
anymore, but I have some old ones that I keep.
Home Depot sells them for $4-$5, witrh the whole
thing being about the same price as just the
battery itself.

On 11/15/2015 07:45 AM, Mayayana wrote:
I have a Maglite that also went. First it was
tricky to turn on. Then it just died, and the
bulb is not replaceable! They're also very
expensive. I'm not wild about LED flashlights.
They're only really bright when you stare into
them. And the claim that the bulbs last
forever is simply not true. So now I just buy
the cheapest I can find.

Buying the cheapest piece of crap you can find is always the recipe for
success.

| Buying the cheapest piece of crap you can find is always the recipe for
| success.

Indeed. They're all basically just batteries,
a bulb and some kind of metal connection. And
the light doesn't seem to know it's not well
dressed. So there's not much sense paying more
for a name.

Actually, though, after writing the earlier post
I found my Maglite actually seems to have a
halogen bulb. Maybe with some luck I can find
a replacement.

On 11/15/2015 5:21 PM, Mayayana wrote:
Actually, though, after writing the earlier post
I found my Maglite actually seems to have a
halogen bulb. Maybe with some luck I can find
a replacement.


Lowes, Walmart, Home Depot, Ebay, Amazon.

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Christopher A. Young
learn more about Jesus
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On 11/15/2015 03:21 PM, Mayayana wrote:
| Buying the cheapest piece of crap you can find is always the recipe for
| success.

Indeed. They're all basically just batteries,
a bulb and some kind of metal connection. And
the light doesn't seem to know it's not well
dressed. So there's not much sense paying more
for a name.

Not any more. High output LEDs require fairly sophisticated electronics.
That's one place to screw up. I have some 3 AAA flashlights that were 3
for $20 at CostCo. The switch in the tail glows red to indicate a low
battery. Unfortunately, that little option also drains the batteries in
short order. The next generation skipped that option.

Another thing to avoid are flashlights that have a lot of little dome
shaped LEDs. They may look cool but they're 15 year old technology.

On 11/15/2015 09:33 PM, rbowman wrote:

[snip]

Another thing to avoid are flashlights that have a lot of little dome
shaped LEDs. They may look cool but they're 15 year old technology.

A have a couple of those. They're very dim. The brighter ones usually
have a single LED.

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http://notstupid.us/

"To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler --
and less trouble." -- Mark Twain

On 11/15/2015 9:45 AM, Mayayana wrote:
I have a Maglite that also went. First it was
tricky to turn on. Then it just died, and the
bulb is not replaceable! They're also very
expensive.

CY: Mag has excellent repair service.

I'm not wild about LED flashlights.
They're only really bright when you stare into
them. And the claim that the bulbs last
forever is simply not true. So now I just buy
the cheapest I can find. I got a mini one recently
at a paint store for $3 to replace the Maglite.
(The prices on those are absurdly high.) The
$3 light works fine and fits in a pocket. If it
breaks at some point it won't be a big loss.

CY: I've had good results with Mag. The filament
ones are still at Walmart.



For a bright light used for things like camping
I like the big flashlights with the boxy 6 volt
batteries. I can't find the incandescent ones
anymore, but I have some old ones that I keep.

CY: Try Walmart, or Home Depot.

Home Depot sells them for $4-$5, witrh the whole
thing being about the same price as just the
battery itself.



CY: Battery itself is about 2.50 at Walmart, for the
cheap battery.

On Saturday, November 14, 2015 at 10:30:31 AM UTC-6, KenK wrote:
I have a 3-D-cell LED no-name flaslight and the LEDs are going out and
otherwise screwed up. I can't figure out how to remove the LED assembly to
replace LEDs as required. In light of this can someone suggest a nice
bright flashlight of another type or at least more easily repaired? Do they
still make those 9-volt battery flashlights? I've not seen one for a long
time.

Recommendations of something I can easily find locally?

TIA


--
You know it's time to clean the refrigerator
when something closes the door from the inside.

Flasklight! http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/...psgpzgzs6a.jpg

KenK formulated the question :
I have a 3-D-cell LED no-name flaslight and the LEDs are going out and
otherwise screwed up. I can't figure out how to remove the LED assembly to
replace LEDs as required. In light of this can someone suggest a nice
bright flashlight of another type or at least more easily repaired? Do they
still make those 9-volt battery flashlights? I've not seen one for a long
time.

Recommendations of something I can easily find locally?

TIA

Find flashlights that have a single LED. They give more light and are
more reliable.

Try this;

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tactical-300...AOSw3ydV7av h

Eagle no@not now.ever wrote:
KenK formulated the question :
I have a 3-D-cell LED no-name flaslight and the LEDs are going out and
otherwise screwed up. I can't figure out how to remove the LED assembly
to replace LEDs as required. In light of this can someone suggest a
nice bright flashlight of another type or at least more easily
repaired? Do they still make those 9-volt battery flashlights? I've
not seen one for a long time.

Recommendations of something I can easily find locally?

TIA

Find flashlights that have a single LED. They give more light and are more reliable.

Try this;

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tactical-300...AOSw3ydV7av h

Gee that's really bright. That's over six times brighter than my really
bright flashlight. Doing some research, 1000 lumens is about all a T6 can
deliver around 3 amps. How is the flashlight being advertised ? It uses
AAA with optional holder. AAA suck, and I've had those plastic holders
fail, break apart, over time.

I stick with AA mini flashlights, and bigger cells for bigger physical
sized ones. I know The Home Depot has sold some decent larger sized single
LED lamps. Don't know what's current. Flashlight shopping can be TRICKY as
in above link.

500 lumens is really bright. You CAN'T look into the beam. 100-200 lumens
is a good lumens vs battery life rating.

Greg

What's a FLASKLIGHT ??????

wrote :
What's a FLASKLIGHT ??????

A lighted booze flask?

On Sun, 15 Nov 2015 14:52:47 -0800, Eagle no@not now.ever wrote:

wrote :
What's a FLASKLIGHT ??????

A lighted booze flask?

Thats what I thought

Eagle no@not now.ever wrote:
wrote :
What's a FLASKLIGHT ??????

A lighted booze flask?

I case you drop it.

Greg

On 11/15/2015 04:52 PM, Eagle wrote:
wrote :
What's a FLASKLIGHT ??????

A lighted booze flask?

Useful when you want to see how full the flask is, without waking anyone up.

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about it, he shouldn't!" [George Bernard Shaw]

On Mon, 16 Nov 2015 13:35:11 -0600, hah
wrote:

A lighted booze flask?

Useful when you want to see how full the flask is, without waking anyone up.

Do they have a baby bottle nipple?

On Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 4:31:54 PM UTC-6, wrote:
What's a FLASKLIGHT ??????

http%3A%2F%2Fi1181.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fx430 %2FBenDarrenBach%2Fflask_zpsgpzgzs6a.jpg&sa=D&sntz =1&usg=AFQjCNH7dsPyUmYomx1M0C9m0uDL5q3Z0A

On Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 4:58:01 PM UTC-6, bob_villain wrote:
On Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 4:31:54 PM UTC-6, wrote:
What's a FLASKLIGHT ??????



http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/...psgpzgzs6a.jpg

Damned Google! 💩

After serious thinking bob_villain wrote :
On Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 4:58:01 PM UTC-6, bob_villain wrote:
On Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 4:31:54 PM UTC-6,
wrote:
What's a FLASKLIGHT ??????



http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/...psgpzgzs6a.jpg

Damned Google! ?

lol Seek and you will find!

On 11/15/2015 5:29 PM, wrote:
What's a FLASKLIGHT ??????


The kell skould I kave a clue?

Must be a new barrel of laughs?

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On 11/15/2015 5:29 PM, wrote:
What's a FLASKLIGHT ??????


C'mon....a light that holds your liquor.

Here https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...sl-flask-light

Meanie expressed precisely :
On 11/15/2015 5:29 PM, wrote:
What's a FLASKLIGHT ??????


C'mon....a light that holds your liquor.

Here https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...sl-flask-light

lol I like this group. :')

On Monday, November 16, 2015 at 10:26:13 AM UTC-6, Eagle wrote:
Meanie expressed precisely :
On 11/15/2015 5:29 PM, wrote:
What's a FLASKLIGHT ??????

C'mon....a light that holds your liquor.

Here https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...sl-flask-light

lol I like this group. :')

It's like the bar from Star Wars. Cue the music! ^_^ 👽

[8~{} Uncle Alien Monster