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crazy deal. I bought 4

Thanks.  I ordered one for backup. $27.44 delivered.

could be converted to the newest bin cree LED for another 12usd.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.11836

also picked up 3 myself(4 total)

Whats the run time with that?

Got my light ordered! thanks!

tagged for payday

F****rs want to charge me $14.60 for parcel post.  USPS PM should be $5.  

Shipping and "HANDLING", LOL

my bank account hates you

the "regular mail" option is PM, 2-3days

no idea but I use rechargeables anyway so it never bothers me.

Go with the best built drop-in on the market. It's what I did for my G2.

Malkoff Devices

best built indeed, but you pay 500% of the price of the drop-in I posted.

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I bought one of the Deal extreme drop ins.... NO B.S. I was amazed at the difference!!! I highly recommend this! It is wayyyyy brighter!!! Thnx to whoever led me to these!!!!

And worth every penny.

+1

EXCELLENT customer support, also.

I dont doubt it, if you can afford one great, the optics and reflector on their product is second to none, but personally I'd rather except slightly less performance for the cost difference, which is major. To each his own.

+1

I've been running one of these in a G2Z for several months now.  I had remove the outer spring, and back the pill out of the reflector a turn to make electrical contact, but have had no problems.  

Newbie-ish question...
Looking for a flashlight to keep in my purse so the size on that looks about right for me, but:

Is 1 hour run time normal for this size of flashlight?
Is that 1 hour for the batteries or the bulb?

That is one hour runtime on the batteries, which are cr123a type lithium batteries.  THe big advantage is that they can sit for a decade and still work, same with being cold etc, downside is that they are not as inexpensive as AA alkaline batteries, online they are $1-$2 a pop or more, in the stores they can be $5 each. I think the average life of the bulb is like 20 hours or so.

The G2 is solid and puts out a respectable amount of light, much more than a Maglite does in stock guise.  

There are a ton of lights out there right now.  If you goto candlepowerforums.com you can get an idea of the variety.

I like LED lights for EDC, but the G2 and similar lights are in my glove boxes as lights I don't have to think or worry about.

I like my Little E1e That I updated to LED
Small and bright

I also like my Defender LED its a tad longer with teeth

will the camo come off or can i just paint black ?

I just bought the Surefire G2N and added the dealsextreme drop in (sku 11836). I love it soo much I bought another a couple days ago.

The runtime is for the batteries.  Modern LED lights will never burn out in normal usage.  The G2 is an incandescent light, and is a great one for the money, but the bulbs cost a fair bit to replace and battery life is poor.  

You can get LED dropins, and I've got everything from the expensive Malkoffs to the DX and ebay cheapies.  The Malkoff and Surefire drop-ins are expensive, sturdy, and reliable.  The cheapies are cheap and not so reliable - sometimes they don't work at all in a G2 unless you fiddle with them, removing or cutting springs and such, due to the G2's plastic body.  I've had several that only worked part of the time.

I wouldn't use an incandescent light for a purse or pocket light, for a variety of reasons - poor battery life, fire risk if they turn on without you noticing, too much bulk and weight.

For a purse or pocket light, it's hard to beat the Fenix P2D or L1D LED lights.  They're both great lights, small and sturdy, and you have the choice of long runtime or quite a bit or light output.

You can get them from www.fenix-store.com with an 8% discount using the CPF8 discount code from candlepowerforum, but they're not cheap even with the discount.

Both are multi-mode lights, which take a little getting used to, but are very flexible.  The first mode gives low-medium-high-SOS, and the second mode is turbo/strobe.  The levels are selected by the tailcap button, and the modes are selected by twisting the head tight (turbo) or not tight (normal).  I usually leave mine in normal, and don't need turbo that often.

The P2D uses a single CR123, which isn't as readily available as AAs, but gives more output.  Low/med/high/turbo is 9/40/80/135 lumens, and battery life is 71/13/5/2 hours.  The low mode is useful for reading maps and other close up work where you don't want to blow out your night vision, and gives great runtime, while the turbo mode is plenty bright for reaching out and lighting stuff up.

The L1D is the same thing with a single AA, which is available nearly everywhere, but doesn't give the same output on turbo, has less runtime, and is a bit longer and skinnier than the P2D.  Low/med/high/turbo is 9/40/80/90 lumens, and battery life is 25/5/2/1.5 hours.  Turbo is not noticably different from high, and I rarely bother using it.

There's also the L2D 2xAA version, with brighter turbo and longer runtime, but it's a lot longer light - not nearly as compact.   Low/med/high/turbo is 9/40/80/135 lumens, and runtime is 55/40/10.5/4/2.4 hours, which is great if you don't mind the extra length.

If you're up for CR123 batteries, the P2D is a durn near perfect every day carry (EDC) light, and I always have one in my pocket.  If you'd rather stick with AAs, the L1D is nearly as good, and if the length isn't a problem, the L2D is the best of both worlds.