Posted: 3/22/2010 1:22:34 AM EDT
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I know a lot of people here are big into flashlights and I want to get my mom a durable, bright light, to replace her current crappy one. I checked SureFire's website and didn't see anything. |
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+1, mine is 5 yrs old and still works like day 1. |
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Great lights but I find that light's for family (Mom's,Grandmas,Etc) should use plain batteries. I stick to AA/AAA for power although I have custom lights most look at the retail cost of batteries and would not use them. Lightflux got pretty good reviews over at CPF those above are production lights <$50 if you want smaller custom prices just go up. Here are 2 Flashlight reviews & CPF Reviews Here is a CR2-Ion I own one in Lime green it's the size of a AAA batt and puts out about 50 Lumens and cost about $200.  |
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Great lights but I find that light's for family (Mom's,Grandmas,Etc) should use plain batteries. I stick to AA/AAA for power although I have custom lights most look at the retail cost of batteries and would not use them. Lightflux got pretty good reviews over at CPF those above are production lights <$50 if you want smaller custom prices just go up. Here are 2 Flashlight reviews & CPF Reviews Here is a CR2-Ion I own one in Lime green it's the size of a AAA batt and puts out about 50 Lumens and cost about $200. http://www.fractalfreak.com/wx/aeon_1.jpg That's become a deciding factor for me when buying a light for a non-flashaholic. It may look very cool to me, but who am I kidding to think that that person will go online and buy CR 123s by the dozen, or use rechargeables? Stick to a lithium AAA or AA and you won't go wrong. At least those can be bought cheaper at Sam's Club or Costco. Most any AAA offering from Fenix is perfect. |
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Gerber Omnivore: What happens when you bring Gerber innovation to lighting? The result is the new Omnivore flashlight with patent-pending multi-battery functionality. Just pick your battery! Choose a AA, AAA or CR123 and drop it in for a beaming bright, white light. A .7-watt L.E.D. is protected by an aircraft-grade aluminum housing with lanyard hole to teather it close by. One AA battery included. http://www.gerbergear.com/index.php/product/id/329 |
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You could also go to DealExtreme and, for about $8 including shipping, get her a bag of 10 bright white photon-like clones. She can carry one on each keyring, have backups in a drawer, and/or give them away to friends.
They aren't as high quality construction as the Photon microlights, but they have survived a couple of years at least on one of my keychains. |
