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Posted at 2:46 AM on Wednesday 01/30/13 by
leothelion
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Ends at 9PM PT. MidnightBox.com has the CREE XM-L T6 950 Lumens LED Flashlight Torch for $9 + $4 shipping = $13 shipped. Made from aluminum, and has hi, mid, lo, strobe, and SOS modes.
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    thepod - Posted 5:16 am PST 01/30/13 (640 Posts)  Report Spam

    Normally 14 and change at Amazon, so this is a good price.

    Really, really great flashlight. More like 200 lumens, but still very very bright.

    Be aware that this takes special batteries, which, after the batteries and charger will be more than the flashlight itself... But still worth it.

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    zzyzx - Posted 6:39 am PST 01/30/13 (5132 Posts)  Report Spam

    I really really want to confirm that is not a standard very bright but rather a very very bright flashlight. I bought a very very bright flashlight once on a recommendation but it turned out to only be a very bright flashlight so I want to be careful with the next very very bright or very, very, very bright flashlight I buy...

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    me2 - Posted 7:17 am PST 01/30/13 (852 Posts)  Report Spam

    While this might only be very bright, it probably also gets very hot.

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    Xamu - Posted 9:22 am PST 01/30/13 (136 Posts)  Report Spam

    Looks just like the one I got on Amazon for $12.55 (shipped). What they don't mention is that it needs a 18650 battery most likely NOT included at this price.

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    dave_c - Posted 11:51 am PST 01/30/13 (20871 Posts)  Report Spam

    Yeah, it has to use a 18650 cell, there's no way a AA could supply enough current... not even an eneloop, though possibly 2 x AA NiMH could for a little while.

    If these ship from a US warehouse that's a bonus as usually the lowest cost merchants take 3 weeks coming from Hong Kong.

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    Xamu - Posted 1:24 pm PST 01/30/13 (136 Posts)  Report Spam

    Not enough room for 2x AA. There's gonna be a LOT of pissed people when they get a flashlight and drop a AA battery in and they realize it's about ½" too short.

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    dave_c - Posted 2:06 pm PST 01/30/13 (20871 Posts)  Report Spam

    ^ True, I just meant if they had chosen to make it a 2 x AA form factor and add a voltage boost circuit. Even if you used a spacer for 1 x AA to bridge the gap it wouldn't work because there's no boost circuit in it, the voltage would still be too low.

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    RagMaN - Posted 2:37 pm PST 01/30/13 (1288 Posts)  Report Spam

    Or for a few bucks more buy a good light like this:
    http://amzn.to/WyNhmJ
    Takes 123a batteries, and is much brighter than any LED....mind you it gets hot...but that is the physic's of creating light.
    Fyi, batteries are

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    dave_c - Posted 3:17 pm PST 01/30/13 (20871 Posts)  Report Spam

    Ragman what you linked is rated at 65 lumens or 120 lumens with an upgraded bulb sold separately.

    I've no doubt it's higher quality and in some jobs being non-metallic is a plus, but this LED light (if we assume the real output is around 500 lumens) is between 4 to 8 times as bright.

    Also, that one only runs for an hour. My ITP EOS A3, a tiny 1 x AAA LED keychain light runs for almost an hour producing more light, and doesn't get more than warm doing so... which makes it handy to hold in your mouth if you need both hands free to do something, but I also love it because the clip can be reversed making it lightweight and small enough to wear on a ball cap as a headlamp, small enough to EDC without noticing you have it till it's needed. On the other hand I'm sure it doesn't throw as far due to the reflector they chose.

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    zzyzx - Posted 7:06 pm PST 01/30/13 (5132 Posts)  Report Spam

    Would that make it very bright or very very bright?

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    JediKnight - Posted 10:42 am PST 01/31/13 (3439 Posts)  Report Spam

    From bright minds come bright ideas.

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