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[Mr.PD]

Originally Posted by Edwood

I have a bunch of half dead Mini Mag Lites lying around. Argh! I hate those things. Fricken bulbs keep burning out or getting busted from getting dropped. .............
I had wanted to get a sandwich kit or other LED retrofit for the Mini Mags, but they were pretty pricey. LOL, but now I noticed there are LED Mini Mags out for sale now, and they are cheaper than the mod kits.

I'll have to check one out.

I haven't seen the mini mag LED lights yet. Other than the aftermarket ones.
I just got the mag brand LED bulb for two of my D cell mag lights. One for a 3 cell and one for my 4 cell. I'm impressed. They seem brighter than the bulbs that came in the lights.

I have an LED unit on the tail end of a mini (AA) mag. I had it sent over from Germany. It replaces the tail cap, has a white LED and a red LED. No lense just recessed LEDs.

Edit, I should have looked at this thread a long time ago. I was ineterested in torchs a few years ago. I wandered away from them after I cam here. I use a CMG Infinity light most often. It's a blue green color LED in a single AA configuration. I wear it on a neck strap that I got from Photon (this strap was way too heavy for a Photon). I replace the battery about once a year using the light a lot at work. CMG sold out, and the new company doesn't make the LED colors that CMG did.

[Edwood]

Originally Posted by stevesurf

Ed - maybe. Spiderwebs seem to reflect more UV light than regular light perhaps because spiders are sensitive and attracted to UV. The yellow-green LEDs are prob. around 500nm whereas UV LEDs are typ. around 350nm.

Solution: get a small UV flashlight and try it out.

Any recommendations for a cheap UV flashlight?

If it works well, I might be able to convince the wife that buying a $300 KROMA is a great idea.

-Ed

[Edwood]

Originally Posted by kwkarth

Ed,
I'm guessin' that we'll see an EDC Ultimate 120XRGT coming out pretty soon and it will be lower priced than it's predecessors.

Glad you like your L1T, BTW... Good torch!

Yeah, I'm not quite ready to drop $300 on a flashlight.

I noticed that the HDS EDC Ultimate 60GT is $135 now. I guess they are discontinued. Pretty tempting.

How much do you guesstimate that the Ultimate 120, 120XR, and 120XRGT will cost?

LOL, the Fenix L1T is nothing but a gateway drug.

-Ed

[stevesurf]

Originally Posted by Edwood

Any recommendations for a cheap UV flashlight?

If it works well, I might be able to convince the wife that buying a $300 KROMA is a great idea.

-Ed

Well, Ed, at $49 it's not exactly cheap, but the Inova is a quality light. Maybe Aaron can loan you his to see if it works

[warpdriver]

Originally Posted by Edwood

Yeah, I'm not quite ready to drop $300 on a flashlight.

I noticed that the HDS EDC Ultimate 60GT is $135 now. I guess they are discontinued. Pretty tempting.

Yeah, that was a deal too much to resist. This flashlight sold for $230 when it first came out, so a few clicks later.....

Warpdriver is now the proud owner of HDS EDC Ultimate 60 GT #2908

I'm so glad that I got it, because they are sold out now, and I would have kicked myself (the same way I lost out on the BH DT990s)

I never realized how useful it is to have multiple levels of light. And the U60 is the PERFECT size for EDC but still easy to hold. It's got the power of a full sized flashlight, and the multiple levels makes it useful for almost everything. From reading something without disturbing people around you, to looking for what's lurking in your yard.

My Surefire L4, my previous favorite light, is going to be used and carried much less often.

[Edwood]

Originally Posted by stevesurf

Well, Ed, at $49 it's not exactly cheap, but the Inova is a quality light. Maybe Aaron can loan you his to see if it works

I ended up with that $8 cheap 12 LED UV one from Lighthound. Works quite well. Spiders and their webs do not light up at night with it, though.

Only powerful flashlights will do. So I keep telling my wife, "If you want to find the spiders more easily, we'll need a more powerful flashlight."

-Ed

Ive got an inova x5 and am looking at those sf 20 minute blindbulb ones with those filters for IR illumination as well as ivisible to IR =D

How about pocket knives? anyone have tons of those? i figure it would fit in this thread Got a Benchmade AFO Auto, Auto Stryker, SOG Trident, and a Kershaw Tac Blur. Yes I spent $500 on my Knife-fi pursuits
Up for sale? All of them! for cans!!!
Auto Stryker asking for $125
Trident asking for $80
Tac blur askign for $75
All mint never used/sharpened and wiped weekly with Tuff-Glide!

[warubozu]

Check the following ongoing threds on pocketknives:

http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showt...=pocket+knives

http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showt...=pocket+knives

http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showt...=pocket+knives

[Edwood]

Originally Posted by hYdrociTy

Ive got an inova x5 and am looking at those sf 20 minute blindbulb ones with those filters for IR illumination as well as ivisible to IR =D

How about pocket knives? anyone have tons of those? i figure it would fit in this thread Got a Benchmade AFO Auto, Auto Stryker, SOG Trident, and a Kershaw Tac Blur. Yes I spent $500 on my Knife-fi pursuits
Up for sale? All of them! for cans!!!
Auto Stryker asking for $125
Trident asking for $80
Tac blur askign for $75
All mint never used/sharpened and wiped weekly with Tuff-Glide!

There are a couple Knife-fi threads, and there is a dedicated For Sale/Trade forum.

-Ed

actually join some knife forum? this is my first forum and im already down to 55 bucks in my bank account.. no way.. not gonna be tempted ive already posted all that stuff on ebay to earn money for some nice k340s!!! and maybe some kind of better turntable!! arrggg wallet.. exponential decay!!!
lol thanks for the linx warru