• Mac@mander.xyzEnglish
    33·
    29 days ago

    Fun fact: you can get lithium battery and LED conversion kits for these.

    • NielsBohron@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      29 days ago

      My dad is one of those “worryingly concerned about self-defense” boomers and I got an LED/lithium ion maglite-ish flashlight last year for Christmas.

      It still doubles as a bludgeon and it’s rechargeable and puts out like 5k lumens, so while I didn’t think I needed anything like it, it’s quite handy if you live in the mountains like I do. Nothing scares off a couple coyotes or a bear like just blasting them in the retina with a high-end LED photon cannon (short of an actual shotgun with bean bag rounds like my neighbor uses)

    • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
      14·
      29 days ago

      I had a couple of maglites around the house for years. Never thought of getting batteries because they only last about two or three months sitting and then only about a few hours of actual use as lights. So they sat empty of batteries for years.

      Heard of the led conversion and now my lights last forever and double as a security bat. Never thought of getting lithium batteries for them … once I do that they’ll be flashlights for life.

      And to think I was just going to throw them away because I had given up on them ever being useful.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      29 days ago

      I’ve got a 4D Mag but just can’t justify the expense of the conversion kit. Got one for an old gf’s light and they are DOPE! But for the $70 price tag I can get a couple of super nice handhelds that weigh nothing.

      • Mac@mander.xyzEnglish
        3·
        29 days ago

        I agree. That’s why I haven’t converted mine. Maybe at some point for fun but i have other, brighter flashlights.

  • M137@lemmy.world
    20·
    29 days ago

    I’ve seen this without the shitty crop several times in the past few days. I don’t remember if there was a source or something in the normal version, but the cropping being done to remove that is the only thing I can think of. Shitty people.

  • Baggins@feddit.ukEnglish
    14·
    29 days ago

    The lads used to carry these when on patrol in Northern Ireland in the 80s and 90s.

    • Zron@lemmy.world
      2·
      28 days ago

      Some mad lad bolted one of these to the hand guard of an L85 and called it a weapon light.

      This was, of course, really to add mass to the rifle for when it was used as a bludgeon, because it is so British that it spontaneously ejected its own magazines as a form of silent protest against violence.