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Freight Dawgs Rule
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Hi rez o, I know you asked about bright and small. However as a freight doggy who always looks optimistically at half empty glasses...I thought I would put in a promo for the D cell sized flash light made by these guys. Maybe if you kick around their website's home page or product listing, you'll find what you need.
http://www.longlight.com/en/s_pro/pro_4000.php
That's a link to what they call the BEAST. I met the BEAST while I was purusing at a gun show. When the guy who had the sales tables set up for these flashlights demonstrated their durability to me, I dug into my pocket most riki-tik to buy one.
He turned it on, held it at arms length and dropped it onto a concrete floor. Obviously, he didn't drop it face down, but when he picked the unit up, it was unharmed and the LED bulbs were still going strong.
That was my biggest fear with the mag lights or any of the other cheap yellow plastic two cell D flashlights. You lose panel lighting, dig out your mag, drop it on the floor...oh sh!t.
Another thing that bugged me, was the fact that almost all the two cell D flashlights I ever had, always seemed to go yellow in their light intensity...just when I needed them the most. This thing is blue bright, and I can't remember if I have had the batteries in this thing for two years or three.
One thing I like about the BEAST is that it can be left on for hours, and the batteries will not run down right away...it doesn't consume power like incandesent bulbs do.
Another thing, the light is intense, but it is spread out. I can lay it on my flight bag turned on and it illuminates the entire dash, not just one area of the dash. If you aim it at the overhead, it reflects enough light to dimly light the whole cockpit. If I shine it back in the cargo area in the aft of the cabin, it illuminates the whole area, withought having to shine it around to a particular spot.
On thing about how this flashlight distributes light is that you will not be illuminating things far away with it, as it it not a spotlight, it's more of a floodlight. Which as I said, I like because It illumates a large portion of both sides of the panel, when properly pointed.
It doesn't generate any heat, so you can safely lay it on a flight bag, or jacket and it will not melt anything.
I would give this product an A+, and I would also recommend you take a look at what ever else they make to see if it suits your needs.
If anything, thanks for bringing the topic up, as the days are growing shorter and I should replace my batteries on general purpose...even if they are shining bright after a couple of years.
http://www.longlight.com/en/s_pro/pro_4000.php
That's a link to what they call the BEAST. I met the BEAST while I was purusing at a gun show. When the guy who had the sales tables set up for these flashlights demonstrated their durability to me, I dug into my pocket most riki-tik to buy one.
He turned it on, held it at arms length and dropped it onto a concrete floor. Obviously, he didn't drop it face down, but when he picked the unit up, it was unharmed and the LED bulbs were still going strong.
That was my biggest fear with the mag lights or any of the other cheap yellow plastic two cell D flashlights. You lose panel lighting, dig out your mag, drop it on the floor...oh sh!t.
Another thing that bugged me, was the fact that almost all the two cell D flashlights I ever had, always seemed to go yellow in their light intensity...just when I needed them the most. This thing is blue bright, and I can't remember if I have had the batteries in this thing for two years or three.
One thing I like about the BEAST is that it can be left on for hours, and the batteries will not run down right away...it doesn't consume power like incandesent bulbs do.
Another thing, the light is intense, but it is spread out. I can lay it on my flight bag turned on and it illuminates the entire dash, not just one area of the dash. If you aim it at the overhead, it reflects enough light to dimly light the whole cockpit. If I shine it back in the cargo area in the aft of the cabin, it illuminates the whole area, withought having to shine it around to a particular spot.
On thing about how this flashlight distributes light is that you will not be illuminating things far away with it, as it it not a spotlight, it's more of a floodlight. Which as I said, I like because It illumates a large portion of both sides of the panel, when properly pointed.
It doesn't generate any heat, so you can safely lay it on a flight bag, or jacket and it will not melt anything.
I would give this product an A+, and I would also recommend you take a look at what ever else they make to see if it suits your needs.
If anything, thanks for bringing the topic up, as the days are growing shorter and I should replace my batteries on general purpose...even if they are shining bright after a couple of years.
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