Walt Welch
New member
I am placing an order with Carley Lamps, the company that makes MagLite lamps (I don't know why they don't call them bulbs). If you have a MagLite in which you use alkaline batteries, you should get some of the new xenon lamps.
Here's why: they are brighter, and the brightness comes from being more efficient; this means that battery life is hardly affected. Brightness increases in 3 D cell configuration from 2.7 spherical candlepower (sc) with krypton lamp, to 4.3 sc. in xenon. The 4 D cell goes from 4.6 sc in krypton to 6.8 sc in xenon. This is nearly a 50% increase! Amperage increases from 0.7 to 0.79 from krypton to xenon, so the battery life should be largely unaffected.
See below in the flashlight carry thread about the NiCd set up. This will give you the brightest light, but is dramatically lower in battery life; only about 90 min. You do, however, get 12 sc. in the 4 cell version, and this is as bright as the Sur-fire or other Li systems against which I have compared it.
Since there is a $50 minimum order with Carley, and the quantity price break is over 10 lamps of one type, I should be able to pass on savings to posters.
Let me know quickly how many cells, and of which type (alk vs. NiCd) you are using, and I will get some. There is, of course, no obligation, but the order goes out Monday or Tuesday. Keep bright and safe, Walt
Here's why: they are brighter, and the brightness comes from being more efficient; this means that battery life is hardly affected. Brightness increases in 3 D cell configuration from 2.7 spherical candlepower (sc) with krypton lamp, to 4.3 sc. in xenon. The 4 D cell goes from 4.6 sc in krypton to 6.8 sc in xenon. This is nearly a 50% increase! Amperage increases from 0.7 to 0.79 from krypton to xenon, so the battery life should be largely unaffected.
See below in the flashlight carry thread about the NiCd set up. This will give you the brightest light, but is dramatically lower in battery life; only about 90 min. You do, however, get 12 sc. in the 4 cell version, and this is as bright as the Sur-fire or other Li systems against which I have compared it.
Since there is a $50 minimum order with Carley, and the quantity price break is over 10 lamps of one type, I should be able to pass on savings to posters.
Let me know quickly how many cells, and of which type (alk vs. NiCd) you are using, and I will get some. There is, of course, no obligation, but the order goes out Monday or Tuesday. Keep bright and safe, Walt