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Old 04-Apr-2006, 08:34 PM
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Mag-lite LED convertion ?

I have a mini maglite and i want to convert it to 1 led, do you know any place where i can buy a kit or LED Bulb.

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Old 04-Apr-2006, 08:37 PM
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not worth it IMO, u sacrifice the long range with LED
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Old 04-Apr-2006, 08:39 PM
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the source maybe
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Old 04-Apr-2006, 09:34 PM
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I google it and a lot of people are converting them to led, why is it not whort it ? do you think the stock bulb is better than led.

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Old 04-Apr-2006, 09:55 PM
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LED has very focused light, and it is not as bright as a regular incandescent bulb.

I have a small LED flashlight with 6 LEDs in it, and it is more acceptable, but still not as bright as a conventional flashlight. A single LED conversion would be pointless IMO, only to save battery life, but your sacrafising Light Output
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Old 04-Apr-2006, 11:37 PM
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Just buy a LED flashlight.
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Old 05-Apr-2006, 12:18 AM
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get one of those million candle power flashlihts that last like 15minutes cause the damn lihgt is so powerful that the battery doesn't last long... lol.... most worthless thing i've ever bought..

good thing i found out how fast that thing dyes at home and not while im camping and decide to go take a walk in order to take a ****... would suck watching the flashlight dying as im taking a ****.... OH **** HOW AM I GONNA FIND MY WAY BACK... lol
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Old 05-Apr-2006, 02:00 AM
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You are probably better off just buying and LED light. But if you satill wanna do that, then look at an electronic store. Steel City Surplus in Hammertown prolly has them. You will need a resistor for each LED used.
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Old 05-Apr-2006, 02:26 AM
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lol Bruno you actually bought one of those lights.
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Old 05-Apr-2006, 02:31 AM
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I would suggest buying an LED flashlight as well.
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Old 05-Apr-2006, 08:22 AM
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Originally posted by Notorious
I would suggest buying an LED flashlight as well.
Thanks guys i think i'll just buy LED flashlight. I did a search on led, i think it's not worth it.

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Old 05-Apr-2006, 08:43 AM
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just hip up princess auto, I got an LED light that looked like a maglight for like $6 or something.....works fine
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Steel Coty Surplus is kick ***!
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Old 05-Apr-2006, 04:43 PM
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talk to S@turn, he was selling LED flashlights with 12 LED's in them. its incredible. i always have it in my jacket where ever i go because it's so small and the light output is amazing i think. it takes 3 AAA but lasts a long time.
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get a surefire I got myself a E2E, fawking thing is brighter than the D cell maglight
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