I was looking for a nice flashlight to use on a boat. I had bought those maxmillion ones, but the batteries on them suck. I want something I can light up tomorrow, but still be cost effective.

Take a look at Sunwayman, Olight, Jet beam and Fenix. All of them are great bargains for what you get. Much more durable and better quality light compared to the LED lights available in stores.

One notable exception is the Duracell 1,500 lumen light at Costco. Ugly beam shape but bright as heck, focusing and has Costco's warranty.

*laughs... very cute...

V.

Maybe he wanted a flashdark instead

If my laser pointer doesn't burn a hole through the screen, then it isn't making a point :)

The trees are really brightly illuminated...
Yeah =)
That one is great.
:)

see? ILLUMINATED COMFIRMED!

http://www.wickedlasers.com/torch

I did shine a light on an old tree one time and it did start smoking after a while. Of course the 'flashlight' I was using was an old carbon arc supertrouper spotlight that took a 30 amp feed.

If something's worth doing -- it's worth overdoing!

Heh, closest I've seen was my brother burning a nice round hole in his back seat with a handheld searchlight (basically a high-beam headlight with a handle, that plugged into the dash ...)

Took me 25 seconds.

I buy 3-cell Maglights and put aftermarket LED bulbs in them. Bright as I need, and heavy enough for defensive purposes if so needed. I just had to stop buying Duracells to power them, though, because I'm tired of having to throw the lights out because the batteries leaked...

what batteries do you recommend?

Energizers! They're my go-to for applications where rechargeable batteries aren't an option (like flashlights and security cameras), and I also buy their Recharge line for cameras and flashes.

I looked at an 8-pack of Rayovac AA Alkalines at the store last night. Even though the packaging was babbling about a 10-year shelf life, the batteries inside were leaking so badly I could barely read them. Yet another fine product of the Workers' Paradise. I think now I should have taken a picture of them, but I did the Monk thing and handed them to a clerk.

Oh this image gave me a good laugh. I guess the reason why laser pistols aren't very popular yet is because one can't get any "feedback" while firing it.

Well, more importantly, if a laser isn't powerful enough to have any recoil, then it likely isn't delivering enough energy on target to be effective. chemically driven kinetic weapons have a tad bit amount of start energy, but what makes them so effective is that nearly all of it goes into kinetic work. Lasers eat a lot of energy into light, but that light can't easily do much work at the target.

Hmmm... I understand now. It might just be that weapons using chemically driven projectiles, (IE Gunpowder or even more exotic means,) might be "The Norm" until something better and more energy efficient comes along.

That's just the recoil-less version! ;P

LOL! Oh that's funny