Survival and Emergency Preparedness

Several years back Lowes had several Maglights on clearance. 2D and 3D with the incandescent bulbs. So I picked up a few. Then Harbor Freight had the LED conversions (IIRC something like Night Eyes or similar). So I converted all of my D and C cell flashlights over to LED. I have more than a few in both C and D cell configurations. One is on the floor by the bed (in addition to the LED tube lights), one for the vehicle and the rest sorted around the house.

Older technology to me sure. But I like them. Not as powerful as the modern tube style LED flashlight, which I have a plethora. I think it puts out 55 lumens. But they are brighter/whiter than the incandescent bulbs. And I like that you can take off the head and rest the light in it like a cradle.

I think they still have a place in the prepper arsenal.

I have a couple of Maglights in reserve - and a bunch of bulbs. This week I put together a graduation package for a nephew graduating from high school. 2 18650 lights, AAA conversions, and 2 4 unit recharging units.

don't forget.... most maglights have a spare bulb in the base.

Still have 5 one in all vehicles some with LEd, some original. I pack the spare batteries with them

I still have a bunch kicking around including a 3 cell D in my truck as a thumper but don't use them much anymore.

I have a 3D LED Maglite "tonk" on the side of the bed. Have a little AAA somewhere, but most of my lights are Fenix or Streamlight, etc.

A few.
Three 6D cell all converted to LED
A 4D with a UV led conversion
A 3D Camo with LED conversion
A 3D and a 3C both current model LEDs
Four old style Magchargers, two converted to LED so far. (these can be found in pawnshops cheap after someone throws the rechargeable battery away and loads them with D cells to find out they don't work. Most I paid for one was $8.)
A ML50
A couple 3AA
A few 2AA
Several 2AAA
And I'm sure I have forgotten some.

Back in my correctional officer days I carried a 6D in a belt ring. An inmate complained that it looked too much like a weapon. I was told nothing bigger than a 3D after that.

a good 3d still had some weight when moving

tom mac wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 10:11 am a good 3d still had some weight when moving

Yeah it did. You just didn't have the reach.

JDH wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2022 8:48 pm Back in my correctional officer days I carried a 6D in a belt ring. An inmate complained that it looked too much like a weapon. I was told nothing bigger than a 3D after that.

Some administrations cater to inmates way too much. At one time the Deputies in our jail had black gloves, often the kevlar type. Several reasons for this; safer when conducting a pat or strip search and it helped protect the surgical gloves from tearing. They also often had a rough texture to help grip onto someone in a use-of-force. An inmate complained it made the Deputies look like 'Gestopo' so the powers-that-be at the time said no more black gloves. The Deputies kept wearing them anyways. Sometimes you just had to ignore the brass that never actually worked the job.

David wrote: ↑Mon Jan 02, 2023 8:21 pm Some administrations cater to inmates way too much.

I had fully intended to go to mandatory retirement. I ended up going as soon as I was eligible because PC was running amok, upper managers were being selected not based on knowledge and experience but what they looked like, and knowing I was never going to be selected for promotion.