More flashlights and stuff

[Big Frank]

I got a free Olight Sphere during the big event too. I have it paired to my phone by Bluetooth and have it set to change to the sound of music the built-in mic picks up. The app can operate up to 100 of them at once, and lets you pick the color from a nearly infinite pallet. There's a whack-mole game you can play with them too. The first one was free and additional Spheres are 20 bucks, which is 30 bucks cheaper than the Obulb Pro S Multi Color Light. It looks better too, but I didn't buy any. Maybe someday. They're waterproof so you can toss them in the bathtub instead of lighting candles if you ever do that. My plain Obulb is $2 cheaper and doesn't have any of those features but can change color. They all come with a self-adhesive metal base to stick them to.

https://www.olightstore.com/sphere-ambient-light-with-app-control

https://www.olightstore.com/obulb-pro-s-multi-color-light

https://www.olightstore.com/obulb-3colors



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZkkiav7QnI

[Big Frank]

20% off the Arkfeld Pro Paw Edition for World Animal Day, today only, until midnight. It has a 1,300 lumen Cool White LED, UV light, and green laser.

https://www.olightstore.com/arkfeld-pro-flat-edc-flashlight?os=DOVM&oc=EDM10B&sc_src=email_1298661&sc_lid=78477903&sc_uid=QQKPjT9BD1&sc_llid=589336&sc_eh=04fee8a63959dfb41

[Big Frank]

I found my bag full of charging cables, etc. and took out one of the Olight L-stands and stuck it on the wall between the front door and the window to the left of it. It's about an inch closer to the light switch than it is the window frame. I have my 2,300 lumen Warrior 3S hanging there, so if I can find the wall and door in pitch blackness I can find my second brightest light. My very brightest flashlight in the red 3,100 lumen Seeker 4. I keep it on the dining room table, which is behind me when I'm on the computer. That's what I usually grab when I go out at night to check the mail, or put the trash out before the sun comes up.

I've had the 2,500 lumen stonewashed brass, limited edition, Baton 3 Pro Max hanging on the bedpost next to the bedroom door for months. It uses 21700 batteries that are 3mm wider and 5mm longer than the 18650 battery in the 1,500-lumen desert tan Baton 3 Pro. It was on the other side of the bed next to the closet, but sometime after I took the pictures I realized I had a higher power flashlight I wasn't even using. It's the 1,750 lumen Warrior Mini 2. I switched them out tonight and have it hanging next to the closet now. I also have a 1200 lumen black Warrior Nano and took a picture of it with the Baton 3 Pro and Warrior 2 Mini. The Nano takes an 18350 battery instead of an 18650 battery. The heads on the other 2 are interchangeable, and if I tried it, the other one probably is too since the batteries are all the same diameter. The heads of the 2 black flashlights are bigger than the head of the desert tan one, which is the same width as the body and not very long. And the tail end is longer because they both have tailcap switches and the Baton 3 Pro doesn't. I switched both tailcap switches to the 2nd mode of operation, where a half press is turbo and a full press is the strobe. I did the same with the Warrior 3S. The desert tan magnesium alloy Baton 3 Pro Max only weighs 4.73 oz and the brass one I have weighs 8.25 ounces with the batteries in them. The aluminum alloy ones are 5.22 oz, and the smaller Baton 3 Pro only weighs 3.6 oz.

I have a cheap single AA tactical light hanging on the wall in the 6" space between the back door and window frames. That was my EDC for quite a while. The plastic holder screwed to the wall came with a 2 AA flashlight that bit the dust a long time ago. A 2 AA Mini Maglite fits perfectly, but the old Maglites aren't very bright compared to the LED flashlights. I have 2 Olight Pebble finish i5T Plus EDC Flashlights that will also fit since they're also 2 AA and there's a shelf at the bottom of the bracket for them to rest on. Otherwise the skinnier lights would slip through the 2 plastic fingers and fall on the floor. I have a blue one and an OD green one. I like the pebble texture a lot better than the standard double helix. Whenever my old flashlight quits on me I'll put one of them up, or put up an L-stand and a bigger light in its place. It doesn't even look like it's turned on when I put a 550 lumen i5T Plus on high next to it. I have another L-stand and may switch lights a lot sooner so I have a bright one there too.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghcrFmgK_Kk

[Big Frank]

I have a half dozen flashlights in an OLIGHT Exploit Mini multifunctional flashlight and knife tool roll. They're in lockout mode so I don't accidentally turn one on like I did once. It's made of oil wax canvas with a velvet lining, and came with a Velcro patch. It's no longer listed on their main site, but is still on Amazon for $16.99, down from $19.99. I thought I was going to fill it with knives but it's full of flashlights instead. Tins of oil wax conditioner are available other places if you need to re-waterproof a piece of canvas. A larger Exploit Multifunctional Tool Roll Bag is still available from Olight. The exterior is nylon and the interior is velvet lined. The bottom of it's detachable and can be used separately. I don't think I would like that one very well, but like the Mini I have and may buy more of them.


https://www.amazon.com/OLIGHT-Tactical-Multifunctional-Flashlight-Flashlights/dp/B0C6DZ5S9L

https://www.olightstore.com/exploit-multifunctional-bag

[Rastus]

I just ordered two of those canvas bags.  One for a friend and one for me...or...as a Christmas gift for one of my boys. 

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[Big Frank]

They seem to be quite stout, which is something I don't see a lot of anymore. Mine has plenty of character already from being rolled and unrolled several times.

[Big Frank]

Here's what my cheap generic single AA flashlight looks like. There are lots of different brands, and they focus by extending the head out from the body. I had one of those KENTLI batteries in it. They're 4.2 volts and the charger is 4.2 volts, but they only put out 1.5 volts and last a LONG time. I have them in both of my cordless mice and they seem to last all year. It wasn't very bright so I put a non-rechargeable 3.6V Lithium Thionyl Chloride (Li-SOCL₂) battery in it yesterday to see if it was any better, and it still wasn't very bright. Those batteries are good wherever low currents are required over a long period of time. But not when you need high current right now. It acted like it was a lot lower voltage than it is. Then I put an Olight 920 mAh 3.6V 14500 lithium-ion battery in it. Wow! What a difference. It doesn't seem like such a piece of junk anymore.

I can't find this battery on their site but it's for the Diffuse 700 Lumens EDC Pocket Flashlight. It looks just like the 2.4V 1420 mAh 14500 Lithium-ion Battery for the i5EOS flashlight, except for the numbers. One is 1/3 less voltage, but 54.5% more mAh. You can have 50% more volts or 50% more mAh, but not both from an AA size lithium battery. BTW, the Diffuse flashlight can run off 3.6 volt and 2.4 volt 14500 rechargeable lithium ion batteries, or any regular 1.5 volt AA battery, but loses a some of the 5 lighting modes if you put a 3.6 volt non-rechargeable lithium thionyl chloride battery in it. Olight is the only place I know of that has 2.4 volt batteries, and they work in a lot of the flashlights that were made for regular AA batteries.


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01H3DOV8I?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title


https://www.amazon.com/EEMB-Non-Rechargeable-ER14505-Certified-Single-Use/dp/B08F1NBZ2M/ref=sr_1_1?crid=32RU43Z10IXN3&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.LoxHyCFXYKTTtJL0aPyXDFDz3VT0ikRzaZmu8XeNMNoibQj-zPdDvCLvv85Av46lK7cKYRv931rWmT-_YrLjN_8sXQLTQnEMdEHCHUkQEvvr5WE7n7js_qdHJp7gPyTHhq0SNiw4FF23jYaS7fyeX402NwmvSvTEJeWuen9monW7tyqkz2R2tMxYbsWRsxNu1q9Z-Y6fhED2v1s4pPeuHd2eoQ3mXHH0nhfoOFZSjPJE73pUNWMDN1TrxKR2ywKbPADj6Plgp-qEOtIqFEigPZHg5VJ7jbsgsmc313F7gzQ.-RYUMAnxKDIM5ytDP4a6neXPbpTtFgAxjfEVPs9ddL0&dib_tag=se&s=electronics&sprefix=eemb+10x+er14505+nonrechargeable+3.6v+lithium+battery%2Celectronics%2C168

https://www.olightstore.com/diffuse-edc-pocket-flashlight

https://www.olightstore.com/i5r-rechargeable-lithium-ion-battery

[alfsauve]

I'm looking favorably on the Nitecore  EDC29 6500 Lumen USB-C.   More than my larger Streamlight 3,500ln and more compact.


https://nitecorestore.com/collections/tactical-flashlights/products/nitecore-edc29-6500-lumen-usb-c-rechargeable-flat-edc-flashlight

[Big Frank]

They're giving one of those away.  It says entries will be accepted online starting on Oct 4, 2024 at 12:00AM CST and ending Sep 30, 2024 at 11:59 PM CST. Good luck traveling back though time, to enter a contest that ended the month before it began. If it really is 6,500 lumens in a $110 flashlight, that's awesome. Olight has a couple of more powerful flashlights I saw on their site, but they cost more and they're too big to stick in your pocket. The 14,000 lumen Marauder 2 is $330, and the 25,000 lumen X9R Marauder is $600!!! If anyone feels insecure about the power of their light, they could buy that and give the other guys flashlight envy.

I don't know if I ever bought a Nitecore flashlight, but I have one of their SC4, Superb Charger -- 4-Slot, Fast Universal Chargers. It's good for Li-ion/IMR/LiFePO4: 10340, 10350, 10440, 10500, 12340, 12500, 12650, 13450, 13500, 13650, 14350, 14430, 14500, 14650, 16500, 16340(RCR123), 16650, 17350, 17500, 17650, 17670, 18350, 18490, 18500, 18650, 22500, 22650, 25500, 26500, 26650, and Ni-MH(NiCd): AA, AAA ,AAAA, C, D batteries. When you put batteries in any of the 4 slots, the Intelligent Charging Mode automatically detects battery types and their capacities, then optimizes the charging current to help reduce charging time.

It lists for $51.95, but you get 10% off your first purchase by joining their email list, and they have free shipping for all domestic orders over $35.

https://nitecorestore.com/collections/chargers/products/nitecore-sc4-4-slot-fast-universal-charger-for-18650-17650-17670-rcr123a-16340-14500-aa-aaa-c-d



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qDPGSAszDc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTC8rS4N5qs 

[Big Frank]

I was wondering what that Nitecore flashlight is made of, and I found it -- High strength stainless steel body with PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition) titanium coating. Nice. On 15 lumen Ultralow mode it can run for 61 hours. That's 2 days, 13 hours. My Arkfeld Ultra will only run 55 hours on the 15 lumen low setting. That's 2 days, 7 hours. But it will run for 11 days straight on the 1 lumen Moon mode. The Nitecore is longer, wider, thicker, and 35% heavier, but mine is a max 1,400 lumens. Not even close, but mine has a UV light and green laser too. If you just want a super bright flashlight, the Nitecore is the way to go.