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Oct 16, 2015

THE FINAL FLASHLIGHT

I just picked up the last flashlight I’ll ever need: the Nebo / Big Larry. Don’t look at it directly; it will temporarily blind you. Instead of individual LEDs it has a yellow plate full of LED chips that puts out 400 lumens. The 2nd setting is softer.

The third setting is just as impressive. It’s a BRIGHT red flasher. The unit has a very strong magnet in its base so that you can stick on steel either to see or be seen beside the road.

The unit is a tube about 7 ½ inches long and runs on 3 AA batteries.

I got mine at a local Drug / Hardware store (It’s a small town.) but I’ve seen it on Amazon for the same $20.

Fill
Subaru. ’94 GoldWing 1500 SE
2012 Roll-A-Home, Eagle 1 trailer
GWRRA, Thousand Trails, IBMC
(We’ve downsized)
  • fill wrote:


    The unit is a tube about 7 ½ inches long and runs on 3 AA batteries.


    I like a rechargeable light.
  • I'm kind of flashlight enthusiast have a couple fairly late model Fenix units. But I have slowed down on upgrades-because on a dark road or trail I often use one of the lower settings on these lights. The brightest is good for the shock value or wow! response. Amazing how much light power you can easily carry these days.

    I'm fascinated with vintage flashlights. They're often reasonable in price and can be 75 years old or more and still use current stock batteries. Even though they're dim and yellow by modern standards kind of fun to think of the history you're walking around with and still doing the job.

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