Product Recommendation - Coleman Max 2AA Flashlight

[misterx]

You can get them at Walmart for about $25.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10196613

I'm kind of a flashlight geek, so when I ran across this little gem I just had to share.

It's rated at 115 Lumens, quite bright. It takes 2AA batteries, probably the most common battery on earth. It's built like a tank, it's good looking, and did I mention it's bright? Melanie says it looks like a lightsaber. She's right.

For a long time the flashlight to have in your pocket was a 2aa Minimag. No longer. There are much brighter lights out there. One such brighter light is the new 3 Watt LED 2AA Minimag. I didn't like that it was longer than a regular minimag, but it was considerably brighter so I let it go. Well, this Coleman is quite a bit brighter than the LED Minimag. See pictures below.

This light surpasses the "police/military flashlights" that sell for 5x the price, from brands such as Streamlight, Fenix, or Surefire. And many of them are not even this bright. Take a look at the lumen ratings, and the prices:
http://www.surefire.com/maxexp/main/max_segment_listing/disp/strfnbr/6/sesent/00#battery-led
The one tradeoff you are making is in Runtime... the Coleman will last about 5 hours on a pair of AA's. The highend lights have runtimes almost double that, but then they are using more expensive batteries, such as CR123A (camera battery) or similar. What I love about this Coleman is that it uses the ubiquitous AA battery to pump out a ton of light, for an excellent price.

BTW, no affiliate program here or anything. I just think it's a great flashlight, and wanted to tell my friends. Go get one. :)







...just don't blame me if you start turning into a flashlight geek too.

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Look who's talking, geek. :)