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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => Bargain Gate => : SDale March 15, 2009, 07:42:07 AM

: Flashlights & Mounts
: SDale March 15, 2009, 07:42:07 AM
Recently ordered a NICE flashlight with s Cree Emitter and a velcro strap mount at dealextreme.com

Everything came out to a little over 25 bucks.

Here's links to the light & the mount:

GREAT Mount! Works VERY well:   http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12000

Here's the light: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.14909


The light can be run off of a single 3v CR2 battery ot you can screw on the extension tube & run 2 AA batteries. It's pretty darned bright too! Not quite the 230 lumen that they list. More like 100-110 but that MORE than enough! LOTS of throw, notmany artifacts in the beam. Nice pinpoint spot out to 20 yards and turns into a flood light past that.

: Re: Flashlights & Mounts
: Gene_SC March 15, 2009, 07:49:05 AM
Now I really like that mount Sam. Will it move after you install it? Like shooting your springer and the recoil makes the strap slip?

Thanks for sharing bud.
: Re: Flashlights & Mounts
: Jerrycup March 15, 2009, 11:36:38 AM
I'm ordering that mount tonight. Every time I order from DX, I get at least one ten pack of the keychain LCD lights
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1100
At 46 cents each, much cheaper than the 2016 batteries in the Dallas market. I give them to all my friends, and have them laying about everywhere.
My experiences ordering from DealExtreme have been pretty good. Takes a couple of weeks, and often they backordered. This is really just a guy and his wife with maybe one helper in Hongkong, and he really does not keep "stock".
That Fenix light I posted is a much higher quality that most of the DX flashlights. The "Romisen" brand have been OK, though.
: Re: Flashlights & Mounts
: shadow March 15, 2009, 12:16:08 PM
Look's like a nice setup for night patrol hunt's. As Gene mentioned I wonder if it will stay put under a springer recoil, let us know how it hold's up guy's.:) Ed
: Re: Flashlights & Mounts
: SDale March 15, 2009, 12:18:39 PM
The strap itself won't loosen up. It's a pretty good velcro piece. It will move after a few shots though. The center piece is a nice rubber block with 2 different sized half ciricle cut outs.

   I like the fact that the mount will move shot to shot on a springer. It absorbs some of the recoil by moving instead of tearing up your new flashlight!
: Re: Flashlights & Mounts
: kgatwork March 15, 2009, 01:15:24 PM
I use the same flashlight mount with my MTE CREE-MC-E single 18650 light on my bike and airguns.  Works really good, especially the Flashlight, 600-700 lumens.
: Re: Flashlights & Mounts
: brokenarrowjbe March 18, 2009, 03:59:37 PM
new addiction possibilties, http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/index.php?
: Re: Flashlights & Mounts
: Gene_SC March 19, 2009, 01:28:43 AM
I wonder if that is JerryCup's forum..:)
: Re: Flashlights & Mounts
: SDale March 19, 2009, 02:02:10 AM
I'm on there hehe. That's where I found out that I have a flashlight fettish! hahahahaha
: Re: Flashlights & Mounts
: onelight March 20, 2009, 12:02:15 PM
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brokenarrowjbe - 3/18/2009 10:59 PM
I confess I am a CPF addict. Mark
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: Re: Flashlights & Mounts
: kirby999 March 25, 2009, 03:01:04 AM
Hey, I've never been able to pass up at least checking out new flashlights . This could easily become another addiction. At least there's some cheap ones out there to play with. LOL kirby
: Re: Flashlights & Mounts
: dnttech March 26, 2009, 05:19:44 AM
Here in Michigan, most of us use Streamlights with a couple of guys using MagLites every now and then.  Over the years, I've bought probably 10 of them out of my uniform allowance money.  Great flashlights, they can really absorb a lot of punishment and during the past couple of years have had great improvement to their switches.  That, as well as limited run-time used to be the only negative comments I could make of Streamlight.  Now, I just keep an extra battery stick charged and in my gearbag.  I can see how they could become an addiction...just not as bad as airguns are.
: Re: Flashlights & Mounts
: kirby999 March 26, 2009, 01:52:08 PM
In the last two days , I've ordered 2 Romisen MXDL Cree lights ; 3 Nuwai .5's , bought the Energizer 1.0 watt yesterday , and bought 2 Maglight Solitaires today ; along with about $40 worth of rechargeable AA and AAA batteries with chargers . Yea, I can see how they can be addictive . Flashlights have come a ways since I bought my last one. kirby