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MagLite question

  • 23-09-2010 03:25PM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,137 ✭✭✭


    basically, its well known that most garda torch of choice is a MagLite, anyone ever have a problem wit them? I've had one that broke, and just got another one, so I'm wondering if they brake easy for anyone under constant use?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭Zambia


    I brought one in 1997. Its still fine, needs a new bulb though.

    Define "broke"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,783 ✭✭✭maglite


    Maglite is kid of outdated....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,137 ✭✭✭Balfie


    ah I dunno what happened to it,? It stopped workin, changed the light bulb, nothin happened, got new batterys, still nothin happened went to a shop and bought new bulbs, nothing worked, I wasn't using it that much, just won't work I got a 4D one today and its grand, :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭Zambia


    maglite wrote: »
    Maglite is kid of outdated....
    Outdated is your Da then?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 319 ✭✭Locust


    Get an LED torch, as opposed to a filament bulb - much brighter and they last longer than filament. Guards use LED Lensers now, maglites went out a few years ago.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 805 ✭✭✭Irish_polizei


    LED Lensers are the way to go lads :pac:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 542 ✭✭✭ILA


    LED Lenser is the new "Maglite". Almost got blinded by a female garda directing traffic with it in her hand the other day! :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 805 ✭✭✭Irish_polizei


    And if your getting one... get the Lenser V2 tactical one...thats the one we got and its some job sir ;) :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 243 ✭✭Spartan09


    LED Lensers are the way to go lads :pac:

    I have one of the LED Lensers, they're fantastic, come with their own pouch for the belt to keep them secure on the belt so that if its necessary to run you dont have to hold onto it so it doesnt fly out....! A friend liked it so much he went to stores to swap his old bulky one for it and loves it now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,752 ✭✭✭Odysseus


    I still have my old D-cell maglite from my days [or should I say nights] of doing security whilst I was in college. However, the led lenser range is far superior, seems like 90% if the Civil Defense are using them.

    I don't know if others are like this but I have ended up with more torches than I can shake a stick at, one at home, on the bike, ones for travelling when I off running, most are led lenser. I seem have developed a bit of fetish for torches:o


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 gardatrafficop


    LED Lenser are standard issue i hear the reserves got thim in my station


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73 ✭✭drvr


    Where's the best place to buy them?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 542 ✭✭✭5T3PH3N


    Probably Amazon, I'd be interested to hear of any cheaper alternatives though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 181 ✭✭Corcioch


    Like the lads say,

    The Maglight is not the flashlight of choice for Gardaí these days.

    The are heavy, cumbersome and provide relatively poor light.

    Most gardai now use Led Lenser flashlights,

    Much Lighter, Brighter and more user friendly in terms of weight etc.



    Maglights however are far more durable . . .Led Lensers are not durable, im on my 3d . . .I never lost/ broke a maglight.

    I dropped one Led Lenser on a checkpoint, a harmless fall . . . .it never worked again.

    The other couldn't withstand the rattling of being carried in my motorcycles Pannier . . .it stopped working.

    No such issues with Maglights . . . . .but the light out of them is poor.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,787 ✭✭✭flyingsnail


    How do the led maglights compare to the Led Lenser? I was thinking of buy an upgrade kit for mine.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,752 ✭✭✭Odysseus


    drvr wrote: »
    Where's the best place to buy them?

    Peterson's the tabacco shop opposite Trinity College is the main importer for Ireland. They may give a discount for members of ES I can't remember.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,752 ✭✭✭Odysseus


    Corcioch wrote: »
    Like the lads say,

    The Maglight is not the flashlight of choice for Gardaí these days.

    The are heavy, cumbersome and provide relatively poor light.

    Most gardai now use Led Lenser flashlights,

    Much Lighter, Brighter and more user friendly in terms of weight etc.



    Maglights however are far more durable . . .Led Lensers are not durable, im on my 3d . . .I never lost/ broke a maglight.

    I dropped one Led Lenser on a checkpoint, a harmless fall . . . .it never worked again.

    The other couldn't withstand the rattling of being carried in my motorcycles Pannier . . .it stopped working.

    No such issues with Maglights . . . . .but the light out of them is poor.

    I have to say I never encountered that problem, I have one on mine in the top box of the bike about two years. Though I have to say the best one I have in terms of its durability is a small gerber pocket torch. I lost it whilst out hunting one day, I actually found it about 18 months later, after the cattle had eaten all the long grass.

    After 18mths of being lying there in all weather it still worked perfectly, needed a bit of a clean, but still functioning fully today.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 319 ✭✭Locust


    Surefire (police/military) torches are also very good - i.e. robust and can take a good beating and still put out.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,783 ✭✭✭maglite


    Locust wrote: »
    robust and can take a good beating and still put out.

    :p Thats what she said.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭bravestar


    Locust wrote: »
    Surefire (police/military) torches are also very good - i.e. robust and can take a good beating and still put out.

    Excellent torches but they will cost you an arm and a leg keeping up with batteries.

    "Ultrafire" are a chinese clone, there build quality has not let me down since I got one two years ago, very bright/blinding, they cost very little, they come with rechargeable batteries and a charger. Well worth having a look at.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73 ✭✭drvr


    Bravestar ,where did you get your Ultrafire?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭bravestar


    drvr wrote: »
    Bravestar ,where did you get your Ultrafire?

    Just do a search on ebay or google and you will find plenty of online shops selling them. Cant remember the exact site but fairly sure it was ebay.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73 ✭✭drvr


    Thanks for that, have had a look and you're right , loads of site selling them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,137 ✭✭✭Balfie


    so would the led upgrading for the maglite be worth it or go for the led lenzer?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 805 ✭✭✭Irish_polizei


    Balfie wrote: »
    so would the led upgrading for the maglite be worth it or go for the led lenzer?

    Well thats up to you, what ever your budget is.....but if it was me id get the lenser !


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 181 ✭✭Corcioch


    bravestar wrote: »
    Excellent torches but they will cost you an arm and a leg keeping up with batteries.

    "Ultrafire" are a chinese clone, there build quality has not let me down since I got one two years ago, very bright/blinding, they cost very little, they come with rechargeable batteries and a charger. Well worth having a look at.


    You can get Surefire etc that come with recharable batteries too.

    I have a surefire Nitron on my belt, came with 2 battery units and 1 charger Works on mains or in the car ) . . .so you can always have one unit ready. Great Torch . . . .6 years old now and its like new.


    I have a Streamlight stinger too . . . . .an even better torch, I prefer to use it instead of the Surefire . . . . .you just dock the torch to recharge it, its a sealed unit. 5 years old and also like new.


    If somoene was looking for a very bright and powerful Belt carried torch to last them their service I would recommend the Streamlight Stinger torches.

    Well worth the money.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,962 ✭✭✭Greenman


    drvr wrote: »
    Where's the best place to buy them?


    <mod snip> Got three of these using the 18650 batteries they are really great, bought spare batteries plus charger, very happy.:)


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,742 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    Anyone have any experience with the LED Lender "M" series? Especially the M7 / M14 models?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 542 ✭✭✭5T3PH3N


    Anyone have any experience with the LED Lender "M" series? Especially the M7 / M14 models?

    Yeah I would love to know more about them too, specifically the m7r. I just found out about it last night and it seems to be the best yet. It is a little bit stronger and it has a regulator which maintains the output of the led. It is also rechargeable and comes with a little dock and mains charger and I think it also comes with a car charger. The charger connects by magnet. It comes with a belt clip instead of the pouch, but I'd say ya could buy the pouch separately if ya preferred that. It has different modes including the usual and also a SOS setting and also a strobe one.

    To me it sounds perfect but it has only been released so there are few reviews and even fewer in English. I also can't find it anywhere other than amazon. And it looks like it will cost upwards of €150 which is a bit steep.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 542 ✭✭✭ILA


    Odysseus wrote: »
    I still have my old D-cell maglite from my days [or should I say nights] of doing security whilst I was in college. However, the led lenser range is far superior, seems like 90% if the Civil Defense are using them.
    Do you know if they're issued to CD or are the volunteers actually buying them out of their own pockets? :confused:

    I've always been a 3/4 D-Cell Maglite man myself, just for the sheer size of it and the deterrent affect due to it's "versitility" but the Lenser is definately where it's at in the future.


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