If you get a 6D cell one they might.
My little single AA torch has a castellated ring to quote "be more effective in self defence" and I doubt if the police would ever classify it as weapon unless I used it as such.
Does fitting a LED bulb so it doesn't break when you hit something make a 4D maglite more of a weapon or is it just to save batteries?
Keep it under the drivers seat and there is no chance of being nicked.
I have a knife in my pocket and I have only ever been asked to leave it the front door of the courts building in Birmingham and that was only because it set the metal detectors off.
I've got one of those in the "emergency torch" pile. Very bright. The Petzl smashes it for quality - but for the price difference I'd jolly well hope so.
Searching for something in a restricted space, where you can redirect the angle of illumination with respect to your eye-line.
I got stopped by the police about half a dozen times in central London, in the early '90s, with my 6D Maglite at night. Never had any problems arising from this. Was usually a quick check of details by one copper whilst the other had a play with the torch. All taken in good humour by both sides.
Sometimes reflections are such that having the light source not near your eyes is useful too.
For both of these though I just take the head torch off my head :-)
I've never managed to use a head torch successfully for jobs through a smallish hole or slot where I end up putting the torch on top of the screwdriver or extension bar and sighting along the top or side of them. Even if I take a head torch off my head to hold the /battery pack/straps/plate-wot-goes-on-forehead get in the way.
Even if true - they are not popular when working with colleagues - and every time you raise your head to talk to them, they get blinded. Or vice versa.
Nonsense. Where do people get these ideas?
However, keeping it under the driver's seat is a bad idea from the POV that it may roll under the brake pedal and jam (actually happened, but not to me).
More like "amazed to see him" (We don't get a lot of plod out and about).
Walking down streets and fields with no street lights mostly...
Normally, I'd use my phone's LED. But if I am planning to be about for a while, or at the bonfire event (the one time the place is crawling with plod) I take it and the belt clip.
I have heard a myth that plod take a less charitable view of carrying a
6D. However, I've never tried. I suspect around these parts, it would go unremarked.Perhaps in the middle of London?
More to get a decent beam. The terralux upgrade is like having burning white phosphorous in the end - it really does go half a field. The original bulb would not. The LED does seem to last longer too on the batteries (especially as you can drop it to one of 2 lower powers and the lowest is perfect for illuminating the pavement immediately in front).
I got stopped going into the British Museum with a leatherman type knife set, a 10" long pair of very pointy scissors, sidecutters, screwdriver set and a bunch of wires in my backpack.
I explained I'd just been over to ULCC to fix a server and was short cutting through the museum and they seemed a bit confused, but let me pass.
It was not terribly subtle...
The single AA LEDs are OK for a "keep at hand" torch for the house - but they do not last long on a single cell (which is why I used my 4D for outside use). OTOH they seem very tolerant of NiMH rechargeables.
Fine, there are times when I prefer to use a handheld torch though
Or any passing policeman has better things to do, than stop someone just because they happen to be carrying something heavy. Of course it will also depend on things like time of day, location etc.
Actually, you don't, there is no law saying you can't carry around something like that.
The police would need to have reason to believe that you were going to use it as an offensive weapon. OK, if you didn't give a good reason, they might arrest you. But unless they could show *intent* to cause physical harm they would have no grounds to charge you.
The general idea with head torches is that for close up operations like that you set the beam to 'wide' and since there is a limit to the left/right up/down orientation of the eyeballs everywhere you look is illuminated. Where eyeball movement is inadequate the neck adjustment might be called into play. Since this reorientates the whole head both eyeballs and torch are moved together.
You wouldn't want to use a modern LED torch close up with a narrow beam setting. It would dazzle you. You would come out of the cupboard under the stairs staggering around, and would most likely crash into the hall mirror, shattering it and showering yourself with shards of glass.
Bill
I agree that buggering someone is difficult with a caplamp.
Bill
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