The ultimate torch?

Screwfix had 4D Maglite incandescent which are 123 lumen or so. Much brighter than the 2AA or 2D Maglite for a car and due to the length can be carried under your arm, about =A313 on special offer recently,

LED are good for close work, but the reflector quality is important. Quite why Maglite are not "hex-bar" to stop the damn things rolling around puzzles me, just infuriating.

DIY.... car spotlight, with handle & magnet, with 17Ah rechargeable gel battery in an adaptable box still wins.

Just being funny, the torch I use the most is an ultrafire WF-500, it uses rechargeable 18650 lithium batteries which you probably have to import and a battery charger ( but not too expensive) try ebay.

the biscuit: Packing 7 CREE LEDs into it''s rugged aluminium frame...

I've got one of these. MUCH cheaper and almost as bright

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Don't you have bloody great lasers anyway?

Machine time , Mags are machined from bar , Mag got fined few years agio for selling the alloy swarf out the back door and failing to declare it.

Cheers Adam

HID are kind of fragile but they are about, Maxabeam , way ahead of the pack, developed by guy called McManus who also developed rigging and power systems for rock`n`roll tours

Cheers Adam

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err, no.

Well get some! Damnit man, that's no way to live.

(Sorry, I was thinking of Nik Noxx, without the c)