I still have 2 AA mini Maglite and use them. They meet my requirements and run on my standard cell size. So they see more action than my other flashlights. My keychain for the bike has a solitaire. I have a couple of photon II as backup and a surefire as really bright light.
My AAA mini Maglite didn´t see too much action lately. I´ll probably give it away to my niece.

I still have some around, I keep them because they hold up so well. I keep them in the tool box, trauma bag and BOBs. There always seem to be good deals on them, espeacially around the holidays and at the large chain stores. I replaced the AA maglite for EDC with a SureFire Nitrolon and keep a Photon on my keyring. There is always a Mini Mag somewhere close by both at home and in the vehicles.

I used a Juice C2, for a while, only because :
- it's smaller than the PST (easier to fit in my belt pack)
- it has a corkscrew (so I didn't have to keep a knife + corkscrew set)


As soon as I receive my new combo sheath (PST + Surefire 6P), I will keep the Juice in some other pack. And I will again EDC a nice gentleman folder with corkscrew (and keep the more aggressive looking folding rescue knife out of sight).

Not sure why, but I have more trouble with batteries corroding in Mag Lites than any other flashlight. I try to keep an eye on them, but I have lost 2 of the 3-4 battery lights to battery corrosion. Something to do with the aluminium case?

I used to love Maglites. We still keep solitaires by the bed and have two of the monster multi-d cell Mags for walking the dog, blackouts, etc. Like everyone else though, I've been moving to LEDs for their power frugality if not their brightness and I'd never take an incandescent bulb camping again. (And I think the SOS beacon on the Microlight III is a hoot -- too bad the Armed Forces don't teach morse code anymore.)

However, after reading about the new ultra-LEDs, I think it's time to replace the monster Maglites with something like the Elektro Lumens FT-3C (reviewed here), which throws off more than enough light, i.e, 72 lumens, for 12 hours. It's $60, which is still on the higher end of the spectrum for a flashlight, but will easily pay for itself in battery savings quickly enough.

I still use maglites. They are not bad lights even if there are newer designs out there. Just because a woodworker has routers and saws and such doesn't mean they can't use a hand plane or sandpaper for certain jobs, i.e. there is nothing wrong with older tech just because its older, if it gets the job done then use it. For outdoors atuff I haven't found leds to shine as far as a plain old mag. But if you want there are plenty of led upgrade modules for mags.

Nope. My Princeton Tec collection and Surfire collection has them beat. However, in my truck, it's still a big 'ol "D" Cell Maglight I use.

I still have a AAA Mini Maglite I catty when camping, but I don't use it much. Too easy to have the photo at hand for a little light. BTW, I recall a thread about converting a AA Maglite to an LED. Is there a link for AAA conversions? Thanks

the juice line of lm very nice i have the xe6, and out of that realm i just got the crunch both are very handy i think the crunch vice grip idea was a smart move by lm

Very interesting comment, Skater, because I just lost a AA Mini-Mag (nearly unused one just for emergency purposes) recently. I actually forgot it was sitting in a sock drawer. :-)

I have a bunch of Mini Mags... one in my room, one in the library (office whatever), one in the car, and one in the parents' room (that's the one that corroded though). Have two 3D cells. Love the toughness of Mag-Lites and am extremely impressed with their reliability, durability, and brightness. Seeing as it is that there are other, better, LEDs out there, is there
1) any one company's LED lights that are simply amazing?
2) any reason why incandescant lamps are still more popular than LED flashlights?

I'm very impressed with my Mini Mag AA... carry it just about everything. But I'm all up for learning about new technology.

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