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#34670 - 11/26/04 09:31 PM Re: Suggestions for keyring LED, please
Klitzke Offline
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Registered: 10/22/04
Posts: 11
Why not just get her a bag of these, they can be scattered around, if one breaks, no great loss (and no guilt):

http://www.countycomm.com/light10.htm

I got the blue ones as they were out of white at the time, and they work great, gave a couple to my son at college, stuffed a couple in my PSK (Doug's kit, they slid right in) and gave a few away.


Edited by Klitzke (11/26/04 09:42 PM)

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#34671 - 11/26/04 10:01 PM Re: Suggestions for keyring LED, please
X-ray Dave Offline
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Registered: 11/11/03
Posts: 572
Loc: Nevada
For key rings I go with CountComm lights or Photons. Photon is having a sale on their web site now.
Dave

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#34672 - 11/26/04 10:57 PM Re: Suggestions for keyring LED, please
Paul D. Offline
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Registered: 01/22/04
Posts: 177
Loc: Porkopolis
I was going to recomend these from CountyComm since durability seems to be an issue.

Super Tough LED

I can't say I have personal experience with them, but I do have experience with CountyComm. Once again, the price is so good, nobody will cry too hard if it breaks.



Edited by Paul D. (11/26/04 10:57 PM)
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#34673 - 11/27/04 02:15 AM Re: Suggestions for keyring LED, please
Craig Offline


Registered: 11/13/01
Posts: 1784
Loc: Collegeville, PA, USA
Dontcha just love County Comm? They've always got something cool up their sleeve.

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#34674 - 11/27/04 02:17 AM Re: Suggestions for keyring LED, please
Anonymous
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A friend wanted one of these (at least for its USB flash drive), and while expensive, they might more funtionality (that you may or may not need):

http://www.swissarmy.com/webstore/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=4069&category=39

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#34675 - 11/27/04 04:16 PM Re: Suggestions for keyring LED, please
brian Offline
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Registered: 07/28/04
Posts: 1468
Loc: Texas
Photons failed my wife's toddler taste test. 2 min in his mouth and the photon no longer functions. Twist tops are difficult to use with hands full. The Inova coin cell LED has turned out to be the best for her.

edit: The Inova runs $6 at my local sporting goods strore ... not too pricey for a light with almost identical specs to the $15 photon IMO.


Edited by brian (11/27/04 08:03 PM)
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#34676 - 11/27/04 05:56 PM Re: Suggestions for keyring LED, please
bountyhunter Offline


Registered: 11/14/03
Posts: 1224
Loc: Milwaukee, WI USA
Craig:

Why don't you just save shipping and minimum quantity requirement costs and buy AAA disposable lights.

I believe Everready has a 2-pack with a small key ring attached to a push momentary switch in the tail for $1.79 at our local Menards home improvement store. There is another type made that clips to your pocket and can be turned on by pressing the pocket clip after you remove it from your pocket for less than $1.00. Both use the magnifier type of bulb that is recessed in the housing so that dropping them will not allow the bulb to make contact with anything it hits.

Not cutting edge, but practical as all get out considering the potential for baby handling resistance.

Bountyhunter

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#34677 - 11/27/04 10:13 PM Re: Suggestions for keyring LED, please
Craig Offline


Registered: 11/13/01
Posts: 1784
Loc: Collegeville, PA, USA
I'm beginning to think that before our great army gets any gear, it should pass the toddler test.

If an item survives being swallowed, passed (you know what I mean), put through the dishwasher, thrown up on, spit up on, played with by sticky fingers, thrown into a corner and forgotten for a few weeks, tossed into the mud, stomped on for good measure and left out in subzero temperatures for a few weeks, chewed on by the dog, etc., etc., then it's good enough for our nation's finest.

The army might be hard on its gear, but our people won't freaking abuse it with quite the abandon a toddler would.

We should devise a new T&A (Toddler & Army) Test. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> If Item B lives through it, it will surely serve you well.

-- Craig

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#34678 - 11/28/04 03:26 AM Re: Suggestions for keyring LED, please
brian Offline
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Registered: 07/28/04
Posts: 1468
Loc: Texas
I think you're on to something there! Good ideas! <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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#34679 - 12/06/04 10:03 PM Re: Suggestions for keyring LED, please
paulr Offline
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Registered: 02/18/04
Posts: 499
Your wife should not let the toddler play with such tiny lights. They are likely to be swallowed.

The Countycomm Super Tough lights are ok but you have to remember to press the front edge of the button, rather than the center. Also, they're not waterproof.

The Countycomm $1.00 slide switch lights are easy to operate one handed, though not too waterproof either.

Your best bet may be a CMG O-4, which is large by the standards of these coin cell lights, but waterproof.

Reviews of all these lights are in the reviews section of candlepowerforums.com.

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