Comments on: Finds: Maglite’s 2/3 AA LED Flashlights http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/25/finds-maglites-23-aa-led-flashlights/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:35:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Stuey http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/25/finds-maglites-23-aa-led-flashlights/#comment-68495 Stuey Fri, 25 May 2007 18:16:46 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/01/25/finds-maglites-23-aa-led-flashlights/#comment-68495 I picked up a 3-AA LED flashlight just yesterday for $23 at Target. I love it! I compared the AA LED flashlight with my standard one, and slapped an upgrade kit into my D cell battery. I noticed something - the AA sized LED flashlights are redesigned. The entire head unit is different than on an older style AA torch. It's longer with a very narrow angled reflector. The D cell units are unchanged so it's easier and cheaper to slap in an upgrade kit. An upgraded D cell is identical to an old styel D cell in body and head unit. Slapping in a NITEIZE upgrade into an AA unit will not achieve the same effect as a standalone AA LED maglite. Anyways, my 3 cell AA maglite is actuall brighter than my upgraded 2D maglite. I can't find upgrades for my 3D cell but I think it's safe to assume that it'll be similar in effective brightness to the 3 cell AA. The basic NITEIZE upgrade is $10. A basic 2AA maglite is $9. For $3 more on top of that, one can get either the 2AA or 3AA in LED versions with the newer (and presumably better) head unit. I picked up a 3-AA LED flashlight just yesterday for $23 at Target. I love it!

I compared the AA LED flashlight with my standard one, and slapped an upgrade kit into my D cell battery. I noticed something - the AA sized LED flashlights are redesigned. The entire head unit is different than on an older style AA torch. It’s longer with a very narrow angled reflector. The D cell units are unchanged so it’s easier and cheaper to slap in an upgrade kit.

An upgraded D cell is identical to an old styel D cell in body and head unit. Slapping in a NITEIZE upgrade into an AA unit will not achieve the same effect as a standalone AA LED maglite.

Anyways, my 3 cell AA maglite is actuall brighter than my upgraded 2D maglite. I can’t find upgrades for my 3D cell but I think it’s safe to assume that it’ll be similar in effective brightness to the 3 cell AA.

The basic NITEIZE upgrade is $10. A basic 2AA maglite is $9. For $3 more on top of that, one can get either the 2AA or 3AA in LED versions with the newer (and presumably better) head unit.

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