What is the best Tactical Flashlight to use in a wildfire?

If you have seen the news at all then you know all about those raging wildfires in California. Hopefully you will never face an emergency like this but you should be prepared either way with a very powerful flashlight! One of the most powerful tactical flashlights you can but is the FENIX TK35 Ultimate Edition! This […]

Buy a Real Flashlight! Don’t use your phone!

Well folks, here is just one more big reason to buy a real flashlight rather than use the tiny led on your phone! This is an excerpt from Gizmodo.co.uk talking about malware being hidden in flashlight apps! Active on Google Play Store as recently as last Friday, a mobile banking trojan infected thousands of users […]

How to survive a power outage!

Power outages in this technological age are very different than they used to be in terms of how we survive. In a world where technology is the root of day to day activity sometimes people might forget that it is possible for the electricity to go out, then what do you do? Recently the Merrimack […]

It is Hurricane Season! You need an emergency flashlight now!

If you do not have a couple decent emergency/survival flashlights what are you waiting for? With the hurricanes, we have had so far in 2017 why take a chance? Click the image or the link at the bottom of this post to find your emergency flashlight! A Navy SEAL reveals why you should always carry […]

Want a flashlight made from paper?

Paper Flashlight

I do not know how useful this flashlight made of paper is but it is a pretty cool concept!   Durable paper printed with electronic circuit boards allows a user to roll the tube loosely or tightly to adjust the light By EMMA HUTCHINGS 29 AUGUST 2017 Japanese design firm Nendo has created a paper flashlight […]

The Largest Flashlight in the entire world!

Check out this amazingly compact flashlight! Obviously I am joking! This thing is gigantic! Made of solid aluminum and stuffed with 19 LED lamps, the LED Lensor’s giganto X21 would probably blind you so hard you’d loop all the way back around with 20/20 vision. Luckily, as you can see above, it was pointed at […]

How not to use a flashlight! Man charged with hitting man with flashlight

Do not use your flashlight this way! By TOM HOLM tholm@postregister.com Idaho Falls Police on Thursday arrested an Idaho Falls man for a report he hit a man with a flashlight causing a large cut to the victim’s face. James Schumacher, 40, is charged with one count of aggravated battery. Schumacher was released to pretrial […]

Swaledale Fire Department receives grant for LED flashlights

Swaledale Fire Department received a $1,152 grant for LED flashlights from the Farm Credit Services of America’s Working Here Fund. Swaledale purchased each member of their fire department an LED flashlight to attach to their turnout coat with the grant. The flashlights allow firefighters better visibility during rescues, particularly grain bin rescues. The flashlights will […]

Missoula Police Officer assaulted with a large metal flashlight!

Yep, a not so good way to use a flashlight unless you are looking to go to jail! MISSOULA. Mont. – Sgt. Collin Rose says a Missoula Police Officer was assaulted early this morning with a large metal flashlight. Sgt. Rose says the officer was responding to a call that came shortly before 2:30 a.m. […]

Sister Charged With Attacking Brother With Flashlight

Well this is one way you can use a flashlight though we do not reccomend it! A 59 year-old woman was jailed Tuesday under a $100,000 bond after she allegedly attacked her older brother with a metal flashlight. Deputies said it happened at a home the siblings share in the Bell Hope Mobile Home Park […]

Man trapped in high-rise fire uses flashlight to get help!

PITTSBURGH – A man called his mother when he was stuck in a high-rise during a fire Monday morning. Hilda Lindsay told Channel 11’s Katherine Amenta her phone rang at 3 a.m., waking her out of a deep sleep. It was her son John, gasping for air and begging for help. “He said, ‘What am […]

Flashlight Saves Stranded Kayaker!

Trapped by rough surf, Rudzinski used light to flash distress signals throughout the night Makawao kayaker Mark Rudzinski signaled SOS distress flashes with his flashlight early Tuesday, hoping someone would see him trapped about 200 feet below a cliff after strong waves slammed him into rocks the day before off the Nahiku coastline. “I didn’t […]

The World Famous Brand of MAGLITE® Flashlights Wins the 2017 National Hardware American Manufacturing Award for Best New Product

ONTARIO, Calif., May 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Mag Instrument Inc., the world leader in flashlight technology, has been awarded the National Hardware American Manufacturing Award for Best New Product. The honor was given to the MAGLITE® brand for its new compact to mid-sized Traffic Wands that fit most popular MAGLITE® model flashlights (including the new MAGLITE® […]

The History of the Flashlight

1899 Flashlight

In 1887, the first dry cell battery was invented. Unlike previous batteries, it used a paste electrolyte instead of a liquid. This was the first battery suitable for portable electrical devices, as it did not spill or break easily and worked in any orientation. The first mass-produced dry cell batteries came in 1896, and the […]

Flashlight Performance standards

Flashlight Performance standards

Pay attention to Flashlight performance Standards when you buy a flashlight top be sure you are getting the flashlight you need. The United States Army former standard MIL-F-3747E described the performance standard for plastic flashlights using two or three D cell dry batteries, in either straight or angle form, and in standard, explosion-proof, heat-resistant, traffic […]

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