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Toni found my 3d maglite recently, and I found it tonight :bigsmile: so I had to have a play. I had to take the bins out, a task that really requires no torches what so ever, but what the hell, I grabbed the maglite and my 2a u2 modded trustfire t1. It’s a like for like in that their both single mode, but the t1 is not a zoomy, I’ll try that another time.
My maglite has not been switched on for two years, the alkaline’s are older than that, it just about reached the church 200’ - 300’ away, the t1 lit the whole damm thing up, up close the t1’s hot spot is intense, but at that distance its huge.
Carrying wise they both slipped into my work pants screwdriver pocket, the mag bottoming out and the weight noticable, the t1 stopping at the head and with 2 18650’s, it was barely noticable.
Playing them about, the maglite has that familiar incan yellow glow, the t1 has a bright, white light. The mag gives easily enough light for my task, plenty of throw if you needed it, but you pay a penalty in the weight of 3 d cells. The t1 gives a possibly offensive amount of light - flashing it about could probably piss the neighbour’s off, and would certainly attract attention.
Defensively, ok the t1 has a bright light to stun someone and a crenelated bezel would spoil their day, but that weight I was complaining about before would probably break their arm or collar bone if you had too, and to be fair, I bet the damm thing would still be fine afterwards, the t1 may be worse for wear after using it as a blunt object.
If your honest, the t1 pretty much wins hands down, output, throw, convenience, its got the mag licked. However, the mag is just special. The iconic design, the solid construction. It’s timeless, and as the first torch I aspired to own, it was and still is all that it promised. What I really want to do now is stuff it with a pill, u2 emitter and 3 mode board, possibly some li-ions and drag it screaming and kicking into the new century. Till then it holds a warm spot in my heart that I don’t think any Chinese light could occupy.
Thanks for reading the incoherent ramblings of a smitten man, feel free to comment. :heart_eyes: