I’m still using YEZL in the little makeup-jar. Little bit goes a long way, starts stiff, warms on the fingertip, smears on nicely, zero squeaks or anything.
I am also looking for a recommendation.
At the moment I am using some silicone grease on my lights, but I don’t like it a lot. The threads are not smooth enough with this. Also, some of my lights have coloured o-rings, so I think those could be silicone, so silicone grease should not be used on those.
SuperLube is not available in Europe, and Nyogel is pretty expensive to get to Romania.
Ive used Superlube for a few years now and like it a lot. A $9 tube will last forever and I use it on other stuff as well. Non toxic synthetic and dielectric as well and won’t cause nitrile or silicone orings to swell or break down like petroleum grease.
silicone is synthetic, it is not a petroleum product
and it does not harm Nitrile O rings
superlube has products that do not contain silicone and are not compatible with nitrile O rings, shown is this chart,
Some Superlube products use silicone, and those Are compatible w Nitrile O rings.
I tried some superlube (not sure exactly which, it was a sample from a friend), it was a white tacky substance, and it was too sticky for my threads and O rings. I removed the Superlube. I prefer Nyogel 760g
Here is a Superlube product specifically for O rings, it is a Silicone product… I have not tried it, but I dont doubt it could work. Silicone is good stuff…
I have a tube of Dow Corning 111 Valve Lubricant & Sealant and have been using it for o-ring lube for at least 30 years. It has been fine on my flashlights, but I recently tried Super Lube and it also works well.
Since it’s on anodized threads, I hadn’t noticed a difference. Usually wipe electrical contact points clean regularly… Yet, worth testing, as it unavoidably does move around a bit.
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