Similar to my yellow flashlight post i have no idea what kind of flashlight this is. It is very attractive though and reminds me of camping in my youth. It was given to me as a birthday present last year. As you can see it is in very good shape and works well.
I had the dickens of a time wedging the batteries into the case. It is VERY snug.
Beam from about 6ft away casting a rough circle of about 10”
If it were non-working I would be up for a mod but since it is in perfect working order I’m going to keep it like that. It’s not a light I plan to use but more to look at on the shelf.
As long as you don’t alter it to where it can’t be easily returned to original, I see no harm in modding old collectable lights. With anything I ask that folks remember that once lost, history cannot be restored; but it is their decision- not mine- to make.
I love these big old lights- they were the super-star performers of their day and while that no longer holds true it does not diminish my feelings for them. One of my thoughts is to take a common less collectable flexible-head one and to mod it into a ‘super cockroach’ with extreme runtime but with very good output too. There’s certainly enough size to allow that and it would be fun to use such a ‘conversation starter’ out in the real world where the light would be noticed whether off or on.