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> is it worth a look
nice video
thanks for the beamshots
nice single mode hotspot:
traditional donut option:
artefacts muggles dont notice:
no, I dont think I will buy a mini mag. The beamshots in the video convinced me I can find a better option to gift a muggle.
I prefer the AA Tool w Nichia because it has more than one mode, a cleaner beam, and High CRI.
and I think it is safer for a muggle to have a light with just one battery.
“15min match-mod”.
jon buy what you like mate. You clearly have on purpose taken that completely wrong. Did you even listen to what I said? The only way to get the donut in the beam is to unscrew the f**king head!!!
Get real ffs.
I do not understand why my opinion upsets you so much.
Try not to take what I say, so personally.
Is mag worth a look?
NO.
I’ve done a lot less modding than I used to do- I find LED swaps tedious. I’m waiting for the spectrum series to become available in the UK, I might get a Warm White Solitaire if the reviews are good.
I love maglites and IMO they worth a look.
Thanks for the vídeo I am going to watch it right now.
Whish to be able to buy them here in Europe at the same price you US citizens buy them there in US…
Maglite remain in business and people are still buying their form-factors, so of course it’s worth a look…
Worth a buy is subjective, but I believe there is still a place for such things. If they were cheap enough, we’d have been issued them.
Don’t forget, Maglite does not want to sell to people like us. They want to to sell to the general public.Thats a lot more people. You will never see a FW3A at home depot. And they know that.
So?
Dell and IBM do not want to sell to people like me, either, but my kind can still take an interest in what they are putting out…
I think he’s saying that maglite wants to sell to the ignorant masses. They don’t care to sell to people that know there’s much better for much cheaper, elsewhere. Ignorant masses just want a magic stick that glows. That’s what maglite is providing. They don’t want people to know any better. And people that already know better, don’t care about maglite.
Pretty much, the enthusiast market is pretty limited.
Limiting scope to AA minimags and C/D mags, they’re beautiful hosts, albeit with a lousy thermal path (for LEDs; who cares about thermal paths when using hotwire bulbs), and have $#|+ beams for anything but most-concentrated spot.
That said, as hosts they’re quite nice as long as you don’t stress ’em out thermally.
One guy I know who’s quite proud of his 3AA LED Mag would always whip it out and show off to those who only had hotwire 2AA Mags. He stopped doing that, at least in front of me, when I whipped out my MH20 and quickflicked it to turbo. 
I recently ordered a Incan mag 2D being afraid that they will completely disappear in the near future… one classic to keep, one time to remember
And thanks for sharing your review!
I’ve bought three Solitairs, among them one LED light. Loosen head to make contact just doesn’t work. They all suffered contact problems after very short time. Get a Sofirn C01S instead.
Yup. I still have a few AA LED mags with the twisty interface, purchased before I knew any better. They all suffer from flickering. Their switch mechanism sucks.
With the “normal” twisty interface that other brands use (twist for on), at least you can tighten the pill down if they start to misbehave. I think mag just designed their crap so that people would have to keep buying new ones. Kind of a way of forcing non-flashaholics into spending too much on lights.
That said, I still have some incan D mags from the 90’s. Great lights, if you ignore the beams. They just never made the jump to LEDs.
You opinion bothers me not at all. The fact you twisted my words and made it look I said something completely different really ticks me off however.
I think so too. What suprises me, is that there is a vocal minority that does not care about beam artifacts, nor CRI. Not just muggles either, some of the people that enjoy the AA Maglite are oldtimers.
Im guessing it is partly nostalgia… for the form factor, which is nice.
The challenge for me, was to come up with a viable alternative to suggest instead. I dont want to just say dont buy a flashlight, unless I can offer a constructive alternative, such as the AA Tool.
Im in the middle of that debate. My son in law mailed me his 2xAA Maglite, with a couple alkaleaks frozen inside. I considered buying him the LED version, until I saw the beam. I know I can do better. Even off the shelf, with no modding, I think and AA Tool and some Eneloops, is a better option than another AA Maglite, even on Eneloops.
The Tool has modes. The AA Maglite is a single mode high output unit, that drains 2 cells at a time… I cant think of a reason I would want to gift that to someone I Love.
However, we are all different, and if an AA Maglite makes someone happy, due to blissful ignorance, nostalgia, or any other reason, that is their choice, and I will respect it. I can only lead a horse to water.
Given my exalted position as a High CRI snob, I would only buy High CRI, or mod to that goal. The AA Tool does offer a 219C, which is better than CW, every day of the week, for my refined sensibilities… LOL!