Hopefully your flashlights don’t look corroded, a few simple steps can prevent this kind of damage. Did you just get your first nice flashlight (the highest lumens you could find) or have you been collecting for a long time?
Whoever you are, you need to know how to take care of your flashlight so it lasts as long as the LED does. With LED emitters lasting for 50,000 hours many people lose or destroy their flashlights before the LED dies. 50,000 hours is over 5 ½ years of continuous use. In less than 5 minutes you can maintain the condition of your flashlight so it runs like new.
It is simple to take care of a flashlight and make sure that it works at peak performance for a long time. The last thing you want is your duty light or a light your life depends on to break. The four steps to flashlight maintenance are cleaning, replacing, protecting, lubricating. If you follow these four steps 1-2 times a year you will have perfect working flashlights always.
You will need to clean your flashlights more if you are in sand, dirt, oil or anything else that can get into the threads very often. Batteries will be covered in a separate article since they are such a big part of how your flashlight works overall. Lets jump into flashlight care.
How To Clean A Flashlight
★ Cleaning The Outside of The Flashlight
★ Cleaning The Inside and Cleaning Battery Contacts
★ Replacing & Protecting Flashlight Parts
★ Lubricating Your Flashlight
If you keep up this simple maintenance activity for your flashlight 1 or 2 times a year everything should stay in great working order.We hope that you found this useful and that it will keep you loving flashlights well into the future.
