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Longhorn Man · 01-06-2007, 08:45 PM

I gave up on the coat hanger thing.
Domething I did do on my maglight, I got sick of it rolling off my tool box, or rolling away when under a truck, so I took a large Zip-Tie, tightened it up on the body, cut the remaining tplastic off, and used a razor to get it close enough to where the remains wouldn't cut my hand all the time... now it won't roll away.
That's pretty important on the rechargable ones like mine ( http://www.maglite.com/product.asp?psc=RECHARGE ) The bulb is way too easy to blow, and the best price I've found as of yet is 7 bucks a pop. Drop it once, and it's time for a new bulb. With the zip tie trick, I manage to make my bulb last 6 months or so, so i am back to making a profit on this light. I got a screaming deal on mine, it retails for 125 IIRC, and I got it for 85... I was going through well over 100 in batterys when i had the normal version, and this one is mega bright in comparison.
If you go through batterys a lot... I HIGHLY recomend the rechargable one.

01-06-2007, 08:45 PM	#5
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: cool tool I gave up on the coat hanger thing. Domething I did do on my maglight, I got sick of it rolling off my tool box, or rolling away when under a truck, so I took a large Zip-Tie, tightened it up on the body, cut the remaining tplastic off, and used a razor to get it close enough to where the remains wouldn't cut my hand all the time... now it won't roll away. That's pretty important on the rechargable ones like mine ( http://www.maglite.com/product.asp?psc=RECHARGE ) The bulb is way too easy to blow, and the best price I've found as of yet is 7 bucks a pop. Drop it once, and it's time for a new bulb. With the zip tie trick, I manage to make my bulb last 6 months or so, so i am back to making a profit on this light. I got a screaming deal on mine, it retails for 125 IIRC, and I got it for 85... I was going through well over 100 in batterys when i had the normal version, and this one is mega bright in comparison. If you go through batterys a lot... I HIGHLY recomend the rechargable one.