Flashlights
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No kidding! If you buy THAT battery in the drug store (admittedly expensive), they run right at $10. EA.! I can't imagine where he bought Duracell 123 lion for $4. for 3 of 'em even if he bought a hundred at a time. There are some sources where you can buy them online an 12 to a carton for a half way decent price, but not that cheap. That's not all folks, he used a Kripton bulb and if you've ever had anything that uses them, you know they can eat batteries like there is no tomorrow. That's the reason they're so bright, who could afford the batteries they'd eat. I used to have 3 or 4 flashlights that used them, and I gave them away for that very reason. I have about 8- 3 "D" cell Mag's and 2- 3 cell "C" Mag's and a gazillion 2AA mags, and I rarely ever use any of them any more. I have 3 Streamlight rechargeable (the ones that are between a 2AA and a D cell. They are small and extremely bright and literally almost bullet proof. They are not cheap but they are 1 of the most rugged FL's I have ever seen. Dropped 1 off the top of the MH a few days ago, went down and picked it up and couldn't see where it hit.
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Surefire is an excellent light- made in my home town. I was gonna get one of the small ones that uses the 2- 123's (would that be the G2?), but when I figured what it would run for batteries over the life of the light, I passed and went with the rechargeable Streamlight. Surefire does make one of the best though. I think the best price I have ever seen online is about $2.25 each for Surefires, by the carton. If you use a light as much as I do, it ends up costing you a fortune.