Anyone tested or know of someone who tested the runtimes for a ml25lt using two AA Eneloops in C adapters?
I got just under 2 1/2 hrs with the multi mode 2C running eneloops.
Anyone tested or know of someone who tested the runtimes for a ml25lt using two AA Eneloops in C adapters?
bykfixer, when you say flop are you referring to movement within the threads while the light is on? Does the head rattle a bit when you shake it while it's on and focused with a tight hot spot? I am trying to figure out if I want to go through the trouble of an exchange with maglite. If the replacement they send me will only be marginally better or potentially marginally worse, I don't want to hassle with it. I am asking about the 2nd Gen ML25LT.
The mode change works every time with alkaline C batteries and sporadically with the eneloops and c adapters. I had taken the eneloops straight out of the package and put them in the flashlight. I am charging them now to make sure that wasn't the issue.
Thats why I use the tailcap xx. I take too long twisting it at the front end.
Two wraps the width of the tape. Operation feels like the gray one in the photo above. No lube.
The flashlight was a St Valentine gift to Mrs Fixer.
She's a keeper!
I tried to take the bezel off my new ML300L to lube the threads and I don't think it was designed to be removed. I hope I didn't damage the indent...
The plumbers tape sounds like a solution to the head wobble on my Hound Dog bezel! Brilliant solution, thanks for sharing.
kelmo
(Don Adams Maxwell Smart voice) "The old turn the twisty head Maglite on at the front with one hand trick."
I can do it one handed but definitely not change settings one handed at the front end. However, holding the light head down and using my thumb and forefinger to loosen/tighten the tailcap I can just fine. Lubing the threads helps.
I tried to take the bezel off my new ML300L to lube the threads and I don't think it was designed to be removed. I hope I didn't damage the indent...
Cool!
The old slide the bell head down the barrel like the ML100 trick…
ML50 candle mode!! Heck yeah.
I use either Honda Shin Etsu silicone grease or vasoline for Maglites. The Shin Etsu was used on old rubber gaskets and moldings on my Honda cars and a little bit went a long ways. I did 3 cars and a van with it and still have about half of the 8oz tube. It can be found in generic form these days for about 60% the price of the Honda tube I bought years ago. Also great at keeping car doors from freezing shut in really cold climates.