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    More EV fires after salt water flooding

    All truly frightening. Thank you for posting, especially that you're posting the experiences of someone who actually fights fires IRL, not in his dreams. Ironic of course that CO2 is the boogy man of the moment.
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    Incoming - What do you have coming in the mail??

    Ps - I had a Surefire E1b defender years ago but I kept on dropping it. Where possible I keep the clip and lanyards to prevent this. On my smaller flashlight I use the Olight lanyard. On the bigger ones I use bigger lanyards.
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    Incoming - What do you have coming in the mail??

    Tex thank you. I'll give it a go. Not so keen on the magnetic tailcap though. I like to use a lanyard where possible and that does not work with the magnetic tc.
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    Incoming - What do you have coming in the mail??

    Just bought a new Lumintop Tool AA V3 that claims 900 lumens. I have the earlier version that I like a lot so this one should be a great pocket carry. A pity that the tailcap still glows blue but I can work around that.
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    What was your prep for today?

    Recently bought a Stihl mower and strimmer both battery powered. Definitely a cut above the usual fare that is offered in the local DIY store.
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    Rechargable flashlights question.

    Welcome RCRVRP. You are going to learn a lot here, and I promise you will enjoy it.
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    Recommend me a single AA flashlight

    I just got one of those and so far I'm pretty impressed. I also have and like the Eagtac D25A, and Lumintop Tool AA. The Eagtac won't take some of my 14500s as they are too long at 53 mm. The Lumintop will. My bedside light is a Thrunite Archer 1A V3, which has a great moonlight mode...
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    Flashlight for emergency travel go bag

    By all means have some Alkalines available but NOT stored in the flashlight. Your life might depend on having light when you need it. Lithium primaries for long term storage are a must. IIRC AA lithiums and CR123A lithiums are different chemistries.and the AAs are inherently safer than CR123A.
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    18650 case?

    Had good results with XTAR branded plastic boxes. These take 2 batteries side by side. They don't rattle or pop open in normal use. I bought some new ones last week but they arrived unbranded so I can't remember where I bought the originals. I don't have a photo but they are (in millimeters)...
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    Is my 18650 dead?

    aznsx - I just tried your suggestion but no result at all. Thanks for the help but I'm going to recycle this one. I think I'm smarter than my cat but she doesn't agree.
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    Is my 18650 dead?

    Hi All Yes DaveTheDude that is what I will do. I just worded it badly. All batteries that I use go to recycling. I might try the suggestion from aznsx. However my experience is slightly different. I was using my Nitecore MH20 for only a minute or so to look for my cat. It didn't die on me...
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    Is my 18650 dead?

    Thank you both. I'm not keen on playing with Li Ion batteries as I don't have the skills. I'll toss it.
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    Is my 18650 dead?

    Hi All Last night my 18650 flashlight died on me. I assumed that the battery was just depleted but today when I put it on the charger (Fenix ARE-C2) it didn't register at all. Zero volts. The same on a different charger. (Nitecore D4). The battery is over 7 years old and is a Nitecore NL186...
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    EV charging cables cut by copper "recyclers"

    Yes, and if I look at the list of 4 closed threads below, they had one person in common. 3 2 1 ?
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    Flashlight for emergency travel go bag

    Any of the ones I mentioned will do the trick. The Thrunite is probably the cheapest and will go down to 0.2 lumens IIRC. To me a moonlight mode is as useful as "full fat". There are so many good brands out there that the easy solution is to just pick one and try it out. Sometimes we can...
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