Armed Ramble
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I have a great little mini-maglight, boxed with a matching swiss army knife, from the 1996 Atlanta olympics. It's mirror finished, with the British Olympic Team logo on it.
RARE MAGLITES
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Armed Ramble
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Here's what it looks like (now I've worked out how to post pictures:
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I'm not sure what should be in the space in the box, but it looks like there haas been a bit of battery leakage. Luckily it hasn't affected the maglite.
I'm not sure what should be in the space in the box, but it looks like there haas been a bit of battery leakage. Luckily it hasn't affected the maglite.
Toohotruk
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Very nice! Good thing the alky didn't ruin the light...too bad about the box though.
:welcome:
:welcome:
There are 4 different ones with the flag annodize
the other side - some have MAG, the others USA
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Discontinued RS MagCharger. RS part number was 174-246.
I was wondering what the part # was!! ;) LOL j/k
In all seriousness, what the heck is RS? Radio Shack? (doubt it, but all I could come up with).
Thanks for any info on that beaut of a MagCharger :thumbsup:, yeah I'm envious.. I love me my MC's.....
Sykotic_trip
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Anyone ever seen a Presidential MAGLITE off of airforce one. Would like to get my hands on one and what do u think i should pay IF i can find one.
Here's what it looks like (now I've worked out how to post pictures:
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I'm not sure what should be in the space in the box, but it looks like there haas been a bit of battery leakage. Luckily it hasn't affected the maglite.
VERY nice!! Never seen one like it. Thank god the alkie's leakage didn't make it to the light. 1st thing I do when I get any presentation box Mags is pull the POS alkie's right out of the pkg, though I guess you learned the hard way (could've been worse)!
Nice light!!!
ElectronGuru
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Yes, the 5C I have is so old the blister pack is yellow.
Mag told me that my 6C was manufactured on 1/18/96. I figured I'd post a photo in celebration of its 18th birthday. I'm really surprised that Mag discontinued the 5C and 6C while continuing to produce the 5D and 6D. The large C Cell models seem much more manageable and useful to me. I use Eneloops in my 6C and it's lighter than a fully loaded 2D and quite effortless to carry and point around. Even with Alkalines a 6C is only about as heavy as a 3D. I guess D Cells were always more popular due to the higher capacity and runtime.
good idea :thumbsup:
I use 6x Ansmann 4500 mAh nimh (very heavy weight)
how is the runtime with eneloops ?
I haven't tried running it down all the way and timing it, but I imagine with a typical 700-800ma bulb it should run for a good 2 hours. That's half of the usual 4 hours quoted for C cell Maglites with alkalines, but even Eneloops seem to provide better output for longer than alkalines due to less voltage sag. Actual C NiMH cells will of course provide by far the longest stable output, but at the expense of weight. 2 hours is plenty for me and I just wanted to keep things standardized with Eneloops and a small AA/AAA charger.
One thing of note: AA Eneloops are actually slightly longer than C cells, and when multiplied by 6, the extra length actually makes a significant difference. I had to get a spare tailcap spring for my 6C and cut a few coils off of it to allow the Eneloops to fit, and bend the final coil so it makes contact with the small negative terminal of the Eneloop. They just barely fit with no room to spare, but with the shorter spring, there's no more pressure on the tailcap compared to C cells with a stock spring, and the spare bulb still fits underneath. Easy enough and worked out perfectly in the end.
Thanks for the information - I will use eneloops
What bulb do you use in your 6C? I'm still using the original Krypton in mine because I couldn't seem to get the newest bi-pin Xenon bulb to fit and focus properly.
