05-22-2013, 04:04 AM
(05-20-2013, 05:40 PM)shoju Wrote: Not to mention, that the LED lights are just all around a better piece of product. from a craftsmanship POV.
We have ~50 more regular flashlights in stock, and then we'll never have them again. It's a little weird to look at that aisle and see nothing but LED's. Especially with the place where I work...
Yeah, I once bought a bunch of clearance priced incan flashlights from Radioshack, (though in Canada they're now called The Source.).
They were worth it to me at least for the slightly rarer Xenon bulbs they came with, but the main intent was to buy these cheap (but good enough for most general uses) hosts for LED retrofit bulbs.
Then I realized, the technology has now caught up, that for a few dollars more than the price of a decent, mid grade LED drop in. I can now buy a very good, purpose built LED flashlight that is just so far ahead in quality and performance.
So that kiboshed my original plan, and I'll probably wind up perma-loaning some of the ones I bought on a camping trip or something.