Flashlights
There’s an Ask Slashdot article on LED flashlights, something I was looking at since my cheap EverReady rechargeable incandescent flashlight turned up dead a couple of months ago — crappy batteries. I’d also like to keep an emergency light in the car, in the remote chance that we wind up on a dark road without power. It’s a useful discussion, mainly because Google searches on such lights just brings up sellers, whose advertisements are hard to judge.
Anyway, there seems to be three interesting products mentioned. One is an LED drop-in replacement for standard incandescent bulbs for, say, Maglights. The second is a standard flashlight favored by emergency workers, the Streamlight. The last one would probably be the best as an emergency light for the car, the PALight, which has a 2-year “always on” mode that makes it easier to find.
No need to buy this soon, just something to file away someplace when I get around to picking these up. Maybe when the Maglight dies.