OT: MiniMaglite FREE Bulb!

Grazie wrote on 1/24/2009, 1:28 AM

OK, maybe NOT the most important thing since sliced-bread ( actually what IS so important about sliced-bread anyway?), but having a need to charge up my miniMag's batteries and investigating the the retaining, pressure spring in the battery cap, just within the spring and almost invisible I found a "spare" lamp - snuggling within the coils.

Made my day, that did!

I hope this knowledge brings you untold wealth and riches beyond your wildest expectations & imaginations! - Well, I found it quite illuminating . . .

Grazie

Comments

AlanC wrote on 1/24/2009, 2:34 AM

Well shine a light :~)

PeterWright wrote on 1/24/2009, 2:42 AM

Inspired by your example, I did a similar investigation Grazie, and sure enough, there, at the far end of my recently purchased loaf, just inside the far crust, was a spare slice of bread! ;)

(Seriously - I'm happy to hear about your bulb - such surprises are rare!)

farss wrote on 1/24/2009, 2:57 AM

Another bright idea from Grazie :)

One of the best freebies from a stand at NAB a few years back was a little LED torch that stays on my keyring. Just the thing when setting a tripod head level in a dark theatre.

Here's another bright idea after having so many people drunks tripped over my sticks on NYE. Lights for tripod legs. I'm going to get some cheap small torches and fit them with tool clips so they clip onto the legs and light the ground where the feet are.

Bob.

John_Cline wrote on 1/24/2009, 3:21 AM

The "spare bulb in the end cap" has been a feature of Maglite's miniMAG incandescent flashlights since day one. Of course, their new miniMAG LED flashlights don't need one...

richard-courtney wrote on 1/24/2009, 8:41 AM

Darn.............
Mine is missing!

I'm off to a rotten weekend....

Coursedesign wrote on 1/24/2009, 11:57 AM

...and now they also sell an LED conversion kit for bulb-based MiniMags...

I've been using a bunch of these for 23 years (they're a local company), but I was sad to see they missed the LED revolution because of internal squabbling.

If you want a small LED flashlight ("torch" in the UK and Oz), there are plenty to choose from at prices going up to beyond $200.00. Just look for a broad beam instead of the largest number of LEDs.

I have a no-name 9-LED flashlight that blows away my 21-LED ditto, because its beam is broad enough to make it easy to work in darkness such as behind workstations and in the field.

There are several good models to be had for less than $20, but buy backup units if you're buying for work, because the manufacturing QA is as shoddy as the quality of the components.