The one thing that you wonder why you didn't buy sooner?

[WinterDeere]

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You just reminded me of my two brightest flashlights. I think my father picked these up before I was even born. You don't see many flashlights that get installed onto the battery, rather than the other way around, anymore.

They look like this, but older and cooler. Will try to pick up a battery and get a photo this week:

 

[ultrarunner]

Yep... still have mine but batteries harder to get.

 

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You just reminded me of my two brightest flashlights. I think my father picked these up before I was even born. You don't see many flashlights that get installed onto the battery, rather than the other way around, anymore.

They look like this, but older and cooler. Will try to pick up a battery and get a photo this week:

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I remember those!
I'll bet you could get an LED replacement "bulb" for it and it would really shine!

Probably the best thing about LEDs, IM(nsh)O, is that you actually have a choice now of brightness vs battery life. That old flashlight came with one choice of bulb - bright for its day though not now, and the massive size of the battery gave it a nice lifespan. Today, you could get a replacement LED that has the same luminosity, and the battery would last five times longer, or you could get five times the luminosity at the same battery life.

I've taken advantage of this in my house as well, especially since I'm probably overly fond of stained glass lampshades - which tend to block quite a bit of light

as originally specified, you could only a 60W bulb in each of the two receptacles behind these lights, because of the heat given off by the incandescent bulbs.
Now, I have "100W equivalent" LEDs in there which are way brighter and the stained glass doesn't get nearly as warm (bonus in summer!).

With the extra brightness I get a lot of reflected white light off of the ceiling (almost no shadows) plus nice looking shade as well.
Similarly we have a big 6 "candelabra" bulb light over the dining table that originally came with 40W bulbs (miserably dark!) and I found some candelabra/standard bulb base converters and had 60W LEDs for a long time, but now you can get candelabra LEDs in 100W equivalent and it's just glorious - not bright, per se, just the right amount of light and color.

 

[scootr]

I'm so glad I bought this backpack 1110 cfm blower. We have leaves everywhere but not now. View attachment 834948

Now they are all over at the neighbors house? lol

 

[jjeff]

Lawn tractor ground driven pull behind leaf collector my folks love there's.

 

[kozal01]

I'm so glad I bought this backpack 1110 cfm blower. We have leaves everywhere but not now. View attachment 834948

Yeah, a good blower was life changing! I used to battle my leaves from sun up to sun down in the fall, now I can do my yard in an hour or two with my commercial back pack blower. BTW a walk behind blower in addition to the back pack is another level up! (my boy helping is a big plus too!)

 

[ArlyA]

Yeah, a good blower was life changing! I used to battle my leaves from sun up to sun down in the fall, now I can do my yard in an hour or two with my commercial back pack blower. BTW a walk behind blower in addition to the back pack is another level up! (my boy helping is a big plus too!)

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ya, they will blow leaves.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

I sure don't regret getting a good tire machine and balancer.

 

[jjeff]

I sure don't regret getting a good tire machine and balancer.

What kind? How often do you use it?

 

[Too many Kubotas]

What kind? How often do you use it?

They're Hunter units. That road force balancing feature is what's really nice.

Tired of substandard balancing jobs, even at places that has the right equipment. Just not competent operators.

My usage varies a lot. I may not do any tires or balancing for months, and this coming week it'll be three sets.

 

[two_bit_score]

Fenix lights are outstanding.

Buddy dropped a Fenix PD30 in a cave once (the PD 30 has been replaced with newer models since then). it fell thru some rocks and to the cave bottom in about 10 feet of water. He went back 6 months later when the water dropped and recovered it. New battery and it worked just fine.

Keep one in each car and by the back door.

Yeah, I’ve been drooling over some of the newer models since I’ve got that discount code.

 

[two_bit_score]

Yeah, a good blower was life changing! I used to battle my leaves from sun up to sun down in the fall, now I can do my yard in an hour or two with my commercial back pack blower. BTW a walk behind blower in addition to the back pack is another level up! (my boy helping is a big plus too!)

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That’s taking “father-son time” to a new level!

 

[newbury]

That’s taking “father-son time” to a new level!

Yeah, that's one thing I wonder why I didn't get sooner.
Now with 3 son's and a daughter who all are a great help I wish we hadn't put off having kids for the first few years.
It's one thing to have a good tool, like the blower.
It's entirely different to have the tool AND someone that will operate it as part of family.

 

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An Original Tractor Relief Tool™?

 

[not2old]

Funny you mentioned that. I have an old 5 cell Maglite like police used to carry I've never replaced D cells. I just now used it and still works fine. It must be 30++ years old, incandescent.
One day I should put all my flashlights together...I'm a flashlight *****

. Oldest is my grandfather's WWI Eveready.

You just reminded me of my two brightest flashlights. I think my father picked these up before I was even born. You don't see many flashlights that get installed onto the battery, rather than the other way around, anymore.

They look like this, but older and cooler. Will try to pick up a battery and get a photo this week:

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I had a flashlight with the big battery but with modern LED's that work so well, the batteries for these old ones cost too much and don't last that long. I bought a real good light for about $65.00 ten years ago that uses four D cells. The batteries are very expensive if you only need four, so I made up a sleeve that I insert AA cells into as they are the same length. I still get a year or more out of the smaller batteries and they are dirt cheap when you buy 48 at a time.

 

[newbury]

<snip> The batteries are very expensive if you only need four, so I made up a sleeve that I insert AA cells into as they are the same length. I still get a year or more out of the smaller batteries and they are dirt cheap when you buy 48 at a time.

They used to give away adapters for AA to C or to D when you bought a bunch of rechargeables.
Now they sell them.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Rechargeable Ds are about $7 each I think but used over again a lot.

 

[WinterDeere]

They used to give away adapters for AA to C or to D when you bought a bunch of rechargeables.
Now they sell them.

..uses four D cells. The batteries are very expensive if you only need four, so I made up a sleeve that I insert AA cells into as they are the same length.

Guys, I hate to burst your bubble, but this cannot be true. AA‘s are not the same length as D’s. AA’s and C’s are the same nominal length (2”), but D’s are substantially longer (2-3/8”). Stack up four in a row, and you’ll have a gap of 1.5 inches, more than the spring in the rear of the flashlight will take up.

Substituting AA’s for C’s seems like a plausible option, but not D’s, unless you have a blank conductive rod to fill the gap left by the shorter length.

 

[newbury]

Like these?
Amazon.com
I've got similar in a fixture in a shower.
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or these
Amazon.com

 

[newbury]

Rechargeable Ds are about $7 each I think but used over again a lot.

But I've probably a hundred or two of rechargeable AA's and only need a few D's. Thus I have many good chargers for AAA and AA, don't know if I have any that would handle D's.