I’ve got a Maglite in the closet because it doubles as a bludgeon, but I think I might get a couple of these to keep around just in case. They only cost 5 bucks, so you could get a dozen and be set for life. All you do is press the Snap onto the top of a regular battery, and you’ve got a working single-LED flashlight. Not going to light up the moon with that, but kids will love it and they’d be handy for power outages.
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cool little invention
http://onhit.net
Surprising that it took this long for someone to think of this.
I’d rather get a Glo Toob that uses a lithium battery and is much more functional. Anything that is not either lithium or at the very least rechargeable is not a good investment at all. It’s not like 9v batteries have some huge shelf life either.
http://www.cfrlights.com/servlet/the-224/multi-dsh-function%2C-reusable%2C-light%2C-civilian%2C/Detail
At 5 bucks its a ripoff… I did this ages ago in college with an led and a resister…. I’m just kickin myself for not thinking of it first!