Led Maglite short review

[3rd_shift]

Some of you may have noticed these popping up at your local stores and thought about picking one up.
Here it is!
Picked this up from a Walmart.
The 2d led Maglite appears to be just a regular, stock 2D with an led bulb installed.
Pictured with it are some new batteries and an older 6d Maglite surgically modified with a 1 amp regulator, black osink adaptor and a nice TWOJ binned 3 watt Luxeon led mounted to that.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/3rd_shift/Album2/DCFC0044.jpg


Here it is out of the package with new batteries and "2006" owners manual.
The manual makes no direct mention of the led, but does show a drawing of it and a krypton bulb in the bulb changing instructions part of it now.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/3rd_shift/Album2/DCFC0046.jpg
Business ends of the 2 flashlights revealing that the bulb holder in the 2d is still plastic with no thermal pathway for the led to get rid of it's heat. :(
The good news is that;
a krypton bulb is included in the tailcap to put you back in business if the led should ever fail for any reason. ;)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/3rd_shift/Album2/DCFC0060.jpg

Here's a beamshot of the two 3 watt lights at tightest focus.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/3rd_shift/Album2/DCFC0056.jpg

Here's another shot of them in flood mode.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/3rd_shift/Album2/DCFC0062.jpg

Here is a link to a short review I did of just the led drop-in module.
link (http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=122096)

Here is a link to an absolute excellent technical overview of these and more from Maglite by another cpf member.
link (http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=119665&page=1)

Enjoy. :-)

[Mr. Security]

3 watt LED is much better than the 1-watt flashlights that seem to be popping up everywhere. However, I can get a smaller 3 watt LED Garrity flashlight at Wal*Mart cheaper than a Mag-Lite LED.