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Flashlights - LED Flashlights

Welcome to the wBW Flashlight page! Flashlight reviews, LED flashlights, rechargeable flashlights, Xenon bulb flashlights, head mounted flashlights and more. Flashlights come in very handy for working on motorcycles, so here's a list of our favorites!

wBW Flashlight Reviews

LED Flashlights: Astrolite LED flashlights (apparently no longer in business?) | CMG Equipment (now owned by Gerber) makes the super-bright "Reactor" LED flashlight, mini flashlights and even motion-sensing flashlights | The Forever Flashlight - claimed to never needs bulbs or batteries; uses a "super bright" LED bulb | How about the Nightstar "magnetic force" flashlight; claimed to need no batteries, has LED bulb, is "functional at extreme temperature conditions, waterproof, intrinsically safe and virtually indestructible"; it also carries a lifetime warranty | The Petzl-Zipka is yet another LED light used by some motorcyclists; this and many other flashlights are available at the Thru-Hiker | Tek-Tite has LED, HID and waterproof flashlights made for heavy-duty industrial use | Lightwave has metal bodied and other LED flashlights | Princeton LED flashlights, waterproof flashlights, keychain flashlights and mini flashlights

History of Flashlights: Interesting historical overview of flashlights on the Energizer site | How to build an LED flashlight - interesting article that shows that it isn't too hard to roll your own

Solar - Shake Powered "Forever" Flashlights: Be careful on these - they may seem cool, but you have to do a lot of shaking for very little light. They also have strong magnets, so be careful around credit cards and computer memory. Caveat emptor! | All sorts of solar, LED and halogen flashlights are available at Jade Mountain | Excalibur Electronics makes the Forever Flashlight | See the wBW review of the NightStar Shake Flashlight

Pocket Flashlights: Streamlight makes some small LED and halogen pocket flashlights; see the wBW review of the Streamlight Stylus Reach | The Koehler-Brightstar Responder is a bright flashlight with a Xenon bulb, can be powered by Ni-Cad or rechargeables or C-cells, and is UL safety approved for use in hazardous conditions. Their products are made in the U.S.A. and they supply flashlights for miners and hazardous working conditions | Photon Light makes an assortment of mini pocket key chain flashlights

Unique Flashlights: The Technology Associates "eternaLight" has an LED flashlight, pulsing, SOS signals, strobe, dazzle lights and more; made in the U.S.A.!; they also have LED conversions for Mini Mag Lites | Inova has LED flashlights and the strange-looking LED "SmartBright" | Ikelite has diving lights that are claimed waterproof to 300 feet; they also carry cave lights that can attach to the back of an air tank

Flashlight Bulbs: Tek-Tite has LED replacement bulbs; turn your incandescent flashlight into an LED flashlight; they also carry Krypton, halogen and other replacement bulbs | Technology Associates has LED conversion kits

Flashlight Batteries: The Battery Mart has just about every type of battery made | Cheap Batteries has, you guessed it, cheap batteries! (Or rather, cheap prices on brand-name batteries) | Sunn Battery Company carries a variety of different battery types

Head Mounted Flashlights: Princeton makes several models of head mounted LED flashlights and combination LED/halogen or Krypton bulb flashlights

LED Work Lights: Maxxeon LED work light has a rechargeable battery and magnets and the head swivels to almost any direction