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Technical Details
- Flood to spot beam focusing
- High intensity light beam
- Spare bulb (inside tail cap)
- Internal fully sealed switch
- Anodised to prevent corrosion
Product Specifications
Part Number MGLM2A036
ColourBlack
Item Package Quantity1
Batteries Included?No
Product Description
- Includes two energizer batteries
- 2 x AA cells
- Lifetime guarantee
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Colour Name:Black
I bought this torch for my son who is going in the army and was recommended by them. He took it camping with him and his brother and said it was brilliant.What better than that for a recommendation.
Colour Name:Black
Back in 1991, I bought my first Maglite AA Incandescent. And I remember being so utterly blown away by it. Robust constuction, Twist switch and flood to a spot by turning the head, great beam out of all proportion to its size, candle mode utilised by unscrewing the head and placing the base of the unit in the upturned head. OK so the beam was uneven and a warm Orange tint but at the time it was the best going for a torch of its size.
But over 20 years later things are different.
A technology utilising LED's or Light Emitting Diodes has entered the fray.
Once upon a time LED technology in torches was reserved for the tip-top end of the market but it has several advantages of equivalent incandescent units:
1) Much greater brightness than an equivalent sized Incandescent unit.
2) Greater reliabilty, duration, and sturdiness.
3) A fraction of the power consumption of the equivalent Incandescent unit.
Like everything else, LED technology started out expensive but has become reliably mass produced. It has percolated down into the likes of the Maglite LED AA designs.
So does the standard Incandescent Maglite Mini Maglite AA still have any use?
Well the classic virtues are all still there.
And in fairness to Maglite, the cost has still remained the same since 1991. This is in real terms a price drop.
But sadly the beam produced-deep Orange, poor throw in modern terms and riddled with artifacts (unavoidable in a torch of this class back in 1991)such as black spots and a comma-shaped spot-no longer cuts it.
There are lots of alternatives such as those made by the Chinese like Fenix, Jetbeam, O Light etc utilising LED's which are so much better.
But the real killer blow comes form Maglites own updated AA LED range.
A Mini Maglite Pro or Pro+ (sadly only available in the States at present...!) delivers all those traditional benefits with a piercing white beam over 10 times brighter,with much better throw,utilising the very best in LED technology.
And besides it the beam produced by the regular Incandescent AA version is so dim and uneven, it needs to be retired.
However, anybody who already owns an Incandescent version need not despair.
TerraLUX make an outstanding LED Drop-in module which gets you within 85% of the best anybody has to offer.
This torch may be worth considering for non-critical applications but for anything important spend a bit extra and go for one of Maglites own LED versions.
I give it three stars because it still has almost all the outstanding attributes it had in 1991.
And the real cost has dropped in that time as well.
But IMHO, the beam no longer cuts it.
For those owning this AA Incandescent there is new life available in the form of TerraLUX.
But new purchasers are no longer getting the best beam out there.
Sadly, it is totally circumvented by the march of technology.
And LED competitors in this capacity have it licked!
But over 20 years later things are different.
A technology utilising LED's or Light Emitting Diodes has entered the fray.
Once upon a time LED technology in torches was reserved for the tip-top end of the market but it has several advantages of equivalent incandescent units:
1) Much greater brightness than an equivalent sized Incandescent unit.
2) Greater reliabilty, duration, and sturdiness.
3) A fraction of the power consumption of the equivalent Incandescent unit.
Like everything else, LED technology started out expensive but has become reliably mass produced. It has percolated down into the likes of the Maglite LED AA designs.
So does the standard Incandescent Maglite Mini Maglite AA still have any use?
Well the classic virtues are all still there.
And in fairness to Maglite, the cost has still remained the same since 1991. This is in real terms a price drop.
But sadly the beam produced-deep Orange, poor throw in modern terms and riddled with artifacts (unavoidable in a torch of this class back in 1991)such as black spots and a comma-shaped spot-no longer cuts it.
There are lots of alternatives such as those made by the Chinese like Fenix, Jetbeam, O Light etc utilising LED's which are so much better.
But the real killer blow comes form Maglites own updated AA LED range.
A Mini Maglite Pro or Pro+ (sadly only available in the States at present...!) delivers all those traditional benefits with a piercing white beam over 10 times brighter,with much better throw,utilising the very best in LED technology.
And besides it the beam produced by the regular Incandescent AA version is so dim and uneven, it needs to be retired.
However, anybody who already owns an Incandescent version need not despair.
TerraLUX make an outstanding LED Drop-in module which gets you within 85% of the best anybody has to offer.
This torch may be worth considering for non-critical applications but for anything important spend a bit extra and go for one of Maglites own LED versions.
I give it three stars because it still has almost all the outstanding attributes it had in 1991.
And the real cost has dropped in that time as well.
But IMHO, the beam no longer cuts it.
For those owning this AA Incandescent there is new life available in the form of TerraLUX.
But new purchasers are no longer getting the best beam out there.
Sadly, it is totally circumvented by the march of technology.
And LED competitors in this capacity have it licked!
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Colour Name:Black
Whilst I agree with many of the comments of how good the 'Maglite" torch is when working. my problem is when the batteries are flat, how do you get them out ?
I have two 'Mini Maglite AAA' and a 'Mini Maglite AA' and they both suffer the same problem. I cannot get the batteries out. It must be a design fault. And to be told by a retailer that the solution is to buy a new torch is no solution as far as I am concerned.
I have two 'Mini Maglite AAA' and a 'Mini Maglite AA' and they both suffer the same problem. I cannot get the batteries out. It must be a design fault. And to be told by a retailer that the solution is to buy a new torch is no solution as far as I am concerned.
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