Coast flashlights

[Ranger99]

Not exactly sure what happened
I had a post about buying a Coast
flashlight etc. etc. blah yak
and it dissapeared

Anyway.  . . Coast flashlights are
a good buy and durable
The end

[Graybeard]

I don't find any post by you on that subject so I suspect you just failed to post and wait for it to do so. Could have been a momentary site glitch who knows. But no one deleted it or I'd be able to see it so it just never got posted for some reason.

Never heard of Coast flashlights. Tell us more. I really like Fenix but they sure aren't cheap.

[GTS225]

Personally, I like the G20.  Shirt-pocket size, and gives good light for its size.  Uses lens magnification to increase light output, so they can get by with less battery on board.
They don't make a "tactical light" that I'm aware of, but for the pricing, it's still a good light.  Local Menards has a decent selection of them.

Roger

[Ranger99]

The one I was posting about is
the PX22 single AAA cell small
pocket light.  I had bought one
some months ago, and lost it
somehow and found it a few days
ago. It's laid out in the weather
all those months and is in as
good a shape as when new.
I had tied a piece of fluorescent
chartreuse cord around it as a
kinda lanyard and a way to see
it easier if I sat it down.
The cord was faded to kind of
a dirty brown/tan, so it had been
laying there a while.

It's a shame on one hand that
we didn't make something like
that in America decades ago,
but on the other hand it's great
to be able to buy a durable bright
flashlight like that for less than
ten dollars.
When I was young, I had those
old chrome plated brass bodied
D cell flashlights that were fairly
dim even with new bulb and
batteries, and you had to shake
the hooey out of them to get em
to work, usually at the most
inopportune times.  You can
carry several of these new fangled
flashlights if you wanted to and
not even notice the weight, and
one of those old D cell units in
your pocket would weigh your
britches down

[gene_225]

The one I was posting about is
the PX22 single AAA cell small
pocket light.  I had bought one
some months ago, and lost it
somehow and found it a few days
ago. It's laid out in the weather
all those months and is in as
good a shape as when new.
I had tied a piece of fluorescent
chartreuse cord around it as a
kinda lanyard and a way to see
it easier if I sat it down.
The cord was faded to kind of
a dirty brown/tan, so it had been
laying there a while.

It's a shame on one hand that
we didn't make something like
that in America decades ago,
but on the other hand it's great
to be able to buy a durable bright
flashlight like that for less than
ten dollars.
When I was young, I had those
old chrome plated brass bodied
D cell flashlights that were fairly
dim even with new bulb and
batteries, and you had to shake
the hooey out of them to get em
to work, usually at the most
inopportune times.  You can
carry several of these new fangled
flashlights if you wanted to and
not even notice the weight, and
one of those old D cell units in
your pocket would weigh your
britches down

"It's a shame on one hand that
we didn't make something like
that in America decades ago,
but on the other hand it's great
to be able to buy a durable bright
flashlight like that for less than
ten dollars. "

Boy ain't that the truth. I got some single cell flashlights from an outfit in China (I know, I know) for$3 each. They use rechargable batteries and I can keep one in each of my jackets, cars, work clothes, etc. Living in a rural recreation area, I find that I need flashlights year round no matter what I'm doing. Shadows always make small things hard to see. I can't see why US industry didn't come out with something like that years ago. Probably couldn't make enough $ making them.

[Ranger99]

I've had a good many Maglite flashlights,
and they were "ok" but there after a while
the bulbs were very fragile and not at all
durable.  The Mini Maglite bulbs got to
where it took about 3 bulbs to one pair
of batteries.
And yes, I did buy and try the LED conversions.
Crap and more crap.
The free little black flashlights that
Harbor Freight gave away with the coupons
are some of the most durable and
reliable flashlights I've ever had and
used. And that is truly sad

[gypsyman]

 Didn't scroll down far enough to catch this topic. Bought a Coast flashlight years back at a local Menards store, less then $20. I have 2 others, and have no idea where they came from, maybe my sons bought them, or more likely got them as birthday/Christmas presents from someone. One of the other ones is a Gearlight, the other has no name. But both are what I'd call ''tactical'' lights, all 3 take 3-AAA batteries. Seem to have a very precise, well made body's and adjusting the beam width is a little more fine tuned than the coast. But, for what I use them for, all 3 work just fine. One thing I found out with all of them, definitely buy better quality AAA batteries. Generic or store brand don't last nearly as long as Duracell or Ray-O-Vac or Eveready battery's. 

[ulav8r]

But don't buy Rayovacs from Menards.  Bought a large pack that had a 2022 date on the outer package and a 2008 date on the batteries.  Have thrown away over half of them for leaking before they were used.

[Mule 11]

But don't buy Rayovacs from Menards.  Bought a large pack that had a 2022 date on the outer package and a 2008 date on the batteries.  Have thrown away over half of them for leaking before they were used.

I like their politics, and when I needed a 20’ 2x8 for my ridge they were the only supplier I could find without going micro laminate... If I could not find it I would have gone to the sawmill I worked at in the past and got what I needed.

[ulav8r]

I've been buying a lot from them too.  Currently have ordered a bunch of trim that will have a $5 rebate per piece.  Makes it worth the 4 hour round trip to pick it up.


I blame Rayovac for packaging old batteries and Menard's buyer for not checking what he/she was getting.

[gypsyman]

But don't buy Rayovacs from Menards.  Bought a large pack that had a 2022 date on the outer package and a 2008 date on the batteries.  Have thrown away over half of them for leaking before they were used.

Appreciate the tip! Will definitely check the date on the batteries, and not just the package. From anyone I buy batteries from!

[Mule 11]

Like any large chain store, many good values and some not so much. As the old adage goes “ buyer beware “