Perfect timing, I’m refurbishing two maglites and need led bulb upgrades.thx

I just lost it at 3:34

It's time for you to design a 28D cell bulb! LMFAO

The LED unit was available in the UK, but nobody sells this type here anymore. (HQRP), these are great and have had one in a 2c maglite for a few years and it's never missed a beat!

Magic staff for a wizard of light. Finally means I can run those super bright maglite mods with alkalines and not have to worry so much about voltage sag! I'm surprised they still sell incan Maglights. The LEDs available now are no joke and are only going to get better.

I bought a 280 lumen bulb and a single D cell extension from adventure sport and everything worked exactly as advertised. Items arrived in a timely manner and were packaged with care. Thanks!

3:37 Only problem with this setup is you wouldn't want to use Alkalines since the chances of them leaking increases. Also, you could however put a high wattage Halogen bulb in it. Would get very hot though so you'd need to change out a few parts.

Dude you have a great sense of humor, very funny. Dont be afraid to add comedy and differentiate your videos.

Two things I would love for you guys to make: Drop in LED's for mini mag AA. And a FREAKIN GLASS LENS for the ML50L. I cant find one anywhere!

Is it just me or does the Incandescent have more throw? Of course, the LED upgrade is better, but it looks like the trade off is you lose throw with LED since the CRI is lower.

Bought two led upgrades from your store, great quality and just cool customer service.

Thank you for the post. I'm going to order a 1D extension for my 2d incandescent and an LED upgrade as well 😎👍

You can do it your a wizard let's see a 8 cell 5000 lume long run time maglite build

May the force be with you!:)

The 28-cell Maglite was absolutely hilarious, invoking a dangerous rib-breaking cacophony of laughter with risk of high blood pressure whilst busting vocal cords during their improper use. Would love to see that thing powered up...so...halogen bulb and Let There be Light!

I like how he always says "good lux" at the end.

finally someone did a video with the extention tubes, what about a 12 d battery light or 9 cell other than the incandescent 18\36v I run now

Wow, I remember when mag lights where king. I still have old red, blue and green that I mixed up the colors to look cool. Can’t believe they haven’t caught up with modern light with all that money they raked in from the 90’s.

Your videos are really funny but also very hi tech you have a great personality keep up the awesome work

The starwars kid spoof gave me a great laugh. hahaha

That 28D cell Maglite was epic. Why wouldn't any bulbs work? How many cells could you make it with available bulbs?

I wish there were a storage-barrel for the minimag like there is for the C and D models. Great place to keep a foldingfork or a mini spice shaker

So can I do this on my 1990's 4 and 5 cell maglites?

`hahaha the torch fight was nice , smiled a lot. Thanks Matt.

you could (as you so demonstrated) really go overboard with those extension tubes...i would imagine there would be a limit as to just how much power you could generate before the flashlight circuitry and cree elements were fried and the flashlight itself burst into flames

After finding fresh Eveready D-cells alkaline that claim to have a 10 year shelf life I decided to put my Maglites back into service after around 10 years of using those single AA LEDs that sell for around $5-10. I ordered from Matt two (2) Firefly 280 lumen direct screw-on upgrades and the Firefly 800 lumen drop-in. I also got his single cell extender for my D-3 to make it a D-4 since D-cell batteries are sold in packages of even numbers. I have two D-3's one is thicker than the other the extender fits flush on the thinner one with a prifix of "D3" proceeded by 9 digits total of 11 digit serial number. The thicker one has no "D" prefix in the 8 digit serial number, it does screw-on and is flush on the inside but the outside is noticeably not flush. The Firefly 280 screw-on has an approximate run time of 15 hours on 4 D-cells. It is way brighter about twice as bright as the original. The Maglite incandescent exnon bulb run-time on 4-D cells is approximately 4 hours with 105 lumens output on fresh batteries, lumens drop as batteries weaken. The Firefly LED's dim less as batteries weaken. This screw-on upgrade is more than enough light that would be practically needed in a flash light, and is uncomfortable if shined at eyes. When adjusting spot -to- flood a dark spot forms in the center, the same as with the original bulb. I placed a spare Firefly 280 in the tail-cap, it fits just as well as the original spare bulb behind the spring. All these run-time estimates are not "continuous" run-times, continuous running will drain batteries faster, and could present overheating issues. A realistic run-time would be about half of these high estimates. When batteries die off running LEDs the light is still somewhat bright and just shuts off. When it is off for a while alkaline batteries can rejuvenate enough to light up the LED again only intermittently. Banging it around could cause it to light up again momentarily, but does not work as well as cleaning all the connections and replacing the batteries... The Firefly 800 drop-in has 3 ideal modes; High 100%, Medium 30%, and Low 5%, powered with 4 D-cells approximate run-times are H 5, M 90, L 400 hours. Would be even better to have another setting of something around 10-15% along with strobe. The focus is fixed to a hot spot with large bright spill. there is no spot -to- flood adjusting. Low mode is comfortable to the eye and is plenty of light to see your way around in the dark. Low is not as bright as the original bulb with fresh batteries but it will outshine incandescent bulbs as those batteries will weaken in a sort period of time. Low is a great battery conservation mode. Medium is close to the 280 bulb just ever so slightly less bright, but much brighter than the exnon incandescent, also uncomfortable when shined at the eye. High mode is for showing-off, it really lights up a large area and is most uncomfortable when shined in the eyes. High will drain the batteries the quickest so High should be used sparingly. If you shine these Firefly LED bulbs in anyone's eyes they will hate you, it's just rude to do so. If you are in a confrontational situation it could give you a situational advantage over some aggressive attackers. What I now have are two D-4 LED Maglites with options the screw-on 280 Firefly gives me the ability to carry a spare just like the original configuration. I just do not trust any claim that LEDs have amazingly long expected run life, I have been disappointed with most of them. The Drop-in 800 Firefly really is the better option as long as it works as no spare drop-in can be configured inside the Maglite. While LEDs have no filament to burn out, the drivers behind the LED fail to sustain the diode emitting light. The test of time takes time, for me so many LEDs have failed their advertised running life. 10 years of modest use is what I am expecting, 5 years or less would be another disappointment... I compared the Firefly 800 lumens with 4 fresh D-cells to my 2,000,000 candlepower 12 volt spotlight with a 55 watt halogen type bulb. This spotlight had a rechargeable lead battery that did not last a year. I modified it by taking out the battery and wiring a 6' foot cord that plugs into the cigarette lighter. It shines with plenty of juice from a running car, I can use it out of the window or I can stand next to the window to have a better 360 degree angle. It takes 12.57 lumens to equal 1 candlepower so this spotlight claims to be 25,140,000 lumens. It is bright but not no 25M+ lumen bright. So the 800 lumen Firefly is 63.6 candlepower. The 10 year old 12 volt 55 watt halogen bulb did outshine the new 6 volt Firefly LED 800 lumen but not by no millions of lumens. It might of beat it by maybe something like 400 lumens... also found a glass 50mm aspheric lens for Maglite D size for $3.78 free shipping from Hong Kong. I will update this comment when it arrives and tell how it all fits and focuses... www.dx.com/p/50mm-optical-glass-lens-for-flashlight-spot-light-2008380#.XQ2OXIhKiUk Still waiting for the Hong Kong lenses but I found and got a glass 50mm aspheric form a Stateside source. If the Hong Kong lenses work as well as the one I now have, I might order 2 dozen more. These lenses do little that would benefit the beam of drop-in upgrades Firefly 800 lumen that have a fixed focus. It does provide more throw but the spill changed to many dim rings kind of like the rings of Saturn. I do not recommend use, maybe improvements with an engineered bezel that could move the lens back an forth. The aspheric lens does provide massive noticeable improvements with the screw-on up-grade that allow the spot -to- flood function, I used with the Firefly 280 lumen. The 50mm lens fit is ok, 51mm would fit better 52mm might be just right or too tight. These lenses are glass, so better to be looser than tighter because of expansion and contraction cracking threats. The focus to spot gets tight, near crisp to a square LED shape with little to no spill. A smaller intense spot than with the flat lens and brighter with more throw than the 800 lumen Firefly drop-in. When adjusting to flood the center remains a bright spot, there is no dark spot forming a doughnut shaped light as with a flat lens. The flood looks like a large spot with less throw, and little to no spill. More than doubling the light intensity, I highly recommend for the serious flashlight aficionado. Modifications are needed to have it all tricked out. The lens does need to be centered before tightening. The closer the bulb is to the lens the larger the flood area will be. I filed a small amount off of the cam's "short" end of the reflector to allow the bulb to spring closer to the lens when dialed in that direction. The bezel needs a thin flat rubber washer or thicker o-ring to form a better seal. Even better replace the bezel with one that has a 1" inch deep hood to protect the protruding lens. The many weaponized crown bezels I found are not deep enough to protect the protruding lens and do nothing to control spill. I have failed at this point to locate a decent hooded bezel for Maglite aspheric lens upgrades. All searches result in 10 year old discontinued bezels for aspheric lenses. Camera hoods wont fit correctly. An engineered bezel with aspheric lens kit is needed for the best fit and function. Extend the bezel hood about an 1" inch from lens base to protrude 1/4" beyond the lens apex, with a flare of 2 1/4" inches measured from the inside edge. Size, Pitch and Major/Minor diameter D cell bezel TPI 20 or Metric 1.25 for the thread pitch. some have said 1.25 is a better fit. Maj 2.116" Min 2.080" Thread length .225" O-ring recess .375" My other D3 has dried out rubber parts, it's the thick tube so no cell extender will work well. Still looking great for over 20 years old, thinking of up-grading with the 2,000 lumen drop-in. Powering it with two (2) 26650 KeepPower 5200mAh wired in parallel instead of stacking in series. Plenty of room in the tube for wiring a slide-in insert in parallel to give it a stronger longer run-time, looking at achieving something over 10 hours in 25% mode. Then I will need to get a job as a Georgia prison guard so I can chase escapees through swamp all night long. Just stick some reflector tape on the tail of the Bluetick hounds... As I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for the Lord is with me; my rod is my Maglite, it comforts me.

looking for a body extension for the mini-mag light... Please help

Hahaha......" I’m laughing at the sight of the tallest MAGLITE torch ! Thanks, Matt.

Upgrading my old d serial number maglite just ordered a firefly for it as it's a 2 d cell mag originally had the krypton bulbs I swapped it to an led bulb from maglite back in 2009 but it still isn't that bright compared to my newer ml300l and even dim consider it dimmer then my streamlight microstream usb (high 250 lumen)

if got a lot of flashlights but the sound of a maglite switch always gets me.

So what exactly would happen if you used 8 d's in a 6d rated bulb ? If I wasn't using it very often or for very extended periods of time, would it actually be dangerous? I ordered an upgrade bulb and a 2d extension for a 6d maglite and would love to make an 8D light, but I will stick to making a 5d out of the 3d if I have to. It won't be as cool, but I can live with it if making an 8d will be dangerous.

That magic staff was awesome. Sers question though: What is the point of Maglites in 2019? And they still manufacture incandescent lights? That was outdated when I was still in school. And that's more than 11 years ago. What kind of use is there for this nowadays? It feels kinda ancient.

Can you get body extensions for C - cell Maglites?

Brings a whole new meaning to light saber! Good mag upgrades from a great guy.

Will the extension work on the 6d cell?

u should do some reviews an upgrades on fire dedpartment lights im on volunteer fire department id love to see some of those videos

Hi, I have a 6d host and I'm thinking of this led upgrade. Does this work with 2 26650 cells with the dummy cells trick u showed us in your previous video?

Lol that flashlight / staff is awesome I want a 8 cell 5000 lumens led maglite that would be awesome

Gee I have a 4 cell Maglight wasting away some where. But I still don’t think I’d up grade it to an LED. It still would be using disposable D batteries. One reason I decided to only have rechargeable modern cell lights. Used to carry a Surefire but it also used disposable batteries. Guessing it is in the same box as the maglight.

I have an older maglite I'm just now giving some TLC and was wondering if your tube extensions would work for a 20yo maglite?

I like long flashlight at least 3 cells or above

Awww there's got to be a way you could build me a 8 cell led 5000 lume long run time maglite

Im looking at that same bulb will it fit a non xenon too?

Do you have a female threaded end cap for the male portion of the tube?

love this guy

Sooo.....when is Mag (or anyone) going to produce Cree LED upgrades? Fenix, Olight, Nitcore etc.are putting out lamps that even in the tiniest cell configuration completely blows Mag out of the water in lumens. I mean the Olight I3t Flashlight @ 1 single AAA is pumping out 180 Lumen. I cant believe Mag is even still in business. This AMERICAN company needs to get with it.

Hahaha wow 28 cell 🤣 you are awesome 👌 keep up the great work

This guy is on stimulants for sure.

if i have a factory 3d led maglite and i install the 2 cell extension, will i the factory led handle it? or will I need to purchase the upgraded led?

I'm sure some company makes a led rates for 42 volts....

Just what I was expecting!

3:41 the wizards staff

Hey Matt , I’m trying to repair a maglite, can you please help ? It is an led flash lite but I can not find a bulb like this any where on line . The switch is not as tall as an incandescent switch and it does not have a threaded bezel on top . Looking down into the bulb there are the numbers 483 , I have to take the little brass screw out on the side of the switch to get the bulb out . Can you suggest a fix for me please ?

Jajaja that fire dissappear with this led upgrade :D

So, did u test above 3 cells? Can I get another 200+ lumens from the 6 cell?..PS. I bought a 600+ 3C LED Maglite, reduced to rock bottom during the holidays, for $10. So how about an upgrade that compares to that? Not trying to be a D. Just sayin'.

Send the mag saber 2 ne I wanna put it in my movie

Do you know of any extension in C cell size? I can't seem to find any. Thanks!

Im looking for c extension tube, do you know where to get them?

Oh... wanting to take the 2-cell "AA" to a 3 or 4 cell... Specific applications in mind.

Blf gt 70.2? Video? Comparison with mf04s?

Love the channel.

What's the OG factory output?

Blows my mind that people still use c and d alkalines in this day and age and even more so that they're still purchasing and using Maglites... 😯💡🔦

32d maglite gets dates. 18650 flashlights gets hates.

Ooohhh, is that biggie my in-process custom mag build? ;-}

do you make any led upgrades for the mag charger light

Too bad you can't run a M Maglight on 26650's

Nice

Maglight got left in the dust. They better get their act together or they won’t sell any flashlights.Plus last time I checked the led upgrade in a canister per say was $20 for one. Heck I can get several flashlights that blow the mag upgrade away. Forget the old style. They are a thing of the past to look back on in 20 years sitting on the old flashlight shelf. They need to come out with a bad ass led head replacement for them that screws right on.

good

What’s the run time on the 28 cell? 🤣

I'm always blown away by how quickly we went from thinking Maglights were the best thing to have to now they're the worst thing in the flashlight market. Streamlights are still crap to me just bc they're dick is in the wind if they think I'm paying that kinda money for just a name. Maglight should've been on their A game when the LED market was still a novel product. Fine example of how big brand names die bc they refuse to get with the times. And here we are almost 20 years into the LED time period and Maglight STILL doesn't offer an awesome 18650 flashlight. They've got to be dying such a slow and agonizing death.

Those add on or up grades are embarrassing. What good are they if the light isn’t bright as the competition. I’ve out the $20 led in & it’s brighter. But like he says 110 lumens is bright compared to a Factory Mag Lite. 110 lumens is a joke people. The GT mini no Micro will blow away a 6D cell 20lb mag light you hit yourself in the head with just shining it around. Mag wouldn’t want to see this video. He won’t shine any other flashlight with the mag lite. Especially no GT Mini. Why don’t mag fix the bulb coverage. The giant black hole no light shines on when you twist the head is creepy. Hell a Grizzly could run through it & you’d never see him coming. “Come On Mag Lite” Step up.

500 lumens and below is nothing

Not going to lie kinda creeped out

Lmao maglite staff lol

Excelente para matar zombis!

About as useful as a spoiler on a rowboat. Maglite just needs to realize they died at least five years ago and just lay down. Every one of their products, even modified, can be exceeded by a multitude of EDC lights that fit in a pocket. They only accell at one thing: being a club. Their light output, then, becomes irrelevant.