<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: [CAUT] flashlight</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> I&#82= 17;ll ditto David on the Streamlight Stylus Reach. Great product. Gets in ju= st about anywhere, right where you want it, and is reliable and bright.     Jurgen at Pianoforte Supply has a cheap LED headlig= ht with strap, which has a nice additional feature: magnet on back, so you c= an stick it on the capo at an appropriate angle. At $10 I like to have a cou= ple around, and live with the problem that the switch is rather flimsy (want= s to turn on or off by itself, so I keep a piece of tape on it to keep it of= f unless using it). Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico On 10/3/05 10:20 PM, "David Skolnik" <davidskolnik@optonline.n= et> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>Jim, David, all - Ditto as to the problem.  My current repertoire consists of: Converted Maglight (as per Jim's comment below) - I've found it to b= e pretty reliable, considerably brighter than the unmodified unit, though I'= m still somewhat irritated by the pattern created by the reflector.  <B= R> Streamlight <a href="http://www.streamlight.com/">http://www.streaml= ight.com/</a>    their Stylus Reach model <a href="http://www= .streamlight.com/reach18.htm">http://www.streamlight.com/reach18.htm</a> &nb= sp;which is a flexible shaft unit.  I've had bad luck with ALL the prev= ious ones. Petzl Zipka   <a href="http://www.petzl.com/petzl/Accueil"= >http://www.petzl.com/petzl/Accueil</a>   This link is their main = page.  The link to the specific page is too long,  This item is an= LED head lamp, one of a number they have.   Another company I want to look at is Surefire  <a href="http://www.sur= efire.com/maxexp/main/co_disp/displ/pgrfnbr/16/sesent/00">http://www.surefir= e.com/maxexp/main/co_disp/displ/pgrfnbr/16/sesent/00</a>  <a href="http://www.surefire.com/maxexp/main/co_disp/displ/pgrfnbr/16= /sesent/00"><http://www.surefire.com/maxexp/main/co_disp/displ/pgrfnbr/16= /sesent/00></a> I'm still not satisfied with my need for strong general a= rea lighting, such as for underlever work or stringing in less than optimal = ambient lighting, like for installing a new coil on an already installed pin= , and finding the pin hole, for example.   David Skolnik At 10:34 PM 10/3/2005 -0400, you wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>Oh, my newest experiment is two days old, so I don't = have a firm opinion. It's an LED 'upgrade' kit from NiteIze that retros the = ubiquitous AA Maglite into an clustered LED. Details found at <</F= ONT> <a href="http://tiny= url.com/73zuk">http://tinyurl.com/73zuk</a> >. These AA Mags were the only= game in town for a long time, and since I have about six of them, I thought= I'd try the retro on one of them. Regards, Jim Harvey </BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>