Best torch that runs on AA batteries

[dylanwinter]

only use AA batteries on Katie

any suggestions for an LED or Cree Torch from amazon or ebay that runs on AAs

D

 

[noelex]

This is a good quality boat torch that runs on AA. I would think it would be available on amazon and possibly ebay in USA,but maybe not UK.
http://www.flashaholics.co.uk/fenix/fenix-tk41.html

 

[Vara]

Worth checking if this one runs AA.

http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/SID-1...ffers-2491.htm?action=showDetail&id=6200&ar=1

 

[bluerm166]

Suggest you get a Petzl LED head torch if you don't have one.Nothing like it for efficient hands free working plus an IR option to save your night-sight.Runs on AAA for days but fits the same charger as an AA and stows lighter in the pocket than any conventional torch.
(absolutely no shares in Petzl)

 

[cryan]

Energizer from the likes of B&Q or Halfords. I own both head torch and small hand torch varieties and I have never been let down. Stay away from maglights unless you want a throwing implement.

 

[Boathook]

This is a good quality boat torch that runs on AA. I would think it would be available on amazon and possibly ebay in USA,but maybe not UK.
http://www.flashaholics.co.uk/fenix/fenix-tk41.html

I purchased this a while back. Came within a few days of ordering.
http://www.fenixtorch.co.uk/led_torches/fenix-ld22.html

and the TK41 ..
http://www.fenixtorch.co.uk/led_torches/fenix-tk41.html

 

[laika]

Are you gadget man or an honest camera bloke who knows his redheads from his blondes?

Go for the canonical solution: mini maglite and 1" camera tape round the top so you can hold it in your teeth more comfortably. I've also got a petzl headtorch but for some reason the mini maglite in the teeth is always my preferred solution in a crisis.

 

[laika]

How did I manage to post that twice? Ignore me...must be the (sympathetically lit) gin

 

[alahol2]

This looks versatile... http://www.alpkit.com/shop/cart.php?target=product&product_id=17006&category_id=288
Unfortunately they've sold out for the time being. I can recommend their Gamma head torch but that runs on AAAs.

 

[dylanwinter]

okay lads

simmer down

I should have been more specific

no head torches

hate em - make me look like a twaz

no AAA jobs

no £112

under £20 a pop

 

[laika]

OK a quid over and you have to supply the tape:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mini-Maglite-incl-batteries-holster/dp/B000HFBR1O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1380657533&sr=8-1&keywords=mini+maglite+led

 

[dylanwinter]

OK a quid over and you have to supply the tape:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mini-Maglite-incl-batteries-holster/dp/B000HFBR1O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1380657533&sr=8-1&keywords=mini+maglite+led

you are quite correct

i should just bite the bullet and buy maglites

they are heavy in and on the pocket though

D

 

[Searush]

Don't tell me you've already given up on the fabulous Tilley light?

 

[Searush]

(snip)no head torches

hate em - make me look like a twaz

(snip)

But who can see you in the dark? & why do you give a poop what others think? Bloody Southern nancy boy! Stand up for yourself & stuff the gongoozelers.

 

[dylanwinter]

But who can see you in the dark? & why do you give a poop what others think? Bloody Southern nancy boy! Stand up for yourself & stuff the gongoozelers.

boat in Scotland

I am now a Scottish winter sailor

stick that in your pipe rich southerner with your big full standing headroom luxury liner

as for the tilly Lamp

well I ran it for a few hours tonight in the garden

I will have to raise my game if I am to keep the paraffinn away from the cameras

it is very spready stuff

 

[abraxus]

How about this one:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CREE-Q5-3...ing_LightsLanternsTorches&hash=item46131769ca

I have 2 or 3. They're quite small, cheap, brighter than my maglite and take 1 AA battery.

 

[Applescruffs]

Annuvver soddin torch ??

Whatever do you do with them all?.......

rhetorical !

 

[dylanwinter]

Annuvver soddin torch ??

Whatever do you do with them all?.......

rhetorical !

I contrive to create increasingly cunning ways of dropping them in the drink when moving stuff from car to boat and the other way around

 

[Applescruffs]

Problem solved...

Apparently....if you wrap everything in unburnt tilly lamp gas mantles they will glow in the dark....apparently...

 

[30boat]

I got this on Decathlon and am going back for more.It has a two position switch and is rather powerful.Strangely they're cheaper here that in the UK

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/onbright-300-torch-id_8091797.html