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posted January 07, 2024 05:12 PM
Got a spare body and tail cap so thinking about getting a head to put on the Banshee.

I don’t want IR on the gun so this will be JUST white light.





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posted January 07, 2024 05:14 PMHide Post
Yes.


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posted January 07, 2024 05:22 PMHide Post
Absolutely.
 
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posted January 07, 2024 05:26 PMHide Post
I think so. I especially love the maglite heads that turn a great nightstick into an equally good flashlight. It’s weird. The heads are so efficient that it is brighter AND the batteries last longer. It’s the proverbial free lunch.

I have also swapped out Surefire heads. Same basic story. Buy with confidence.
 
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posted January 07, 2024 05:34 PMHide Post
Absolutely. I added one to an old Surefire E1B with a long throw and it was worth making this flashlight useful again.
 
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posted January 07, 2024 06:26 PMHide Post
A Malkoff light has been my daily carry for years. I am very satisfied with it and would not hesitate to purchase another.


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posted January 07, 2024 06:38 PMHide Post
OMG, yes, they are worth every penny. And their customer service is top notch!


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posted January 07, 2024 06:50 PMHide Post
Have no worries. Excellent products.
 
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posted January 07, 2024 06:55 PMHide Post
Only if you like bombproof, made in America products, which do exactly what they claim, from a company with superb customer service.
 
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posted January 07, 2024 07:43 PMHide Post
I retrofitted a Surefire P6 to make it useful again. Could have played roulette with different Chinese bulbs but did a little research and figured I'd save myself the aggravation and spend a little bit more for a guaranteed win. Vey happy with the result. The handwritten thank you on the receipt was a nice touch.
 
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posted January 07, 2024 07:44 PMHide Post
Yes



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posted January 07, 2024 07:46 PMHide Post
Definitely. Stand-up company who offers great options to breathe new life back into old (or spare) flashlight bodies and make them useful again.
 
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posted January 07, 2024 08:20 PMHide Post
I think they are, I put one on a old Surefire M3 Combat Light that just ate batteries. More light, less batteries. What's not to like.


 
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posted January 07, 2024 08:37 PMHide Post
Yes. Great company and very well made products.
 
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posted January 07, 2024 11:16 PMHide Post
Yes. I have a spreadsheet for my Malkoff heads, bodies and drop-ins. I have tried more expensive and more “modern” UI stuff and kept going back to Malkoff. I have Surefire body legos as well as malkoff body legoes. I can go from a run for days single cell emergency light to hundreds of yards away for hours. Usually carry some assembled parts and drop-ins from group buys as my “CCW only use for emergency” light and rotate some of the cheap aaa and aa or 123 twisty lights as a user for navigation and dropped items finding. Smile

Love Malkoff.


ETA- but all my grab and go and around the house (rural acreage) lights are malkoff….


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posted January 08, 2024 04:14 AMHide Post
quote:
Originally posted by berto:
I retrofitted a Surefire P6 to make it useful again.


I did the same as berto. I’ve been very pleased with the purchase.

I wanted a dual AA battery flashlight as my daily “go to” non-tactical flashlight and bought from Malkoff. I’ve been very pleased with that purchase as well.
 
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posted January 08, 2024 08:32 AMHide Post
I have an e2 and a e2d that could use these but I have a hard time paying a hundred bucks for 450 lumens. when I can get this for the same price.

https://fenix-store.com/produc...eEAQYASABEgJjQPD_BwE
 
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Yeah, buy Chinese, sure. Fuck America.

And that wasn't the question in the first place.
 
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posted January 08, 2024 09:59 AMHide Post
I had no idea they even existed until I was ROing a match in their home town. I won one as a door prize. Someone ask what I won and I said a "cheap Chinese flashlight". The guy said why don't you ask the guy sitting next to you, he built that flashlight. Embarassment and enlightenment followed.

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