MAGLITE SP2301H 3-AA Cell Mini LED Flashlight with Holster, Black
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of MAGLITE SP2301H 3-AA Cell Mini LED Flashlight with Holster, Black
Customer Review: Lame attempt Maglite!
Summary: 2 Stars
Bought two of these for a peremium at Wally World $27 each. Junk, pretty much. Returned both of them. Not even half as bright as my 3D Mag with Mag uprgade. Quite purple as well. Very surprised at how lame this thing was.
I have a Coleman 3xAAA LED standard light for $19 from Wally World. The Coleman blows this thing away for less. Double the brightness, and a nice white light. Maglite had better keep improving their LED flashlights, especially these AA models, or they are fixing to loose some serious market share to the likes of "Coleman" or Garrity. Garrity is making some nice, bright, LED lights, and they are low on price as well.
This Mag is awfully long and thin, and the output sucks! I got a new 2D and older 3D Maglight for home, both with the upgrade mods. I think the modules seem superior to whatever they're putting in their complete LED models. Don't know? Maybe, they are still improving, hopefully so.
Anyhow, I have two LED upgraded Mags at home because they do O.K. on output compared to other Luxeon types, but the biggest reason is that I want the big D-cell capacity in my home lights. I want 30+ hours of operation if the power goes out for days. I don't want a AAA light in an emergency situation. A Mag type light with the bigger batteries just feels more substantial, and portability in the home is not as big of a deal as reliability, long shelf life, and massive battery life. For more mobile applications, I do go with the smaller, high intensity LED lights.
Mag definately still has a secure place, especially for a house light, but for portable LED lights, I think they're really lacking.
Customer Review: New Maglite Mini Mag LED's are Better than the Old Incandecents
Summary: 5 Stars
In the past I have owned incandecent Mini Mags, and I eventually upgraded them to various brands of LED upgrades. But if I was looking for a new Maglite Mini Mag now, the cost would prohibit me from upgrading an old Mini mag and I would just go ahead and get one of the Newer Mini Mag LED's (2AA or 3AA). I got the 3AA because the rewiews I read said it was brighter, and the batteries would last longer, due to the third AA Battery, and it was actually about $.70 cheaper than the 2AA model. I got mine for $19.31, with FREE shipping. The slightly longer body length(8.5" vs 6") is of no real concern to me. My main purpose was to get one of the LED Mini Mags to keep in the car for emergencies. After my AA alkaline batteries run out, I will replace with AA lithium batteries, because they have 4 to 8 times the life of alkaline batteries, and will most likely still work when an emergency does happen. I tested the 3AA Mini Mag outdoors at night, and I am very satisfied with the amount of light and throw it has for such a small flashlight. I think that the flood to spot feature works better on the New LED Mini Mags than it did on the old incandecent models. Overall I am very happy with the 3AA Mini Mag LED. I would recommend it to anyone wanting a smaller LED light, putting out plenty of light, and running on common and widely available AA batteries, all in an affordable package.Customer Review: Poor ergonomics & unreliable
Summary: 2 Stars
It is impossible to operate with one hand. To turn it on you have to unscrew the head several turns using TWO HANDS so that it feels like it will fall off. If you are wearing winter snow gloves - you can't turn it on at all because you can't get enough of a grip on it. This is the same old stupid design - it's better to have a button switch in the back end, which many flashlights do. The unit I got won't work at all with rechargable batteries. As you unsscrew the front to turn it on you thing the thing will come apart and you never know when it will turn on. Since it is perfectly round it will not stay put if you lay it down on a non-level surface and it won't balance on it's end. In other words, you always have to hold it to use it. The size is good, esp considering the brightness, which is very good. I have one Brinkmann light (D cell) that is much brighter and an Element K2 that is brighter still (but has a shoddy internal battery holder that broke after a few weeks). Remains to be seen how long the batteries will last with this unit. The very bright LED's can use quite a bit of juice. Would be much better if it had a rear button switch.Customer Review: It's a magllite, not a cheap LED light.
Summary: 4 Stars
rating: 4 stars as a general use flashlight, 5 stars as an LED flashlight. It's way better than the average imported LED flashlight.
This maglite, with 3AA batteries and a 3W LED bulb, is about as bright as my old 4-cell maglite with the white-star krypton bulb. It should last longer, and never need a new bulb as long as I own it.
If you've purchased other cheap LED lights and been disappointed that they fail like old-style flashlights (you have to tap/knock them to get them to go on, poorly made switches, poorly made contact points, etc)... this is NOT like those. It's a maglite. It works.
It does no focus quite as well as filament bulb maglites, but it does focus.
Color: blue-white, more blue than white-star bulbs. The light doesn't seem as "thin" or blue as many blue-white LED flashlights.
Battery Longevity: 3W bulb, with 1.5V 3amp-hours: should provide about 5 hours+ of continuous light. With 1.2V NiMH 2000mwh: should provide 2+ hours of continuous light.
I've been using mine off and on all summer, haven't needed to replace alkaline AA batteries yet.
Customer Review: Don't waste your money!
Summary: 1 Stars
Most of people are not aware of the fact that this flashlight uses Maglite's 1st generation LED, which is less powerful compared to their 2nd generation LED. If you take a 2AA with a 2nd generation LED and compare the brightness and intensity to this 3AA, you will see that the 2AA will outperform the 3AA. Unfortunately, Maglite do not use their 2nd gen LED on the 3AA flashlights. So, don't fall for it. Also, many people still believe that Maglite is still the leading flashlights manufacturer in the world; however, Maglite is not keeping up with the LED technology like their competitors in terms of design and power. I wrote to them about quality control on LED performances a while back, and this is what I learned. You can buy an LED flashlight from Maglite, and you might end-up with three different quality of LED in term of the color and brightness: bright white, off white and yellowish. I personally bought several of their 3AA LED units and saw the differences in their performances. There are other brands of LED flashlight out there that have better design and performance than Maglite.