Nite Ize High Power LED Upgrade - LED Light Bulb for C and D Cell Flashlights - 74 Lumen Replacement Upgrade Bulb for Soft White Light - White

This was a great way to wake up some old flashlights. After using a nice bright AA LED flashlight, there's little desire to lug around a clunky 3-D cell incandescent light. I had a box of nice old D-cell lights gathering dust, and I'm one who hates to throw away good things, so I decided to try these. These cost more than the flashlights did on sale, but at least I didn't have to throw them away. These worked really well in the old stainless Garrity flashlights I had, and made them much brighter more usable than before. These aren't flashlights I use every day, but some that I keep in the garage and other places I need an occasional light.Just be aware that the light shines from these bulbs in a different way than in an incandescent bulb. The little led sits up high in the middle of a small "platform" so therefore, it doesn't shine down around the base as it would in an incandescent bulb. This could make a big dead spot in the middle of the beam, depending on the position of the bulb and shape of the reflector.UPDATE: I wanted to use one of these upgrade LEDs to upgrade a really neat old Bakelite explosion-proof flashlight I obtained. It worked OK, but the LED produced a large dead spot, which I call a "donut" hole. It also produced several very annoying rings. I tried putting pieces of clear tubing around the bulb, but that didn't work. Finally, since the tiny LED is on top of a small platform, I thought about trying to lower the LED bulb in relation to the reflector. What I finally came up with was using a small copper washer that was just small enough to fit into the bulb holder. Of course the hole in the washer was much too small to use, so I had to carefully file out the center of the washer. Yea, this was tedious, but the result of putting a 0.05" washer in-between the bulb and the reflector was amazing. The donut hole and the rings were completely gone and resulting pattern was really nice. It now produces a fairly distinct bright spot that projects really well. There is virtually no "corona" or transition to the flood or "spill-over" light. But the flood light is huge and just bright enough to illuminate a large area around you as you walk. My little Streamlight is still brighter, but it can't come close to lighting up the area this light does. I literally opens up a whole new world as you walk through trees and brush at night. I did try adding another washer, but this did not make it any better.I decided to try this on my inexpensive Garrity lights and had the same success. The Garrity lights have a bigger reflector, so the bright spot as well as the flood light were also bigger. This fix was really simple, I just put an 3/32" thick O-ring in-between the bulb and the reflector and placed another O-ring in-between the screw on head and the flashlight body, so as not to stress the reflector.I know this is a lot of rigmarole to go through for an upgrade, but if you like to tinker you might see if you can do the same thing if you're having the same issues. Hope this helps.

I had an old industrial Bright Star hard yellow and black hard shell flashlight that I liked and didn't want to throw out. It was a 2D flashlight with an incandescent bulb and maybe 10 lumens, I made a mistake by not taking it apart and bought an old Dorcy screw in replacement bulb and upon taking it apart it had the flange style bulb.After a little fiddling ,it fit in without any modification.I am glad I got this 74 lumen instead of the other 55 lumen they make in a similar package.You get spoiled after using high lumen leds. It has a nice throw at close range and good a little further away to suit its worklight purpose. I got some D cell Panasonic Platinum Batteries that are great from Amazon and are long lasting. The light has a flashlight flood with a donur ring small center much like the original bulb but brighter. After all, it's a very good worklight and not a long distance throw. Today you can buy some flashlights for the price of the bulbm but if you have a Maglight or a favoright durable housing light, then it is well worth the cost. Cheaper lights that work i donate to the Salvation Army Store I recommend this to anyone. It is bright enough that you can't stare into the lens when on.

Works get as a led bulb replacement for the incandescent one. If the bulb doesn't work whet you put install it, it doesn't mean the bulb is bad. You have to watch the polarity on the flashlight. The bulb won't work sometimes if you cannot reverse the wiring on your flashlight.

I bought these Nite Ize 74 Lumen LED to replace the incandescent lightbulbs in my original FULTON military angel flashlight.

Easy to install and produces a nice beam.

It's brighter/whiter than the competitors' bulbs, and cost twice as much. It's not a practical upgrade, it's for those who want a toy legacy 4D Maglite with a 75 lumen daylight led. Toys are fine, I bought one of these bulbs, obv. For practical use, for a third of the price you can get a much brighter dual-output magnetic mount flashlight from Harbor. True, you can't hit a grizzly in the head with it, but hopefully that won't come up.

So i got this to "upgrade" my 2D and 3C maglites to LED from Halogens because they just dont compete lumens-wise with all these cheap chinese LED flashlights on the market. Boy was I bummed. These LED replacements were stupid easy to install and last WAY longer than the Halogen bulbs will, but they aren't really any brighter. The light they put off is "Whiter" than the yellowish hue the Halogens have, but I dont see the light being any brighter Lumens wise and I dont see the light being projected any further than the Halogens.So in conclusion, i guess its just time to replace the old Maglites with new LED models =(

What an awesome all American flashlight ! I love the fact that the company is still in business making flashlights and accessories and still producing these particular gi flashlights ! My dad had one back when I was a kid ( im 35 now ) and used it allThe time when we would go camping for years never having an issue with this brand of flashlight ! Updated it with the led kit that also comes with a battery upgrade in order to switch to two AA and it’s worth every penny , much brighter ! Plus it came with the colored lenses in the bottom as well !!