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4 c cell maglite 3 18650 batterys and a wa 1180 bulb = one heck of a good fire starter. Also about three times brighter than most high beams on cars. Makes a million candle power spotlight look dim. And with modern battery tech it runs almost an hour on a charge. You can make 1 for about $90. for coyote hunting at night these are great.

Agee on the Maglite LED's. They too emit a white light. Do not fall for the clone LED bulbs as they are totally worthless. Use only those with the actual Maglite name/logo.

I purchased three of these MAGLITE 2-D cell LED flashlights last fall and have been impressed with them.

They are much brighter than the conventional bulb version they replace, yet you can get about 30 hours of usable light from a set of batteries. The advantage of D cells is that they have about 7 times the energy of AA cells, yet cost little more. I also have many smaller LED flashlights that run on just a single AA cell and these are great when you don't want the size and weight of a D cell flashlight.

Why not buy them? I've found that a $100 flashlight works just as well as the $3.00 you can buy at Home Depot.