Dec 05 2007
Maglite on steroids
While looking for ways to upgrade my Maglite I came across the Borealis 1050. It still has the (outside) body of a maglite but inside it’s a heavily tuned lighting machine.
Unlike other rechargeable police flashlights, the Borealis works on a 12-volt system of high current NiMH batteries, which are needed to handle the almost three and a half amps demanded from the bulb. To cope with the increased heat, the switch has been highly modified and has an aluminum bay with a ceramic bi-pin bulb holder. The special high-walled parabolic aluminum reflector and the Pyrex lens finish the high-temperature system. (I think this is point where Tim “the tooltime” Taylor would do his ‘Hauwrrr, hauwrrr, hauwrrr..!’)
Price: $260 (for the topmodel) buy here
Alternitive: Magcharger + Welch Allyn 1160