DIY Omnivore Flashlights for Storm Prep and Bugging out.
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You got a lot of good ideas in there that did not yet cross my mind. How about a battery operated soldering iron, some wire and duct tape + electrical tape? This would allow you to fix a light source from any battery. Other than that a stockpile of 18650s and a small charger/ battery bank/ solar panel seems most practical to me. Lights who do a 26650 cell / 18650 cell and AA-cells seem to be very versatile as well. Thx for the video!
I can only carry so much stuff in the INCH bag but do have wire and duct tape in the pack. A battery operated soldering iron would be nice for the bug out land but never researched that. Thanks for watching!
You have such a cheery greeting..
I find myself thinking "oh hi Walker. What ARE we doing today?" 😁
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Man this guy was a wealth of knowledge, love your videos Walker.
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I miss him.
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Broke down and bought a malkoff md3 body today. Was looking for a G3 but hard to come by. I have been planning to have a setup like this for years for my GHB. Finally got around to it. Thanks for all the info.
I also have a MD3 with M31W and 2XAA battery sleeve (will work without it) with a modified Hi/lo ring to work with low voltage. I should do another omnivore video on that. If you just ordered the MD3 email Cathy and ask for the 22.3 mm wider bezel opening. It makes for a bit wider beam profile. Thanks for watching!
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Great video thank you for the great tips and advice much appreciated
Thanks for watching.
congratulations walker another excellent video. just like you and many others I also like to be prepared for everything. I have a flashlight that uses the host malkoff md3 and a dropin malkof m31l. this configuration is basically equal to your surefire g3. I am using the traditional 16.5 head of malkoff md host, but could use a vme head as was said by other friends. this setup was set up by your influence! haha I use this flashlight as backup. now I need some adapters to leave the kit worthy of a hiker :)
host md3 + head 16.5 + m31l or host mdc 2aa + vme + m31l
I have been looking for a spare carrier like that but will hold a Malkoff Dropin instead of a p60-p90. Absolutely no luck. With that you would be even more set.
That would be nice. Thanks for watching!
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Good stuff! I'm surprised to see an alkaleak battery in your collection! ;-) I suppose it came with your Olight. Personally I don't use alkaleaks for anything except very cheap remotes and stuff. As they die I replace them with Eneloops. Virtually every light I own has lithiums, from the CR123a to AA and AAA. The 'omnivore' idea is a good one but just playing Devil's Advocate you could carry a lot of batteries in the space occupied by all those spacers and dummy cells. ;-)
Yup. Came with the Olight and was cracked out just for this video. Use a Duraloops normally in my keychain lights however wanted to show an alky would also function. Few things in life are an either/or proposition. The weight and bulk of the spacers and extra body is marginal. They are empty shells after all so beyond UL and some can be filled with batteries themselves. AAAs can go into the AA converter and CR123 can go into the 1XCR123 body etc etc etc as they are really just empty shells. I carry extra batteries in addition to the spacers. The issue being the spacers are not consumable. People use batteries and either through neglect (not replacing) or necessity they run out aka consumable. I have actually used AAs from my flashlight to feed my GPS. Have used batteries from the Camera for the flashlight. During winter change over to CR123 or L91/92 and prefer everyone is feeding from the same plate. If I take a CR123 headlamp I can also take the Malkoff or 4/7 lego because the spacers allow both headlamp and flashlight to play on the same team. Thanks for watching! edit. for example if pack an HL50 (a natural omnivore it's own right) setup for 1XCR123 during winter I can just toss two of the spacers from the adventure bag's kit and run 1x CR123 in Malkoff. Both are now on the same team. I got an entire SF holder full of those in the pack.
Good points! Normally I'm either adventuring solo or with one or two people, and in the latter case I'm usually the only one that ever packs any serious gear. I can absolutely see having an omnivore since resupply can be an issue, but also figure if I can carry a light and any additional gear I might as well have a battery supply as well. When afield I generally have between six and thirty spare CR123a batteries on me and often a few other types as well.
But I did finally order a Malkoff MDC 2 x AA body, another VME head an another M32W. So it appears I'll be building my own "omnivore" although my primary fuel for it will be lithium AA batteries. I suppose I'll need to pick up some dummies and spacers, too. I blame you BTW. ;-)
I didn't know the MDC body was compatible with the M61/31 drop-in. I do remember something about compatibility with SureFire E series for the VME head so I guess the 2XAA or even 1XAA body fits the E series and by extension the M61/31 with VME. I can't deal with PWM so never got malkoff 1 or 2 XAA so that would be a way around that. I say get a 1XAA spacer for that and it will run a loooooooong time with less (often better for inside or around camp) light. Get the AAA to AA converter as well, All of which are dirt cheap and kinda fun to mess around with. Another Omnivore thing is friends who suck batteries away on outings. Lots of Eneloops went off and never returned. Probably tossed out once done. :(
Yeah, the VME head is designed for the M31/M61 head. Lately my EDC light has been an MDC 1 x CR123a body with a VME head & M31W. This is a great setup! About the size of a regular MDC but with the warm yet punchy Warm you get from an M61W albeit a tiny bit less output and run time.
I had that problem My son ditched every recharge battery i had wile i was off grid for a while, Aaaaagh!
he thought they looked like cheap rubbish oops! I guess they do to a point.
Do you have a chart or something that shows all the wattages and voltages that various size batteries come in? I don't think my brain has enough reserve memory to hold all that info. And how does one know whether a flashlight or battery is "protected." Do they look different? I never knew that a battery wasn't just a battery and that just getting the right size might not work. Does someone somewhere teach this stuff? Oh, wait - you do. Thank you!
Yes they're longer and if yea buy a good brand it will honestly state protection however unless you are using lithium ion batteries like 18650 it's not an issue. I don't have a chart but will say 1.2 volts for rechargeable NiMH AA/AAA, 1.5 volts for alkaline batteries (regular copper tops), 4.2 volts for lithium ion 18650 and other sizes actually they're 3.6 nominal volts however come off the charger at 4.2 so count that, 1.7 volts AA/AAA lithium primaries aka energizer ultimate lithium and 3 volts for CR123 aka Surefire batteries. Hope that helps!
Thank you, thank you! I need to put that info on a laminated card to carry in my wallet! For now I just pasted it into a MS Word document and printed it.
Thanks again!
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Thanks for watching!
What eighteen-sixfifty do you prefer?
For protected the Keeppower 18650 3500 mAh high drain. Unprotected Sanyo red 3500 mAh high drain. Thanks for watching.