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Heavy-Duty "Flashlight" Made With A Car Headlight
"We were tired of wimpy flashlights that would break, wear out and just didn't produce as much light as we needed," says Robert Dulin, Kingsbury, Texas, who decided to create his own heavy-duty "flashlight" that uses a car headlight as a bulb.
"They're selling like crazy to friends and neighbors in our local a
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Heavy-Duty "Flashlight" Made With A Car Headlight FARM HOME Cars 23-5-25 "We were tired of wimpy flashlights that would break, wear out and just didn't produce as much light as we needed," says Robert Dulin, Kingsbury, Texas, who decided to create his own heavy-duty "flashlight" that uses a car headlight as a bulb.
"They're selling like crazy to friends and neighbors in our local area. They like the wide panoramic beam which covers more area than any other flashlight on the market. It's really more like a portable spotlight," says Dulin.
"One local vet has done several surgeries out in the field with our light and our local volunteer fire department likes it because it gives them plenty of light when they show up for an emergency after dark at an unfamiliar location. It's a great way to check a herd of cattle on pasture, or to chase down varmints in the woods."
Dulin is a do-it-yourselfer so he decided to manufacture his new light himself. He designed a rubberized plastic case and made his own molds out of aluminum. He pours the plastic himself. The case contains a compact 12-volt battery wired to the headlight. He found an auto headlight fitted with a plastic lens rather than glass, so it's lighter and almost impossible to break. The sealed flashlight is water resistant.
When using the light, you can hit a switch to momentarily switch it onto the high beam, which more than doubles the amount of light. The sealed, rechargeable lead acid battery gives more than an hour and a half of continuous light on low beam.
"It's built heavy to last for years, far surpassing the cheap handheld lights available at discount stores. They only give out 14 to 20 minutes of light and illuminate a much smaller area," notes Dulin.
Sells for $135 plus S&H with a 45-watt low beam and 65-watt high beam. Comes with a wall charger, a car cigarette lighter charger, a shoulder strap, and a wall-mounting bracket. It has a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Robert Dulin, 1720 FM 1104, Kingsbury, Tex. 78638 (ph 830 639-4667; Website: www.hybeam.com; E-mail: rddulin@the-cia.net).
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