A Camping Classic: The Fulton angle head flashlight!
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- Опубликовано: 16 июл 2018
- in this video we check out my new MX-991/U fulton angle head flashlight. And also convert the old style incandescent build to a new LED light, and change out the heavy D cell batteries with light weight AA ones.
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I just got mine from Ebay for 8 dollars. What I did right away was put tape around the batteries to eliminate the rattle. Then I put in the 350 Lumen Maglite led Bulb and It's very bright, I highly recommend it. I will be putting the rechargeable batteries in soon.
I had a Chinese copy for many years. My trick to eliminate the battery rattling is to put both batteries inside a bicycle tire tube. It also offers some protection against battery leaking.
I still have mine from USMC boot camp at San Diego back in 1994. We used the red lens for boot camp fire watch to read our USMC book of knowledge and don't let your DI catch you reading anything else, lol!
@@mlp2147 1st Battalion! Haha I was in Platoon 1010, Bravo Company, Semper Fi :)
are the authentic ones hard plastic or were they metal?
@@TheHouseOfTheDead1Fan in the 1990s we were issued green plastic ones. Not sure about the decades beforehand.
I actually like this kind of flash light, angle head because I can just stick them on my pocket or strap them on my belt, clip them and have my hands free.
just bought whole set! Reminds me of me playing with my father;'s Vietnam ear bayonet and exact right angle flashlight! Cant wait
Switch gaurds means post Vietnam
Correct! Most people don’t know that and have collections with switch guards…
aaawww, poopy!
@@gonecamping3278 actually better in my opinion if your using it a lot becoase the Vietnam era ones are getting collectible now and increasing in value
Look at me I'm all thumbs today..lol
great video thanks for sharing
I feel like the clear diffuser makes it bit more floodlighty than spotlighty
Green is for signaling, red is for blood and bodily fluids, red is to save night vision, yellow is also for signaling
Blue is great for seeing through/cutting through fog.
Amber or Yellow is for cutting through fog. Blue is for reading Maps and Blood trails. Red is for maintaining Night Vision.
As for Signalling, I think all colors are used depending, but I think Red is usually the main one because it's less noticeable unless pointed directly at someone.
I had one of those flashlights when I was a kid I lost it outside one night it was in the middle of a deep hole next to where we lived this kind of a deep breath that every single time it rained it would fill up completely about maybe 2 ft well somehow I managed to drop it right in that area are rain for an entire day and a half I found it two and a half days later at the very bottom of the puddle covered in mud and water when I picked it up I was for sure that it was going to be ruined and I was never going to be able to use it again but it turned out that it was dry as could be and working perfectly I accidentally ended up flashing myself in the eye. One of the best flashlights for my childhood totally OP for it's time
Entertaining and informative!
if you are changing out D's for AA why not buy the AA version of the MX-991 it's smaller and lighter. I swapped incandescent for a 30 Lumen LED bulb (brighter than the incandescent) but before changing out the 5 year old alkaline D cells I left it on to see how long it would stay lit.....6 days- 10 hrs continuously!!!
i don't want the smaller one, i want the one i grew up using.
You can also clip it on you web gear.
You have a lot of your camera settings on AUTO (auto ISO, auto WB), which makes it impossible to tell about the bulb difference because it isn't exposing for the same conditions every time.
Keep in mind, some LEDs actually don't work for Blood Tracking when used with the Blue Filter. Reason being is the original Incandescent Bulbs emit more Red Light (and Infrared) than most LEDs. This Red light still goes through the blue filter and acts similar to UV light and excites the Blood.
So ideally you would want a Warmer White LED for blood tracking or simply just have both LED and Incandescent on hand.
Check out the Streamlight Sidewinder. It's like a new revised version of this; very amazing light! This is a classic although very large and very heavy compared to it's newer counterpart.
I run 6 14500 lithium ion cells for 8.4v to the led. Much better. Now have 220 lumens and the long shelf life lithium and no leaking alkaline. Win win win!
What adapter did you use for the D to 14500 conversion.
@@chrisyu982x 3 parallel adapters for longer runtime.
You could also put in a 7.2 6 cell Incan bulb in case the LED fails. But be careful as the reflector may melt
There's an L in the name. FuLton. Not futon. 👍
i know, i keep getting the name wrong.
I was issued one in the Army. Always can't go wrong with it, unless the batteries die.
Blue is used for blood trails
Blue is also used to cut through heavy fog clouds as well.
@@brianhoward7277 No, Yellow or Amber is used to cut through fog.
You like to drop things around you 😁😁😁😁
Fulton makes one with a led from factory....in case you don't want to shop around for a led bulb....I think it's 50 lumen....good improvement over the original.
put a battery, drop the lamp, change the lens... drop the lamp... luckly it`s military tech!
yellow is for fog.
The white disk is used to turn the flashlight into a blackout marker light.
a what??
Also to read maps with red printing, which would disappear under red light.
It's like a nightlight.
I have one I when I was 7. I' 23 now I lost it the woods. I bought a used at a a army surplus in Salem Oregon
I replaced the bulb for mine with a led and it worked to
I know it's a bit late, but could you please link to that video you mentioned with the Army Ranger?
I had one of those but I lost it one night in the woods, I wish I had of had a torch to find it :/
I bought a knockoff one for $12 on ebay and the switch was messed up, ended up dropping it and it stopped working. If i buy a genuine anglehead will it be reliable, or should I look elsewhere?
the first one i got, the switch was very stiff and hard to push up and down, so my father suggested brake lube and then it just wouldn't work right. so i bought a second one, and just spent some time working the switch till it wore in alittle bit. (plus it wasn't as stiff to begin with) that's the only problem i ever had. i still use mine up to this day with no problems. so the originals seem to be overall the way to go.
If you want, you can sand the diffuser to make the light more floody.
What is the name for the conversion kit
Its blue with the icodecent bulb
Hello there, what voltage should I pick for my MX-991/U? Thank you
Late reply but it is 3 volts
How far will it light up?
Nathan Drake...
How bright is that bulb, lumens wise?
the LED one? somewhere around 60-70 ish. it's not super bright like all the other flash lights u see around, but i like it cause it won't flash blind u and tell aliens on their homeworld where we earth is too.
What are the color for like yellow blue green all of them. all my dad used was red in the navy
Signaling. Like complex signalling
Which way is the diffuser lense supposed to face when attached, textured side facing in or out?
oh crap, i don't know! maybe textured side out? :P
It wouldn't make any difference.
@@gonecamping3278 just out of curiosity, I know that there is a white lens filter and clear filter, what exactly would those do?
They are for Morse code dude.
Is this the flashlight in friday the 13th game
uuuhhhhh.... let me check...
ok, that one looks like a very early prototype or version of the flashlight. deffiently fictional in design, probably for patent copy wright issues so it's gonna look different so no body sues anybody :P
Hehehe
Last of us
i picked up one for $1 at a garage sale
... but it will NEVER be really yours, will it? ) : {
Got mine at a surplus store for 6 bucks.