Has anyone seen the new MagLite "Mag-Tac" flashlight?

[mugsy]

Maglite is advertsing a new line of "tactical" flashlights...the Mag-Tac
http://maglite.com/

There are two models - both aluminum bodied, with a textured surface, ~310 Lumens, tailcap swith with multi-modes, and powered by CR123s. There is also an agressive crown option.
Best of all - it is made in the USA.

Now, is it available anywhere or is it vaporware?

 

[XD-9Guy]

I have not, but I'll keep an eye out for it now.

 

[TwoForFlinching]

Good looking light. I like what Pelican has been putting out too. I wonder if there's a xenon/halo hack for these MagLites... LED is to blue for me

 

[Mike_in_Ok]

Saw them in the new NRA catalog. Was wondering myself if they were any good.

 

[piston10]

Amazon has them for $65 and $4 in shipping. I will get one. I have the XL 200 and have been very impressed with it.

 

[gfercaks33]

I have the xl50 and I use it every day at work it does a great job

 

[ez bake]

Good looking light. I like what Pelican has been putting out too. I wonder if there's a xenon/halo hack for these MagLites... LED is to blue for me

You can get LEDs in Warm and Neutral colors as well as the cools (blue). LED is the only way to go with battery life and power-output levels of today's CREE bulbs.

As to the Mag-Tac flashlights, seems like they jumped right into the $75 market with little background in CR123-powered "tactical" high-powered LED flashlights, yet they're charging near Surefire prices. There aren't even very many details about the specs available easily. Seems like you can just find their max run-time, max lumens, etc, but no actual runtime while on max-settings (or what the output is to get that max runtime - I'm assuming it's not high).

They look a lot like the Terralux flashlights that Reyovac sells under their name - I don't know how I feel about them just yet (unfortunately, I just realized that my CandlePowerForums account got suspended due to lack of use since I haven't been on for years, so I'm trying to get that fixed before I can search CPF).

 

[Glock 'em down]

I'm looking at these hard n' heavy.

I just don't like the way the tailcap is setup. I like a simple on and off, single stage light.