Maglite D-Cell LED conversion

I've had two Maglite D-Cell flashlight since the 90s...

They'd been relegated to to basement duty as all the new LEDs kicked their butts...

But I've never quite been ready to toss them, just because I like them.

A couple weeks ago, I got a bug up my butt to see if could find an LED bulb swap for them.  Last time I'd looked they were either too expensive...or they just sucked.

Initial looks where they replaced only the single bulb with a single LED...still sucked.  

I stumbled on this:

My old 4D Maglite with the 36 LED, 1100 lumen converter in it.

On a couple of flashlight forums (yeah...who knew?)...with positive reviews.  You lose the ability to focus the beam, but at 1100 lumens, who cares?

So for $26 delivered...I ordered two.

They arrived Tuesday, and popped them in quick, waited for dark (fricking late here, this time of year) and tried them.

They light up my whole front yard, or the whole back yard*...so I was right in thinking that the ability to focus the beam was unimportant.

If I had more old Maglites, I'd buy more.  Screw crenelated bezels, you can crush skulls with these things. 

*My yard is 200 ft x 300 ft.