Spare mag holder & EDC light on the cheap!

[peejman]

Up until now, I've carried my spare mag in my front pocket. Various threads on the topic made me think a bit about accessibility problems with that, so I started looking for some sort of belt mounted spare mag holder. I wanted something small, that doesn't look like a spare mag holder, and reasonably priced. I also wanted a small EDC flashlight. Here's what I found:

I was in Home Depot buying new supply lines for a new kitchen sink/faucet. This, of course, necessitated my walked up and down every aisle. I found this neat little cell phone pouch with a single AAA flashlight for $6. And the flashlight even has a tailcap swtich like I wanted. So I bought it (black with brown trim, if you must know).

When I got home I discovered that the flashlight is almost completely useless. My cell phone puts out more light than this thing, and it's an old flip phone. But the pouch itself works perfectly. It's got both a slip through belt loop and a clip. The clip is too small to properly engage a 1.5" belt, and I'd rather use the loop anyway, so I'm going to remove it.

A week or so later, I had to stop at wal-mart on my way home from work to get some stuff for my sick 2 yr old. Again, of course, I had to walk over to the sporting goods section to check on the ammo supply. There was more ammo on the shelf than I've seen in years. But I didn't buy any. The next aisle over has flashlights and I found this one for $3.

When I got home I discovered that while it's certainly not a $100 tactical flashlight, it's near perfect for my purposes. Notice I said "near perfect" and the light that came with the pouch was "almost" useless.

The Rayovac light is a twist type, which I'm not fond of. Seems far too easy to accidentally come on and run the battery down. Since both of these were single AAA lights with o-ring sealed and threaded tailcaps, I had an idea. I took the tailcap off the crappy light and lo' and behold, it fit the Rayovac light and the switch works! After removing the key chain doodad, it fits in in the side pocket on the pouch as well. So now I have a spare mag pouch and small flashlight for about $10.

Edited May 26, 2010 by peejman
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[Guest tlondon]

i guess that worked out for you.