Customer Reviews

MAGLITE LMSA201 Replacement Lamp for 2-D Cell Flashlight

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Have an old two-D-cell flashlight that's got to top 30 years old. When the lamp recently went, I decided to replace the PR6 bulb with a Maglight lamp. What a difference! The yellowish beam is now a brilliant white that illuminates even in a well-lighted room. You don't need to have a Maglight unit (though I've got several) to take advantage of this lamp. Note: Where other Maglight bulbs ship two to a blister pack, the two-cell LMSA201 ships one bulb per blister pack.

I bought my 6-D cell magLite in 1984 and stocked up on the Xenon bulbs at the time.

Somewhere around 1994 the last one burned out.

I couldn't find them anywhere and my requests to Mag Instrument Co. for more only yielded lists of local dealers that did not stock them.

The Xenon bulbs for the 2-D cell magLite are easy to find and are brighter than the common Krypton bulb is in the 6 cell light, so my 6-D remained in a drawer for fifteen years until I found these replacements on Amazon.

These are the ONLY bulbs to use in the 6D cell magLite and they're really hard to find, so STOCK UP!

I used to use Halogen bulbs in my Mag-Lite flashlights until Mag-Lite came out with their new Krypton bulbs. But these Xenon bulbs are even brighter than the improved Krypton bulbs. I recommend them for anyone who has a Mag-Lite or similar style of flashlight. Good job, Mag-lite.

I paid a premium price for 2 of these Maglite 6-D Cell MagnumStar bulbs and I'm severely disappointed. Looks as though Maglite has succumbed to the temptation to build cheaper to reap higher profits while performance severely suffers.

I've come to expect MagnumStar bulbs from Maglite to have a snub nosed front end shape comprised of a specially ground glass lens providing a sharp focus of the light beam. That's the characteristic that prompts me search for these special bulbs.

The two MagliteMagnum Star LMSA601 bulbs I've received today have just a plain glass teardrop shaped bulb so these bulbs offer no focusing improvements over regular bulbs. These bulbs are, of course, for my 6-D cell Maglite flashlight. I lug that heavy flashlight around because I want to be able to pierce the darkness to see at great distances. Sharpening the beam focus is extremely important for that task. A tighter beam illuminates a specific subject or region with more light at great distances. In the past a MagnumStar bulb's extra focusing ability helped provide a tighter beam. MagnumStar bulbs no longer provide that extra focus since they are now just plain glass.

Magnum Star bulbs are also supposed to be Xenon instead of Krpyton. These bulbs are marked "6 Cell XE" which I presume means "Xenon" but you surely couldn't tell that from the performance. Usually, I can swap out Krypton with Xenon and tell the difference. These MagnumStar's received today don't seem to provide any brighter light nor are they any whiter than plain Maglite Krypton bulbs.

I won't waste time searching for Maglite MagnumStar (Xenon) bulbs any more until I see someone post that Maglite has reverted to the former design. There's just no longer any performance enhancement offered by a MagnumStar bulb as far as I can tell.

I just want to warn you that the MagnumStar bulbs you've come to depend upon no longer exist. The price is the same. The package is the same. But, the product in the package has been swapped to something of inferior design.

I know that I am going to search for some other brand of bulb. Somewhere, I hope to find something with a focused glass lens and a high performance filament/gas design. That's not Maglite MagnumStar any more, though. Sad but true.

This bulb is a very bright intense replacement great distance even in dusk lighting and easily replaceable...only issue I found is its a bit touchy with a Foucaul point as in in the center of the beam it has a dark spot it takes fine tuning to nearly eliminate the dark spot but when you do it is definitely worth the time for it....great buy

The Maglite LMSA201 bulb was purchased for a 2D Maglite flashlight, is much brighter and whiter then the original Maglite bulbs.It also costs twice as much.Hopefully the promise of longer bulb and battery life is also true.Only 4 stars until bulb and battery life are tested.

The maglite replacement lamp was just what I needed. WE use the maglite at church when we go around after evening services the make sure the doors are secure. It's much saffer when you have a light in this day and time. Thanks so much for your product.We found that replacement lamps bought at other stores didn't last very long maybe twice turning the light on the lamp bought else where went out. Thanks again................

I have a great MagLite flashlight. The thing is indestructible -- Truly a flashlight that will last a life time. So, when it was time to get a new bulb, I decided to try out the MAGLITE LMSA201 replacement.

It is a bit brighter, and the light is a bit whiter than the halogen bulb it replaced. The improvement is marginal over halogen. The improvement isn't exactly making me do backflips of joy, but it does the job when I have to walk the dog at night.

If not carefully read, the information page for this bulb implies that this bulb is only for Maglite flashlights. It will work in any flashlight that uses a standard PR-2 bulb. Be sure to select the appropriate "flavor" of flashlight from the drop-down list. The light from this bulb is bright white, much better than a standard bulb. I live in a rural area with frequent power outages, from snow storms in winter and lightning storms in summer, and keep flashlights in nearly every room.

I bought one of these to try out in one of my 6 cell maglites. This lamp is significantly brighter than the stock lamp. It's a whiter light too. The stock lamps have a yellowish tint to them. I'll definitely buy these lamps for all of my maglites.