UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum - View Single Post - Old torches

greenstar · 23rd Nov 2016, 3:53 pm

I must admit that I started with £ shop torches, and also more expensive 'police' types at £12 a go. Two of the latter were faulty on arrival. I do use £ shop ones. and find they are just as good as more expensive ones - they last a few months and are never reliable, with odd exceptions. I don't want to spend a fortune on torches, and I like old things, so it's very agreeable to me that a rescued and repaired old torch works better lasts longer and is better made in the first place! Say no more as we have had a thread on new torches. I guess this comes back to the debate around how original a restoration should be.

23rd Nov 2016, 3:53 pm	#131
greenstar Octode Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Leicester, Leics. UK. Posts: 1,684	Re: Old torches - anyone here collect them? I must admit that I started with £ shop torches, and also more expensive 'police' types at £12 a go. Two of the latter were faulty on arrival. I do use £ shop ones. and find they are just as good as more expensive ones - they last a few months and are never reliable, with odd exceptions. I don't want to spend a fortune on torches, and I like old things, so it's very agreeable to me that a rescued and repaired old torch works better lasts longer and is better made in the first place! Say no more as we have had a thread on new torches. I guess this comes back to the debate around how original a restoration should be.