CAIG PRODUCTS REVIEW R5 POWER BOOSTER
BY JIM BAUDO
OVER THE YEARS I HAVE HEARD LOTS OF CLAIMS ABOUT WHAT A PRODUCT WILL DO. I WAS CHALLENGED BY THE CAIG LABORATORIES SALES DIVISION TO TAKE THE CAIG CHALLENGE. HERE IS THE RESULT OF THE CAIG CHALLENGE

I TOOK A 14 YEAR OLD AA MAGLITE THAT JUST DID NOT PERFORM LIKE IT DID WHEN IT WAS NEW. I HAVE ALWAYS USED IT WITH NI CAD BATTERIES THE CURRENT BATTERIES ARE 3 YEARS OLD AND HAVE BEEN CHARGED MANY TIMES. I CHARGED THE BATTERIES OVERNIGHT. AND INSTALLED THEM IN THE MAGLITE. SEE PICTURE AT THE LEFT.

HERE IS THE MAGLITE DISASSEMBLED.

WITH THE BULB REMOVED FROM ITS SOCKET, I TOOK COTTON SWAB AND  SPRAYED R5 POWER BOOSTER ON IT, AND I SPARINGLY APPLIED IT TO THE WIRE CONTACTS ON THE BULB, THEN SHOT A SMALL BLAST INTO THE TOP END OF THE MAGLITE CONTACT SWITCH AREA, AND SPRAYED THE  TAIL CAP ASSEMBLY AND COMPRESSION SPRING THAT SUPPORTS THE BATTERIES. I USED THE R5 COTTON SWAB TO CLEAN EACH END OF THE BATTERIES. I LET IT SET 30 MINUTES BEFORE I PUT IT BACK TOGETHER.

HERE IS THE MAGLITE REASSEMBLED.

I COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW BRIGHT THE LIGHT WAS. 

I BELIEVE EVEN BRIGHTER THAN WHEN IT WAS BRAND NEW!

CONCLUSION!  R5 POWER BOOSTER IMPROVED CONDUCTIVITY BY REMOVING THE TARNISH AND OXIDATION BUILT UP BETWEEN THE BATTERIES, SWITCH AND BULB, TO ALLOW OPTIMUM CURRENT FLOW TO THE BULB, THUS DELIVERING MORE LIGHT OUTPUT. IN MY OWN WORDS I WOULD COMPARE THE LIGHT OUTPUT TO BRIGHTER THAN NEW. 

YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT AS SOON AS A PRODUCT IS MANUFACTURED THE CONTACTS BEGIN TO TARNISH. I RECOMMEND USING R5 POWER BOOSTER ON NEW EQUIPMENT AND USING IT AGAIN AS SOON AS YOU NOTICE ANY DEGRADATION IN LIGHT QUALITY.

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BELOW IS A FLASHLIGHT THAT IS SUBMERSIBLE AND HAS A SPECIAL VERY BRIGHT BULB THAT WAS ALWAYS JUST A YELLOW GLOW OF LIGHT. THE BATTERIES I FOUND ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE I DID THIS TEST.  THE BATTERIES HAD BEEN MISPLACED SINCE 1985 AND WERE NEW C CELL NI CADS.  I TRIED TO CHARGE THE 12 OF THEM BUT ONLY 3 OF THEM WOULD CHARGE UP AND THEY WOULD DIE AFTER ABOUT FIVE MINUTES OF USE. I TREATED THE BOTH ENDS OF EACH BATTERY WITH THE R5 POWER BOOSTER  AND RECHARGED THEM. THEY ALL CHARGED UP FINE, AND WHEN INSTALLED IN THE FLASHLIGHT THAT I TREATED AS I DID THE MAGLITE ABOVE, IT ALSO NOW GIVES OFF A BRILLIANT WHITE LIGHT. 

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ON MARCH 3RD 2002 I ATTENDED A HAMFEAST ATTENDED BY ABOUT 300 ELECTRONIC NUT'S AND 1 OF THE VENDORS WAS SELLING A CAIG COMPANION PRODUCT TO THE R5 CALLED DeoxIT. SOME OF THE USES OF THE PRODUCT WERE DISCUSSED AND I WILL DO ADDITIONAL REVIEW OF DeoxIT AND OTHER CAIG PRODUCTS AS TIME PERMITS.

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