Maglite (also known as MAGLITE, MAG-LITE) is a brand of tactical flashlights created by Mag Instrument, Inc. of Ontario, California (founded by Anthony Maglica), and was first introduced in 1979. The Maglite was an improvement over the Kel-Lite, after which the Maglite was patterned, featuring a variable-focus beam and a waterproof pushbutton switch.
Constructed principally of anodized 6061 aluminum, an aluminum alloy sometimes referred to as aircraft aluminum, the flashlights are renowned for their durability and continuence of manufacturing exclusively in the USA. The durability trait has long been a major selling point of Maglite advertising. One Maglite commercial features a tractor-trailer truck driving over a black D-cell Maglite, followed by the driver stepping out and discovering the Maglite still functioning.
Today, the Maglite family of flashlights has a large set of accessories, ranging from belt holsters, vehicle clamps, and auxiliary colored and glass lenses, to attachable fiber optics extensions and a bewildering array of higher-powered incandescent bulbs and LED modules. The accessories are developed and marketed both by Mag Instrument, Inc. and by numerous third-party vendors.
Many police officers carry Maglites, as they are durable, focusable, and generally produce better output than inexpensive mass market flashlights. However in recent years police departments have been adopting more expensive, higher performance "tactical" flashlights from companies such as Surefire and Streamlight.
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