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Maglite Engraved With “National Girls’ Night” Can Help You Enjoy This Special Night

September 22 is “National Girls’ Night” in America. It’s a night when a girl doesn’t

K3A Maglite Engraved
 

have to worry about making a good impression on her boyfriend. She can wear whatever she wants, and act any way that she wants. Of course, it’s more fun to get together with your friends and act crazy together.

If you go out at night, always take a flashlight. A Maglite Engraved with “National

Maglite Engraved
Maglite Engraved

Girls’ Night” or any other phrase or logo, will help keep you safe when you are out at night. A flashlight is an obvious sign that you are ready to defend yourself from the bad intentions of someone else. A lit flashlight can be intimidating to some bad guys. They might wonder what else you have up your sleeve. You might not even have to shine it in their eyes.

 

Tally Books Make Good Gifts on National Tradesmen Day

The 3rd Friday in September is National Tradesmen Day in the United States.

The Necessary Pipe Tally Books
The Rugged Pipe Tally Books

Tally Books make good gifts on this day, to all tradesmen. These books were originally designed for those in the pipe industry. But they can be used as weatherproof record-keepers for all these trades:

Carpenters

Plumbers

Painters

Oilfield Workers Use Tally Books
Oilfield Workers Use Tally Books

Line Workers (Electric power lines)

Oilfield Workers

HVAC contractors

Highway Contractors

Wind Power Workers

Iron Workers

The company’s full color logo can be printed on the front and back of the cover. And, there can be vinyl sleeves inside, for the carrier to use for important papers and business cards. A new option is the “stone pad”, which looks like paper, only it won’t tear, and won’t fail when soaked in water. Tally books aren’t just small notebooks. They are rugged field books that fit in your pocket.

Put Your Engraved Flashlights to Work Today on “GET TO KNOW YOUR CUSTOMERS DAY”

Do you remember those Engraved flashlights that were left over from Christmas? Today is the perfect day to help you to “get to know your customers”. Today, give one to every customer that comes into your store, and start a conversation with them. It will pay off. (But you already know that.)

Put Your Engraved Flashlights to Work Today
Happy Customers

 

 

 

 

Pipe Diameter Tape Measure Comparison of Brands

The 2 popular brands of Pipe Diameter Tape Measures are:

Lufkin w906pd

W906PD Pipe Diameter Tape Measure
W906PD Lufkin Diameter Tape, Inches

 

 

 

Pipe Diameter Tape Measure Pi-Cobra
Pi-Cobra Diameter Tape Measure

Pi-Cobra T-217-6654

The similarities are:

  • Strong metal case
  • Pocket sized
  • Diameter in 100ths of an inch on one side, and linear inches on the other side
  • About the same price
  • Yellow metal tape insert
  • Your imprint can be in full color (cmyk)

The differences are:

  • Maximum diameter of the Lufkin in 23 inches. Maximum diameter of the Pi-Cobra is 38″.
  • Lufkin is made in Mexico and China. Pi-Cobra is made in China.
  • Luflin can be imprinted on the front only. The back is polished chrome. Pi-Cobra can be imprinted on both the front and back.

 

Lufkin Pipe Diameter Tape Measure
Lufkin Pipe Diameter Tape Measure

Who Needs Promotional Maglites?

If you have customers or employees, you need Promotional Maglites.

Promotional Maglitess® Come In Multiple Colors
Promotional Maglites® Come In Multiple Colors

When you give these to your customers, they will keep them (with your logo) for many years. These gifts are appreciated and useful. Can you say that about any other kind of advertising, like newspapers, tv ads, and google ads?

Your employees are another target group for this kind of gift. Maglites will show them that you care enough to give a quality business gift. They give your employees a better sense of belonging to the “team”.

77% of the recipients of business gifts said that a product’s usefulness is the main reason that they kept it.

85% of the same group remember who gave them this special gift.

(From a study by Amsterdam Promo Products).

If a customer or employee keeps your Maglite 10 years, your cost for that advertising is about one cent per day!

Who Can’t Use Promotional Maglights?

Promotional Maglights can be used by anyone who has 2 hands, because it takes

Promotional Maglights
Promotional Maglights

2 hands to turn one on. So, unfortunately, a few people can’t enjoy the high quality of this American-Made flashlight. Even people who misspell the word Maglites, like I did in the title, can use this amazing aluminum frame flashlight. Ever since 1979, Anthony Maglica has been making these torches in Ontario California. Now his factory has grown to one million square feet (as of 2017).

 

The Lufkin Tape Measure is BACK

This company had a hard time making enough diameter tapes to go around in the year 2022. Why? It may have had something to do with labor or materials. We never heard the final answer. Some of the parts of the Lufkin Tape Measure come from China, and some parts come from Mexico.

Finally, by the end of 2022, all of our back orders were satisfied. Some of our customers had been waiting since December 2021. Since the end of 2022, we have been able to get enough inventory of these tapes to fill all the orders that come in. 2023 was normal, and so is 2024 so far.

W906PD Lufkin Tape Measure
W906PD Lufkin Diameter Tape, Inches

 

How Did Promotional Maglights Get Their Name?

Instead of promotional Maglights, the correct spelling is promotional Maglites.

Anthony Maglica, the heart and soul of Promotional Maglights (Maglites)
Anthony Maglica, the heart and soul of Maglite flashlights

The term has nothing to do with magnetism or magnesium or manganese or magnificent. The term came from the founder, Anthony Maglica.

Mr. Maglica’s life story is a perfect example of the American dream. He had a poor man’s beginnings, and created an empire out of nothing. For a full history of this man’s dream, refer to the Maglite history page. He was born in New York City during the depression, but was raised in his mother’s homeland, Croatia. When he was about 20 years old, he returned to the USA to escape the political turmoil following Word War II.

Long story short, he learned English on his own, started Mag Instrument in 1974, and introduced the first Maglite in 1979. From then on, Mr. Maglica has made many improvements on that first torch. Some of the milestones are:

  • Making a hard plastic gift box, to increase the perceived value of the Maglite as a gift.
  • Changing from an incandescent bulb to an LED, then to a COB bulb.
  • Making various sizes and colors of flashlights.
  • Developing several rechargeable versions.
  • Making models that can be operated with one hand.
  • Colored bulbs
  • Making programmed models that have 3 or 4 modes of lighting, like high, medium, low, strobe, SOS.

Mr. Maglica is still committed to keeping the manufacturing in the United States.

 

The Temporary Timeliness of Everyday Engraved Flashlights

When do you really need engraved flashlights? When you get off work at 5pm,

Engraved Flashlights Are There When You Need Them.
Engraved Flashlights Are There When You Need Them.

and it’s already dark outside.

We are faced with the time changing back to standard time this month, and the approach of the shortest day of the year next month. If you work day shift, you might be driving to work in the dark, and returning home from work in the dark. This is the ideal time of year to make use of your engraved flashlights. Make sure you have extra batteries near your torches. Good news..After we get over this hump, we are headed back to “normal”.

Enjoy your Maglites!