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How to Convince Your Boss to Give You a Maglite Engraved With His Corporate Logo

Tell him (or her):

  • I’d rather have a Maglite engraved with your logo instead of a raise this year.
  • You can use these as service awards, instead of having a dinner for the employees.
  • You can also use these as safety awards, if your shop goes 6 months without an accident.
  • I’ll limit my coffee breaks to 10 minutes instead of 15, for the rest of the year.
  • I won’t tell anyone that your other car is a Jaguar, and you don’t drive it to work
    Jaguar Deal for a Maglite Engraved
    A win/win Jaguar Deal for a Maglite Engraved

    because your employees might get jealous.

Please post your other suggestions here. I’d be glad to see them.

 

5 Answers to Your Questions About Getting a Maglite Engraved With Your Logo

When business owners think about giving a Maglite engraved with their logo to their employees, here are their top questions:

Giving a Maglite Engraved With Your Logo
Giving a Maglite Engraved With Your Logo
  1. Can I get a Maglite in my corporate color? The K3A comes in 8 different colors. Probably one of them will correspond with your corporate color. Many other models come in colors other than the basic black, blue, gray and red.
  2. Does it have a lifetime warranty? Maglite used to offer a lifetime warranty, but that stopped about 2019. Now it appears that they handle warranty questions one at a time on their website, using a form. They don’t have a written warranty posted on their website as of today.
  3. Does the imprint wear off? The laser engraved imprint is permanent. Your company logo will last forever. The laser burns through the colored outer layer, and into the aluminum barrel.
  4. What does laser engraving cost? The price of engraving is included in the price of the Maglite. There is a setup charge.
  5. How is the flashlight packaged? Each Maglite engraved with your logo comes in a hard plastic hinged presentation box, with a velvet covered cradle. So your customer or employee will be thrilled to see their favorite flashlight in a unique gift box.

Why You Can’t Get A Maglite Engraved In Color

Promotional Maglite Engraved Flashlights
Promotional Maglite Engraved Flashlights

Most metal and smooth wood and synthetic material can be laser engraved. And some smooth wood and synthetic material can then be color-filled with a paint-like product. But when it comes to putting a color-fill on metal, you’re dreaming in the last century. It was possible to laser engrave and color fill metal at that time, but everyone quit doing it because of the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). Zippo was a leading company that used that process of color imprinting. It was a good way of imprinting, because the color couldn’t scratch off. It was in the debossed part of the design.

So, back to 2019, you can’t get a metal object like a Maglite engraved and color-filled. But that’s not a big problem, since most Maglites are made of anodized aluminum. The color of the aluminum shows through the laser engraving once the laser removes the surface layer of color. The Maglite then shows your logo as being whitish. Even if you order a gray colored Maglite, the engraving isn’t very noticeable, but the look is fashionable.

Another way of getting MagLites® with your Full Color Imprint  is “full-color surface printing”. This technique was just developed in the last 10 years. Every printing company has its own name for this process. “Color Rich”, “Spectra Color”, and “ColorVast” are some of the trade names.

Maglite Flashlights With Full Color Imprint
Maglite Flashlights With Full Color Imprint