Thought to derive from meteorites.
Tek-tite (hyphenated) is also the brand name for a line of LED flashlights. I have not owned a Tek-tite product but I own a small Maglite flashlight that I keep on my keychain. I bought this flashlight for the sole purpose of using it to read books and magazines in a particular low-lit pub that I frequent.
I used to think of Maglite flashlights as novelty products. This is because I usually found them in gift shops on the same shelf as stuff like Charlie Chaplin bobblehead dolls and indigestion-themed lava lamps.
Maglite flashlights often seem to come with voluminous amounts of supplementary material, including exhaustive specifications of the flashlight, multi-page warranty information, a carrying case, a felt cover for said case, and so on. You feel like you just bought a luxury product when really it’s just a light. No amount of supplementary reading material or velvet carrying cases will improve the functionality or usefulness of a flashlight.
