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What flashlight are all the cool guys using?
I've seen some pretty cool flashlights around the campfire. Small, light, and very bright.
Any recommendations?
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Harbor Freight has a little triple AAA powered 7LED light that works well.
Get it on the half price sale for around $4.50. But-the batteries don't last a long time IMHO. HF also sells a 24 pack or so of AAA batteries for around $5. Great stocking stuffers, too. I have several older MiniMaglites that I have converted to LED at Walmart for around $7. You do lose the ability to focus the beam though when you convert them. I also use a few of the cheapo knock off lights that you shake to generate them-they are batteryless. Not real bright but great in vehicles and such so you always have a flashlight that works. I keep a Coleman rechargeable light in the truck, million candle power beam(that is good for about 30 minutes on a charge) or it has a flourescent bulb (that is good for 3-4 hours). Rechargeable off cigarette lighter. About the size of a lunchbox. I refuse to pay big $ for some of the newer lights that have come out. |
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I don't have anything really cool.
Mag light Mini-mag (2xAA) flashlights work pretty well for use around a campsite and in tents or inside of jeeps, I think. That's mostly what I use. I also just pick up whatever double pack of handcrank/LED flash lights Costco happens to be carrying, just to leave in all my vehicles for "just in case". Last year I picked up a 2 pack of duracell branded hand crank emergency 3LED flashlights with radio built in. They work pretty well for around camp and are reasonably bright (equivalent to a 2xC battery flashlight, I think). Sure you look like a r-tard cranking the light before using them but they do carry the Al Gore bio-friendly seal of approval, so that's a plus. |
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surefire has some really nice lights.
there are also some pretty good knock offs avaialable. they are called "superfire" on ebay. i have a few of those as well. they seem to be pretty nice as well for about 20% the cost of surefire.. i guess it depends what you want to do with the light. the surefires are a tactical light. very bright and great for blinding an attacker. the batteries are expensive, (cr123a) unless you buy them in bulk. it is a very handy light, and has saved our asses on the trail more than once while spotting folks after dark w/o rock lights. i am also a big fan of the LED lights. batteies are cheap, and they last forever. great for walking from the campfire to your tent. if you want to try one of these superfires, let me know... |
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Not a cool-guy light like Erik's, but I've been happy with the Coast LED lights. I've got a large one, a small 2-AA one, and a hearing aid pen light I use for work. The Energizer three led headlights are the cat's pajamas.
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Best bang for the buck is the Surefire Nylatron. I have the Surefire like Erik does and Kat's Nylatron would be my favorite so far. Lightweight, cheaper, shares the same batteries so our bulk buys make more sense, and yes, have saved our butts on the trail a few times.
Besides, if you get a light that shares the same battery, it's like the WAG bag deal. Everyone needs them so someone generally knows where the good price is.
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i second the nylatron - there is one in my driver's door all the time. black in color and are pretty cheap for the light they put out. i have the surefire L2 lumamax for using at work. two-levels of output on the LED and the brighter level feels like it could strip paint! eats batteries on that level but lasts a loooong time on the dimmer level (equivalent to a mini-mag). i get free batteries at work so i'm sort of immune to lithium 123 battery drawbacks.
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Great info!
Surefire - I think thats the one that Erik showed me, pretty impressive light. While searching I bumped into this highly rated light - Fenix L1T&L2T Either 1 or 2 AA powered, LED lights, $43. Must be a spin-off of surefire. Not so sure I want a cr123 powered lite, I always seem to have AA's (for my GPS, hand held radio etc).
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those seem pretty nice, Matt.
90 lumens for an hour is oook. the surefire puts out between 65-200 lumens depending on the bulb. Quote:
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it seems the light you are suggesting is pretty damn good. |
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I just bought one of those L2D Fenix flashlights based on your tip Matt, thanks. It's at Zombierunner.com for $53.50 then I found a "TRBLOG" coupon code on the web that gave a 10% discount. Looks like a cool flashlight and I like that it runs on AA size batteries, can't wait to get it. I was shocked at the $175 and up price for the L2 Lumamax.
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Matt, you know you want the light off of my Q GRILL!!!!
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so was I - but when uncle sam agreed to go halves on them for us when we were deployed in the sandbox two years ago it made the price much easier to swallow. i generally use it on the lower setting and only swap batteries every week and a half...but when i need to illuminate the 66.5' tall "T-Tail" of the C-5B's i work on...it does it quite nicely.
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For you, Sergey, I should have been a bit more specific. IT NEEDS TO FIT IN MY POCKET!
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That Q-grill leaves me... kinda... sortof... at a loss for words.
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How about Fenix Tactical MicroFire Warrior III K3500R then?
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If the light's great, than your welcome Let me know either way Fenix has a confusing line of lights. I think the L2D has 6 brightness levals, the L2T has two levals.
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More specifications for Sergey -
Must cost significantly less than $488
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this thread has had me lookin'
there is some neat new stuff out there. great new technology. http://www.fenixtactical.com/fenix-l2d-q5.html i like this one. 6 levels of intensity with the highest being 180 lumes on a 55,000 hour led bulb. the lowest being 12-53 lumens (variable) and having digitally regulated brightness... hmmm? oh, the kicker is the 2.5 hours at 180 lumens on only 2 AA batteries. WOW |
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Found mention that the Innova X5 lasts quite a while on used c123a's that Surefire's won't operate on anymore.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Inova-X5-Tactica...QQcmdZViewItem |
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I have a few 1 led key chain type push button with slide for full time that are great to toss in your pocket I think they where 5 buck at target. I also have a few Pelican LCD and regular bulb that I think kick ass over the small mag lights and thay are tough
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I have a couple of different ones.....each for a different task. Yes, I could use one for all tasks, but I don't.
I've been happy with this general purpose $20 LED flashlight, although I wish it ran off of "AA" vs. "AAA". I have a 90 lumen tactical light that uses CR123 batteries, but I keep that for its intended purpose. Here is a review on the $20 LED unit. http://www.stu-offroad.com/prodrev/g...galaxy12-1.htm |
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More than you ever want to know about illumination tools can be found here. http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/
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Make one out of a soup can.
BTW, did anyone catch the repeat of the Flashlights sketch on the Best of Mad TV on Saturday? That sketch is very wrong and funny – pure comedy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYa0wvzdHfE |
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This is what happens when Sergey makes me end up on youtube in the middle of the night:
An original Weird Al song with animation done by John Kricfalusi (Ren and Stimpy). DO NOT click at work if you can get in trouble for cartoon semi-nudity nor if cartoon semi-nudity offends your sensibilities. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymzIk...eature=related Kind of a catchy song, considering he's more well known for parodies. Here's his best song and video in a long time, I think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEzG...eature=related |
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I think they would be even more awesome at a $5 price point
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Making a long story short, the Army decided that mounting a Searchlight on the back of a Jeep would be a good idea. (the most diffcult task was bringing light to the battlefield in an accurate and timely manner). Putting the light in the back of the Jeep and assigning an Artillery Forward Observer to man the light and also call in "steel on target" in support of the Infantry was clearly a good if not great idea...on paper . In reality having some guy out in the middle of the battle field waving a 100Million candlepower light around drew enemy fire much like a picnic draws ants, flys and wasps. That said from the infantry point of view they had a tendency to put the SLT guys somewhere besides with them, meaning you, your Jeep and SLT were out by yourself with the theory being that in the event of a issue you jumped in and drove back to the safety of the Platoon/Company sized element (another great idea on paper ) I won't bore anyone with war stories, but rest assured the plans of mice and men often do not work as planned. Nonetheless I survived, which my first Jeep and several buddies did not. I can also assure you the light will scorch eyeballs. Especially so if you are working in infrared in the wee hours of the morning and unbeknown to you a small crowd of RVNS (Republic of VietNam Soldiers) has gathered to ascertain what you are doing since there is no visible light. Being dark and you are looking thru IFR goggles and of course thinking that something has gone wrong with your equipment you hit the VISIBLE light switch. 100 Million candlepower slamming into their night adjusted eyeballs that are glued to the front of your SLT will permanently blind them... B Btry 29th Arty (SLT) unit history: http://msg_fisher.tripod.com/smry-1.html The one you purchased off e bay is the improved model which requires less juice to kick it over and light it fire. The generator on my Jeep was about the size of the motor itself and produced about 90k volts to light the arc.
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You're off the hook Matt, the Fenix L2D is great so far. My wife demanded I hand it over to go under the Christmas tree but I snuck some batteries into it first and gave it a quick going over. It's aluminum, looks to be very nicely made/high quality, BRIGHT as heck, and even has a cool strobe effect for emergencies plus it comes with a black nylon case and wrist lanyard. It has the ability to vary its brightness somehow but I wasn't able to figure that part of it out yet. You know those Chinese and their English language Instructions writing ability.
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there is the L2D Q5 (180 lumen) and the L2D CE (135 lumen) |
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