flashlights

[htxred]

i just spent a lil over 200 on flashlights. lol. crazy i am.

what flashlights do you guys carry/have?

right now i have streamlight tl2

i should have 4 more on the way, a 250lumen, and 3 pocket lights for my wife and i, and my dad.

 

[kingofwylietx]

I keep a SureFire 6P with 3watt LED bulb and Mini-mag light with 3 watt LED with me.

As a matter of fact, my lights were needed when my wife & I were the first ones to arrive at a 3-vehicle accident one night.

 

[htxred]

yea, the power went out at my building once and the girls in the office were scared to go down the hall, one of em jacked me for my streamlight. lol.

 

[baboon]

I'm into SureFire's! Wife has an E2D in the car. I have an E2E in the truck. E1E in my travel toilet kit. M3 Combat with all the bells & whistles for hunting. The M3 saved our asses one night in the african bushveldt.

 

[HMFIC]

SL20x

 

[Vellcrow]

Surefire G2 Nitrolon lights all over the house and vehicles.

 

[Infamous]

i carry a fenix P3D. i highly recommend it; very compact and reliable.

i have two G2 nitrolon's with cree Q5 LED dropins rated for 225 lumens (or so) a piece. one lives on my social AR15 and the other is strike bezelled and travels with me to unfriendly places when the P3D wont be social enough

beater is a maglite converted to LED. if you have a maglite i highly recommend you buy the factory upgrade to LED

 

[LittleGun]

Why do gun related flashlights cost so much money? What is it about them that is so expensive, compared to other LED flashlights.

 

[kingofwylietx]

I think part of the reason they cost so much is that people will pay more for a quality product. They are definitely superior to the cheap plastic lights at Walmart. They are more durable. The switches don't fail as often (if ever) and the LED's are of a higher output (some of the cheap ones may say 3 watts, but just put it against a 3 watt Streamlight or SureFire....you will see difference). The more expensive ones also have onboard electronics to regulate the voltage, keeping a constant light output even as the batteries get weaker. Finally, I think the specialty flashlight companies make more profit. They are not selling millions of these things, so they need to make more profit per unit. They are involved with R&D, where the Chinese knock-offs just try to duplicate what they have spent good money researching and developing.

Well, that's my opinion.

 

[htxred]

quality of the product, drop, kick, thrown, abused, etc.

 

[baboon]

Why do gun related flashlights cost so much money?

If you could be using the product to defend youself or family why not get the best you can afford. The high end lights aint fore everyone. No different then buying a high end pistol like a Les Baer or a Microtech knife.

 

[funkybassplayer]

i have a cheap-o gas station flash light that i love. $3, has 9 LED's about 3-4" long. has a rubber on/off button on the butt end. it is quite bright for a small cheap light.

 

[TdDude]

I have a two cell Surefire that I picked up used not knowing much about them except that they are a good tactical light. It was included with an AR that I bought a couple weeks ago.

Now that my power is back on (Ike Refugee Here) I will say that even though it will light up an entire room just by shining it on the ceiling, the batteries just don't last very long to make it a viable emergency light.

Batteries from Surefire are 1.75 each plus shipping but if you have to run to Wal-Mart or Target, they are $5 each and that little light takes two. Ouch.

Anyway, for lighting up the BG in a dark room it really can't be beat.

atriot:

 

[htxred]

got a new olight m20 warrior. nice lil fucker, heavy though

 

[Double Naught Spy]

I have the new Olight warrior premium. It is a nice light. It isn't 250 lumens as claimed, but for the money, it is a good light. It cost about 1/3 of what the comparable Surefire costs.

 

[htxred]

I have the new Olight warrior premium. It is a nice light. It isn't 250 lumens as claimed, but for the money, it is a good light. It cost about 1/3 of what the comparable Surefire costs.

yea, i wasnt expecting mine to be 250lumens but i sure do like the strobe feature. it was either the m20 w.p. or blackhawk gladius... seeing as how there is a difference in price of around $70-80....

 

[Cavalry Doc]

Call me cheap. Sam's Club.

Work just fine, and I got two 150 lumen lights for less than $30.

 

[Double Naught Spy]

Those are good lights, but like the Olight, their claims of brightness are a bit over the top. It isn't just the lumens, but the ability to throw the light.

 

[tussery]

I have about 17 flashlights and 8 of them are Surefires... My favorite that goes with me practically everywhere is a E1D that I threw together with a custom made LED drop-in. I also keep my Surefire A2 and a Lummi Orb Raw with me almost all the time also. Too say I am a little obsessed is an understatement.

 

[kingofwylietx]

Too say I am a little obsessed is an understatement.

My wife says that about me..........too many flashlights. I have my favorites. Interestingly enough, one of my favorites was fairly cheap. It is LED and takes a 9v battery that lasts over a year. The cool thing about it is that it always emits a very small amount of light [even when off]. That lets you find it no matter how dark it is, like when the power goes out. It has a hi/low/strobe/off button. When my eyes are adjusted to the dark, I don't even have to turn it on.....it is bright enough to use. That is what I call utilitarian.......and we can always find it in the dark because we keep it facing up. You just look for the beam on the ceiling.