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Anonymous Sat 18 Jun 2016 02:29:30 No.796004 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>796015 >>796211 >>796217 >>796227 >>798122 >>801355

Flashlight thread.

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Anonymous Sat 18 Jun 2016 02:30:26 No.796006 Report

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>inb4fleshlight

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Anonymous Sat 18 Jun 2016 02:36:31 No.796015 Report

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>>796004
first for Black Diamond Revolt

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Anonymous Sat 18 Jun 2016 08:29:48 No.796154 Report

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>>796015
>3 cell vs 4 cell
>IPX4 vs IPX7
Storm is better.

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Anonymous Sat 18 Jun 2016 11:57:13 No.796211 Report

Quoted By: >>797811

>>796004
Surefire E2D LED Defender
Great EDC flashlight

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Jun 2016 12:13:32 No.796217 Report

Quoted By: >>797396

>>796004
$1 chinese led light works like a charm
if it ever gets broken i get an other one for $1

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Jun 2016 12:55:28 No.796227 Report

Quoted By: >>797811

>>796004
What light is this?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Jun 2016 13:11:17 No.796240 Report

Quoted By: >>796284 >>797919

Olight s1/s2 baton or thrunite tn12?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Jun 2016 14:52:46 No.796284 Report

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>>796240
Olight

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 00:35:49 No.797381 Report

Quoted By: >>797725 >>801369

I just use a 2 D-Cell LED Maglight

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 00:54:22 No.797396 Report

Quoted By: >>797715

>>796217
LEDs changed the game unlike many modern innovations. Appreciate the light because bigfoot is out there.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 11:19:09 No.797715 Report

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>>797396
isn't bigfoot supposed to be completely harmless?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 11:51:56 No.797725 Report

Quoted By: >>797756

>>797381
oh god why?

do you enjoy poor performance?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 12:11:38 No.797732 Report

Quoted By: >>797899

Ive only ever needed/wanted my Black Diamond spot and then a compact fenix e01 as a backup ( not much larger than the AAA it uses)

Unless your spelunking or some shit you dont meed more than that. It is cool to light up an entire forest with one 1000 lumen spot lamp but its pretty unnecessary and you'll go through batteries like no tomorrow

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 13:02:45 No.797756 Report

Quoted By: >>797777 >>797788

>>797725
Poor performance defines my life. I wouldn't be comfortable with anything else.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 13:40:29 No.797777 Report

Quoted By: >>799822

>>797756
you define yourself, my anon friend. do yourself a favour and pick up an LED AA format torch, Olight, Zebralight, Nitecore, Armytek, any of the reputable brands will be miles better than what you have. Sure you won't be able to use it like a truncheon like your D cell maglite, but at least you'll be able to, you know, see stuff at night.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 14:02:34 No.797788 Report

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>>797756
the kwads have spoken

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 15:21:49 No.797811 Report

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>>796211
i like Surefire lights and have several of them, but honestly i don't think this is really the best choice for someone from /out/
i'd find an old 6P and get a aftermarket drop-in for it, though the removable led that came with the earlier led models is pretty good right out of the box

>>796227
not op, but it looks like this model
http://www.jetbeamlight.com/ShowProducts.asp?ID=30

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 18:15:37 No.797899 Report

Quoted By: >>797984

>>797732
>Unless your spelunking or some shit you dont meed more than that
some people just like things that you don't think are necessary and they also may not agree with you.
sorry anon

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 18:43:59 No.797919 Report

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>>796240

I own both, I prefer the 12. Plus the tn12 makes an awesome weapon light for my AR. Also thrunite has a better / longer warranty.

Also all those modes that the Thrunite has, fuck yeah.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 19:47:20 No.797984 Report

Quoted By: >>797988

>>797899
No im right.

You dont need it. You may want it, but you sure as shit dont need to blind everything within 100 ft just to find some firewood or set up a tent

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 19:58:09 No.797988 Report

Quoted By: >>798039 >>798122

>>797984
feel free to choke on that dick anytime sperglord

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 20:53:01 No.798039 Report

Quoted By: >>798134

>>797988
Yea im the dick for trying to help someone avoid spending money on shit they don't need.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 22:29:07 No.798122 Report

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>>796004
>flashlight thread

Oh, this should be illuminating! :)

>>797988
inb4 post deleted

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 22:40:47 No.798134 Report

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>>798039
>shit they don't need

So you don't think anyone needs a flashlight? If so what's wrong with actually getting a good one? I'm all for buying reasonable gear here but there's $30-50 led lights that smash a mag light while being more practical to carry a few spare batteries for if you're doing more than a night in a woods.

Seriously the buy poor or gtfo meme on this board is so old it's why I hardly come here. It's like you kids legitimately hate people that can budget more than $5 for anything. Enjoy never owning anything you're legitimately proud of for the sake of not overspending on a wanted upgrade.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 22:44:38 No.798137 Report

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>>797715

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Anonymous Tue 21 Jun 2016 00:36:20 No.798221 Report

Quoted By: >>798289

>>798134
See your wrong. I never said go cheap, and i buy expensive shit all the time if its worth the money. I said spending money on anything with huge amounts of lumens is unnecessary. 1000 lumens is fucking ridiculous and completely uneeded for a flashlight. If it were ANY situation where heavy lighting was needed, he would be asking for a headlamp because any activity that needs alot of light requires both hands

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Anonymous Tue 21 Jun 2016 02:23:31 No.798289 Report

Quoted By: >>798297

>>798221

Are you by any chance retarded.....or do you just never go outside your house?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 21 Jun 2016 02:41:57 No.798297 Report

Quoted By: >>798311

>>798289
Can it be both?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 21 Jun 2016 03:23:33 No.798311 Report

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>>798297

No. One or the other.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 21 Jun 2016 04:19:20 No.798335 Report

Quoted By: >>798440

What's a good head lamp I can use with a red led?

There are a couple models I'm looking at, but I might as well get opinions before I commit to one.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 21 Jun 2016 12:17:39 No.798440 Report

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>>798335
Depends alot on budget range.
Coleman makes a decent headlamp that is bright and has 3 different colours of light that retails for about 35 CAD. My buddy has one ans took it out on a kayak, it got water in it and doesnt work anymore. But, if you wont be using it on the water its probably good enough.

If you are, the black diamond spot has an ipx rating of 6 or 7 with a bright adjustable light and a red one. Retails for 50 CAD

If you want something heavier, black diamond has another model called the icon that has a back battery pack and brighter lights

I have the spot and have no complaints.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 21 Jun 2016 17:01:01 No.798552 Report

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I bring two lights on most trips.

First is a Princeton Tec Fuel headlamp. 35 lumens, 150hrs on 3xAAA on low setting, which is plenty bright for around camp or on well marked trails (though for perspective, I prefer to not use a light as long as I have some moonlight). Think it was about $30. I understand there is also a version of it available with a red LED option.

Second is a Surefire G2X. 320 lumens, three hours run time on a pair of LR123 cells, about $80. Very bright, tight beam. Did a tactical course with it, and could easily discern details of man-sized targets at 50yds with no moon. It honestly doesn't get used on 90% of trips, just want to have a serious light available.

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Anonymous Thu 23 Jun 2016 03:43:01 No.799822 Report

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>>797777
haha thanks, I'll definitely check those out!

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Anonymous Fri 24 Jun 2016 12:16:14 No.800630 Report

Quoted By: >>800646

Best AA lights available. They offer an outstanding ratio of power to duriation. They are well built, thought out.
Love mine, which is an SC5 neutral white with orange peel reflector.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 24 Jun 2016 12:21:50 No.800633 Report

Quoted By: >>800634

This one is an another AA feed light, but utilizes 4 AA (think long duration as well as an easiest to find battery type).

It has a long reflector, allowing it to be have an exceptionally long beam distance (throw). It is dissipates heat efficiently, as it is made out of a single piece of alluminum.
It is a powerful light.

I add a diffuser on mine, available from Nitecore or other places, easy to find size, to light up an area in front of me. Or a silicone cone type diffuser from Klarus to make it a want/chandelier like light.

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Anonymous Fri 24 Jun 2016 12:24:58 No.800634 Report

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>>800633
A forementioned Nitecore.

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Anonymous Fri 24 Jun 2016 12:26:36 No.800635 Report

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I also have an old Black Diamond headlamp, also AA powrered, that is uneatable so far. It has three LEDs for long, and close range applications, a wide variety of modes (including blinking for emergencies).

But what I really like is a silicone cone from Klarus, that converts both the ZL and Nitecore into a lantern/chandelier/marker for walking along a road or for lighting up an entire room/bunker at night. No shil for the product, I just really like it, and it took some research to find this awesome product -- lots of people make their own diffusers, but this thing can stay attached to your light while in the backpack and be compressed by other stuff and not break and function whenever you take it out.

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Anonymous Fri 24 Jun 2016 13:22:00 No.800646 Report

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>>800630
SC5 is too heavy weighs the same as their 18650 lights. You get twice the output for the same weight. The only benefit of the SC5 is the commonality of the AA format.

The previous generation SC52/H52 was the sweet spot IMO in size/power. You could also run 14500s in them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 25 Jun 2016 17:04:05 No.801349 Report

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Convoy s2+ is a great outdoors light. Perfect balance between throw and flood, and available as just the tube or pre-built.$7 ish on fasttech for a great ultralight aluminum tube and a solid swith. I'd recommend going lower lumens like 700ish for battery life, i never run my 1000 lumen at full power unless I'm working on my car.

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Anonymous Sat 25 Jun 2016 17:12:29 No.801355 Report

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>>796004

Each time I see this light I think I'm on /p/

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Anonymous Sat 25 Jun 2016 17:52:53 No.801369 Report

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>>797381
It's a good self defense tool that won't ever be questioned in court. It takes the whole "premeditated" charge off the table the same way being in possession of a ball and mitt takes "premeditated assault" off the prosecutor's plate when using a baseball bat in self defense.

That said, I give it a "D+" grade for it's primary function of being a flashlight. Incandescent lights just don't hold a candle-watt to LEDs these days.

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Anonymous Sun 26 Jun 2016 04:11:14 No.801745 Report

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Loving it!

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