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Hey Ed, glad to see you are now into yet another hobby
Overdriving LED-based lights with rechargeables can shorten the LED's life, in some cases, so I generally do not recommend this. However, a few folks have tried AW's MP700 cells and batteryspace.com's Powerizer RCR123a cells. The A2's a great light; kkwarth's recommendation of the Executive Defender is also great. And those are for the wife. Reserve a Kroma MILSPEC for you; it will light up just about anything and fit in your pocket.
Moderator: Headphoneus Supremus: Insulting his K-1000's would begin the Battle of Karthage
Originally Posted by warpdriver
Some CR123 flashlights are two stage, so you can get a hour or two of full power, or 8 hours of lower power. Most people find the lower power setting to be the one most commonly used. Look at the Surefire L2 graphs as an example of this. Some lights, like the HDS ones have programmable levels...and you will likely use a low or medium setting with high as a burst mode.
Also, some of the lights can take rechargeables, and heavy users will buy a light that can take special CR123 rechargeables.
Again, look at flashlightreviews.com
The HDS EDC Ultimate 60 XR GT is actually the light I carry every day with me. Great flexibility and performance!
__________________ "The best way to predict the future is to invent it." -- Alan Kay
"In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." Eric Hoffer
"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water." --John W. Gardner
Moderator: Headphoneus Supremus: Insulting his K-1000's would begin the Battle of Karthage
Actually, the O2 of the flashlight world is called "The Beast," by Surefire.
Check this out: 2000 Lumens light output, runs on 20 CR123 batteries for 90 minutes, then it's time to battery up again! Light output is equivalent to 130 2D cell flashlights.
__________________ "The best way to predict the future is to invent it." -- Alan Kay
"In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." Eric Hoffer
"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water." --John W. Gardner
Moderator: Headphoneus Supremus: Insulting his K-1000's would begin the Battle of Karthage
Originally Posted by Edwood
Well, if my flashlight choices are going to be like my headphone amp choices, I'll be prefering LED's.
The A2's incandescent light throw was impressive. I want an LED based torch that can match or exceed that one.
-Ed
That being the case, the L4 is the Surefire to get, but keep in mind, that the high power LED lights get really hot as you run them. The A2 really is a pretty remarkable light and has the best of both worlds. LEDs for low level light and the regulated high power incandescent. BTW, Surefire ramps the voltage up slowly to the bulb when you turn the light on so there's no high inrush current as there is in a conventional flashlight. This makes the bulb life incredibly long.
Nothing beats the warmth, bloom, freedom from grain, and color fidelity that you get from a top notch Xenon beam as opposed to the cold, clinical, grainy reproduction from an LED job.
__________________ "The best way to predict the future is to invent it." -- Alan Kay
"In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." Eric Hoffer
"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water." --John W. Gardner
I have a bunch of half dead Mini Mag Lites lying around. Argh! I hate those things. Fricken bulbs keep burning out or getting busted from getting dropped. A big reason why I want a solid state LED based torch this time around. I also have a 3D Mag Lite that must have had the batteries leak, as the end cap is fused on. I can't remove it. It's completely glued shut. I'll have to try soaking the end in WD40, but It wouldn't budge at all with using clamps and a friend to help to remove it. Oh well.
I had wanted to get a sandwich kit or other LED retrofit for the Mini Mags, but they were pretty pricey. LOL, but now I noticed there are LED Mini Mags out for sale now, and they are cheaper than the mod kits.
Very solidly built. Much brighter and wider flood than my old crappy MiniMag AA.
The wife is very pleased with the throw and flood beam of this light. Makes walking the dog at night much easier.
Also good for shining ahead and spotting spider webs hanging down.
My wife hates hates hates spiders. If there was a light that could illuminate spider webs better, she'd have me buy it. I guess I could lie and tell her that InfraRed does and order a MilSpec KROMA.
I'm guessing a more powerful flashlight will light up the spider webs better. Hmmmm.
What to get next? I prefer the size of single cell units, so hmmmm.,,, how much is one of these going to cost?
Moderator: Headphoneus Supremus: Insulting his K-1000's would begin the Battle of Karthage
Originally Posted by Edwood
My new Fenix L1T arrived in the mail today.
Very solidly built. Much brighter and wider flood than my old crappy MiniMag AA.
The wife is very pleased with the throw and flood beam of this light. Makes walking the dog at night much easier.
Also good for shining ahead and spotting spider webs hanging down.
My wife hates hates hates spiders. If there was a light that could illuminate spider webs better, she'd have me buy it. I guess I could lie and tell her that InfraRed does and order a MilSpec KROMA.
I'm guessing a more powerful flashlight will light up the spider webs better. Hmmmm.
What to get next? I prefer the size of single cell units, so hmmmm.,,, how much is one of these going to cost?
-Ed
Ed,
I'm guessin' that we'll see an EDC Ultimate 120XRGT coming out pretty soon and it will be lower priced than it's predecessors.
Glad you like your L1T, BTW... Good torch!
__________________ "The best way to predict the future is to invent it." -- Alan Kay
"In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." Eric Hoffer
"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because philosophy is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water." --John W. Gardner
My wife hates hates hates spiders. If there was a light that could illuminate spider webs better, she'd have me buy it. I guess I could lie and tell her that InfraRed does and order a MilSpec KROMA.
-Ed
Ed - maybe. Spiderwebs seem to reflect more UV light than regular light perhaps because spiders are sensitive and attracted to UV. The yellow-green LEDs are prob. around 500nm whereas UV LEDs are typ. around 350nm.
Solution: get a small UV flashlight and try it out.
