Recommended Flashlights.

[Pahonix]

I am a huge fan of Anker products. I have a portable battery back, charging cables, earbuds, a portable speaker, and a flashlight.

The flashlight is great quality and I am very hard on my gear. It's very bright (900 lumen), rechargeable by USB, and has different light modes (strobe and different Intensities).

For $30, you can't beat it.

 

[Certaindeaf]

I am a huge fan of Anker products. I have a portable battery back, charging cables, earbuds, a portable speaker, and a flashlight.

The flashlight is great quality and I am very hard on my gear. It's very bright (900 lumen), rechargeable by USB, and has different light modes (strobe and different Intensities).

For $30, you can't beat it.

View attachment 1103205

Cool, I didn't know they made flashlights.

 

[Hawaiian]

I am a fan of Nitecore. I have several of their lights, headlamps, batteries and charger. They have worked very well and they have a large selection, the right light for the specific task.

 

[Nick Burkhardt]

MacroStream® USB | USB Rechargeable EDC Flashlight | Streamlight®

 

[Cavedweller]

The resurrection of this thread is serendipitous. I noticed today that Tac Light commercials are back on the air again. Haven't seen these commercials for a while. Does anyone have experience with these? I was thinking about ordering a couple, but I can't find any specs on the website, so I'm a bit hesitant.

Tac Light - Military Grade, High Performance Tactical Flashlight

Tac Light is used by the military, law enforcement & fire rescue!

www.trytaclight.com

 

[Jim Horn]

The resurrection of this thread is serendipitous. I noticed today that Tac Light commercials are back on the air again. Haven't seen these commercials for a while. Does anyone have experience with these? I was thinking about ordering a couple, but I can't find any specs on the website, so I'm a bit hesitant.

Tac Light - Military Grade, High Performance Tactical Flashlight

Tac Light is used by the military, law enforcement & fire rescue!

www.trytaclight.com

No experience. But concerned that they give no specifications on brightness, size, weight, batteries, operating modes, and much more. 22x ordinary flashlight brightness? That's as meaningless as "shades" of tooth whitening.

Lots of hype, no solid facts.

 

[Forester]

.

 

[41mag]

The admittedly cheapo WSSBLUE Chinese Cree has thus far been flawless in frequent short periods of use.Haven't seen much market proliferation of the brand. Same length & tube diameter as Fenix UC35 but 50% larger reflector forabout 1/2 the cost. My Fenix collection has grown in last 2 years.

 

[Knobgoblin]

The resurrection of this thread is serendipitous. I noticed today that Tac Light commercials are back on the air again. Haven't seen these commercials for a while. Does anyone have experience with these? I was thinking about ordering a couple, but I can't find any specs on the website, so I'm a bit hesitant.

Tac Light - Military Grade, High Performance Tactical Flashlight

Tac Light is used by the military, law enforcement & fire rescue!

www.trytaclight.com

Decent cheap light. Good for porch duty. Heavy for what you get, so not something I'd carry around

 

[officially5150]

I swear by the Streamlight Stylus Pro. No bigger than a large pen, rugged, bright, and about $20

I haven't managed to break one yet.

+1 ^^^^
I lost my streamlight stylus and found out it had been run over by one of the forklifts in my warehouse, it was a little bent but I still carry it to this day.

 

[Cerberus Group]

2022

Any updates - recommended brands / avoids?
Batteries?
Systems?


Batteries
In re-charging my lights / replacing batteries, I found a couple of leakers in the AAA CostCo brand. These are highly recommended by some review sites.

THRUNITE Flashlights. Their line of handheld flashlights includes some of the most popular LED devices on the market, while their EDC lights, head lamps, and search lights are indispensable gear to adventurers and outdoor enthusiasts all over the wor

THRUNITE FLASHLIGHTS, led lights, lamp, camping, camping accessories, led, hunting accessories, flashlights, rechargeable batteries, survival gear, uv light, survival kit, 18650 battery, aa batteries, emergency kit, tactical, camping gear, rechargeable aa batteries, torch, self defense, work...

thrunite.com

What is your best 18650 battery and where are you getting them?



Lights
I have not had any issues with my Thrunite's - one in my pocket all waking hours Ti3, and 6 others TN12v4 (cars, rooms, bags, etc)
No issue with the Fenix I got via our older fund raisers. One has a USB Micro as the re-charge port.

I ditched a couple more of the old CostCo 200/300 series as these are going on 10 years of service use so I don't feel bad.
I ditched a Coast brand light.

The 'free" Harbor Freight light I got at work is still going - and on the plus side maybe 10 years of use and no one has "borrowed it' permanently.

Batteries - Try Battery Junction. Don't go cheap, as they won't last long between charging. I use rechargeables in everything, both 123 and 18650...saves a lot of money over time continually buying batteries. I use one of the NiteCore chargers.

As my earlier post states...been in enough elephant dung to know what works. I prefer Surefire. Their basic lights don't cost much more than many lights on the market.

Duel-Fuel lights are great...but not many people are packing around 18650 batteries, but most everyone have 123s.

 

[RicInOR]

Batteries - Try Battery Junction.

Thanks for that tip. Just for the ease of sorting / filtering choices they are way better than Amazon.

 

[Kruel J]

I am a huge fan of Anker products. I have a portable battery back, charging cables, earbuds, a portable speaker, and a flashlight.

The flashlight is great quality and I am very hard on my gear. It's very bright (900 lumen), rechargeable by USB, and has different light modes (strobe and different Intensities).

For $30, you can't beat it.

View attachment 1103205

Anker makes good stuff. I have a portable power pack from them and a Nebula Capsule Max portable projector.

 

[Kruel J]

MacroStream® USB | USB Rechargeable EDC Flashlight | Streamlight®

View attachment 1103589

I had one of these for a few weeks. The switch wouldn't cycle the brightness levels properly. I ended up giving it away.

 

[TTSX]

I swear by the Streamlight Stylus Pro. No bigger than a large pen, rugged, bright, and about $20

I haven't managed to break one yet.

Boy, I sure have. They're great until they aren't. My stream light stinger, on the other hand, will not die. It also cost about 200.

 

[Nick Burkhardt]

I had one of these for a few weeks. The switch wouldn't cycle the brightness levels properly. I ended up giving it away.

You have to half push the button to get the light to step down from 500 to 50 lumens. Sometimes it is easier to push the button to the side for that.

 

[RicInOR]

tried out what I think might be the next generation of light batteries...the 21700.

I ordered a pair of ThruNite lights because they were 'blue" ... for the wifey.

https://www.batteryjunction.com/thrunite-tt20.html

ThruNite TT20

USB C Rechargeable

Dual-Switch

5000mAh 21700 Battery proprietary

2526 Lumens

CW

This light works different from my other ThruNite - in that the end cap goes straight to max output. Not on/off to other levels, nor cycling etc.
Use the side switch to turn on and ramp brightness.
Full power got the light very hot very quick - seconds.

USB charge so it can live in the car and be charged as needed.

She'll use one on a daily basis, so I'll update in a while (few weeks/months)




Compare to the

TN12 V4

1100 Lumen

18650 battery, or 2x CR123A

Of which I have 6 around the house.

 

[Kruel J]

@RicInOR my wife's favorite color is blue too. I got her a limited edition Olight Warrior Mini 2 in blue titanium.

 

[RicInOR]

From 2018 on Batteries for lights

The Ultimate Guide to Flashlight Battery Sizes

Theo Lee covers everything you need to know about flashlight batteries and how to choose the right size for your needs. Read this post at Urban EDC Supply.

urbanedcsupply.com

AAA	10440
AA	14500
CR123a	16340
	18350
CR123a x2	18650
There are plenty of other sizes too	Best Online Battery Store | Shop by Size BatteryJunction.com is the Best Online Battery Store available. We have thousands of products, a variety of packaging options, and multiple ways to find the right battery replacement for your needs. Shop by size, voltage, chemistry, or even by brand! www.batteryjunction.com

 

[RicInOR]

? Dual / Triple / Quadruple "fuel" lights -- what do you like?
- that is lights which can use several different batteries, without an adapter
- at least one of which is a bodega battery ( your typical AAA, AA ...)
for example: 18650 battery - or 2x CR123s ( add in the rechargeable 123 RCR123A to get triple)


An example
Streamlight IL 1AA cr123 and AA. Tester also got AAA and AAAA to function.