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12-21-2009, 10:54 AM
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Indubitably
Joined: Jun 2006
Location: Cow Hampsha, (NH, USA)
Oddometer: 11,623
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I need a new Flashlight....
Dear Fellow Uber-dorks,
I've been making due with a 3 'C' battery Maglight and some small LED lights but I want a good one... Must / should be:
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12-21-2009, 10:55 AM
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The Man.
Joined: Oct 2005
Location: Neyland
Oddometer: 5,417
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Surefire.
E2L. |
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12-21-2009, 10:56 AM
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RESIST WE MUCH !
Joined: Jan 2006
Location: Chesapeake AND Bedford Co. VA
Oddometer: 1,048
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3 cell mag. not a good light ???
 I musta' been under a (dark) rock.
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12-21-2009, 11:01 AM
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Wild Hog No. 3
Joined: Aug 2008
Location: Beaumont, Texas
Oddometer: 2,593
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+1 Surefire
My Fav.....Z2 Combat Light...around 129.00 |
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12-21-2009, 11:02 AM
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Resistance is futile.
Joined: Apr 2008
Location: DFW, Texas
Oddometer: 1,257
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LOVE my two Surefires. One is a G2Z Combat Light, and the other is a G2LED [in bright yellow, so I can find it].
Tough as nails, and they work. No doubt Surefire will have something that meets your requirements. WA. |
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12-21-2009, 11:08 AM
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Road Captain
Joined: Jun 2003
Location: Durango, Colorado, USA
Oddometer: 9,320
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 Surefire - I have the E2E and love it.
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12-21-2009, 11:13 AM
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Indubitably
Joined: Jun 2006
Location: Cow Hampsha, (NH, USA)
Oddometer: 11,623
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It's is decent.. but not that bright by newer standards Here's why I ask: I was one of the first people to come upon a two car accident on a dark stretch of interstate near my house recently... once I got out and made sure people were being attended to by other passers by, I got to work clearing a lane of debris and got traffic moving past because I didn't know now long it would take EMS to arrive...and while I was flagging cars past I realized that my Maglite was not up to the task... |
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12-21-2009, 11:56 AM
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junk collector
Joined: Mar 2008
Location: Canton,Michigan
Oddometer: 1,659
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Go to the Fenix website:
https://www.fenix-store.com/ I like my Surefires, but I sure like a powerful flashlight that uses AA batteries. |
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12-21-2009, 12:00 PM
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Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Jun 2009
Location: Jones, OK
Oddometer: 490
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I would suggest the Surefire A2 Aviator. I personally have a Surefire E2L Outdoorsman, which I got when I upgraded from a Surefire E2O Outdoorsman (pre LED)... My next Surefire will most likely be an A2 Aviator, which runs about $180 or $190 if I recall correctly. They are GREAT little lights! ("little" being in comparison to the 'D' cell Maglites
 ) If memory serves me well, the E2L Outdoorsman is as strong(bright) as a 2 'D' cell if not 3 'D' cell Maglite in a package the size of a 'AA' Maglite.  But the light it puts out is a LOT easier to see. For one it doesn't have the wholes and darker spots in the focal point like the Maglite does.
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12-21-2009, 12:05 PM
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adventure imposter
Joined: Jun 2002
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Oddometer: 14,835
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Are any LED flashlights bright enough to be used for tunnel exploring? I found some old railroad tunnels near our place at lake cumberland that we went exploring and the couple of little flashlights we had were just crap. I don't want to carry around a 10 million candle power car battery sized thing, but I would also like to be able to see more than ten feet in front of me.
 
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12-21-2009, 12:13 PM
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Native Texican
Joined: Sep 2008
Location: N.Texas
Oddometer: 4,743
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12-21-2009, 12:16 PM
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De Oppresso Liber
Joined: Jul 2006
Location: Central New Mexico, 7420ft above sea level
Oddometer: 30,406
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Maglite. Heavy, cumbersome, has holes in the light pattern, battery hog even with a LED thingy, and not all too bright even with battery hog high brightness lamp. Coleman makes a $25.00 single LED flashlight that puts out 115 lumens and the batteries are lasting me a month or so if I use it a lot.
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12-21-2009, 12:16 PM
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Adventurer
Joined: Dec 2008
Location: Big Bone, KY
Oddometer: 19
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D cell LED maglights put out decent light and unlike the surfires they last a long time on one set of batteries. I have left my 4D Maglight on for 8 hours and it was still bright.
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12-21-2009, 12:17 PM
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Jul 2009
Location: Oregon City Orygun
Oddometer: 8,234
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12-21-2009, 12:21 PM
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De Oppresso Liber
Joined: Jul 2006
Location: Central New Mexico, 7420ft above sea level
Oddometer: 30,406
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"I claim to be frightened of horses but do so only to get out of attending parades. It's peculiar but ...it works. The Horses get it. RESISTANCE IS NOT FUTILE. IT'S VOLTAGE DIVIDED BY CURRENT |
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