A little OT, need some advice on torches

Go with the Surefire G2 for all around brightness. A little big for EDC, IMO.

For EDC, I like the ARC-LS and/or AAA.

For a rechargeable, I use the Streamlight Ultrastinger. It can light up a softball at a 100m.
A new kid on the block is Tigerlite. It is being tested by the flashlight nuts right now. It is rechargeable and will outbeam the US. The owners listen to feedback and have good CS. I have one on the way to me right now.


SF's: three 6P's, G2, E2e, E1.
Arc's: LS, LE, AAA, UV, Tourq.
Brinkmann LX.
Streamlight US.
Lots of modified Maglights
ASP Taclite.
TACM-III.
PT's Surge.

In my pocket: ARC-AAA w/glowring, Benchmade 942.
 
the best torches, are, without a doubt, surefire. so far ahead of the competition, there is no competition!! they rule, only con, other than the nitrolon case ones, they are pricey, but worth every penny. i have a Z2,Z3,M2 (on my CAR15),C2,M3,E2e, all excellent lights.

second place is pretty far back.


greg
 
Whether you use PrincetonTec or wavelight... I've switched to all LED. Seem like every time I get out my $180 Surefire 9N, the rechargable battery is dead.

With a Wavelight 4 AA with 4 white LEDs, switching to Lithium, they'll run for weeks! And will keep their charge 5 years! What's not to like? Streamlight now sells an LED and I also like Inova brand with their titanium colored body.

I always look for the lights witth the most common battery types. I would rather have AA over C or D. I went wild on LEDs when I first discovered them and have about a dozen (to "test"). From 1 white LED and a watch battery Princeton Tec to a 3LED 4AAA $15 Printon Tec on up to the Wavelights that have 4LED 4 AA, 7 LED 3 C cells at max is the 10 LED 2 D cell lights (my brightest).

The future of flashlights is LED!
 
Thanx much for the input. I really appreciate it. I don't know how it goes with other forums, but I've learned that there are some very discriminating people that visit the Spyderco forum. Both knowledgeable and honest. A good source of intelligent information.

We've done been playing around in R&D with torches for a while. We can test power/weight/life type of information in the lab. Things like company "spirit", attitude towards their customers, responsibility to Warrantee, etc cannot be tested in a lab. Long term reliability can only be tested in the long term.

We're planning to offer flashlights (retail) in our outlet store and we'd like to keep the "customer is important and should get good stuff" attitude.

sal
 
Except for the fact that they're not waterproof, I have had great luck with the Photon II's. I've been trying other LED lights around that size and keep coming back to the Photons.
I put the Arc light in a different size and price category; I assume they're great.
Try talking to the Glow Bug, who seems to be really into this stuff. He might even turn out to be a knifeknut also.
 
I'm gonna have to concur with what has already been said, surefire and arc are at the top no doubt about it. the surefire e2e has brought high performance personal lighting to the ideal form factor and the performance is breathtaking. the arc aaa has been similarly hailed as an ideal combination of light output, runtime, and size, and among flashlight afficianados this combination is practically standard issue. surefire's rechargables have had quite a few setbacks involving bad lamp assemblies or bad battery packs, so the general concensus is that streamlight or tigerlight is the way to go for rechargables. the streamlight ultrastinger in particular is highly lauded. alternately for cheap light one can use nimh batteries in a minimag with the bulb replaced with a single high output luxeon star led, manufactured by lumileds. However, that's not really something you would sell in your stores. if you're looking for a flashlight manufacturer that stands behind their products and has excellent customer service either arc flashlight or surefire should meet your needs. also if you need to stock a lower price point product the princeton tech flashlights are good quality, but they don't seem to have the level of interest in their customers that spyderco or arc does.
hope this helps,
Pete
 
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