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Flashlight for the Bush

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I am looking for a small (not too small) flashlight that can handle some moisture, takes the tiny little batteries, and has the push-button feature, and is built well. Anyone have any recommendations that are along these lines?
 
I have a SureFire 6P LED Flashlight and I love it. You can lock it to the on position by twisting the butt or use the momentary on push button on the end.

The flashlight is super bright and well made. It uses 2 CR123 Batteries. It is waterproof.
 
Check out INOVA...they make some good lights. I have the Xo & the X5. They are both really good lights. I had a SureFire G2 & it was a really good light, the only draw back was the short battery life. I would recommend a SureFire G2L..Longer battery life for a Great light ! :thumbup:
 
I've had a surefire L1 Lumimax for a few years now and never lets me down. Couple nights had a bear coming into camp as was sure glad to have the extra power.
 
Could make a bunch of recomendations if you can be more specific.

What kind of batteries?

What use? Following a trail, off-trail work, camp, reading?

Headlamp or hand carry?

How much do you want to spend?
 
I have a Maratac 9290 from CountyComm, it's a rebadged iTP I undersand. I'm very happy with it. Runs on 1 AA, adjustble brightness, tail clicky switch.
 
Joben,

I think ITP is the actual company and they did a run for Maratac. I could be wrong.

I would check out what Storl has at his store. He is an active member. www.goingear.com

Paul
 
Thanks everyone for your input. Now, i am deciding between the surefire 6p and the g2. The main difference i see between the two is the g2 is made of a corrosion-resistant Nitrolon, a lightweight polymer, and the 6p is metal.
Do you guys think that the polymer would be better in the bush than the aluminum?
 
The advantage of the metal body is it us a better heat sink. If you ever plan on using a drop in from another company go with the 6P. I have a 500+ lumen drop in from Malkoff in my 6P vs the standard 80 lumen LED.

I would seriously look at something like the Quark AA2 light. It has a max output of 170 lumens, runs on AA batteries, and it has a Moonlight Mode of .2 lumens for extended camp run time. The 6P has one setting, 80 lumens, and uses expensive (and hard to find sometimes) cr123a batteries. I use rechargable AAs and keep lithiums in my pack for backup and cold weather.
 
If you've got your heart set on the G2 format, take a GOOD look at the LED version for longer runtimes and better beam profile.

Jeff
 
I think either a G2 LED, or a G2 with an LED drop-in is great for the bush. It's much lighter than the 6P, and mine appears to be indestructible. I second the recommendation to check out a Quark or a Fenix though, it's nice to be able to run on AAs...
 
I think either a G2 LED, or a G2 with an LED drop-in is great for the bush. It's much lighter than the 6P, and mine appears to be indestructible. And you get crazy better runtime with the LED.

I second the recommendation to check out a Quark or a Fenix though, it's nice to be able to run on AAs...
 
BushcraftBrainTrust beat me to what I was going to say, except for one thing.

First, I recently received a couple of Quarks, an AA and an AA2. I got the warm tint LED versions and they give really good colour rendition in the field, much better than the usual cool-blue tint LED's. I'm well impressed with them in every way. They can also be had in CR123 models, but note that the warm tint versions are limited supply and will run out soon.

As to the surefire 6P, that's a great idea with the Malkoff dropin as an upgrade. Personally I got the Malkoff flashlight body as well, instead of the surefire. It was cheaper that way as I didn't already have a surefire host.

The dropin I got was the M60W MC-E. Again, that's a warm tint LED and it gives over 400 lumens on high, 15ish on low (with the Malkoff dual mode ring in head). It's a flood light, not a thrower though. It completely lights up everything in front of you, with really good colour rendition. It's definitely my favourite outdoors light. I got the MD2 and MD4 Malkoff bodies so I have a choice of 2x CR123's (or rechargeable RCR123's) in a short body, or 4x CR123's or (best of all) 2x 18650 rechargeable cells in a long body. I can't recommend this combination enough. The ability to use CR123's as well as rechargeables means that I can use rechargeables normally, for cost savings, but keep long-life CR123's in my pack for emergencies if the rechargeables run out.

For dense woods use though, something like the quark, or a light with throw rather than flood, is better because it lets you illuminate things through the trees, without lighting all the trees up in front of you which makes it harder to see deep into the trees.
 
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