Flashlights/Headlamps?

I carry a Petzel Tikka Plus In My B.O.B ! I would Say a Head Light ( Your Hands are Free)
My Input thanks
 
GunnerP said:
Pride and joy is a Surefire E2d Defender



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"I recently had a minor problem with the switch on the Surefire, I sent an email to them and they have sent me a replacement switch free of charge. I think this is outstanding customer service, considering I bought the torch second hand, and have no idea how old it is."





I second the SF E2D, I plan on getting a E2DL 200 lumen after the first of the year. I have been carrying an ITP A3 EOS on my keychain and it has proven good for EDC but I plan to add an ITP SC1 Eluma - 1 x CR123 - CREE XP-E R2 - LED Flashlight. I have one on order from Derrick at KSF. This will be my EDC pocket carry light that I can get away with dressed up due to it's small size and lack of "strike bezels" that might cut up my clothes. The SF E2DL will go in my briefcase/pack along with the RC3 I hope to get on Thursday!

My wife was floored last night to find me on candlepowerforums.com researching flashlights. She thought I was the only flashlight nut out there and was floored to find out that other people are as anal retentive as I tend to be.

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I've had a few Surefire lights and frankly, wasn't thrilled with the longevity of them, either in batteries or bulbs so they're all gone. I haven't tried the LED versions, my trials with the incan stuff turned me of enough to switch brands.

I have a couple Fenix lights, TK-10 and a smaller, 1 cell cr123. Both have already served me pretty well and I'll continue to give them my business.

I also have a Surefire knockoff monster light that I got from dealextreme.com. Takes 4 cr123s, has three cree bulbs and is bright as the dickens. Built really well too, nice annodizing, crisp machining, really nice light for the 60 bucks I paid. Only complaint is the plastic lens. Plastic doesn't normally bother me on a lens but this one is about 3" across and just asking to get scratched all to hell.
 
Lights are a big passion of mine and I could talk for hours on them.

I am a big fan of Surefire and Ra lights and an even bigger fan of Gene Malkoff and his custom drop-ins that fit Surefires - I have about 5 of them and they are just amazing.

A s far as usage, I edc a Ra Clicky 170 Tactical and in my edc bag are always a Surefire Saint Minimus headlamp and Surefire LX2.

I also often use a number of Surefire G2s and a 6P and C2 that have the Malkoff drop-ins - all for a different use...

I will have to get some pics up tomorrow.

Here are links to Ra Lights and Malkoff Devices:

http://ralights.com/?id=Products

http://www.malkoffdevices.com/shop/dropin-mod-dropins-to-fit-surefire-c-1_14.html
 
I have been on candlepower forums several times today. I cannot afford to become addicted to another forum. :-) Thanks for all the input guys. If anyone else has some thoughts please let me know. I would be interested what Jeff and Mike use in the jungle. That has to be a pretty harsh environment on lights.
 
I have a Surefire Millennium M2 Centurion, it will blind you. I packed it around for a few years but it used up batteries fast and just was not practical. I use a flashlight alot at work. So I parked it in the night stand drawer and use it for my bump in the night light and it works great for that, I can just blind a robber and wont have to shoot them:)
I have been packing a Streamlight Sidewinder since Christmas last year and I love it, best light for work, hiking and hunting I have ever used! It's like the Swiss Army knife of flashlights,I can not recommend it enough. I'm still on my first set of AA batteries!

http://www.streamlight.com/product/product.aspx?pid=132
 
Thanks to the folks here in a post a couple weeks back, I am armed with the ITP A3 Eos upgrade as my everyday carry. I also use an Fenix E01 with regularity, and for doing lots of things where I need both hands I am armed with the PT EOS. Man there are a bunch of cool options out there!
 
I've been using a petzl tactikka plus as my primary light for the past year and a half or so, and have been really pleased with it.
IMO, any headlamp that has an option for red lighting is great, especially for when you're hanging around camp with others. Its a lot easier on the eyes to get flashed by the red light than the white one
 
For Headlamp: Princeton Tec Eos. It is soo awesome.

for handhelds, Up until now I've been a nothin buy sure fire guy, but I'm starting to look into others...
 
Just recieved the Fenix Ld20, uses aa bat. and is a 180 lumen thrower. around 65$ It is compact and casts enough illumination for my needs thus far.
I carry it attached to my mini northstar sheath; it rides very well and it is rare that it becomes an obstical.
Find the right one for you; i suggest Candlepowerforums.com as a place to ask and recieve some great advice.
 
I just use a photon with a clip attached so I can clip it to my hat. If I want something brighter I bring my handheld Nitcore. To be honest the only thing I use flashlights for in the woods is to go to the bathroom in the night.
 
I love my Petzl Tikka Plus and I have some Inova Bolt flashlights,I really like 'em.... and a few Streamlight I like as well..... I tend to stay towards AA or AAA lights...
 
I rotate between three headlamps as I use one every night on my late walk with my Weimaraner on our rural forest backroads.

I find that my Princeton-Tec EOS' (I have two of 'em) outperform my Petzl Tikka XP in terms of brightness and overall useful battery life.

Of course only having the one Tikka is not much of a sample size and I suppose the one I got might not be as good as some others.

I normally keep for the most part to AA and AAA rechargeable battery lights. (The exception being my SureFire and Inova lights from my more tactical days.)
 
The Petzl Tikka or Tikka plus are reiable and always handy. I also carry a mini maglight. The biggest disadvantage with a headtoch is using it at night when there are a lot of insects around. I was doing a river search a few years ago on a SAR, and everything that could fly was going for the beam on my head, kinda unpleasant and distracting having things flying into your eyes. Apart from that situation the are great.
 
Jim222 said:
The biggest disadvantage with a headtoch is using it at night when there are a lot of insects around. I was doing a river search a few years ago on a SAR, and everything that could fly was going for the beam on my head, kinda unpleasant and distracting having things flying into your eyes. Apart from that situation the are great.
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That and bats sometimes swoop right across in front of you as well from time to time. Gets your attention. :p

I get a kick out of catching a glimpse of flying squirrels going from one tree to another or the occasional owl picked up in flight.
 
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