the sebenza of flashlights

Steelhog

Steelhog

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Hey just wondering what would be the so called sebenza of the flashlight world? You know what I mean. Amazing performance flawless finishing and highly sought after. Let me know what you think.
 
I'm no expert, but I just got this today and it's very well made, easy to use and at max 250 lumen's very bright. I'm going to take a night walk with it now and i think it's gonna be great.
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To each his own, but-- I can see the appeal of the Sebenza. I'm not sure one can own "the Sebenza of flashlights" for very long. A Sebenza will maintain a great deal of its value virtually forever. Flashlight technology is advancing so fast that the best lights of today will be obsolete in three years.
 
I like the quality of Surfire. I have one but the batteries only last an hour and the batteries get expensive. I wanna try an LED, maybe the outdoorsman, and see how it will do for an everyday flashlight. I know it will not be as bright as some of the others they offer. As far as a defensive flashlight goes, the defender one they offer looks to be the best, I almost bought that one several times. The one I have is the G2 and its only 60 lumes I think and is VERY bright, and it does blind you for sure momentarily.
 
KuRUpTD said:
I would probably say McGizmo

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I am not familiar with the McGizmo other than its made of titanium and I have seen people prefer it to surefire. I like the mnandi beside it, definately a high quality combo !
 
jill jackson said:
I'm no expert, but I just got this today and it's very well made, easy to use and at max 250 lumen's very bright. I'm going to take a night walk with it now and i think it's gonna be great.
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Give us a review of how you like it! Glad to see you made a good pick.

Zero
 
Hi,

I like the Streamlight SL-20XP with the AC/DC charger for a full sized light. And the Streamlight Survivor for a more compact light, again with the AC/DC charger.

These are very rugged use lights that stand up to use by fire/rescue personal. I've never had one let me down.

dalee
 
Zero_Time said:
Give us a review of how you like it! Glad to see you made a good pick.

Zero
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I've only owned it since yesterday, but I'm very impressed.
It has a low mode that still throws a beam far and it's supposed to go 150 hours run time on (lumen's 7). The middle mode is 90 lumen's (run-time 12hrs) and the max is 250 (run-time 4 hrs). That's like a laser beam. Very bright and focused. (there's a strobe also on the 250 mode)

Morimotom sent me two Nitecores to try out (a D20 and a Defender) those convinced me to go ahead and get a decent light. They were very impressive and this OLIGHT has really pleased me even more so. The build quality is excellent and the adjustment of the lighting modes can be done with one hand, with a simple 1/8 turn of the front ring forwards and back.

I wasn't going to get a 123 powered light, but after reading reviews decided to and the reviews pointed me to this model. All in all I'm very happy with my purchase and the price (74.00 shipped).:) The light will do everything I need!
 
Polarion PH40 Helios HID. Pumps out 4150 Lumens. About 12 inches long and weighs 4lbs! It's also around $2K. But it will burn your eyeballs out.
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My vote would be for a Mcgizmo, but they are pricey and hard to come by. So I buy OLights, lots of bang for the buck.
 
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