LED-holic
Flashlight Enthusiast
Fenix L2D, O-light version of that light, Fenix P3D as suggested above.
This is a great light, especially for runtime and throw when you're running deep under buildings.I recommend you get the Task Force 60x brigher 150 lumen 2C CREE LED
This is a great light, especially for runtime and throw when you're running deep under buildings.
However I'd recommend pairing this with a good LED headlamp. For two reasons -
1) The Task Force isn't multi-level, so you don't necessarily need it for looking at stuff right up by your face. :devil:
2) The TF has a bad habit of flickering when bumped because the batteries are loose in the body. Having a redundant light source will help alleviate the annoyance with that. I've never had it go out when dropped (and stay off so I lose it), but you never know...
It's a good idea to have a secondary light source anyway. You never know when the primary will fail. Not just dead batteries or light dying, but you could also drop the light down a hole.
I'm under buildings all the time for work, and this is my typical combination for outings. Headlamp for navigating around, thrower for looking across a dark area.
When I know I'm going in a more mid-close range environment, I'll sometimes switch out the Task Force for an Inova Bolt or Coleman MAX. I'm still testing the MAX out, but the Bolt I know can take the abuse you're looking for.
Hope that helps!
Now if Inova would just get more efficient LEDs, not that their is anything wrong with the K2-tffc.
It just seems like that if Fenix can get 112 lumens for 4.8 hours in the p3d-rb100, last year, why can't Inova get 100 lumens for 6 hours (on 2 x cr123) with a state of the art LED?
The INOVA T2(2008) may fit the bill here.A little brighter and more concentrated beam than the T1 and not much larger than your X5.You could still keep your X5 as a long running back-up.The tailcaps of the X5 and T2 interchange in the rare event of loss or switch failure.The warmer tint of the T2 may also offer better contrast than the blue tint from the X5.I don't think the T2 is completely waterproof but it should be fine if dropped in a puddle as long as it's not left submerged in water for a long time.
Hello,I currently have a Inova X5 and have for a good bit and its done a decent job. But to be honest it is just not good enough.
I need a light that will give me a much brighter light that is really noticeable. Yesterday I brought my X5 into a place that light from the sun hasn't reached in nearly 100 years or ever. Deep in the bowels of NYC. The X5 didn't give me much visibility is that type of darkness. It was better than if I didn't have a light, but could have been better.
So I honestly need a better light, I have some requiments.
1. LED, I cant have bulbs breaking
2. I need brightness with longevity. No lights that last 1 hour.
3. It needs to be portable, like my inova, maybe a little bigger. Its to hard carrying stuff like that.
4.Waterproof and build tough for possible drops.
Thanks all.
Vincent, are you doing URBEX? Killer! Me too - and of all the lights I've tried, my Fenix P3D Q5 is my main handheld light for this. It is very well made, extremely reliable, small enough to pocket carry and extremely versatile thanks to multiple modes of output. Not bad for less than $60USD. May I also recommend a decent headlamp, that was one of the best additions to my Urbex pack. I modified a Princeton Tex EOS with a SSC emitter and it's great, though tons of people here like the Zebralights.
so the T2 is just a little brighter than the X5. That's a little different that what others have said.