I was in recovery since 2016 and doing pretty well, and then suddenly one night I couldn't sleep, so got up and started watching yout0ob videos and this flashlight thread popped up. :sweat:
So, I figured what the heck, it won't hurt anything to see what I've been missing. Well, the next day I spent $150 on three new flashlights.
I'm back off the wagon and here we go again.
I was a big Sunwayman and Fenix fan originally and it seems Fennix still has a lot of cool lights, but Sunwayman might be slowly dying. I also bought a cheap Jetbeam in the closeout bin once and was impressed with the quality and power out of the little 14500 battery.
SoooOo Sunway man, took me back to Fenix, which took me to Jetbeam, and then Acebeam, then somehow I landed on a Manker site (which I never heard of before). The thrower light idea seemed to grab me! I was about to go for the Acebeam L16 which for a 18650 threw for over 600 meters ... really spotty and far reaching. The only prob is there wasn't a low batt indicator (which is sort of not good). After sweating out details and watching about a million other videos I settled on a couple Mankers ... the U22II which will throw for 1020 meters using a 21700 :rock: and a smaller Manker MC12 which throws for 650 meters using a 18650. I also went for a 2200 lumen E14 II which is more floody and only 155 meters but a good EDC thing.
So, what I really like is a profile of the Acebeam L16, the Jetbeam Jet IIIMR or even the Fenix TK15EU .... but one that throws like crazy like the Manker U22II.
I don't see recovery anytime soon. Thank you for reading this far.