Gruesome Walking Dead Zombie Merge Horror. Which flashlight would you EDC?

[angelofwar]

O.K....time for some real Zombie Light (and other stuff ) pics...

1) Surefire Scout Light mounted on a Double Star AR. = See #4
2) SF618FA Mounted on a Remington 870 Marine Magnum = See #4
3) Insight Tech M4 mounted on a S&W .40 SGVE = See #4
4) M3LT-S = Combat Light for when things heat-up
5) M6 w/ Nail Bender Tower = Rescue/Search Light
6) Kroma Milspec = Covert Ops (Supply Runs, etc.)
7) E2L-AA = GP Light
8) 5th gen L1-Rd = Covert ops light Back-up
9) 5th gen L1-Wh = GP Light Back-up
10) AZ2 = Combat Light back-up





Here's the Insight M4 "action Pic":



Here's my solar set-up that will power my E2L-AA and other ZPAW electronics:

Shown here powering my 2-Ways and the battery pack (at the same time...awesome!)




And shown here powering my scanner (which operates on AA's)...I know...it says NASCAR...it can pick up everything else as well (police/aviation/fire, etc.)



I have a decent stash of 24 AA Duraloops, 24 AAA's Duraloops, and about 80 new SF CR123's (and about 100 3/4 powered cells) for when my solar light options go south/aren't working.







Jump Start 18aH Charger charging my B65 for my RC SF's...



Got my Zombie Lighting needs taken care of...but, if this does it's job, most of the others won't get used...LOL!



Enjoy!

[run4jc]

[eh4]

Nice A.O.W., I'm coming to your house! (old joke, lol)

Simultaneous charging Is very cool.

[RI Chevy]

Very cool collection. Thanks for sharing.

[Snacks]

Perhaps this flashlight might do a better job?

WOW!

I was going to say my m3, m4 and 9p led but after seeing this I want one or even two so I can dual wield

[angelofwar]

My Kroma Mil-Spec, seen here (Red light con) along with my Zombie Dispatching tools:



Why? It's bright enough for tactical use when needed, the YG/RED will come in handy for stealth, the blue will come in handy for finding zombie goo, indicating the presence there-of. Of course I would have more than one light, but if I could ONLY have one, it would be the Mil-Spec.

Next to last episode tonight!!! Can't wait!!!

[angelofwar]

Perhaps this flashlight might do a better job?

LOL! Now where's that link to the Paul Kim sword-light???

[jorn]

"Hornady zombie max" must be the bullet of choise, hehe. Dunno if i can link to a actionpacked commersial with lots of zombies, but you can find it on youtube
I wonder if they freeze solid at winter? Might be safe up here for half a year at the time

[EZO]

Ok, where do we get those shells?

There are some rather astonishing exotic shotgun loads available if you know where to look and you live in a place where they are legal. Some examples are "Flamer Thrower, (aka Dragon's Breath)", "Armour Piercing"," Flechette" and "Rhodesian Jungle Rounds". Paste this link into your browser to see a full selection of what I'm referring to: firequest.com/exotic-shotgun-ammo.html (they sell flashlights too!)

For the purposes proposed in this thread, however, they offer:




or the rounds featured in StarHalo's post:

[JohnnyRandom]

Paste this link into your browser to see a full selection of what I'm referring to: firequest.com/exotic-shotgun-ammo.html (they sell flashlights too!)

gees those incendiary rounds are steep $6.50 bucks a piece

[jorn]

gees those incendiary rounds are steep $6.50 bucks a piece

+ they make stuff even worse. A burning, angry mob of zombies is coming into the flammable livingroom, and youre using time on loading real bullets into the shotgun You cant barricade, it's like the old western, you are always gonna be smoked out by burning zombies standing at your doorstep hehe.

[EZO]

gees those incendiary rounds are steep $6.50 bucks a piece

Yeah, I know! I was thinking that when I watched the animated .gif that StarHalo posted with the guy blasting a target with a 5 round volley. I guess it made for a cool video but if it were me I think I woulda' done it at night.

Of course, if the Zombies were in my front yard I probably wouldn't worry about the cost of the rounds.

[StarHalo]

Fireworks are expensive too..

The incendiary shotgun round vs. zombies idea comes from the video game Saints Row The Third; not to give the plot away, but during a particular part of the game, one area of the city experiences a severe zombie problem, which you're left to deal with. The game offers several dozen creative firearms, from submachine guns, rifles, explosives, etc, and trial-and-error led me to the incendiary shotgun. Aside from being able to lay down a broad area of targets like a shotgun, once you add in the incendiary element, even marginally winging a target causes it to burst into flames - this means you can fire blindly down an infested street with each round taking out every zombie it clips, and the burning bodies begin to pile very quickly.

And if you happen to have a helicopter handy, with some flying skills there are no weapons required:

[esrevenge]

what in the world is an incendiary shotgun!?!?!? I assume it's just the shells and where can I get them? Very cool for zombie control.

Incen or anything with fire is the worst for Zombies...light one on fire and its like a walking torch, it can burn your house down, or light other zombies and just makes it worse with flaming zombies walking around...

[StarHalo]

Incen or anything with fire is the worst for Zombies...

Going by canonical evidence, fire death of zombies is a gray area; in the 1968's Night of the Living Dead, fire was only demonstrated as something zombies were afraid of, and not covered as a method of killing them, while in novelist Terry Pratchett's monster-filled world, zombies are absolutely flammable and quite vulnerable to fire. I have only my own experience in Saints Row's Steelport to go by..

[djdavis75]

I love my Olight M20SX. I bought it and the SR90 at the same time. The SR90 is impressive, but my M20SX is so portable, bright, and just an awesome little light.

[scout24]

Okay, folks. The long-awaited 600 hour pak-lite update is here. STILL GOING... gotta love truth in advertising. To re-hash, I bought two, picked one and turned it on at 6pm Feb. 9th. Out of the box Duracell 9v, complete with a snazzy sticker showing it is a pak lite. This is not a moon-mode low, I've got a pic or two taken a few minutes ago for comparison that I'll post when I'm at a real computer... I'll let this puppy run till it drops. No swelling of the battery or anything else going on yet...

[scout24]

Left to right: Control Paklite, 600hr paklite, Ti Titan, (Yes, it's on...) Thrunite T10 on low, Thrunite Ti firefly on low, Zebralight SC80 on low, all for comparison.

[angelofwar]

Left to right: Control Paklite, 600hr paklite, Ti Titan, (Yes, it's on...) Thrunite T10 on low, Thrunite Ti firefly on low, Zebralight SC80 on low, all for comparison.

Nice lights scout! I want a pak-lite just for the utility of it. Maybe I've been a flashaholic too long, but the only low out of these that I'd be content with in a scenario requiring stealth, would be the Titan...LOL!

[scout24]

AOW- That Titan, and it's twin, are my get-ready-for-work-without-waking-my-wife light, and midnight kitchen recon light... The others are way too bright for those missions, I agree. Good ceiling bouncer night lights, and bright enough for walking in the dark outside with a bit of stealth. I'd imagine one could feed a pak-lite for quite a while on scroungd smoke detector batteries.

[rockingthe2]

That Titan is nice!

[fyrstormer]

If you need a low that low, buy a tritium sphere and glue it inside a reflector. It'll run for 20 years at that brightness.

[scout24]

I tried two different Luce de Notte's. (Sp?) From Photonfanatic on the BST, and while they worked great as locators or markers, they were far dimmer and more of a glow than a traditional "beam"... And the Titan/ T1A will give you 70ish lumens on demand. Runtime on the Titans is well short of 20 years, but the low end and the variable output is a worthy tradeoff for me. Maybe the larger map readers over in the Marketplace?

[run4jc]

Left to right: Control Paklite, 600hr paklite, Ti Titan, (Yes, it's on...) Thrunite T10 on low, Thrunite Ti firefly on low, Zebralight SC80 on low, all for comparison.

So how long now? That Paklite is going to run forever, it seems! Scout24's run time test pushed me over the edge and a couple of those Paklites will be arriving at my home this week. And that Titan low....still the one, it seems. Has anyone ever done a run time test on a Titan on low?

Awesome -

[angelofwar]

I did a runtime test on the L1-Red...got nearly 3000 hours out of it. I just got a 5th gen L1 white, and plan on testing that as well, to see how it compares...that is why those two were in my ZPAW light selection

[reppans]

So how long now? That Paklite is going to run forever, it seems! Scout24's run time test pushed me over the edge and a couple of those Paklites will be arriving at my home this week. And that Titan low....still the one, it seems. Has anyone ever done a run time test on a Titan on low?

Awesome -

+1... thanks Scout24

And especially for including the side-by-side photo - I really didn't think it could be so bright with those runtimes. BTW, the ThruNites and ZL are all 0.1 lumen "firefly" modes as opposed to 0.2 lumen "moonlights" of the Quarks and ZL 51s, right? Do you think the Paklites are brighter than a 0.2 moonlight?

Also anyone know the difference between the Pak-lite "Super" and "Ultra" models? Is it just the lithium battery? (+$10 for a lithium battery?)

[eh4]

I've wondered that same thing, based on the cost and the fact that you can select for them both to cost the same amount by selecting lithium battery for both, I'm pretty sure one is white and the other has orange pigment added to the body.

[cland72]

I did a runtime test on the L1-Red...got nearly 3000 hours out of it. I just got a 5th gen L1 white, and plan on testing that as well, to see how it compares...that is why those two were in my ZPAW light selection

Holy crap... what was the output at hour 2900? Once you complete your test on the white L1 please link us, if you start a new thread.

[angelofwar]

Holy crap... what was the output at hour 2900? Once you complete your test on the white L1 please link us, if you start a new thread.

.5 lumens, maybe...it was still bright enough to look at for close range signalling purposes, and could barely be used for close up reading...but, it was producing light

[fyrstormer]

I tried two different Luce de Notte's. (Sp?) From Photonfanatic on the BST, and while they worked great as locators or markers, they were far dimmer and more of a glow than a traditional "beam"... And the Titan/ T1A will give you 70ish lumens on demand. Runtime on the Titans is well short of 20 years, but the low end and the variable output is a worthy tradeoff for me. Maybe the larger map readers over in the Marketplace?

Maybe, and you also won't feel bad if you lose one of those. In any event, I was mostly being facetious; my TC-R2 dims low enough that I can point the beam directly in my eye without losing my night vision, to say nothing of experiencing any pain, and it's so dim I've never found a use for it except to admire the emitter.