Hi guys,
Over the weekend my old Maglite finally died. Honestly, I'm glad about it as I hated that black spot in the middle of the light beam. I would need your help choosing a new light please!
Must have's:
- 2 AAs – That's a small enough size with decent output, can get AA's everywhere but AAA's are limited.
- Reliable, tough, durable – I try to be gentle with my stuff but every now and then it gets bumped and bashed and dropped. I hate stuff dying after two weeks (worst of all right when you need it!), it must last!
- Something that doesn't drain batteries while it's in the car or the bag. The old Maglite ran through batteries even when it was turned off! I tried removing the batteries when it wasn't in use but that was a real pain!
-Something with a consistent output until the batteries are completely dead. A light that reduces its output halfway through the battery cycle is useless to me.
- Will be used for hiking, camping and hunting (no biking etc).
After a lot of reading I favour the Armytek Prime Pro XM-L2 because
- it's in my price range (around AUD 100 or USD 70)
- runs on 2AAs
- IPX8 rating, advertised with a 10m drop proof rating
- advertised with 'ultra low current drain in OFF-state – more than 25 years'
- 500 lm max (for those emergency situations) and to me more important (I don't understand the hype about 100 different settings between blinding, stunning and deadly – I rather have more settings on the lower output side) 10lm, 1.7 lm and 0.15 lm for reading maps at night without killing night vision and a few emergency fixes.
The reviews I read about it sound good, do you guys think that light is a good choice? Anything I should be aware of? Any other (better?) choices?
Looking forward to hearing your input guys!
Thanks heaps!
Over the weekend my old Maglite finally died. Honestly, I'm glad about it as I hated that black spot in the middle of the light beam. I would need your help choosing a new light please!
Must have's:
- 2 AAs – That's a small enough size with decent output, can get AA's everywhere but AAA's are limited.
- Reliable, tough, durable – I try to be gentle with my stuff but every now and then it gets bumped and bashed and dropped. I hate stuff dying after two weeks (worst of all right when you need it!), it must last!
- Something that doesn't drain batteries while it's in the car or the bag. The old Maglite ran through batteries even when it was turned off! I tried removing the batteries when it wasn't in use but that was a real pain!
-Something with a consistent output until the batteries are completely dead. A light that reduces its output halfway through the battery cycle is useless to me.
- Will be used for hiking, camping and hunting (no biking etc).
After a lot of reading I favour the Armytek Prime Pro XM-L2 because
- it's in my price range (around AUD 100 or USD 70)
- runs on 2AAs
- IPX8 rating, advertised with a 10m drop proof rating
- advertised with 'ultra low current drain in OFF-state – more than 25 years'
- 500 lm max (for those emergency situations) and to me more important (I don't understand the hype about 100 different settings between blinding, stunning and deadly – I rather have more settings on the lower output side) 10lm, 1.7 lm and 0.15 lm for reading maps at night without killing night vision and a few emergency fixes.
The reviews I read about it sound good, do you guys think that light is a good choice? Anything I should be aware of? Any other (better?) choices?
Looking forward to hearing your input guys!
Thanks heaps!