Fuzzywuzzies
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Hi all!
I'm not one to ask for help most of the time, but here I submit myself to all you bright minds here on CPF -
I'm looking to purchase a "by the door" light, for grabbing to go out and check on the stock or investigate some of the odd stuff that goes on out by our boundaries…. We are 'out in the sticks' a bit on a small block of land which we farm.
The idea of this light is a bit in the vein of "all the lumens", but not to impress others. I'm looking for a lot of floody light with a bit of throw to do outdoor tasks for 10min to 60min max, such as checking on the extent of flooding, rounding up stock that have broken down a fence, etc. I'd probably just go a buy a Marauder 2, but The catch is that I highly value CRI. I've been jamming about CRI since my first flashbulb. While I know current technology can deliver, I'm specifically looking for a lot of high CRI light.
I've "done the list" and jotted some comments below, to fill in the details.
I'd really appreciate your thoughts and insults.
Purchase: Don't mind. Open to any option, even a custom if you twist my arm hard enough.
Budget: No hard limit. Yet. Gulp.
Size: One-handed operation. No bigger than the Maurauder 2.
Emitter: High CRI LED.
Power: We use 18650s extensively, but I'm open to any common rechargeable format, or custom battery packs.
Charger: I like the idea of inductive charging, but open to suggestions.
Lumens: Loosely heading for at least 4000-8000 of turbo, and 2000 continuous, as a minimum.
Flood vs Throw: A wide flood is a must, but I'm looking for some hotspot / throw as well. At this brightness that shouldn't be an issue though.
Distance: We'll never need more than 50-100m for this light.
Runtime: 60min at around the 2000lu mark would be a dream.
Durability: Not 'mission critical', but top shelf. It's gonna get a few knocks.
Switch: No easily accessible epilepsy modes. The less button-pressing the better - a selector ring would be perfect.
UI: At least three levels. Nothing fancy needed.
Material: Something solid. Metal does that job well.
Water resistance: Rain / oops dropped it in a puddle should be fine. More is better though.
Storage: Shelf by the door - I really like Foursevens' approach with the inductive charger base. That's super nifty
Some thoughts:
I hate strobe. Everyone hates strobe. And SOS. And any of the "epilepsy modes" that wicked, wicked manufacturers put in their light interfaces. If they must be there, at least bury them 10 feet deep where there's less chance of them ever being used! Ok, rant over.
I can be led to spend a large sum of money if you can convince me of the item's quality.
This will be our brightest battery light next to the 4000lu Bosch 18v worklight, which is a good work light, by the way, but far too large for this use case. And the yard floods (mains power) are 28,000lu, so I do have some small idea of what I'm asking for….!
A couple of lights I have looked at and been swayed by so far:
I'm not one to ask for help most of the time, but here I submit myself to all you bright minds here on CPF -
I'm looking to purchase a "by the door" light, for grabbing to go out and check on the stock or investigate some of the odd stuff that goes on out by our boundaries…. We are 'out in the sticks' a bit on a small block of land which we farm.
The idea of this light is a bit in the vein of "all the lumens", but not to impress others. I'm looking for a lot of floody light with a bit of throw to do outdoor tasks for 10min to 60min max, such as checking on the extent of flooding, rounding up stock that have broken down a fence, etc. I'd probably just go a buy a Marauder 2, but The catch is that I highly value CRI. I've been jamming about CRI since my first flashbulb. While I know current technology can deliver, I'm specifically looking for a lot of high CRI light.
I've "done the list" and jotted some comments below, to fill in the details.
I'd really appreciate your thoughts and insults.
Purchase: Don't mind. Open to any option, even a custom if you twist my arm hard enough.
Budget: No hard limit. Yet. Gulp.
Size: One-handed operation. No bigger than the Maurauder 2.
Emitter: High CRI LED.
Power: We use 18650s extensively, but I'm open to any common rechargeable format, or custom battery packs.
Charger: I like the idea of inductive charging, but open to suggestions.
Lumens: Loosely heading for at least 4000-8000 of turbo, and 2000 continuous, as a minimum.
Flood vs Throw: A wide flood is a must, but I'm looking for some hotspot / throw as well. At this brightness that shouldn't be an issue though.
Distance: We'll never need more than 50-100m for this light.
Runtime: 60min at around the 2000lu mark would be a dream.
Durability: Not 'mission critical', but top shelf. It's gonna get a few knocks.
Switch: No easily accessible epilepsy modes. The less button-pressing the better - a selector ring would be perfect.
UI: At least three levels. Nothing fancy needed.
Material: Something solid. Metal does that job well.
Water resistance: Rain / oops dropped it in a puddle should be fine. More is better though.
Storage: Shelf by the door - I really like Foursevens' approach with the inductive charger base. That's super nifty
Some thoughts:
I hate strobe. Everyone hates strobe. And SOS. And any of the "epilepsy modes" that wicked, wicked manufacturers put in their light interfaces. If they must be there, at least bury them 10 feet deep where there's less chance of them ever being used! Ok, rant over.
I can be led to spend a large sum of money if you can convince me of the item's quality.
This will be our brightest battery light next to the 4000lu Bosch 18v worklight, which is a good work light, by the way, but far too large for this use case. And the yard floods (mains power) are 28,000lu, so I do have some small idea of what I'm asking for….!
A couple of lights I have looked at and been swayed by so far:
- Foursevens Maelstrom (Love it, but not completely sold on the brightness)
- Olight Marauder 2 (Great interface, 10 points for that Olight, but it's not high CRI, and that gimmicky spotlight thingy... At least they buried the strobe a bit.)
