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JayseG8812

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Alright well heres my situation.. Im currently in the Army deployed to Afghanistan, I am staying on a blackout FOB, so at night there are no lights allowed except blue or red beams.. I really know nothing about lights, so was wondering if anyone could help me find the brightest light thats affordable probably $60 or less, just need to find out what to get ASAP due to all the poisionous critters coming out at night now that its warming up. Thank you in advance.
 
JayseG8812 said:
Alright well heres my situation.. Im currently in the Army deployed to Afghanistan,
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Oh my Gosh! I hope you're alright! :eek:

Does the Army provide you with free batteries? What kind? That'll help us in finding a light for you.
 
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Well they are actually supposed to provide us with a flashlight believe it or not, but they wont issue us any, so I probably won't be able to get batteries, maybe at the most I could get my hands on some AA's i could always just order a few off the internet also, if worse comes to worse.
 
How tough does it need to be? Does it have to emitt red or blue light(Can it be white with a Blue or Red filter)? A Red Inova X5 (Blue) might work. Not the brightest and runs on CR123s but is very tough. A Glo-Toob might work as a marker but runs on specialized batteries.

Not the brightest but bretty tough, Gerber Infinity Ultra in red.

Some one might be able to modify a AA light for you.

Welcome to CPF and good luck.
 
It can be either red or blue, with or without filters, all im concerned about is that its as bright as i can get it haha, with the price I can afford
 
If you need more light than 1 red LED Peak makes a 5LED 1AA kilimanjaro. If you order directly from Peak they will install redL EDs for you.
http://www.peakledsolutions.net/

If you can scronge D batteries this is probably the brightest flashlight with red/blue filters.
http://elektrolumens.com/AngleLux/AngleLux.html
order page
http://www.king-cart.com/cgi-bin/ca...ser-id=&password=&exchange=&exact_match=exact
Or you can order the unmodded version. It will be a lot dimmer & the incan bulb will burn out so order spare bulbs as well.
http://www.actiongear.com/cgi-bin/t....ctx=flashlight&backto=/agcatalog/results.tam

Many LED headlamps come with a red LED or a red/blue filter set. Read the description on the sales page. Problem is most of them run off 3xAAA. Same problem with LED flsahlights that come with a red/blue filter set such as the Dorcy Hawkeye.
http://www.brightguy.com/products/Dorcy_HawkEye_1_Watt.php

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Red is used to preserve night vision - not yours but the sentries'.

Blue is used to track blood stains. So unless U are in the coumtryside tracking wounded Taliban stay with red.
 
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If you can get your hands on CR123's, the X5 in red's a good choice. Great runtime, and it only runs on 1 cell (the other colors run on 2). With 5 LED's it's pretty bright for a 5mm-based light, too. So a Red X5 and a box of cells should last you a while assuming you're not running the light all night long.

Otherwise, it's tough to get good brightness out of a red-filtered LED because there's so little at that end of the spectrum to begin with. Ideal would be a red-lux, but I'm not aware of too many off-the-shelf models like that. I think there's a Terralux Lux1 drop-in for a minimag that comes in red. That might be your best bet inside your budget w/ AA's.

(edit: Yup, here)

Hope that helps, and thanks for serving!

--> Andy
 
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At least some scorpions fluoresce in ultraviolet light. Whether they will fluoresce in the frequency available from a LED I don't know (anyone know?), but this has the advantage of being a black light, and as such will not give much away. Of course it's no good for walking around, just for finding bugs. You can sure get a fluorescent tube lantern and replace the tube with a UV one,which almost certainly puts out the right frequencies but will not be as stealthy, having a pronounced blue glow.

If you can't get a light off the shelf (I think they have them for examining currency), I'm sure someone here on CPF will mod one for you. I guess the dollar sign means you're not a Brit, it's probably less complex postally to deal with someone in the States.

Good luck.

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This thread is not getting the exposure I had hoped it would. I'm thinking the thread title is not that catchy. It should've been. . .

AMERICAN SOLDIER NEEDS FLASHLIGHT!

That might've been more like it. I still can't understand why The U.S. Army can't provide their soldiers with a flashlight though. I remember when I was in the service, it was the supply guys that always had plenty of stuff. If the rest of us wanted something like a fowl weather jacket, we had to fork over some cash to the supply guys. Of course it was a 100 percent profit for them. :rolleyes:

I'm surprised there isn't more in the way of coloured lenses for flashlights. I know the MAG-LITES have a kit you can get that comes with a clear, amber, and red lens though.

Anyway, while the OP is slugging it out with the Taliban :xyxgun:, I'll keep searching the web for a good flashlight. :)
 
I carry a Peak Killamanjaro (1AA for $45) 7 UV LED light with me when I was in Iraq, it worked very well. Throw a spare 7 red LED head in the holster so you can switch them out for blackout (if you need brighter red) Generally, a Peak Matterhorn (1AAA for $30) on a neck lanyard is plenty bright for walking around.
 
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I carry a Peak Killamanjaro (1AA for $45) 7 UV LED light with me when I was in Iraq, it worked very well. Throw a spare 7 red LED head in the holster so you can switch them out for blackout (if you need brighter red) Generally, a Peak Matterhorn (1AAA for $30) on a neck lanyard is plenty bright for walking around.
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+1 on this set-up
 
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