PaulH
Newly Enlightened
Hi,
A friend of mine is going out to Iraq and Afghanistan at some point in the near future. He isn't in the military, but will be going to check out some equipment that his company supplies.
I would like to give him a flashlight to go with, but have no idea whether replacement CR123A's will be available over there. I'm hoping he will find someone to give the flashlight to in the armed forces just before he comes home. So, my question is - does anyone know whether CR123A's are available over there to British forces, or would I be better getting a flashlight that suits AA's instead?
I was thinking something along the lines of a SF G2, with a single mode AMC driver set to 350mA - which will give plenty of light for walking round the camps at night, but should give a decent runtime. Or alternatively a solarforce L2M - as I use as an EDC - set to 350mA, which still gives an amazing amount of light for something so small - with a run time of around 2 hours.
Any suggestions of batteries/cells or driver currents would be greatly appreciated. I basically use 4 x AMC7135 boards, and take off the chips to give the required current - so either 350mA, 700mA, 1050mA or 1400mA.
Cheers.
Paul
A friend of mine is going out to Iraq and Afghanistan at some point in the near future. He isn't in the military, but will be going to check out some equipment that his company supplies.
I would like to give him a flashlight to go with, but have no idea whether replacement CR123A's will be available over there. I'm hoping he will find someone to give the flashlight to in the armed forces just before he comes home. So, my question is - does anyone know whether CR123A's are available over there to British forces, or would I be better getting a flashlight that suits AA's instead?
I was thinking something along the lines of a SF G2, with a single mode AMC driver set to 350mA - which will give plenty of light for walking round the camps at night, but should give a decent runtime. Or alternatively a solarforce L2M - as I use as an EDC - set to 350mA, which still gives an amazing amount of light for something so small - with a run time of around 2 hours.
Any suggestions of batteries/cells or driver currents would be greatly appreciated. I basically use 4 x AMC7135 boards, and take off the chips to give the required current - so either 350mA, 700mA, 1050mA or 1400mA.
Cheers.
Paul
