ElKabong
Newly Enlightened
- Joined
- Dec 19, 2005
- Messages
- 4
Wow, I'm not alone.
I have a mess of flashlights (keep buying new ones when I see one that looks interesting). I thought I was the only person who did that. Then I came to this forum to look at a review and found that other people did the same thing. Cool, feels like home.
Just to "introduce" myself, here are some of my toys:
I have a mess of flashlights (keep buying new ones when I see one that looks interesting). I thought I was the only person who did that. Then I came to this forum to look at a review and found that other people did the same thing. Cool, feels like home.
Just to "introduce" myself, here are some of my toys:
- SL SL20X - Bought it on the recommendation by a police officer. Great "baton" flashlight.
- SL Stinger - Little long for pocket carry, still like it. Broken right now (see my other post).
- SF 6P - Bright. I always think about the lamp life though.
- SF 3P - Discontinued. A SF rep told me I'd always be able to get lamps though
- SF 6Z - Fav tac light.
- SL 4AA ProPoly - Major favorite task light (actually I have a mess of these for that reason)
- SL Junior Luxeon - Favorite penlight sized light
- SF L1 - Nice build quality, not sure it was worth the $'s
- Coast V2 - Not as well regarded a name as SF and SL but I really like this light because of it's form factor. I can (and do) carry it with me all the time. Glad I bought a spare when Costco had them.
- SL Scorpion - Was defective (messed with it to make it work). Better than a 2AA Mini-Maglite but the beam quality, bulb life and battery life could not compete with the Coast V2.
- SL Twin-Tasks - Okay, but the incandenscent bulbs are not bright enough for them to be my Jack-of-all-trades. Plus I generally prefer carry two different lights if I need two types of light (because that means I must need light and I prefer have a backup, especially if the task light is a rechargeable).
- S&W 3W LED - I don't like the switch
- Misc. Princeton Tech LED lights - Great support but some versions were made of a plastic that wasn't suitable to the kind of use I'd inflict on them.
- Inova X5 - Nice, but not quite good enough to displace the SL and SF's.
- Several LED headlamps (SL, etc.) - I like all of them, the SL is my favorite.
- Several Photon keychain lights. They're great on a lanyard or keychain.