cslinger
Enlightened
Let\'s be honest here........
The fact is flashlight "nuts" and I say that with the utmost respect and love, tend to get hung up on lumens or candlepower or whatever just like gun nuts get hung up on caliber. The fact is will the light do what you personally need it to do when you need it to do it. That being said the great majority of us only need 15-30 "lumens" of light to get the job done.
So for those folks who are researching and looking for a good all around flashlight try not to get hung up on the brightest rating. 60+ lumens is great for tactical situtations where you want to stun/blind an armed assailent but how often does that happen, hopefully not often for most of us schmucks. So anyway what I am getting at is if you are looking at a good all around flashlight don't get hung up looking for the brightest, most expensive thing known. Try to ask question and a get a feel for how the light will work for your personal situation.
For example a Sure L1 only puts out like .7 of a lumen or something really low on the lowest setting but really is useful for most of the everyday tasks you or I will do and the full 15-20 lumens is downright focused and bright.
So my two cents is don't get hung up on the cost, output numbers etc. Take the time to figure out what would work for you not what would work for Seal Team X.
My two cents.
Now that being said us "X Nuts" where X is a flashlight, stereo, gun etc. have at it. We tend to want specific things with the reason being no more than it is apparently the best for X situation. I am a .45 caliber gun guy and I can give you a bunch of reasons why but the fact is, as far as guns are as concerned you do your part the gun will do it's part. So as far as flashlights are concerned there are two types of folks. Enthusiests and people who just want a good flashlight. The latter shouldn't get too caught up int the hype as there are a lot of very good flashlights for the money.
Chris
The fact is flashlight "nuts" and I say that with the utmost respect and love, tend to get hung up on lumens or candlepower or whatever just like gun nuts get hung up on caliber. The fact is will the light do what you personally need it to do when you need it to do it. That being said the great majority of us only need 15-30 "lumens" of light to get the job done.
So for those folks who are researching and looking for a good all around flashlight try not to get hung up on the brightest rating. 60+ lumens is great for tactical situtations where you want to stun/blind an armed assailent but how often does that happen, hopefully not often for most of us schmucks. So anyway what I am getting at is if you are looking at a good all around flashlight don't get hung up looking for the brightest, most expensive thing known. Try to ask question and a get a feel for how the light will work for your personal situation.
For example a Sure L1 only puts out like .7 of a lumen or something really low on the lowest setting but really is useful for most of the everyday tasks you or I will do and the full 15-20 lumens is downright focused and bright.
So my two cents is don't get hung up on the cost, output numbers etc. Take the time to figure out what would work for you not what would work for Seal Team X.
My two cents.
Now that being said us "X Nuts" where X is a flashlight, stereo, gun etc. have at it. We tend to want specific things with the reason being no more than it is apparently the best for X situation. I am a .45 caliber gun guy and I can give you a bunch of reasons why but the fact is, as far as guns are as concerned you do your part the gun will do it's part. So as far as flashlights are concerned there are two types of folks. Enthusiests and people who just want a good flashlight. The latter shouldn't get too caught up int the hype as there are a lot of very good flashlights for the money.
Chris
