I would like to get my brother in-law a nice led flashlight for use in his work as a service mechanic. I think he has a good re-chargeable for use when is working out of the shop but he needs something when working out of his service truck while on the road. His current light is apparently pretty weak and he takes no small amount of ribbing from his co-workers about it.
I'm thinking something about the size of the G2 or a bit smaller. AA or 123 batteries are probably ok. These guys beat the crap out of their tools so the light needs to be tough, particularly impact resistant. Clicky switch is probably most productive for this application. Throw is probably not that big of deal in this application as he will be working on off-highway equipment all the time.
Easy to use and predictable UI. Strobe and such is fine for comparing lights after work but I doubt he is going to want to cycle through a complex multi-level UI each time he uses it. I suspect low, medium, and high is what's required.
He likes shiny stuff, chrome on his cars etc, so something that had the capability of laying the smack down on his co-workers lights with regards to brightness And had some shiny bling would probably be good. And if it happens to work well for the particular application that would be a bonus.
Another thing that would be nice but maybe not required is a light that was made in the U.S. and preferably if it actually said that on the light. The crews he works with are big on using U.S. made tools and you just don't show up on the job site with harbor freight stuff on your truck or you might not be on that job site very long. As a practical matter I don't know how much this applies to flashlights so much as other tools such as wrenches, power tools, welding machines and the like but if the light was made in the U.S.A and particularly if said as much on the light, that would be a good thing.
Thanks!
I'm thinking something about the size of the G2 or a bit smaller. AA or 123 batteries are probably ok. These guys beat the crap out of their tools so the light needs to be tough, particularly impact resistant. Clicky switch is probably most productive for this application. Throw is probably not that big of deal in this application as he will be working on off-highway equipment all the time.
Easy to use and predictable UI. Strobe and such is fine for comparing lights after work but I doubt he is going to want to cycle through a complex multi-level UI each time he uses it. I suspect low, medium, and high is what's required.
He likes shiny stuff, chrome on his cars etc, so something that had the capability of laying the smack down on his co-workers lights with regards to brightness And had some shiny bling would probably be good. And if it happens to work well for the particular application that would be a bonus.
Another thing that would be nice but maybe not required is a light that was made in the U.S. and preferably if it actually said that on the light. The crews he works with are big on using U.S. made tools and you just don't show up on the job site with harbor freight stuff on your truck or you might not be on that job site very long. As a practical matter I don't know how much this applies to flashlights so much as other tools such as wrenches, power tools, welding machines and the like but if the light was made in the U.S.A and particularly if said as much on the light, that would be a good thing.
Thanks!
I offered him a 6P and he said how am I going to hold it?
