Hi, this is my first post on these forums, but I've always liked lights.
So to the topic at hand, I want to get a new flashlight for work. I'm a starting aircraft mechanic, and the reason why I want a zoomie is because while I generally use a flood for work, sometimes I require a focused spotlight for either pointing things out to colleagues, or clearly illuminating things in detail at range, for example on a plane tail tip. I find that normal flashlights with a good center spot still have a decent amount of splashed light around it, which actually detracts from when I want to focus on something specific.
A few I considered are the fenix fd41, Brinyte B158 and Zebralite sc600w. I also contacted Vinh about his wowtac a3vn, but he suggested his haikelite ht08vn instead.
Some things that it has to have is definitely a least a couple different output modes. This probably isn't a hard requirement. It should be resistant to getting dirty since its a work environment. I can clean it at the end of each work day, but it should work while dirty for the whole day. And adding to that, I won't be deliberately smacking it against things, of course, but in a work environment it is bound to take some hits so it should be tough enough for that.
Some preference things: My workplace can provide AAA and AA batteries, so I prefer if it can run on those. I don't mind other types of batteries, but as I don't have any, getting them and the charger would add to the cost. And if its other battery types, I would not be able to just go and grab new AAs from work so the light needs to last the whole work day and then I can charge it at home. Also I prefer to have a clip for attaching to a pocket rather than loose in the pocket.
My budget is about $100 cad. I can go higher up to around $200, but I prefer to keep it at around $100 or lower if possible.
Last note, as you may have guessed from the cad note above, I'm in Canada, so shipping costs may also be a factor. Plus I'm moving in just over 2 weeks so shipping time will, at the least, affect where I ship it to.
Thanks for any help offered.
So to the topic at hand, I want to get a new flashlight for work. I'm a starting aircraft mechanic, and the reason why I want a zoomie is because while I generally use a flood for work, sometimes I require a focused spotlight for either pointing things out to colleagues, or clearly illuminating things in detail at range, for example on a plane tail tip. I find that normal flashlights with a good center spot still have a decent amount of splashed light around it, which actually detracts from when I want to focus on something specific.
A few I considered are the fenix fd41, Brinyte B158 and Zebralite sc600w. I also contacted Vinh about his wowtac a3vn, but he suggested his haikelite ht08vn instead.
Some things that it has to have is definitely a least a couple different output modes. This probably isn't a hard requirement. It should be resistant to getting dirty since its a work environment. I can clean it at the end of each work day, but it should work while dirty for the whole day. And adding to that, I won't be deliberately smacking it against things, of course, but in a work environment it is bound to take some hits so it should be tough enough for that.
Some preference things: My workplace can provide AAA and AA batteries, so I prefer if it can run on those. I don't mind other types of batteries, but as I don't have any, getting them and the charger would add to the cost. And if its other battery types, I would not be able to just go and grab new AAs from work so the light needs to last the whole work day and then I can charge it at home. Also I prefer to have a clip for attaching to a pocket rather than loose in the pocket.
My budget is about $100 cad. I can go higher up to around $200, but I prefer to keep it at around $100 or lower if possible.
Last note, as you may have guessed from the cad note above, I'm in Canada, so shipping costs may also be a factor. Plus I'm moving in just over 2 weeks so shipping time will, at the least, affect where I ship it to.
Thanks for any help offered.