DarkShadows
Newly Enlightened
Hi everyone...brand new here. I've been researching lights for a couple of weeks now. I originally started with Quickbeam's website and found the CPF link there.
I want to own some premium lights some day but I think it would be more fun and a better learning experience to start at the bottom, well, not the very bottom. I still want quality, not junk. Like all of you, I understand and appreciate quality. It's funny, in all my years, I never realized that there was such a thing as a premium flashlight. Just didn't hang out in the right places, I guess! Well, I had heard of Mag-lite but they never really did anything for me. SF on the other hand, really lights my fire!
I always hated everything about those cheap, crappy flashlights that I used to get. I hated the flimsy switch, the distorted beam and trying to put new batteries in. It seemed that the light might not survive a battery change sometimes, and if it did, would it turn-on?
Anyway, I have seen a few sub-$20 lights that I will eventually get. I already bought the Tec 40 for $16 and I must say that I am impressed with its performance.
I have added the Infinity Ultra to my short list based on the posts that I have read so far. I also have the Brinkman LX on the list.
Is there anything else that you would consider a "must have" in the sub-$20 catagory? Right now, I am experimenting and learning, so I am open to bulb type and configuration...spot or flood, I don't care. I want to try them all. Then when it comes time to spend some real cash, I will *know* what I want.
Thanks.
I want to own some premium lights some day but I think it would be more fun and a better learning experience to start at the bottom, well, not the very bottom. I still want quality, not junk. Like all of you, I understand and appreciate quality. It's funny, in all my years, I never realized that there was such a thing as a premium flashlight. Just didn't hang out in the right places, I guess! Well, I had heard of Mag-lite but they never really did anything for me. SF on the other hand, really lights my fire!
I always hated everything about those cheap, crappy flashlights that I used to get. I hated the flimsy switch, the distorted beam and trying to put new batteries in. It seemed that the light might not survive a battery change sometimes, and if it did, would it turn-on?
Anyway, I have seen a few sub-$20 lights that I will eventually get. I already bought the Tec 40 for $16 and I must say that I am impressed with its performance.
I have added the Infinity Ultra to my short list based on the posts that I have read so far. I also have the Brinkman LX on the list.
Is there anything else that you would consider a "must have" in the sub-$20 catagory? Right now, I am experimenting and learning, so I am open to bulb type and configuration...spot or flood, I don't care. I want to try them all. Then when it comes time to spend some real cash, I will *know* what I want.
Thanks.