I was flashlight crazy between the ages of 8 and 14 but when I purchased my Maglite AA I thought I had found the best small light that money could buy so I lost interest.
So 5 days ago I came across some LED flashlights in a local hardware store. I can't remember the brand but they were about $30 for 5 LED lights using 3 AAA (Not a brand I've been able to find online anywhere). I already knew about the existence of the Inova X5 but was unsure whether it was brighter than my Mag AA.
So I go online to start researching the status of flashlight technology and find I have a bit of catching up to do since 1995! Talk about an insanely large selection of LED lights to choose from! This forum is nuts, NUTS I tell you! (shakes fist, bangs head off table).
So I proceeded to spend 4 whole days reading these forums and doing very little else. By the end of that I was a burbling, quivering, wreck mumbling about T bins, runtime plots and integrating spheres.
My first task was to immediately buy a replacement for my AA maglite. I landed on the Fenix L2P as the blindingly (heh) obvious choice. I also picked up one of those 7 LED + Laser things and a 5 LED Xnova as a Christmas present for someone.
I've read about 10% of the reviews on flashlightreviews.com, looked through all of the good manufactureres sites and now I have a "Flashlights" sections in my bookmarks that is almost as large as my "Peak Oil" and "Linux" sections. This is the sign that I am a relapsing flashaholic and that my wallet is about to suffer.
So now I'm looking for a single AA/AAA light that has good battery life that isn't too bright. So far I have narrowed it down to:
Gerber Infinity Ultra (what exactly was better about the CMG Inifinity Ultra?)
Peak Kilmanjaro (1 LED) (I can't find an acurate review or runtime plot anywhere.)
Peak Matterhorn (1 LED)
Arc AAA P
I'm a logical sort of guy and it seems odd to me that a 1 LED AAA Matterhorn produces the same amount of light for the same length as time as a 1 LED AA Kilmanjaro when an AA has twice the capacity of an AAA.
This is what peakledsolutions.com seems to claim anyway so I am eager to see a review of the 1 LED Kilmanjaro done by flashlightreviews.com.
Anyhoo, I look forward to receiving my L2P courtesy of Lighthound. What would be really cool is if there was a 3V Lion rechargeable battery the size of 2AAs :huh:.
Thanks people for a fantastic forum with great people.
In the words of father Dougal McGuire: "Aye Brilliant!".
So 5 days ago I came across some LED flashlights in a local hardware store. I can't remember the brand but they were about $30 for 5 LED lights using 3 AAA (Not a brand I've been able to find online anywhere). I already knew about the existence of the Inova X5 but was unsure whether it was brighter than my Mag AA.
So I go online to start researching the status of flashlight technology and find I have a bit of catching up to do since 1995! Talk about an insanely large selection of LED lights to choose from! This forum is nuts, NUTS I tell you! (shakes fist, bangs head off table).
So I proceeded to spend 4 whole days reading these forums and doing very little else. By the end of that I was a burbling, quivering, wreck mumbling about T bins, runtime plots and integrating spheres.
My first task was to immediately buy a replacement for my AA maglite. I landed on the Fenix L2P as the blindingly (heh) obvious choice. I also picked up one of those 7 LED + Laser things and a 5 LED Xnova as a Christmas present for someone.
I've read about 10% of the reviews on flashlightreviews.com, looked through all of the good manufactureres sites and now I have a "Flashlights" sections in my bookmarks that is almost as large as my "Peak Oil" and "Linux" sections. This is the sign that I am a relapsing flashaholic and that my wallet is about to suffer.
So now I'm looking for a single AA/AAA light that has good battery life that isn't too bright. So far I have narrowed it down to:
Gerber Infinity Ultra (what exactly was better about the CMG Inifinity Ultra?)
Peak Kilmanjaro (1 LED) (I can't find an acurate review or runtime plot anywhere.)
Peak Matterhorn (1 LED)
Arc AAA P
I'm a logical sort of guy and it seems odd to me that a 1 LED AAA Matterhorn produces the same amount of light for the same length as time as a 1 LED AA Kilmanjaro when an AA has twice the capacity of an AAA.
This is what peakledsolutions.com seems to claim anyway so I am eager to see a review of the 1 LED Kilmanjaro done by flashlightreviews.com.
Anyhoo, I look forward to receiving my L2P courtesy of Lighthound. What would be really cool is if there was a 3V Lion rechargeable battery the size of 2AAs :huh:.
Thanks people for a fantastic forum with great people.
In the words of father Dougal McGuire: "Aye Brilliant!".