Glad I found this forum. I have been having trouble finding a good place to get recomendations on where to buy the best flashlight for my needs.
Here is what I and several of my fellow soldiers need. Most of us already have Surefire G2s. The problem we have however is Being that we are in Iraq the availibility of battteries and bulbs can be non existant. We have 3 and 4 cell mags in our vehicles that work really well for when we need a larger flashlight.
We have come up wit a list of needs in a flashlight. Here they are
Must be Small and compact
Easy to fit in a standard belt holster or holster than can be attached to our LBA.
Must be Bright enough to light up something up to 150 feet away and hopefully temporarily Blind a suspected terrorist.
Economical and easy too replace. $20 price range. We put our lights through hell and they do end up lost quite often.
Durable as said before we put our flashlights through hell.
Push button switch on the tail cap is preferred. The important thing is one handed operation.
Focused beam. We need to be able to point directly to an object or area specifically and light it up. An adjustable flood option would be good too.
AA 2 cell seems to be the most convienient size. We all carry Mini Maglights and enjoy them but they lack some of the features that we have mentioned.
It is relatively easy to get AA batteries here. They are also much less expensive.
Thank you for your help in suggestions.
SHOman
***** Update ***** (19 Jan 2007)
This thread is continued because I have ordered a few lights. They are llisted at the end of this thread. I will post a review and photos as best I can when I have used each lighe extensively in this Thread. I appreciate everyones help and advise. Rest assured if we need something in addition or better we will go with the more expensive options that are mentioned in this thread. So far these lighta after a couple of nights use have been great and adequate for our needs.
SHOman
Here is what I and several of my fellow soldiers need. Most of us already have Surefire G2s. The problem we have however is Being that we are in Iraq the availibility of battteries and bulbs can be non existant. We have 3 and 4 cell mags in our vehicles that work really well for when we need a larger flashlight.
We have come up wit a list of needs in a flashlight. Here they are
Must be Small and compact
Easy to fit in a standard belt holster or holster than can be attached to our LBA.
Must be Bright enough to light up something up to 150 feet away and hopefully temporarily Blind a suspected terrorist.
Economical and easy too replace. $20 price range. We put our lights through hell and they do end up lost quite often.
Durable as said before we put our flashlights through hell.
Push button switch on the tail cap is preferred. The important thing is one handed operation.
Focused beam. We need to be able to point directly to an object or area specifically and light it up. An adjustable flood option would be good too.
AA 2 cell seems to be the most convienient size. We all carry Mini Maglights and enjoy them but they lack some of the features that we have mentioned.
It is relatively easy to get AA batteries here. They are also much less expensive.
Thank you for your help in suggestions.
SHOman
***** Update ***** (19 Jan 2007)
This thread is continued because I have ordered a few lights. They are llisted at the end of this thread. I will post a review and photos as best I can when I have used each lighe extensively in this Thread. I appreciate everyones help and advise. Rest assured if we need something in addition or better we will go with the more expensive options that are mentioned in this thread. So far these lighta after a couple of nights use have been great and adequate for our needs.
SHOman
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