What do you think about choosing the battery type BEFORE you choose your light? I am looking for a light-weight, compact flashlight for general backpacking. The CR123 battery packs a lot of juice for its weight, which is a nice characteristic of lith batteries. Here's more or less what I am looking for feature by feature:
1. Light weight - can be machined aluminum or lexan.
2. Flood type light
3. More burn time vs light output. Don't need or even want huge lumens. Something to run around camp with, or find the trail at night. My X5 is almost too bright, and it's a 2 cell light anyway.
4. Totally bomb proof. Drop a rock on it, and it will still work.
This would replace my venerable and original CMG Infinity single AA light, very dim, but 40 hrs of light.
I might do a headlamp, but I don't really need one, and most are not as bomb-proof.
Suggestions?? Thanks!
1. Light weight - can be machined aluminum or lexan.
2. Flood type light
3. More burn time vs light output. Don't need or even want huge lumens. Something to run around camp with, or find the trail at night. My X5 is almost too bright, and it's a 2 cell light anyway.
4. Totally bomb proof. Drop a rock on it, and it will still work.
This would replace my venerable and original CMG Infinity single AA light, very dim, but 40 hrs of light.
I might do a headlamp, but I don't really need one, and most are not as bomb-proof.
Suggestions?? Thanks!