Hello all-
I'm new to this forum and am amazed at all the information available. Here is my dillemma: I work in public safety (nights) and need to get a new light. Currently I am using a steamlight sl-20x as a primary and a streamlight strion on my belt as backup. I am getting rid of the strion as i am not impressed at all with it. Since the last year when i bought my last light there seems to have been an explosion of high powered led lights out there. I was planning on getting a surefire and adding a cree led dropin but since logging on to cpf have heard of so many different brands. Ideally I want something bright, with a decent runtime, click on/off tailcap, and sized so i can carry it on my belt. The surefire seems about right but adding extras can make it pretty spendy. Are some of the lights I have read about such as fenix, tiable, dereelight (sp), wolfeyes quality lights? They seem to have a lot of features I am looking for but they cost less than a surefire. I just don't want to drop $75-100 and have the light go out after a few months.
And finally, when i eventually decide to shelve the old sl-20x, what are some good alternatives as far as full size led primary lights. I saw a wolf-eyes light w/3 cree led modules that said it produces 500 lumens and was wondering if it is as good as it looks. I really appreciate the responsed I get and look forward to learning more about lights from everyone. Thanks!!
I'm new to this forum and am amazed at all the information available. Here is my dillemma: I work in public safety (nights) and need to get a new light. Currently I am using a steamlight sl-20x as a primary and a streamlight strion on my belt as backup. I am getting rid of the strion as i am not impressed at all with it. Since the last year when i bought my last light there seems to have been an explosion of high powered led lights out there. I was planning on getting a surefire and adding a cree led dropin but since logging on to cpf have heard of so many different brands. Ideally I want something bright, with a decent runtime, click on/off tailcap, and sized so i can carry it on my belt. The surefire seems about right but adding extras can make it pretty spendy. Are some of the lights I have read about such as fenix, tiable, dereelight (sp), wolfeyes quality lights? They seem to have a lot of features I am looking for but they cost less than a surefire. I just don't want to drop $75-100 and have the light go out after a few months.
And finally, when i eventually decide to shelve the old sl-20x, what are some good alternatives as far as full size led primary lights. I saw a wolf-eyes light w/3 cree led modules that said it produces 500 lumens and was wondering if it is as good as it looks. I really appreciate the responsed I get and look forward to learning more about lights from everyone. Thanks!!
