Going camping- paklite? need runtime
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A little more info would be helpful. What size limit do you prefer, how many and what kind of battery's do you want it to run on, how do you want to carry it in pocket,backpack or holster? These questions will help us help you.
LightWalker
Flashlight Enthusiast
Nitecore D10 (1XAA) and EX10 (1X CR123). Put it on low and it will stay there untill you change it which is easy to do.
This is just a suggestion but the Fenix P3D runs 65hrs at 12 lumens. No its not single stage but you could use it like that because it has no memory and always comes on in the low mode, you could then have have an all around flashlight if you wanted since it can go way up it lumens if you want. http://www.lighthound.com/Fenix-P3D...A-III-OD-Finish-Textured-Reflector_p_417.html
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glockboy
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Nitecore D10, D20, Fenix EO1, and headlight Zebralight H60.
Camping = headlamp in my opinion. Trust me, you will appreciate two free hands at night. One of the Energizer LED headlamps you can get in any supermarket should work fine unless you're going camping in pouring rain all night, they can take light rain but are not the most water resistant headlamps. They have pretty good runtime on the low setting.
If you are willing to spend more I personally recommend a Zebralight. I love mine. Other good brands of quality headlamps are Princeton Tec and Petzl, but I have no personal experience with the last two brands.
If you are willing to spend more I personally recommend a Zebralight. I love mine. Other good brands of quality headlamps are Princeton Tec and Petzl, but I have no personal experience with the last two brands.
Check out www.9voltlight.com for the Pak-lite, great back up light.I have a few long run time.
metlarules
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Don't forget the old stanby. The Gerber Infinity Ultra sounds like it would be what you are looking for.
I might also recommend an LED lantern.
The good old Energizer 4xAA folding LED lantern (LED4AAOD) will give you enough light for a tent and they claim 130 hours on one set of batteries. Weighs about 3.5 ounces w/o batteries and it's cheap, too.
The Brunton Glorb weighs a tiny but more (w/o the 4xAA's) but they claim 250 hours run time. The Glorb XB has a one watt LED but they only claim 50 hours run time.
Bigger usually means brighter and longer run time. If you can stand the weight of D cell lights Energizer has a few choices with up to 245 hours claimed run time. A couple of them have adjustable levels. Most have a switch for a yellow LED to use as a night light. Those are pretty good choices for power outage lights at home or cottage, too.
There are lots of other options.
The good old Energizer 4xAA folding LED lantern (LED4AAOD) will give you enough light for a tent and they claim 130 hours on one set of batteries. Weighs about 3.5 ounces w/o batteries and it's cheap, too.
The Brunton Glorb weighs a tiny but more (w/o the 4xAA's) but they claim 250 hours run time. The Glorb XB has a one watt LED but they only claim 50 hours run time.
Bigger usually means brighter and longer run time. If you can stand the weight of D cell lights Energizer has a few choices with up to 245 hours claimed run time. A couple of them have adjustable levels. Most have a switch for a yellow LED to use as a night light. Those are pretty good choices for power outage lights at home or cottage, too.
There are lots of other options.
Big_Ed
Flashlight Enthusiast
I might have a fuzzy memory on this, but I seem to remember someone ran a Pak-Lite on low with a lithium battery in their freezer, and it stayed lit for many months or even a year. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
I just bought a Wolf-Eyes Sniper with an MC-E LED in it.
In the low-mode (unfortunately, this is the third mode, so you have to extra-click the switch twice) this light will have a runtime of about 50 hours on a single 18650 battery.
Take two of these batteries with you, and you have the desired 100 hours.
Especially for camping, this is a great light. For lighting up "your" area on the camping-site, you need a floody beam, not a thrower - and that's exactly what this one has.
As an added benefit, you get in the other modes too - you'll have a portable SEARCHLIGHT in your hand if you just leave it in the high mode! An incredible wall of light will be yours.
I first was tempted by single-mode lights too, but the ability to adjust the light AND the runtime for the given task has made me look more to the multimode lights nowadays (when it comes to LED-lights - I still am an incan-man by nature. But to have 100 hours runtime, you would end up with no-light with an incan. Here, LEDs rule! However, multi-mode incans are a reality - the SureFire 9AN commander simply has two bulbs built into its single reflector....)
Timmo.
In the low-mode (unfortunately, this is the third mode, so you have to extra-click the switch twice) this light will have a runtime of about 50 hours on a single 18650 battery.
Take two of these batteries with you, and you have the desired 100 hours.
Especially for camping, this is a great light. For lighting up "your" area on the camping-site, you need a floody beam, not a thrower - and that's exactly what this one has.
As an added benefit, you get in the other modes too - you'll have a portable SEARCHLIGHT in your hand if you just leave it in the high mode! An incredible wall of light will be yours.
I first was tempted by single-mode lights too, but the ability to adjust the light AND the runtime for the given task has made me look more to the multimode lights nowadays (when it comes to LED-lights - I still am an incan-man by nature. But to have 100 hours runtime, you would end up with no-light with an incan. Here, LEDs rule! However, multi-mode incans are a reality - the SureFire 9AN commander simply has two bulbs built into its single reflector....)
Timmo.
Bradlee
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IMO, the Glorb XB causes a lot of glare when using it at eye-level (e.g. eating at picnic table, holding in front of you), making it less than ideal.
Gunner12
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To add to the list, the Novatac and RA lights can both go pretty low.
Mobenzowner
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I like the ones mentioned above by Gunner12......:twothumbs
+1 on that. I've nothing to add - well said, MarPsyco.
Pretty sure there was a thread about diffusing lantern globes/surfaces awhile ago but that's easy to figure out if it's annoying. Lots of cheap fixes for that.
