paintsnow
Newly Enlightened
Hello everyone.
My cheap little Surefire G2 is finally dying on me.
Ive been looking for a light to primarily stay in my offroad vehicle.
It will be used for camping, finding stuff in the truck at night, fixing the truck or just working on it at night, as well as hiking or checking out what went bump at 2am.
I like the idea of a multi level or adjustable light, so that i can go from reading a map, to lighting up the woods. Ive been looking at the Olight M20, M21, M30 as well as the Jetbeam RRT-1 and 2. Also ive been considering the 5.11 Light for life.
Im loving the multiple outputs, run times, the ability to use rechargeable batteries that i can throw on the charger in the vehicle.
The only thing that bugs me is the difficulty and time required to change the brightness. They all have some stupid "memory mode" crap where they remember the last setting you used, and revert to it when you turn it on. What kind of crap is that? If i was reading a book the night before, and now i hear something in the bushes, i want to be able to see it, not get a 3 lumen output.
I like how surefire designed the nights that will never come out, that if you hit the button all the way you get the max output the light can produce. If you dont need it you dont push the button in all the way and can use less light. Unfortunately, their runtimes suck, and they are overpriced, even though i like their lights, they just dont seem to be for me.
So basically, i would like to ask if there are any adjustable lights you would recommend that have multiple outputs, and quick access to full output.
Im liking the 5.11 because if i push the button in all the way i get 270 lumens, and 90 lumen for 60 min should be plenty for anything im doing around the truck, and then i can just pop it back on the charger for 90 seconds.
Although if there is something that will give me the same features i need, with longer burn times, i dont mind rechargeable batteries since i can have the charger in the truck and be able to go further from it for hikes or anything else that may come up.
Thanks for the help!
-Paint
My cheap little Surefire G2 is finally dying on me.
Ive been looking for a light to primarily stay in my offroad vehicle.
It will be used for camping, finding stuff in the truck at night, fixing the truck or just working on it at night, as well as hiking or checking out what went bump at 2am.
I like the idea of a multi level or adjustable light, so that i can go from reading a map, to lighting up the woods. Ive been looking at the Olight M20, M21, M30 as well as the Jetbeam RRT-1 and 2. Also ive been considering the 5.11 Light for life.
Im loving the multiple outputs, run times, the ability to use rechargeable batteries that i can throw on the charger in the vehicle.
The only thing that bugs me is the difficulty and time required to change the brightness. They all have some stupid "memory mode" crap where they remember the last setting you used, and revert to it when you turn it on. What kind of crap is that? If i was reading a book the night before, and now i hear something in the bushes, i want to be able to see it, not get a 3 lumen output.
I like how surefire designed the nights that will never come out, that if you hit the button all the way you get the max output the light can produce. If you dont need it you dont push the button in all the way and can use less light. Unfortunately, their runtimes suck, and they are overpriced, even though i like their lights, they just dont seem to be for me.
So basically, i would like to ask if there are any adjustable lights you would recommend that have multiple outputs, and quick access to full output.
Im liking the 5.11 because if i push the button in all the way i get 270 lumens, and 90 lumen for 60 min should be plenty for anything im doing around the truck, and then i can just pop it back on the charger for 90 seconds.
Although if there is something that will give me the same features i need, with longer burn times, i dont mind rechargeable batteries since i can have the charger in the truck and be able to go further from it for hikes or anything else that may come up.
Thanks for the help!
-Paint