Looking for a thrower but want to spend less than $50. Went camping with friends, they saw the beam on my Jetbeam Jet-III M (with R2), really liked the throw (for outdoors, e.g. check the pasture from the house, maybe 80-90 yards). So would like to give them something similar, yet not too expensive, to start with. It has to run on primary batteries. Not super-cheap (I won't buy from DX or KD). I'm figuring a 2-cell light (like AA or 123) for reasonable size and throw. I've considered a few:
Romisen RC-C8, about $24, flood-to-throw - but the throw is the "see the LED die" type, I think some spill would be more useful.
Romisen RC-N3 R4, about $24 - reviews say not especially good throw.
Mag light with a dropin - something like a 2D or 3D incan Mag, but the only inexpensive dropins I see are Terralux and they seem to have mixed reviews - would be less than $40 total but not sure how good throw would be, or beam quality.
Solarforce flashlight (something like L2 or L2R plus LC-1 either single or 3-mode) - around $30-35 - maybe this is best choice but not sure how much throw there is.
Am I missing some other obvious choice?
Opinions?
Romisen RC-C8, about $24, flood-to-throw - but the throw is the "see the LED die" type, I think some spill would be more useful.
Romisen RC-N3 R4, about $24 - reviews say not especially good throw.
Mag light with a dropin - something like a 2D or 3D incan Mag, but the only inexpensive dropins I see are Terralux and they seem to have mixed reviews - would be less than $40 total but not sure how good throw would be, or beam quality.
Solarforce flashlight (something like L2 or L2R plus LC-1 either single or 3-mode) - around $30-35 - maybe this is best choice but not sure how much throw there is.
Am I missing some other obvious choice?
Opinions?
