Regulated Led that won't break the Bank

Regulated Led that won\'t break the Bank

I do not yet have a regulated led light. I would like to know what would be the best regulated led light with plenty of brightness, throw or no throw, and a price that would not cause me to take out a loan. In other words cheap and good. Does this exist? Severe

Re: Regulated Led that won\'t break the Bank

Badboy sandwich for your minimag. That's the cheapest solution I can think of right now.

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I would agree with Isaac,
A Badboy 400 or 500 would be the cheapest way to go. If you don't want the brightest thing on the block, Wayne is selling the BB400 for $32. If you want brighter go with the Q3L version and throw it in a Brinkmann Legend. That will get you in the ballparck for under $50.
Another option would be a Elektrolumens Anglelux 2D. It uses a micropuck voltage regulator with Fraen optics and is very bright. It will also run over 24 hours on a set of D cells so feeding the $50 light will be inexpensive.
If lithiums don't bother you, get an Arc LS second (it will have blemishes on the anodising or not be perfect) they run $50.

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Severe one to keep in mind that is not in the bright category is the opalec newbeam it is a mini-mag upgrade with 3-5mm leds it also has a small red led that lights when the batts are low enough for it to drop out of regulation, great little long run (10hr or more) light. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

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I agree with onelight. If price-per-performance is the objective, you can not go wrong with the NewBeam. As a matter of fact, it's the best regulated light to date. Nothing out there runs as flat as the NewBeam.

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Depends on how bright you want it.

I have the BB400 and it is pretty bright, but for most uses, I actually prefer my PT Attitude 3 LED light. At the time I got it, I had decided I wanted the plastic, compact body more than the regulation of the Opalec (I use NiMHs and when it gets a little dim...I just recharge). Once I got it, I decided from use that it is almost the perfect amount of light. Bright enough for almost all uses but not so bright as to overwhelm for a task light (the BB400 kinda does).

So...if I wanted a regulated, AA based light, I think I'd recommend the Newbeam as well.

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I agree with the bad boy recommendations. While I prefer my smaller E1/KL1 or ArcLS, my badboy 500 in a mini-mag has performed flawlessly. Plus you can use rechargeable AA's with no/very little drop in brighness for an ultimate cost effective light.

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Go to the Reviews Forum and look in the sticky "Runtime Plots". There's runtime plots on at least 12 lights that are regulated to a flat line and many others that are regulated to give a gently sloaping plot.