Top Flashlight Manufacturers

Catching-up on my e-mail tonight. Just read one asking me for a list of "...top flashlight manufacturers" (sender's words). There was no criteria specified, but my guess is that established producers that make the flashlight continually will fill the roster.

Let's help out this individual. Sounds like a quantity purchase for an organization. I'll ask for more details with my reply. Here is my short list in alphabetical order considering build quality, light product output, and product line variety.

Note: Although I don't have any experience witht the Pila products, I included them at the recommendation of someone whose opinion I trust.

Chime in with any details, opinions, and experience.

Arc Flashlight, LLC
Mag Instrument, Inc.
Permalight (Asia) Co., Ltd. (Pila)
Streamlight, Inc.
Surefire, LLC
Tigerlight, Inc.

Eveready, Garrity, Dorcy, LRI.(photon).Not high quality but G.E. and coleman produce flashlights. Panasonic makes flashlights. NEXT??

I think perhaps we should include Underwater Kinetics and Pelican, no?

Underwater Kinetics
Princeton Tec
Pelican
Elektrolumens

Edit: Beat me to it. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

Gee,

That's funny. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thinking.gif I thought that there were only three flashlight companies in the entire world:

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif Arc Flashlight
/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif SureFire
/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif TigerLight

Hmm . . . there are more? Nah. I don't believe it. Are you people sure? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I think it's best to find out first what kind of organization and what they want the lights for. If it's some kind of duty light, Streamlight rechargeables (there's a wide range of models) seem to be king of the hill.

Brinkmann holds the rights to and manufactures the Legend, which is the latest incarnation of the legendary Kel-Lite.

Streamlight is a hands down winner a far as having probably a much larger product line than any other flashlight company out there as far as I know. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thinking.gif

Also, they probably have the biggest offering as far as rechargeables go.

Ooops, I see Streamlight was already mentioned above... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

IMO and in this order....

Surefire
Elektrolumens
Arc
Streamlight

Arc and Surefire tied for 1st
Electrolumens, never had one, just going off of what I have heard
Streamlight
Pila

From the "Bright Guy" search page:
http://www.brightguy.com/search_flash.html?cart=10704205166629422

Acro HID
Arc Flashlight
Bright Star Lighting (Koehler)
Brilliant Creations
CMG
Emissive Energy / INOVA
EverLED
GoLight
LEDcorp
Lightwave
Maglite

Maxa Beam
Opalec
PALight
Pelican
Petzl
Photon
Princeton Tec
Squid Light
Streamlight
Sure Fire
Underwater Kinetics