Hi,
I've had a streamlight keymate for a while and am very happy with its performance (size,output,throw etc) compared to other keychain lights (used to have a crappy solitare) and from one of my previous post here been told that performance wise (throw,output) its is even better than the mighty arc aaa. But i'm not happy with its batt performance. It seems to suck the juice out of the 4 button cells pretty quickly. I just want to hear people who have/are using a keymate and also the new photon freedom. Which is a better light all round? (throw,batt consumption) obviously i'm aware that the freedom has a hell of a lot more funtions than the keymate but just want to know how its squares up peroformance wise. My only concern with using a photon freedom is that (to my knowledge anyway) there doesn't seem to be a lock out function on the button so for using it as a real key chain light, it my be most of the time wasting its juice on illuminating my pocket being pressed by other keys or objects or just pressure while i'm unaware. I suppose thats where the arc,keymate and even the solitare are more designed for pocket life as you have to actually twist the bezel for light. Would really appreciate some thoughts on this. Thanks guys
I've had a streamlight keymate for a while and am very happy with its performance (size,output,throw etc) compared to other keychain lights (used to have a crappy solitare) and from one of my previous post here been told that performance wise (throw,output) its is even better than the mighty arc aaa. But i'm not happy with its batt performance. It seems to suck the juice out of the 4 button cells pretty quickly. I just want to hear people who have/are using a keymate and also the new photon freedom. Which is a better light all round? (throw,batt consumption) obviously i'm aware that the freedom has a hell of a lot more funtions than the keymate but just want to know how its squares up peroformance wise. My only concern with using a photon freedom is that (to my knowledge anyway) there doesn't seem to be a lock out function on the button so for using it as a real key chain light, it my be most of the time wasting its juice on illuminating my pocket being pressed by other keys or objects or just pressure while i'm unaware. I suppose thats where the arc,keymate and even the solitare are more designed for pocket life as you have to actually twist the bezel for light. Would really appreciate some thoughts on this. Thanks guys