All things Lights

[timsatx]

The previous post I had on a cheap light began to drift into other directions, which is cool, but I thought a thread maybe aimed in the direction of various lights ofr various purposes might be nice.

There are a lot of cool lights out there. I had a Streamlight Pro which was the new version with the 48 Lumens LED. That was pretty sweet. I remember going to a house down the street that had been ravaged by a storm that came thru. Towards the end of helping them pack and move it was getting dark. They were trying to shed some light on things to do a little more work. One guy brought out his flashlight to use. It was the standard 2 D cell incandescent. I though it pretty much sucked. My solution was to break out my Streamlight. I was standing about 20 feet away, he was right there at the work, and when I turned on mine you couldn't even tell his was on. That got a lot of looks, especially when they saw how small it was. To bad I lost it at the movie theater when it slid out of my pocket unbeknownst to me.

I did just run across one that would be a nice direct replacement for it. It is the Terralux Lightstar 80. It looks to be about the same size as the Streamlight, outputs 32 lumens more light and cost $16.95, which is at least $8 less that what I have seen for the Streamlight on ebay.



http://www.batteryjunction.com/terralux-tlf-802aaa-bk.html

[Conrad]

Here's the last flashlight that I bought. The LED portion isn't much to write home about but when you press the RED button it REALLY lights up a dark room and this thing will get your attention in a BIG hurry!





http://www.thehomesecuritysuperstore.com/streetwisestun-guns-peacemaker-14.25-inch-stun-baton-6m-swb6000r-p=3152

Not the exact same model but you get the idea.

StreetWise 800,000 Volt Stun Baton Shock Demo

[VirginiaJim]

800,000 volts of wattage?  Interesting.  I've been out of the electrical game for awhile but something isn't right about that statement.  Either that or the beer is affecting me than it should.

[Conrad]

800,000 volts of wattage?  Interesting.  I've been out of the electrical game for awhile but something isn't right about that statement.  Either that or the beer is affecting me than it should.

What do you expect of someone who let's himself be shocked with 800,000 volts of wattage?   

The baton in the pics (the one that I have) has '6,000,000 volts' of wattage. 

[jim_de_hunter]

I bought this in 12v for a work light while doing security at a local park.  At 125 lumens, it lights up the whole interior of car.

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Cabelas-XPG-Cree8482-LED-Flashlights/1260833.uts?Ntk=AllProducts&searchPath=%2Fcatalog%2Fsearch%2F%3FN%3D%26No%3D20%26Ns%3DMAX_SALE_PRICE%257C1%26Ntk%3DAllProducts%26Ntt%3Dflashlight%26Ntx%3Dmode%252Bmatchallpartial%26WTz_l%3DHeader%253BSearch-All%2BProducts%26WTz_st%3D%26WTz_stype%3DSP%26form_state%3DsearchForm%26recordsPerPage%3D20%26search%3Dflashlight%26searchTypeByFilter%3DAllProducts%26x%3D0%26y%3D0&Ntt=flashlight&WTz_l=Header%3BSearch-All+Products

[timsatx]

Here is a cool little light. It is a twisty so no switches. It is the XTAR EDC Series WK21 CREE XM-L LED 500 Lumen Flashlight. It is about 2.75 inches long X ~1.0 inches in dia. It takes a 16340/CR123A battery and has outputs of 10L/210/500L and S.O.S. at 500L. It is only $29.99 at GoingGear.com

[stevewfl]

This is my favorite light =)



Which allows for some clean bike shots too =)

[snarf]

That is a nice light.  How well does it work when you are working under the car? 

[stevewfl]

That is a nice light.  How well does it work when you are working under the car? 

The light has "modeling lamp", its a constant light so we can see where the flash shadows will fall. I've used it on the bike many times on the tripod stand, but haven't rolled it under the Tundra truck yet 

[timsatx]

I just received a nice little package, literally. I ordered a Four Sevens Quark Mini 123. The specs can be found here: http://www.foursevens.com/product_info.php?products_id=2856

This is an amazing little light that runs on a CR123 battery. To be honest, a light using that battery is not my first choice, but when you compare the size with the light output and the run time, I just had to get it. One reason for buying this is to use it when I go out to exercise. I like to get out around 0600 and it is just too dark at that time. At work we have a large property that we can walk/ride around. Most of it I can get around without a light because of street lights, but there is an area that you walk thru the woods and it is just flat dark in there.

This light, weighing in at only ~1.2 ounces including the battery, is very easy to carry and when I don't need it I can just throw it in my pocket. At work I often carry a pocket protector and a lot of times I remove it because I hate the weight pulling my shirt down on one side. This little light I can toss in my shirt pocket and not even notice it.

The lowest setting of 3 lumens is perfect for shedding some light on the trail. It easily lights up about 10 ft. in front of me. It can go out to about 30 ft to show you whats out there but it isn't very bright. I can take care of that by switching it to the middle setting of 40 lumens and that is plenty of light to see out easily to 50 ft. At 3 lumens it will last for 150 hours, at 40 lumens it will last for 8 hours. Now if I had to I could switch it to the max of 180 lumens for up to 1.2 hours but it isn't really needed for that purpose.

This light functions using a twisting action, not a clicky. Turn it clockwise to turn it on low, back it off an 1/8 of a turn (or less depending on how you do it) and then turn it clockwise again to get the middle setting, and do it one more time to get high. If you want to get to the special functions you quickly run thru that series twice (low,med,hi,low,med,hi) and then twist it one more time and you get the strobe, one more time to get the SOS function, one more time for the beacon hi and then once more for the beacon low. The beacons flash every 10 seconds and the Hi will last for 12 hours and the Low will last for 60 hours.

A neat little feature I just figured out this morning, and I haven't seen anyone that has mentioned this in all the reviews I have seen, is that once it is on, if you just barely turn it to the off position you can then hold it cigar style and press the back and use it as a momentary type switch. Just be sure that you don't leave it that way and put it in your pocket as you are certain to turn it on and wear out the battery.