What is your favorite flashlight?

jerrybob · Dec 28, 2015

My favorite flashlight is anyone that works when I need it.........

dodge man · Dec 28, 2015

My favorite is made by Surefire. Not cheap, $75 maybe.

rogerius · Dec 28, 2015

My "creepy" one is a 9 LED Cree Skyray which is advertised at 15000lum. I didn't check that, but I can say is really bright. Bought for 37$ from...(pm if you are interested)

5030 · Dec 28, 2015

My favorite flashlight is one that works....................lol

gilraine · Dec 28, 2015

i have a streamlight stylus pro in my pocket every day. great light

longshot47 · Dec 29, 2015

For small, powerful and convenient personal lights I'm using LED Lenser P-7 and 7.2
Not rechargeable [4 AAA], but a pretty serviceable product, and a good warranty.

caver · Dec 29, 2015

Princeton Tec Apex headlamp. I'd rather have hands free,,,throwback to my cave exploring days. I have a headlamp that is brighter but always grab the Apex.

k0ua · Dec 29, 2015

I have a lot of flashlights. I don't know about a favorite. I don't have any expensive ones. I probably use my 2 LED headlights more than anything. Just too handy to have your hands free. They are some no name chinese thing. I have some handheld LED's also and a large collection of Maglights gathered over the years. They still work fine, but they make a better club than a light, now with the advent of LED lights, they seem puny in comparison. Not to mention battery and bulb consumption. Being an old guy I can remember the revolution of when the Mag lights came on the scene and they were such an improvement to the old copper/plated flashlights we had before and the old plastic ones from Japan, that it wasn't even funny. Mag lights worked most of the time without beating on them and were made of high quality components. I realize of course you can now buy LED Maglite's. But there are so many cheap flashlights available with high output to choose from now.

Industrial Toys · Dec 29, 2015

A friend bought me a Duracell alluminum LED flashlight from Cosco. Came in a three pack for twenty two dollars CDN. Two brightness levels and an adjustable beam. I was VERY impressed! Too bad, many of these flashlights use the AAA batteries, but I guess it is a matter of voltage and size.

tman1020 · Dec 29, 2015

It's hard to beat a made in the USA mag light XL 50 small led flash light. They are reasonably priced and durable and have a great warranty. As far as I know Mag light is the only or one of the only companies still making flashlights in the U.S. I'm so happy that we still have this quality product made in USA. I'll bet everyone on here has had at least 10 cheap China versions of this same flashlight that has failed and then thrown in the trash. I have about five or six of these mag lights and have had them for several years now. I use them all regularly and they all still work as new. Had one problem with one of them the factory sent me a replacement part within a week and I was back in business. and that was after two years of use on that particular one.

Gary Fowler · Dec 29, 2015

Wife got me a Kobalt snake a couple years ago. It came with rechargeable battery with built in charger, a snake attachment which I never use and a separate battery pack that uses regular batteries ( I haven't used that either so far). It is very bright with adjustable beam.
For some reason they no longer carry it. I guess it worked too well and no one came back for seconds. It sold for about $25 and as low as about $9 at one point. I saw one guy trying to sell on Amazon for $149 which is ridiculous even if it is a very good light I wont pay that much for a flashlight.

caver · Dec 29, 2015

Princeton Tec is also made in the USA.

DFB · Dec 29, 2015

Man cheap LED lights just seem to be everywhere now :shocked:

I had a bunch of different ones to sell under the tool tent this summer. Tiny 3.5 mini lights and then there were some that were about the size of 2 C cell maglight but only took 3 AAA batteries

And these two were really popular...a 3W Cree XPE bulb 3 position headlamp with a zoom focus...bicyclists liked that one a lot and then the Versa stick light was my fav. It has 6 wicked bright LED lights along the side and a magnetic base which is pretty cool plus a pocket clip like a pen has. Even came with the batteries too. :laughing:

Sold out of them all too :confused2:

I hope can we get more.

Garandman · Dec 30, 2015

longshot47 said:
For small, powerful and convenient personal lights I'm using LED Lenser P-7 and 7.2
Not rechargeable [4 AAA], but a pretty serviceable product, and a good warranty.

I have one and really like it, keep it next to me in the bedroom along with a three cell Maglite and a Princeton Tec headlamp.

caver said:
Princeton Tec Apex headlamp. I'd rather have hands free,,,throwback to my cave exploring days. I have a headlamp that is brighter but always grab the Apex.

I have three Princeton Tec Quads. Awesome tool.

Bota4me · Dec 30, 2015

For a small torch i love my fenix pd35 rechargeable. 5 settings and a dual stage strobe. Oh ya and 1000 lumens is nice

2ndhalf · Dec 30, 2015

caver said:
Princeton Tec Apex headlamp. I'd rather have hands free,,,throwback to my cave exploring days. I have a headlamp that is brighter but always grab the Apex.

X2 on the headlamp. I picked up a couple of these from lowes on sale for less than $25. I use it all the time.. this is my extra.

It has an adjustable feature to change the angle of where the light shines which is very useful.

Scooby074 · Dec 30, 2015

My favourite is probably my Pelican Stealthlite. Made in USA. Waterproof, dustproof, electrically insulated and has a hardhat clip for handsfree

I got a bunch of MagLEDS. 3 or 4 of the 2aa, and a 3C. The 3c doubles as a club! but as a flashlight, its really lacking compared to whats out there. I notice they are quickly trying to launch new models (the ML300LX in 3c looks promising, but its "only" 611 lumens) , but they have yet to come out with a real high lumen "thrower".

buckeyefarmer · Dec 30, 2015

Just bought some duracell LED from Costco. Nice lights.

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4570Man · Dec 31, 2015

I upgraded my old streamlight light box to LED.

Before

After

The LED head throws about 5 times the light at half the power draw as the old bulb. This thing is supposed to go 600 yards. I don't have anywhere 600 yards long, but it lights up my neighbors mail box 300 yards away. It is 3 times as bright as my other beloved streamlight. I have had plenty of cheap lights none of which lasted very long. I have 20 year old streamlights that still work. They are expensive, but worth it IMO.