Best LED flashlight ?

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I have the older model Led Lenser T7.2 led flashlight which provides light focus and 320 lumens and runs on AAA batteries, and even ran over it with my HD2500 truck once and still keeps on ticking, over the years its starting to get beat up and one of the batteries leaked and corroded the inside of the case. LED Lenser makes the newer models, but they are rechargeables. I like the high lumen flashlights with dim settings.
What do you folks use for home and outdoor use? Batteries or rechargables? How much lumens do you think is enough that won't hurt your eyes?
Worse case scenario is I like to stay away from rechargeable flashlights in case there are no electricity.
 
I like flashlights that take batteries for use at home, re chargeable may be OK if its mounted on the wall in a charger so that you know it will always be charged. I work in the underground/tunneling industry so have used many different lights, for quality and durability with a handheld, Nightstick and Streamlight are great. A few years ago the wife got a D cell battery Mag Lite and they are LEDs now and that's what sits on the counter to look for the dog that doesn't want to come back in the house at night
Miners Cap/head lamps are another story we have used anything from a $15 Energizer with 2-AAA to $200 Wisdom rechargeable, so just depends on your needs.
I have never really done the dive into how much lumens one needs but I am sure there is endless info on the web for that, but yes some are why brighter then you need.
 
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Define "best."
As with cartridges, it depends on your goals and objectives.
What parameters are you looking for in a new flashlight, other than LED and batteries?
 
Sad to say around the house the most used flashlight is the one on my I-phone. I have an old Craftsman 3D battery that I seldom use.
 
To add, I have an Eagtac G25C2 with the default XM-L2 LED module.
It uses a rechargeable 18650 battery (buy a good one) or two CR123A batteries.
The beam distance is incredible, and it's on every hunt that I go on.

G25C2 MKII

www.eagtac.com www.eagtac.com

I also have two Eagtac T25C2 flashlights set up for Corvette inspections with the Nichia 219c LED module, which gives a much truer color spectrum.
It's virtually identical to the G25 if you used the same XM-L2 module but with three brightness levels instead of 4. Not a big deal.
illuminationgear.com

EagTac T25C2 *KIT* (LED Choice: 1x CREE XM-L2 COOL)

"In the absence of light, darkness prevails."
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I purchased the lights and their original batteries from Illumination Gear. https://illuminationgear.com/
I also bought rechargeable Fenix 18650 batteries and a Fenix charger to use with these. The batteries are NOT cheap but they last a very long time.
You could also look at Fenix flashlights as an option.
 
I use a Fenix 1200 lumen headlamp. It has several brightness levels and the 18650 battery last quite a while on the lower settings. I would look at their flash lights if I was looking for a flash light. I have a spare battery with a charging port in it that I take along hunting as well as a large capacity battery and solar panel.
 
Dr. Vette said:
Define "best."
What parameters are you looking for in a new flashlight, other than LED and batteries?
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Flashlight body quality
Adjustable focus from narrow beam to wide beam
Long runtime
Not Chinese knockoffs
LED and uses batteries , with a rechargeable option
Well known company made
It's what I look for, your flashlights and other folks who recommended and used are nice lights as well. Those are some lights I have never used and will do some research on them. The only one I fancied and used was the LED Lenser, I had two, one was the T7.2 and I had purchased a bigger one with about 600 something lumens which used the AA batteries and it got stolen from my RV when some migrants broke in through the skylight to get in during hunting season while it was at the deer lease 2 years ago. The idiot took my bigger flashlight and I paid a tad over 200 bucks for it.
 
cloverleaf said:
For me, best includes "cheap". picked one of these up last week- since it was finally about half price. On high its really a lot of light. but what I like is that it rides in the car plugged into the "power port" (Cig. lighter- for my generation) it should always be ready and on full charge. We shall see... CL
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How well does the beam focus on this light? Can you get a nice tight spotlight? Think predator hunting at night...
 
@cloverleaf What's the story on that light you bought? How tight of a beam will it focus, and how far does it throw it?

I went to my local Menard's and they didn't have that model in stock. I ended up buying another model with 6000 lumens. Tried it out in my car, and I'm glad I did. Although it was focusable, it didn't make nearly as tight of a spotlight as I wanted for hunting. So I took it back inside and exchanged it for this one. It's only 1000 lumens, but it will focus down to a much tighter beam. Easily good for a couple hundred yards for coyote hunting, etc. which is what I was looking for. It's rechargeable, with 12 hrs run time on high (1000 lumens) and 20 hrs on low (500 lumens). I think this will suit my needs very well.

 
Glad you found something that works for you! Unless its a typo- the one you picked allegedly has a "beam distance of almost 5000 ft as opposed to the one I bought at only 480+! Now I have to get out and try it out. post a pic of your coyote if you are successful. CL
 
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