Non-Weapon Flahlights: Lumens?

[alfread]

Where did you get this flashlight?

[surebet]

spam fail?

[tcc]

I EDC the Nitecore Defender Infinity (3rd from the left) which is about 145 lumens but realistically 130 with a kydex holster.

[5.56]

135 lumens light from my Surefire M3 is sufficient for everyday application.

[ShelledPants]

My pocket light is a Surefire 6PL Defender. Great little light.

[the_griffinator]

I picked up a Coast V2 6 LED tac light, but mine is silver. An awesome dual colour light, I got it on sale at home depot for $35.
http://www.lightsandknives.com/productid/540/17/1.html

[m102404]

Surefire 6P is nice
+ handy, rugged, bright
- CR123 batts (although used as an occasional carry/pocket light the batts last a long, long time)

O-light
+ LED
+ multiple settings (of which only low power and high power are really usefull...strobe is very annoying )
- should have gotten the size that fits different colour lense covers
- a little bit slim...slips through a couple of the flashlight belt holders I have

??? Scorpion
+ bright, rubber coated
- moisture leaked into mine leaked and the bulb cooked
- CR123 batts

* gen notes
- LEDs with AA batts last forever and no issues with getting batts from anywhere
- LEDs with CR123 are WAY brighter than with just AA's
- perhaps it's just the o-light that I have...but the beam is very focused, good and bad I guess...i.e. very bright center (almost a wash out) and not much ambient illumination
- 50-80 lumens is bright enough for CQB, camping, around the house, etc...once you're over that you're into more expensive bulbs/batts.

[yourself]

Originally Posted by -Trooper-

I have a Surefire E2D. It's an LED flashlight that produces 200 lumens. Great for personal and weapon use.

this

[Ozone06]

Originally Posted by Sha Do

I usually carry a Surefire with 120 lumen, but if the event calls for it, our unit brings out the Thor twins, two 15 million candle watt portable units....amazing effective at nigh games (I pity the fool who walks into that ambush).

SHA DO

O.o

My brain hurts just thinking about getting hit by that

[surebet]

It's also worth your while to research rechargeable options, after a bit of research on candlepowerforums.com I ended up with the following configuration:

SF M3
SF XM07 cap (I leave the tape switch at home if it's not weapon mounted)
LF EO-M3 bulb
As many 17500 cells as I can carry (usually about 12 in my bag)

With a bit of thrifty shopping this didn't cost too much up front, and the upgrades aren't required, but with the rechargeable batteries operating costs go way, way down.

I usually use this light every other day, so for mw it's worth it. I'm also looking into doing something with a G2 I have lying around.