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Good flashlight for the pack?
« on: June 13, 2009, 04:13:52 PM »
--Whats a good little flashlight for the pack. For me battery life is way more important then brightness, I have that little surefire and its junk. I just seen a commercial with leupold having a flashlight now. I need long batterylife in the size of maybe that 30$ surefire.
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Re: Good flashlight for the pack?
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2009, 04:23:37 PM »
I have a pile of flashlights....and my favorite is a 2AA Minimag in LED. The LED version of this light is bright as hell with a 3watt rating... I generally carry a head lamp which I can turn down for around camp and hiking use... Then if looking for something, I break out the flashlight.

 I place a high value in carrying electronics which can share a battery, and I carry lithium batteries in everything in my hunting gear.  $25bucks at REI or similar...
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Re: Good flashlight for the pack?
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2009, 05:32:31 PM »
I would really look at a headlamp. The batteries last forever and it leaves your hands free.

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Re: Good flashlight for the pack?
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2009, 08:10:31 PM »
I carry a headlamp. and also keep a small flashlight in the pack. The flashlight is led and is made by dorcy. it is super super bright. Batteries last a really long time too. I have compared this flashlight with a buddys streamline and surefire and it is just as good if not better. I think it's half the price too.

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Re: Good flashlight for the pack?
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2009, 09:32:01 PM »
get an led, and make sure it only has one bulb or atleast has a setting that uses only one. i always thought having more would mean more light but you get alot more outa just one bulb. and i would stay away from the xeon lights, there bright as hell but the batteries cost some major $$$ and they last only a few hours

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Re: Good flashlight for the pack?
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2009, 04:03:49 PM »
This is kind of a neat light, gives you three battery options. Not the best battery life, but it is bright.

http://www.rei.com/product/784343

I would have to agree that a headlamp is the best way to go for a light in your pack. They are great for around the house stuff too!

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Re: Good flashlight for the pack?
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2009, 04:31:42 PM »
Pelican M6... 40+ hr battery life.

http://www.tacticalsupply.com/product/444/1_101_263/pelican-light-2330-m6-led.php

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Re: Good flashlight for the pack?
« Reply #7 on: June 18, 2009, 11:22:47 AM »
Throw one of the windup flashlights in, then you don't have to worry about no light.  I still use the tekka headlamps for most of my lighting needs, but I have the windup on standby for emergencies.
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Re: Good flashlight for the pack?
« Reply #8 on: June 18, 2009, 11:47:29 AM »
I carry a headlamp a surefire and then a windup flashlight just in case.  Nothing worse than reaching for your flashlight and somehow it turned on and the batteries are dead.

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Re: Good flashlight for the pack?
« Reply #9 on: June 18, 2009, 01:25:08 PM »
I use a four LED head lamp with batteries that match my GPS and FRS radios.

Otherwise this light is always in my fanny/day/back pack.

http://www.palights.com

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Otherwise, there's also an LED Mini-mag light in the pack too. Take the lens hood off, turning it on, hang from a tassle at the top of a two man tent, makes a nice little 360 degree lantern inside.

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Re: Good flashlight for the pack?
« Reply #10 on: June 30, 2009, 09:07:00 AM »
WalMart sells Coleman brand LED (light emitting diode) flashlights at a decent price.  LED is the way to go, for battery life.  Some day we'll get spotlights made from LEDs.  I'd love great brightness with better battery and 'bulb' life. Little heat. Cool!  (literally)

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Re: Good flashlight for the pack?
« Reply #11 on: June 30, 2009, 09:24:13 PM »
I have that light and it works very well for up close work. I carry it and a couple diffrent surefires. the coleman is a good lite with excellent battery life.
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Re: Good flashlight for the pack?
« Reply #12 on: June 30, 2009, 11:12:48 PM »
I also use a Tikka Headlamp(XP). Hands free and excellent batterie life. I also carry a Surefire E2E Executive Elite in my pack for backup.

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Re: Good flashlight for the pack?
« Reply #13 on: July 06, 2009, 01:44:52 PM »
I have a pile of flashlights....and my favorite is a 2AA Minimag in LED. The LED version of this light is bright as hell with a 3watt rating... I generally carry a head lamp which I can turn down for around camp and hiking use... Then if looking for something, I break out the flashlight.

 I place a high value in carrying electronics which can share a battery, and I carry lithium batteries in everything in my hunting gear.  $25bucks at REI or similar...
Everything I carry runs on AA....why complicate things?
I have a Cabelas 85lumen Cree led.
Cost about $30 and is really solid.
Great light.
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0066698518921a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH_all&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&Ntk=Product_liberal&QueryText=cree&sort=all&_D%3AhasJS=+&N=0&Nty=1&hasJS=true&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.form23&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1
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Re: Good flashlight for the pack?
« Reply #14 on: July 07, 2009, 03:35:32 PM »
I have a pile of flashlights....and my favorite is a 2AA Minimag in LED. The LED version of this light is bright as hell with a 3watt rating... I generally carry a head lamp which I can turn down for around camp and hiking use... Then if looking for something, I break out the flashlight.

 I place a high value in carrying electronics which can share a battery, and I carry lithium batteries in everything in my hunting gear.  $25bucks at REI or similar...
Everything I carry runs on AA....why complicate things?
I have a Cabelas 85lumen Cree led.
Cost about $30 and is really solid.
Great light.
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0066698518921a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH_all&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&Ntk=Product_liberal&QueryText=cree&sort=all&_D%3AhasJS=+&N=0&Nty=1&hasJS=true&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.form23&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1
--thats just about the light i was looking for thanks! 8 times the batterylife of the surefire and the same size. Next time im at cabelas im picking it up!
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