Show Me All Your Flashlights!

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Permalink Reply by Richard Reed on March 16, 2011 at 10:02

My Fenix Light Collection

Not too Shabby

Permalink Reply by James Casto on March 22, 2011 at 2:15

SpiderFire X-666 R2

UltraFire WF-501B R2 camouflage

Romisen RC-C8 II Q5 Flood-to-Throw

Fenix TK12 R2

Fenix PD20 R2

4Sevens Quark MiNi 123 R5

 

Permalink Reply by Richard Reed on March 22, 2011 at 11:26

very nice witch one is your favorite light and whats the max lumens on it etc.

Permalink Reply by James Casto on March 22, 2011 at 22:34

Well, my favorite lights are my Fenix lights, and I meant to compliment you on your nice Fenix collection. I had accidentally slammed my TK12 down on the concrete floor HARD, and it kept on functioning normally. This is a light that I would trust my life with. My Fenix PD20 is my ultimate EDC flashlight.

 

The SpiderFire and the UltraFire are actually in the class of budget lights, but both are amazing. Cree R2 emitters go well over 200 lumens. The SpiderFire has an extension tube, and is one of those lights which you can screw components on and off to configure it to run on either 1, 2, or 3 CR123A batteries. It's also has sharp points on the crown to use as a strike weapon.

 

The camo on the UltraFire is kind of a latex coating, where at the factory, they dip the flashlight into some mixed up paint to form the coating. Very cool light.

 

The Romisen Flood-to-Throw is one I got from shiningbeam.com and is astounding. With the aspherical lense, it can go from a flood that lights up the entire yard, to a narrow throw that goes a couple hundred yards. If you haven't got a zooming light with a Cree emitter, you don't know what you're missing!

 

As far as the beam goes, my Fenix TK12 is the most impressive that I own. Powered by 2 CR123A batteries, it goes for 240 lumens, and has served me well. I think I will eventually upgrade, though, to the new TK15.

 

The Fenix PD20 and the Quark MiNi 123 are single CR123A lights that produce an astounding amount of light for such tiny lights. The Fenix is a clicky and the Quark is a twisty. The Fenix actually has the most impressive beam, but the smaller Quark is still amazing. You can't go wrong with either one of these.

Permalink Reply by Richard Reed on March 24, 2011 at 17:23

The TK-12 is an awsome light  many diferent modes of light.I have a extension tube for my tk-12 so i can switch from cr123 too 18650 batt that last longer than cr123. I would like to get a TK-15 also eventually  i dont got anything bad to say about fenix lights so far they have  worked just fine and those TK models are built like a tank .

Permalink Reply by James Casto on March 25, 2011 at 3:16

Actually, I may get the new TK21U when it comes out. It goes up to 468 lumens.

www.fenixoutfitters.com/fenix-tk21u-pre-ordership-mid-april-limited...

Fenix is also coming out with a TK70 that goes up to 2000 lumens!

Permalink Reply by Richard Reed on March 25, 2011 at 17:13

NIICE!  I gotta get me one of those  468 lumens  damn... sounds like a very bright light. TK-70 sounds interesting. 

Permalink Reply by Sean O'Hare on April 4, 2011 at 15:47

Hey everyone.  new to this forum.

Here is my one and only coolflashlight.  I got it a couple fo weeks ago and am very happy with it.  It's a Jetbeam 3M.  Am going to try very hard not to buy anymore so.....

 

 

 

Sean

Permalink Reply by James Casto on April 5, 2011 at 22:14

Nice, I've always heard good things about Jetbeam! The flashlight business seems to have become very competitive, with so many quality companies making high quality lights built to high standards. It can be hard for the basic consumer to choose. Fenix, Jetbeam, Olight, 4Sevens, Nitecore, ITP, Sunwayman, Surefire, and many more, and you can't go wrong with going with any of these. So, for me, it comes down to the basic operating functions of the light, the modes and changing the brightness levels, and what suits me the best.

Permalink Reply by Richard Reed on April 6, 2011 at 11:35

Very nice!  I only own fenix light so far  would like to buy from another company but i find fenix has a nice price range and deliver  a good ammount of lumens.  I see in  some companies that they have more expensive lights  witch look like the light is dimmer (yellowish) light   instead of the white led i got in some of my fenix's.