Thread: Flashlights

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I am a Streamlight LED fiend! Super bright without the blue hue some have. These 2 Tasklights have been beaten around the shop for 10 years or more using rechargable AA's. I have "armored" them up a bit as they are constantly being dropped! Also, I ALWAYS have a Streamlight Stylus in my pocket. As I kick it on at night, people say "Dammitt, that thing is BRIGHT!" I have flipped the clip around and stuck it on the bill of my cap on many occasions!

That's always a great option if you can flip the clip around! It should be standard on all small flashlights I think. That or have those "either way" clips as in the photo below. I just stole the photo and have seen better examples but you get the picture lol.

Got a couple of these. Very compact & bright for their size.
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These are sorta trick,U.S Govt issue,made for navy seals,uses one AA bat. were made for reading maps in color wave lenthes that could not be seen by the enemy.

Haha, reading maps in red light can be fun... the nice open field we found on the map and hiked all night to get to turned out to be a lake!
For those who don't know, red light won't kill your night vision.

Well - I got a few more coming in the mail:


Got this for my pocket. - D series - D25LC2 Clicky - EagleTac.com

It's a 4.5" x .9" tube, surrounding a 18650 or two 123's. At 1.7 oz, I am really hoping this will be comfortable in the pocket. At $60ish, it will not be the costliest mistake I have ever made lol. If it doesn't fit comfortably, I might just try the same flashlight in the single 123 version. My AA's just don't seem to be enough these days lol.


Anyway, as I looked for a pocket light, my wife expressed interest in a new light to walk the dog with as well. She's not as into "exotic batteries" as I am. So I struggled to find her a great little light that she could use. I picked the Sunwayman that can use both a 123 or a AA. Cool light! But just before I purchased it, I showed her Eagletac's 3 AA version - she loved it! I think she fell in love with the throw (which gets old when walking a dog lol - but is helpful at times). So $80 bucks later, it's in the mail too.

Of course I picked up some 14500's to put in it, but dang.. the more I looked into this light, the more I like the thing myself lol. Would be a great car light. I am sure it'll fit in a cup holder like a champ lol.


G series - GX25A3 - EagleTac.com

Seriously, if this thing is all it's cracked up to be - it should be a great tool.

Give us a review when it gets to you.

Well I got them! Wow!

Mine is the thiner one - the wife got the wider one. Mine is a pocket light, her's is a dog walking light.


The little green one was my old edc - but I include it for a reason.

The first thing I did was take off the pocket clip on mine and put it in my pocket. I was a bit concerned at 4.5" that it might be too long but... it fits like a charm! It'll be a great light to have on me when I need it.

The light really is great. I like that when it's tight, you know it's on turbo and with a slight click the strobe will come on. When loosened slightly, you get three usable settings. No moonlight mode unless I program it to do so. It fits the hand well and is obviously well constructed.

It's a pretty good thrower. Better than any old Maglite, but not as much as lights with deeper and larger reflectors. I don't want to make it sound like it isn't great but considering I was comparing it to my wifes...



I absolutely love how my wife's feels in the hand. It has one less "regular" modes (3) than mine (4), but it's a much better "walking" light (Both have 6 sos's / strobe / beacon settings). It has a clicky on the front of the flashlight, and it also came with an extra tail end with a clicky for redundancy if you want to use it. My wife put it on right away. In any mode, if you hold down either of the buttons, the beam comes on. If you double click and hold, the strobe comes on. It's a nice feature.

I got to say, I have a dedicated thrower and well, hers is pretty close! BUT, she's doing it on 3 AA's. Incredible. To top it off, she got hers in a "natural beam," so the beam isn't as strong as a cool, but it shows colours better. The thing is great really.

Anyway, I bought my wife some 14500 rechargeables for hers. They fit anywhere a AA would, but produce more power. Thing is the regulation on hers will not allow for said increase. They will however, last longer from what I understand. But the thing is they come in 2-packs and her light is a 3 battery job - so I put the extra into my old edc - holly moley! The extra output was/is incredible. I never thought batteries would produce that big a difference - Staggering!

Anyway - well pleased. I'll post if there is any kind of build issue that pops up.