Q About Flashlights.

[Bens95cobra8594]

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I know, I know, it's really off topic, but I need some guidance here and figured all y'all out there would have some opinions.

I am horribly hard on flashlights. I have bought and used (and broken) several Mag lights and have never been happy with their performance. I think they are a poor design and yield poor light and are really overrated. You name the brand I have probably used it and broken it. Streamlight, Maglight, Beam of Light.

I just went to Lowe's yesterday and bought a house brand light of theirs (Taskforce?) and it DIDN'T EVEN WORK when I took it out of the package! ! ! ! What solid craftsmanship (crapsmanship is more like it).

Anyway, as I said I am really hard on flashlights and have bad luck with them seemingly, what does everyone out in 'Stangland use? ? ? I am not opposed to spending good $$ on the thing if it works and actually lasts.

Thanks all in advance!

 

[stprorolla49]

ive got few maglites and never had a problem with them....what do you do, drop them off cliffs?

 

[milewsky80]

Hubbel Lite. I'm not really sure wehre you can get them. My dad always has a bunch in his truck from work and gave me 1. It's been through so pretty bad stuff and still works great. One of the brightest flashlights I've seen.

 

[Bosko5.0]

ive had three maglites lost them all.also had to keep hitting them against something for them to work. and the bulbs would blow.

try a stanley 369 it take 3-6-9 AA batteries 6 leds it last for ever ive had it for 3 years its beaten up but it still works i bought mine at walmart for 25 ducks. its got different settings low, med, high, and it lets you know when to change batterys.

i also got the tripod 369 same as everything above but its a tripod, and its not as bright as the other but good when you need both hand for working on car and you need light.

 

[parchisi]

Go to an army/navy surplus store and see if they got those flashlights that are L shaped,and come with different colored lenses and stuff. I got one of those, its pretty bright, and I'm sure its been durability tested beyond belief.

 

[Therian]

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[Hef5.0weisen]

Surefire, I got one issued to me (Air Force), its a champ, but I never really use it because of its size. As mentioned, Streamlight, I dropped mine off the top a an airplane several times, still good, eats batteries though.
Sounds like you hate em, but I love the mag lite, dropped off a plane hundresds of times, ran over by a truck, used as a mallet, left outside, survived multiple trips to the desert....still going strong

 

[SeventyMach1]

I'm with parchisi .... I have like 10 of those things and none have ever failed. Completely waterproof. Has 4 lenses, a lanyard, and a clip.


I also use a Maglite. I have used it for "other purposes", lol ..... and it works great when you're in a tight situation.

 

[Bens95cobra8594]

www.flashlightreviews.com

Someone took a lot of time to review the lights listed. And there are more than 10... for anyone else who has bad luck with flashlights...

 

[The Green GT]

Get a jack off flashlight.

 

[Bens95cobra8594]

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