09-16-2014, 21:24
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Area Commander
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: The Black Hills of SD
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I have several located throughout the house.
On my night stand next to the bed I have a J5 Tactical single AA light.
Also have one in the bathroom, my BOB and school backpack. I got a deal on them so I got several.
I have a little light affixed to my folding knife. Not very bright, but it does provide some illumination when needed.
In the "everything" drawer in the kitchen, there is a cheap, cheap 2 C-cell plastic light. I have it for several years and just can't part with it. 
When walking the dog I use a single AA streamlight PT. We have a green belt in the back where I walk the dog and aside from other people walking their dogs, coyotes traverse it regularly and have several run ins with them. They usually keep there distance, but have drawn down on a couple a few times when they get too close, but back off when I shine the light straight at them. That plus the dog going ape-shit sends them on their way.
I the living room I have one of my old Underwater Kinetics SL6. (I have a UK SL4 in my truck.) Which I also use when taking a shower. I have used this on several occasions, most notably when I lived in FWB Florida after we got hit with hurricanes Erin and Opal.
Also in the truck I have my head lamp, with red light option, as well as a small single AAA LED light.
All can be easily accessible when/if the lights go out and I check and change the batteries the same time I change the batteries in the smoke detectors when we move our clocks forwards/backwards.
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11-01-2014, 14:24
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Guerrilla Chief
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Omaha, NE
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I use Surefire and LensLight exclusively. All LED. All 123A power.
All of my business guns with provisions for a light are equipped with dedicated Surefires. Either Scout or X300.
For standard personal carry, from SF, I have the E2DL and M3. The M3 has an aftermarket LED head. From LL, I have the KO and Mini. Right now, LL Mini gets the most pocket time due to its small form factor. It is stupid bright. Two brightness settings. Adjustable focus. And I like the square spot that it throws. The Delrin clip does suck though, so I designed and built a much better deep pocket replacement out of Titanium.
Both brands are tough as nails. One of the plastic ears on the battery door of one of my X300s snapped off due to operator headspace and timing. Surefire had a free replacement in my hands in about four business days. Other than that, zero issues with any of these lights. They have been dropped on concrete, kicked, thrown, bashed into door jams, etc, and they just keep on ticking.
I have had lights from a bunch of other companies, and all of them had shortcomings. SF and LL, I would trust with my life.
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11-01-2014, 19:31
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: St. Pauls, NC
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Just not a fan of anything that uses 123 batteries these days and I still have a couple of older Surefires. Standard batteries are MUCH easier to find in a pinch in my opinion.
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11-01-2014, 20:06
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Guerrilla Chief
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Kentucky
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I like surefire hand-helds. Ive carried an E2D Led, in my pocket, for a few years now. I'ts been dropped off of a rocky bluff to land among rocks. Still works fine.
I keep a Petzl Tikka 2 in my BOB. It's a fair quality LED headlamp, for around $30, if I recall correctly. Runs on AAA's. I've used it quite a bit. No reason to change, except maybe battery type.
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11-01-2014, 20:27
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Quote:
Originally Posted by alelks
Just not a fan of anything that uses 123 batteries these days and I still have a couple of older Surefires. Standard batteries are MUCH easier to find in a pinch in my opinion.
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I hear you, but the standard batteries like the AAs and AAAs do not have the power to produce the light that the 123s can.
They also have a lot less shelf life. A 123 will produce almost 100% of its power even after 10 years in storage. Alkaline cells will not.
Another option is the powerful rechargables, like the 18650s.
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11-15-2014, 20:54
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I love my Olight M20 with the tactical bezel.. Not sure I would ever need to shoot an intruder... I could probably just blind them.
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11-02-2014, 16:34
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11-02-2014, 17:11
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None of the LED lights have user replacable LEDs or heads, to my knowledge.
Call Surefire and get an RMA number.
TR
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11-02-2014, 17:31
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Reaper
None of the LED lights have user replacable LEDs or heads, to my knowledge.
Call Surefire and get an RMA number.
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Much appreciated. I guess some of my lights are incandescent, as I was able to buy and replace the bulbs, LOL. 
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11-02-2014, 17:43
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Originally Posted by Roguish Lawyer
Much appreciated. I guess some of my lights are incandescent, as I was able to buy and replace the bulbs, LOL. |
Feel free to call me for your SureFire flashlight questions, amigo.
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11-02-2014, 22:05
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I have a flashlight collection that goes from cheap but useable to outstanding expensive light up everything... I prefer smaller flashlights, since I don't normally use them as clubs... flashlights are all over the house, every room, near doors, next to the bed, in carry bags, range bags, in vehicles.... I believe you can't have too many and any of them are better than none at all when you need one.
Like knives and pistols, what's the best flashlight? The one you have at the moment it's needed. (to paraphrase TR)
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11-02-2014, 09:12
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Guerrilla Chief
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Texas
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I like the Fenix as well. had one in my pocket for almost a year with no problems. You can up grade your old Surefires far a lot less than the cost of replacement. Here is one good option.
http://www.malkoffdevices.com/
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11-02-2014, 13:27
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Guerrilla Chief
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*duplicate post*
Last edited by DJ Urbanovsky; 11-03-2014 at 10:39.
Reason: duplicate post
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11-02-2014, 16:17
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Consigliere
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I bought a bunch of Surefire LED lights back when we first talked about lights. The bulbs are now all dying on me, and they are expensive and a pain to replace. I have been trying (admittedly without using tools, which I'm sure will solve the problem) to get the bulb out of my L2 for a couple of weeks now, no dice.
That said, they sure do shine brightly and they are cool as hell. In fact, I can even wear my SEAL/10th Group badboy sunglasses at night and see stuff when I shine the light on it . . .
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