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Anyone else ever stumble across the ridiculous flashlight hobby?

7mmremmag said:
It's the size of my thumb and lights up my entire yard and the field behind it. Lumintop gt nano
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Anybody that hunts with me... and uses one of these new flashlights is always ordering one in about 15 minutes, and zebralights website is not very user friendly for an amateur like myself, but man are these little lights something, on high my handheld with one 18650 lasts about 2 minutes before it gets hot and shuts down to a more medium power, it literally gets hot in your hands.
 
I do'nt want to know, but I have to ask. What is the price range on these things? What's low end cost for a mind blowing light? Mid range? High end?
 
backstrap19 said:
I do'nt want to know, but I have to ask. What is the price range on these things? What's low end cost for a mind blowing light? Mid range? High end?
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I think my zebralights are usually $80, in that range, then you gotta get batts and a charger but the money I have saved on not buying lithiums is worth it in the long run I use it a lot for work and stuff.
 
Fw3a is $50, gt nano is $40 (finding it in stock is tough right now). Most lights like this are less than $200. Their are safety considerations for unprotected lithium ion cells though.
 
I dont trust these 18650 batts much. Same type that blows up in vapes.


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Aeds151 said:
I dont trust these 18650 batts much. Same type that blows up in vapes.


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I had the same concern

You have to get expensive ones from known makers like Panasonic and then get from aftermarket outfit that installs a protection circuit

The flashlight also has protection circuits

Use a good charger

Don’t expose to temperature extremes

Or use 2 CR123a batteries in their place
 
Gotta have a charger that has an overcharge circuit and lights that have low voltage protection circuits. I only buy name brand batteries (samsung, sanyo, sony) as well. The cheap ones are a bit iffy to me
 
7mmremmag said:
Gotta have a charger that has an overcharge circuit and lights that have low voltagw protection circuits. I only buy name brand batteries (samsung, sanyo, sony) as well. The cheap ones are a bit iffy to me
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You should use protected batteries

Orbtronic is excellent
They take Panasonic Samsung etc and add a chip
 
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raisins said:
I had the same concern

You have to get expensive ones from known makers like Panasonic and then get from aftermarket outfit that installs a protection circuit

The flashlight also has protection circuits

Use a good charger

Don’t expose to temperature extremes

Or use 2 CR123a batteries in their place
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Yup. Posted at the same time :)
 
Gator said:
So it doubles as a hard warmer.....
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They definitely get warm and then they step down the power level with the built in protection circuit or whatever, makes me nervous sometimes I’m not gonna lie lol.
 
New one was on my door yesterday. Astrolux EC01, first 21700 battery light. Treeline behind that building is 233 yards
 

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