My neighbors have been using these to walk their dogs at night. First time they went out I thought a swat team had come to the neighborhood. It’s an awesome tool, but like everything needs to be used with respect and understanding.
Another reminder that you fellow degenerates are hard on the wallet! Actually not, I'm glad I found these 18650 beasts. Big step up.
Last year bought a zebralight headlight and a thrunite handheld that throws a tight beam. Good combo, but needed to make some adjustments.
Zebralight is floody and just felt unless I had it on turbo I couldn't see well enough to navigate unfamiliar places without a beam.
And I don't really think flashlights spook deer much but I don't to light up the whole place at the same time. Also missed having a red beam as thats what I usually climbed with. I like the zebralight its a shame they don't make one with a red light also.
Just picked up baby #3, a Fenix that has all those features. Gotta get used to the new UI but loving it so far. Next on the wishlist is something to replace my 25 year old hand me down spotlight.
What happened to make you dislike them? I only have their keychain light (Tube V2), it is tiny and usb rechargeable which is awesome. I have had it one my keys for almost a year. It puts off enough light to walk out of the woods with as a backup. They have some decent looking bigger lights but I've never handled one.
Well when I ordered the light, it came with 2 18650 batteries separate in a package. When I opened the battery package, one immediately had thermal run away in my house and almost burned my dog down. Thank god it was not on my head. Then there is the issue where most 18650 batts wont turn the thing on. I have to take out and reinsert and screw cap super tight for there to be a connection. It could work fresh off the charger, throw it in my pocket,
Head to hunt, then it not turn on and its games time. It could work in morning, then at dark coming down/getting back to truck, it wont work again but batteries are good. Basically an unreliable POS based off of my personal experience.
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No.Anyone stumble across the ridiculous flashlight hobby thread, and wish they could get back the half hour? Can someone distill this thread down to an application useful for hunting, mainly compact light to pack for evening tracking jobs, give as much light as possible, AA, AAA, or rechargeable, <$60? Any favorites fit this?
Anyone stumble across the ridiculous flashlight hobby thread, and wish they could get back the half hour? Can someone distill this thread down to an application useful for hunting, mainly compact light to pack for evening tracking jobs, give as much light as possible, AA, AAA, or rechargeable, <$60? Any favorites fit this?
The fenix lights are awesome. I got the hm70r last year & can confirm you won't want to go back to AA or AAA. Not only is it awesome to use a rechargeable one but these batteries last so much longer on a much brighter light than anything I tried before this.This is the best one for hunting I've found. You'll never go back to AA or AAA powered, when ya know, ya know.
https://www.fenixlighting.com/products/fenix-hm60r-rechargeable-headlamp
The fenix lights are awesome. I got the hm70r last year & can confirm you won't want to go back to AA or AAA. Not only is it awesome to use a rechargeable one but these batteries last so much longer on a much brighter light than anything I tried before this.