Posted: 1/15/2010 5:15:18 PM EDT
| I'm looking for a new pocket sized LED light with a click tail cap for carry. The Surefire T1a is mighty tempting but a little too spendy. I found the Fenix L1T any one have any suggestions on what they like? |
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try a quark 123 or a Nitecore.
quark 123 http://www.4sevens.com/index.php?cPath=297_306 nitecore http://www.4sevens.com/index.php?cPath=93 |
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I am looking for the same thing. I was looking at the Surefire E1B or the Fenix PD20 (follow links to see each light). The Sure fire has a 80 lumen and a 5 lumen setting, has the Surefire name behind it, is almost guaranteed to survive the apocolypse and costs about $150. The Fenix is half the price, twice the lumens, has a dissorienting strobe at full power but isn't as much of a known quantity as Surefire.
Because I don't want to purchase multiple lights I think I'm going to go with the Surefire E1B because I know it will work, I know it won't fail, and if I do manage to break it somehow Surefire will stand behind their product. Fenix...who knows  .
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Surefire LX1 should be out soon.
http://www.brightguy.com/products/SureFire_LX1_LumaMax_LED_Flashlight.php |
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Some info in this thread.
http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=10&f=18&t=628574 |
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I am looking for the same thing. I was looking at the Surefire E1B or the Fenix PD20 (follow links to see each light). The Sure fire has a 80 lumen and a 5 lumen setting, has the Surefire name behind it, is almost guaranteed to survive the apocolypse and costs about $150. The Fenix is half the price, twice the lumens, has a dissorienting strobe at full power but isn't as much of a known quantity as Surefire. Because I don't want to purchase multiple lights I think I'm going to go with the Surefire E1B because I know it will work, I know it won't fail, and if I do manage to break it somehow Surefire will stand behind their product. Fenix...who knows .I just bought a Surefire E1b off of Ebay for $99.00 with free shipping. You can find cheaper prices there rather than at a local gunshop. |
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I'm looking for a new pocket sized LED light with a click tail cap for carry. The Surefire T1a is mighty tempting but a little too spendy. I found the Fenix L1T any one have any suggestions on what they like? I have the Fenix L1T V2 and I like it. Very bright & you can turn it down to save battery life. Runs off 1x AA. Very solidly build as well. I don't have experiences with other flashlights for comparison though. |
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Hands down, the best small EDC light made.
hands doewn best EDC light made I promise I have a couple of these, they are awesome. I have owned a lot of other lights, many surefires. These are better. |
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Surefire makes nice lights.
I posted about a River Rock LED light in the Survival and Carry forums not too long ago... The light was found in Target. Then I was tempted by the flashoholics to buy another, even better light... It may have been a Phoenix, but I am unsure. |
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+1 Bright, cheap, and so far it's reliable. |
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+2 in my pocket now......30 bucks and 115 lumens. |
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For EDC in the pocket carry this is easily my favorite and it costs $52:
NiteCore EZ AA I also like the 4 sevens Preon2 light because it fits in slots designed for ball point pens. Runs $49. For shirt pocket this is fine. For front pocket the Nitecore works and this doesn't. 4Sevens Preon2 May have to check out one of the Coleman lights at Wally World. Probably not nice machined aluminum, but it says it has an aluminum case and for $25 we'll see. I'm wondering though, what does ."Requires 2 "CR2 Lithium Cell" batteries (included)" mean? If this thing requires two CR123 batteries or something worse, that will be a consideration. |
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For EDC in the pocket carry this is easily my favorite and it costs $52: NiteCore EZ AA I also like the 4 sevens Preon2 light because it fits in slots designed for ball point pens. Runs $49. For shirt pocket this is fine. For front pocket the Nitecore works and this doesn't. 4Sevens Preon2 May have to check out one of the Coleman lights at Wally World. Probably not nice machined aluminum, but it says it has an aluminum case and for $25 we'll see. I'm wondering though, what does ."Requires 2 "CR2 Lithium Cell" batteries (included)" mean? If this thing requires two CR123 batteries or something worse, that will be a consideration. Cr2 batterys are a little smaller than CR123,they are available at WW and most pharmacys. |