Fenix LED flashlights - Page 2 - Plumbing Zone

notosora · 03-17-2010, 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by futz

If you're looking for an excellent LED flashlight, Fenix are, IMHO, the absolute best. I have no financial interest in the company - I'm just a VERY satisfied customer.

I own a Fenix L2D (now discontinued & replaced by the LD20) and a TK40. Both are awesome products when combined with some good Maha Powerex NIMH cells and charger. Both make any LED flashlight I've ever used before them look like pathetic junk.

The TK40 is insanely bright at the higher settings. At lower settings you can leave it on all day. The light is nice and white, not yellow like an incandescent flashlight, and not that freaky blueish light that cheap LED flashlights make (same goes for all Fenix lights).

I just pre-ordered a HP10. My old eyes are demanding more light these days, and trouble-lights are a pain in the nuts for many jobs. If the HP10 works out as well as I expect it to, I'll order another for home. I build and repair a lot of computers - trying to hold a flashlight and a screwdriver and the part you're trying to position and put screws in is VERY difficult. The head-lamp should make that kind of thing go MUCH smoother.

All the above links are Canadian, but you can Google and find U.S. sources too.

Hey futz, not sure if you are aware but you can buy Fenix locally here in the lower mainland. No need to order from Ontario!!
Three Vets, DS Tactical, MD Charlton just to name a few

futz · 03-17-2010, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by notosora

Hey futz, not sure if you are aware but you can buy Fenix locally here in the lower mainland. No need to order from Ontario!!
Three Vets, DS Tactical, MD Charlton just to name a few

I believe ya.

But then I'd have to wheel my pig of a van downtown into that hideous traffic and try to find parking for it somewhere and risk getting it ripped off. Screw that!

I don't go downtown unless absolutely forced to. Mail order is SO easy - pay no PST (out of Province orders), which helps offset the shipping cost - and it shows up on my doorstep.

TheMaster · 03-17-2010, 11:24 AM

I like these ones

futz · 03-17-2010, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by TheMaster

I like these ones

Woo!

A big Surefire fan! I should order me one and see what they're like. I have heard nice things about them.

Are most of yours AA size, or do you run CR123 cells? CR123's are a no-go in this country because we get totally RAPED on battery prices compared to the U.S. for some reason. I need to run NIMH or I'd be bankrupt soon.

TheMaster · 03-17-2010, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by futz

Woo!

A big Surefire fan! I should order me one and see what they're like. I have heard nice things about them.

Are most of yours AA size, or do you run CR123 cells? CR123's are a no-go in this country because we get totally RAPED on battery prices compared to the U.S. for some reason. I need to run NIMH or I'd be bankrupt soon.

They take cr123 bats,see the two cases to the left...those are battery storage. Each one holds 6 batterys. I have one more weapon light but its mounted on my shotgun...takes 3 cr123's. Its brighter than most car headlights and will blind the poop out of you.

rocksteady · 03-18-2010, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by TheMaster

I like these ones

Do you ever buy just one of anything?

I KNOW there's 1500 Delta boxes in that room just out of sight.

Paul

DUNBAR PLUMBING · 03-18-2010, 04:17 AM

lol!

I probably have that many too....where in the hell are they?!?! Only my piles know.

TheMaster · 03-18-2010, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by rocksteady

Do you ever buy just one of anything?

I KNOW there's 1500 Delta boxes in that room just out of sight.

Paul

When I find an exceptional product I usually buy multiples. The 1st surefire flashlight I bought was at a local dealer,and I paid retail. Retail is expensive for those lights,so I found some online cheaper and bought all the ones I wanted. I have a collection of tacticle gear/equipment.
Pelican cases are another weakness of mine...I have about a dozen of them

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dankman · 03-21-2010, 03:50 PM

Streamlight makes some really good stuff for the money.

futz · 03-21-2010, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by dankman

Streamlight makes some really good stuff for the money.

The last few days I've dug deep into the "Flashaholic" scene. I've been hanging around candlepower forums where the flashaholics live. I'm being badly tempted to spend some stupid amounts of money on kewl gadgets that I don't really need.

Streamlight is only one of many high-quality LED flashlight manufacturers out there.

Here's a partial list:

Surefire
Fenix
Jetbeam
Quark
Nitecore
Ra Lights
OLight
Streamlight
Muyshondt
Dereelight
Malkoff Devices
EagleTac

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