Flashlight Recommendations

[okie archer]

I bought a Fenix just before I went to Colorado on elk hunt last year. Couldn't get it to work right, ended up returning it to Scheels. Pretty disappointed

 

[JimIsland]

The flat rectangular one?

Yea. I was making a funny that you have a bunch of Fenix's.

 

[nm.otter]

Just a headlamp, an EDC, and a bike lamp (so far). They've just outlasted (and generally outperformed) whatever else I've owned over the years.

 

[GotDraw?]

90% sure Fenix and Coast are Chinese. BTW- I have Fenix flashlights and headlamps-- both great!

RE Chinese-- you're probably fooling yourself thinking you'll buy a US flashlight. The LED emitter is probably Chinese. The PCB board is probably Chinese and the lens/case probably are as well.

AND... the quality of certain Chinese brands is, dare I say... far better than a Maglite. Maglite totally F'd up and they missed the bus 15+ years ago back when they owned the market. Now they're not even in the stadium parking lot, much less the game.

 

[isleofGough]

fenix makes good headlights but they are nowhere equal to elzetta, surefire, malkoff , or modlight for flashlights.

 

[GotDraw?]

fenix makes good headlights but they are nowhere equal to elzetta, surefire, malkoff , or modlight for flashlights.

@isleofGough -

Agree those are some nice lights, but they dang well outta be for $250-400each.

There are plenty of good lights out there for reasonable money without having to spend $250-400 for a US made US milspec light. And quite frankly, at least for my hunting purposes, I don't need a light that will blind someone with 100,000 lumens of output and lasts for 15 min. I need a light that will run a long time at medium to low output with a reasonable beam pattern and decent IPX rating. For me, I have plenty of great equipment but I'd have to get a sanity check for a $300 or more flashlight.

J