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Real world usage?
on: June 05, 2009, 09:50:51 AM
Ok let me start by stating that I don't mean to be contentious in these ramblings, there just my observation :)

High powered torches/flashlights, are they really necessary ???

For about 18 months now I've had reasonable powerful torches, the current one being a Fenix LD10 :). But in all that time apart from showing off to my mates, and blinding people, I've not really used the high power setting at all really :-\ So much so, I'm thinking of selling it, and buying a second Gerber Infinity for work (great torch!) :)

So the question is what real world senario do you foresee the need for a high powered torch ???
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Re: Real world usage?
Reply #1 on: June 05, 2009, 10:41:47 AM
A couple of things i've used my L2D for in the past:
- finding a gap in a hedge from the other side of a field to avoid having to walk up and down the hedgerow (it gets dark out in the sticks!)
- helping people at the top of ladders see without having to hold a torch themselves.
- being able to see to the other end of a loft to check when a cable has come through a hole.
- as a bike light on dark trails so i can see the tree root that's going to kill me!

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Reply #2 on: June 05, 2009, 10:41:56 AM
Shining for deer in the field by my yard.  Granted it is very situational specific but when Im outside I sometimes use my little bright light to see deer.  That said, I see your point but come-on the brighter the better.  My goal is to illuminate the flag on the moon.


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Reply #3 on: June 05, 2009, 11:34:58 AM
I have 3 dogs, when walking them a really bright thrower is great. My EDC is a Fenix E01, but walking the dogs it has to have more power and throw.
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Reply #4 on: June 05, 2009, 11:41:49 AM
Generally lighting up objects far away.  But I do like the idea of carrying something super bright as a good defence tool as well.
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Reply #5 on: June 05, 2009, 04:12:07 PM
I go night fishing often during the summer months. As always, I have an ARC AAA in my pocket. It's good enough for most tasks, but for hiking through the woods on the way to my fishing spots, something a bit brighter is needed. I use a PETZL Tikka headlamp for the bright stuff. It's not terribly bright, but just a bit brighter than my ARC. Other than that, the Arc AAA or a Photon2 is good enough for anything I do.
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Reply #6 on: June 05, 2009, 04:23:06 PM
A must have for crawling under the Jeep...even in broad daylight it's dark under there.
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Re: Real world usage?
Reply #7 on: June 05, 2009, 04:24:06 PM
Ok let me start by stating that I don't mean to be contentious in these ramblings, there just my observation :)

High powered torches/flashlights, are they really necessary ???

For about 18 months now I've had reasonable powerful torches, the current one being a Fenix LD10 :). But in all that time apart from showing off to my mates, and blinding people, I've not really used the high power setting at all really :-\ So much so, I'm thinking of selling it, and buying a second Gerber Infinity for work (great torch!) :)

So the question is what real world senario do you foresee the need for a high powered torch ???

Let me know if you actually want to sell it  :) The LD10 does run on regualar AA, right? I might be interested....  Sorry, back on topic now  ;) I do not have a high powered flashlight.... ::)





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Re: Real world usage?
Reply #8 on: June 05, 2009, 04:51:46 PM
Yep I'm for up for selling it :)

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Reply #9 on: June 05, 2009, 04:54:03 PM
I have no need at all to carry a flashlight.  I have them available should I need one close by.  I buy cheap one's from Canada Tire and they work fine for my needs.  I cannot believe the price of some of the top of the line unit's like Surefire and why one would shell out well over a $100 for light.  However, one could say the same about why I bought an emerson at close to $200.  :D  Not saying it might not be worth the $$ but to this kid I'll save mine for a new knife or tool.


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Reply #10 on: June 05, 2009, 05:20:03 PM
I use the bright setting when I take the trash to the dumpster.  It is very dark and heavily wooded around the dumpster and I don't live in the best of neighborhoods, so I need something to cut through everything so I can see.


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Reply #11 on: June 05, 2009, 06:13:31 PM
Round the house a bog standard Minimaglite is usually enough but my tesco 2C is used when walking the dog don't know if that counts as high powered but it's bright enough for lighting up the woods around me


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Reply #12 on: June 05, 2009, 06:31:06 PM
Just a few days ago I used my high powered lights to catch earthworms. I have diffuser film on it so it's very floody but also doesn't appear as bright, so I need either 120 or 300 lumen high settings to find worms easily.

Also used headlamp in the shed after it's dark. Or looking for slugs and aphids in the garden (slugs don't come out till it's dark).

I have no need at all to carry a flashlight.  I have them available should I need one close by.  I buy cheap one's from Canada Tire and they work fine for my needs.  I cannot believe the price of some of the top of the line unit's like Surefire and why one would shell out well over a $100 for light.  However, one could say the same about why I bought an emerson at close to $200.  :D  Not saying it might not be worth the $$ but to this kid I'll save mine for a new knife or tool.

Yeah, those $5 knife at canadian tire cuts just as well!  :P
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Re: Real world usage?
Reply #13 on: June 05, 2009, 06:55:05 PM
It's a good point, I went hiking for a few days a couple of months back and the only light I used was my Fenix L0D.  Not a great amount of throw but enough to light up the track in front of us at night and find things in the tent.  I do tend to keep a Tesco 2C in the car as I feel it makes for a better emergency light, as others have said there is a great advantage to being able to light up an object without having to walk over to it.
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Reply #14 on: June 06, 2009, 12:11:30 AM
I have come to prefer long runtime over eye blazing output. But it is nice to have allot of light for some situations.
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Reply #15 on: June 06, 2009, 12:41:40 AM
I have come to prefer long runtime over eye blazing output. But it is nice to have allot of light for some situations.

I agree, I almost always use a relatively low setting when I'm out at night.  Its good to have those high settings for when you need it though - far away objects, strange noises (:)), making sure you've been seen.

Adds a bit more utility to an already useful tool.


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Reply #16 on: June 06, 2009, 01:30:10 AM
I like two stage lites , a top end of 40-60 Lumens is fine . A good reflector or optic makes a hell of a difference . I use high quite a lot for locating stuff up in suspended ceilings .

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Reply #17 on: June 06, 2009, 06:09:32 AM
But it is nice to have allot of light for some situations.

I agree, I almost always use a relatively low setting when I'm out at night.  Its good to have those high settings for when you need it though - far away objects, strange noises (:)), making sure you've been seen.

Adds a bit more utility to an already useful tool.

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Re: Real world usage?
Reply #18 on: June 06, 2009, 10:57:04 AM
I have come to prefer long runtime over eye blazing output.
That's my take too :)
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Re: Real world usage?
Reply #19 on: June 06, 2009, 12:33:19 PM
I have come to prefer long runtime over eye blazing output.
That's my take too :)

But it's easy to have both, so why not have both?

That's my take on it anyway.
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Reply #20 on: June 06, 2009, 01:12:27 PM
I have come to prefer long runtime over eye blazing output.
That's my take too :)

But it's easy to have both, so why not have both?

That's my take on it anyway.
Well the best battery consumption on the LD10 is 28 hours, which while damned impressive, is dwarfed by the Infinety's near 100 hour battery life (albeit at the cost of low performance) :)

And to a treehugger like me, that's very important :)
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Reply #21 on: June 06, 2009, 01:29:27 PM
Just use rechargables then.  :D
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Reply #22 on: June 06, 2009, 02:41:52 PM
Just use rechargables then.  :D
I already do :P

But there's no getting away from the fact that even rechargables last longer in the Infinetly :)
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Reply #23 on: June 06, 2009, 02:45:59 PM
You see the huge benefit of rechargables is there re-charge ability.  :D

When using rechargables a running time of over 20 hours is more than enough IMO.  I'd much rather have the option of blazing output and a goodish runtime than just a long runtime just for the sake of recharging maybe once more.  Especially on lights that use one or 2 cells as you can have spare batteries already lined up if you were that concerned.
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Reply #24 on: June 06, 2009, 02:50:24 PM
Hello, still a tree hugger :D

I like the fact that I don't have to keep recharging the batteries, as it's less impact on the enviroment, not to mention it being cheaper :)

But that's my take on it :)
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Reply #25 on: June 06, 2009, 02:52:39 PM
Hello, still a tree hugger :D

I like the fact that I don't have to keep recharging the batteries, as it's less impact on the enviroment, not to mention it being cheaper :)

But that's my take on it :)

Oh come on!  ::) :D  You sit there online all evening and you are telling me you are that concerned about 1 extra charge? Charging a mobile phone would have the exact same "impact" and you not only have 1 of them, but 2 or 3!  :D :D
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Reply #26 on: June 06, 2009, 02:55:41 PM
Hello, still a tree hugger :D

I like the fact that I don't have to keep recharging the batteries, as it's less impact on the enviroment, not to mention it being cheaper :)

But that's my take on it :)

Oh come on!  ::) :D  You sit there online all evening and you are telling me you are that concerned about 1 extra charge? Charging a mobile phone would have the exact same "impact" and you not only have 1 of them, but 2 or 3!  :D :D
But the other 2 only get used once in a blue moon :P

And I'm not on all evening, mearly most of it :D But when I am online that's all that's on, no tv or radio blaring to itself in the background :)
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Reply #27 on: June 06, 2009, 03:01:58 PM
A true tree hugger would use 2 tin cans and a piece of string.  :D
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Reply #28 on: June 06, 2009, 03:05:09 PM
A true tree hugger would use 2 tin cans and a piece of string.  :D
Who say's I don't :P

My broadband is just a very thick bit of string :D
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Reply #29 on: June 06, 2009, 03:14:53 PM
Yeah, and bits and packets are carried across by volunteer ants. ::)


 

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