Recently, upon the recommendation of MikeD, I bought one of the RayoVac indestructible AA flash lights. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Rayovac-Inde ... mQSEJ3D91s
In short, I like it for what it is. A small, lightweight personal light. It could probably serve double duty as a weapon light as well. It's water resistant, 100 lumens, and battery life is good and the AA battery availability is a lot better than CR123's. service life is even better when the light is on low lumens of about 35 hours. The low setting is more than enough light for most of my needs.
My wife also recently purchased a Solar rechargeable light that I like a lot so far, though I haven't subjected it to much abuse.
I have kept it in the window sill of my den for the last few months and it's been ready every time I have grabbed it. It also has a reserve battery backup in it. The brand of it is "hybrid light" and has some pretty good specs, but I have my reservations of how durable it would be long term because of the plastic construction. http://www.hybridlight.com/
I also bought a few little cheap LED lights from amazon that use a single AA battery. While both look identical, one only has a single brightness setting, while the other has two brightness settings plus a strobe. But for $5 each, they were worth having around, if for nothing else to let the kids have a flash light so they'll leave my good ones alone because it is proven fact that children kill batteries at will
I have also been steadily buying a few extra sets of rechargeable AA batteries and means to charge them, both on or off grid.
And since rechargeable C and D batteries are so expensive, I am going to use an alternative of using AA shell adapters to fit into C and D devices. (like these http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008TL ... UTF8&psc=1 )
True that the battery life will be reduced over actually using C and D batteries, but at least I have the option if I need a DC device that doesn't exactly use AA batteries if it isn't a really high drain device.
I also have one of the older Energizer brand emergency lights that accommodate AAA, AA, or C batteries all depending on what you have available. It's a good concept, and good design. It has held up to a lot of use and wear over the last few years we've had it. I can highly recommend that light. http://www.energizer.com/flashlights-li ... light.aspx
And of course I still have my trusty C cell Maglite out in the pickup. They're nearly indestructible, even if the bulb is a power hungry filament instead of a more conservative LED.
I am moving more towards AA rechargeable batteries for my lights and accy's for my emergency gear whenever possible. Even my old Cobra handheld FRS radio's, which is probably a subject for another topic.
In short, I like it for what it is. A small, lightweight personal light. It could probably serve double duty as a weapon light as well. It's water resistant, 100 lumens, and battery life is good and the AA battery availability is a lot better than CR123's. service life is even better when the light is on low lumens of about 35 hours. The low setting is more than enough light for most of my needs.
My wife also recently purchased a Solar rechargeable light that I like a lot so far, though I haven't subjected it to much abuse.
I have kept it in the window sill of my den for the last few months and it's been ready every time I have grabbed it. It also has a reserve battery backup in it. The brand of it is "hybrid light" and has some pretty good specs, but I have my reservations of how durable it would be long term because of the plastic construction. http://www.hybridlight.com/
I also bought a few little cheap LED lights from amazon that use a single AA battery. While both look identical, one only has a single brightness setting, while the other has two brightness settings plus a strobe. But for $5 each, they were worth having around, if for nothing else to let the kids have a flash light so they'll leave my good ones alone because it is proven fact that children kill batteries at will
I have also been steadily buying a few extra sets of rechargeable AA batteries and means to charge them, both on or off grid.
And since rechargeable C and D batteries are so expensive, I am going to use an alternative of using AA shell adapters to fit into C and D devices. (like these http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008TL ... UTF8&psc=1 )
True that the battery life will be reduced over actually using C and D batteries, but at least I have the option if I need a DC device that doesn't exactly use AA batteries if it isn't a really high drain device.
I also have one of the older Energizer brand emergency lights that accommodate AAA, AA, or C batteries all depending on what you have available. It's a good concept, and good design. It has held up to a lot of use and wear over the last few years we've had it. I can highly recommend that light. http://www.energizer.com/flashlights-li ... light.aspx
And of course I still have my trusty C cell Maglite out in the pickup. They're nearly indestructible, even if the bulb is a power hungry filament instead of a more conservative LED.
I am moving more towards AA rechargeable batteries for my lights and accy's for my emergency gear whenever possible. Even my old Cobra handheld FRS radio's, which is probably a subject for another topic.