r/flashlight • u/CrossfeedCow • 17h ago
Recommendation Flashlight for helicopter pilot
Hello! I’m a SAR helicopter pilot looking to stop getting crappy lights that stop working after a year or so of use. I read some posts by airline guys asking for recommendations and seems like the P40 and Arfeld Pro are regularly offered. Unlike an airline guy I don’t need to shoot a beam at stuff 40 feet away, I would mostly be using it to see directly inside cowlings maybe a foot away at most, a flood for night time walk around would be good too. Wouldn’t be using it in the cockpit at all, I fly under goggles so I have a great lanyard pelican green light that I love for that.
I’ve heard some of these can come with UV for spotting fluid leaks and that would be great too. Preferably USB-C, don’t want any proprietary ports, and something pretty small (cigar sized at most) would be ideal. Thanks for the help!
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u/Weewoo_the_Woowee 8h ago
If you wear a cap to clip the light to, the arkpro ultra is a great light with a lazer and UV.
The oclip 2 ultra is also really great and I have been enjoying clipping it to the brim of my cap during day to day. It also has red whixh is probably more beneficial to you than me. I am a naval ship builder making some Navy ships right now and have found many good uses for tight spots without proper job lighting.
Either of those 2 lights should be more than enough convenience, especially if you where a cap, if not the oclip 2 ultra will be much more versatile as you can clip it to a shirt and aim it.
That being said I am not an olight fanboy. I just think those 2 lights are something they've done extremely right. I really like my d3aa, and I also primarily use an armytek wizard pro c2 warm epoxied to my hardhat. Armytek would be my recommendation for a full fledged headlamp that goes on a strap.