Hi Folks, I'm a bit overwhelmed with all the possible combinations, particularly for my use case.

I currently have a convoy s2+ with a LH351D 5000k which is my first convoy light; I picked that one by chance as it came with a battery on ali express, and lucked out as it has such a nice beam. I mounted this on the side of my helmet for night riding last year.

While it works well, and I do like the floody uniform beam it produces; I do wonder if there's something more powerful, or better suited for a helmet light ( in terms of lenses etc).

I did trial mounting my sofirn SK40 but the narrow spot was not that nice as I can't precisely align the spot where my eyes look. I also have a nitecore EDC31 which works okay, but lacks punch with the smaller spot even on high.

When it snows I really found both the S2+ and EDC 31 wasn't able to add any additional visibility over the headlights of the snowmobile.

The s2+ held up very well in snow so I've been looking at the m21b, S21B or an S2+ with the LHP 531, but open to other suggestions.

The main requirements would be a nice uniform beam, more throw/brightness than my current lh351d or whether there's an LED that offers a larger spot with smooth flood out to the sides.

I don't mind carrying spare batteries so I'm not so worried about runtime, but I am also new to picking batteries, are any cells more suited to the cold?

Thanks in advance.

Hey everyone, what do y’all think is the best EDC light? Something similar to this or just a pretty damn good EDC light in general. Thanks!

It's kind of cool.

Carry on.

I’m new to the world of flashlights I own a few Amazon cheap usb-c flashlights and one O-Light that doesn’t get enough love. I’d like to find something that does it all has a decently long battery life and I prefer to keep it under 8” if possible as it will be used for work and going on walks with my gf. My budget isn’t very defined as I don’t know how much a good flashlight should run. I’d ideally like to stay under $150 if possible. I’m looking forward to seeing some decent recs thank you in advance!

I bought their Transcend 3000 headlamp and have been using it for hiking during summer trips. I haven't used it for more than 2 months and was gentle with it throughout its use. Much to my surprise, the clip that holds the lamp isn't what I expected from something so pricey. I was enjoying the view on a mountain. I didn't notice one of the clips that held the lamp had broken off at some point during the hike... The headband/clip was something I never imagined being a failure point. I bent over to look at a spider, and I guess I stood up straight too fast and hit a tree branch and then poof. The lamp disengaged from the headband due to a missing clip and enjoyed an express trip to the bottom of the mountain... I didn't have a backup, so I had to use my phone until morning light. I've been using Nebo for YEARS, and I think this might be a sign that I should try something else. Any replacement suggestions, or is there a brand that I can't go wrong with?

Looking for a replacement battery like this. I don't know much about these kinds of batteries. It has usbc charging Im pretty sure it's a protected

I'm in Canada as well

Hi guys, stumbled upon an early access Arktac on eBay for 80 bucks and had to see if it was real or not. Turns out it was! Are the people that got these from olight under an NDA or something? Its a neat light. Doesn't have the laser or the UV option but I may carry it until the official release. Sorry about the crappy beans. Its very well lit where I live.

Just picked up the marauder mini 2 and the oclip pro on TikTok for a steal of a deal. 200 for both.

I work as an on call engineer for a power utility. I do have my vehicle equipped with the usual go light for riding lines + stream light spot.

At times, I do need something more EDC. I don't really want to go down the line of Hank lights or complicated UIs because I just need a light that works, whether being called out in the night or having to troubleshoot something in a substation or POP site.

I have the oclip2 ultra right now and it's just kinda blocky / not really good for EDC.

Any suggestions on a flat light that I can carry with magnetic base and usb-c charging? I have tried the TS 10 as well but hated the complicated UI.

I don't need UV or laser pointer. Just a good in between for when I don't grab my stream light spot light or can't use my vehicles go light.

E04 Surge Lume1 Full Copper 1800k

Hey everyone,

I recently bought the Fenix PD36R ACE for my car/self-defense setup and I'm a bit torn on the UI concept.

Fenix markets this as a tactical/duty light, but coming from a tactical grip preference overhand, the lack of a dual tail switch feels like a major drawback.

If I don't pre-program the SET ring to pure Turbo, I literally have to shift my grip to the side switch just to change modes or activate strobe under stress.

To me, this feels somewhat contradictory to its intended purpose as a security/tactical tool. The PD36R Pro has the dual tail switch which seems much more tactical from a "form follows function" standpoint, even though the ACE definitely wins on the mechanical USB cover instead of the annoying rubber flap.

If you could get both for the exact same price, would anyone actually prefer the ACE's UI for tactical/duty use over the Pro? Is there something about the ACE's philosophy that I'm missing?

What do you think?

P.s. all this tactical, self defense scenarios are unrealistic for me anyway, I'm just wondering.

I have a question would it be better for me to change the halogen bulb in both of my mag lights to LED or keep them original

Hi All. Looking for a small light that has an accessory diffuser dome that can be put on it in order to put out a 360° light.

I tried charging and realized it wasn’t because the + is concaved in.

Hey guys, i got this flashlight on a flee market and want to know two things:

1. Does anyone know anything more about this flashlight? It runs on 2 D-cells, has 'Philips HALOGEN' on the tailcap and 'Philips W-GERMANY' imprinted into the side

2. I'd like to run it on something other than D-cells, what cell would be best to substitute the alkalines?

Hi, I have several of these units on my Optivisors that I use for art conservation every day. It’s extremely helpful as is, but I’d like it to have high CRI daylight balanced LEDs instead so I can use it for color matching. Can someone here do this for me? Paid work, of course! Bonus points for a better wire and battery pack situation.

Hello r/flashlight !

Having seen some recent glowing reviews and already having a good experience with the SK-03 I just picked up an SK-06 which is already proving itself useful, but I'm really struggling with the charging.

In short, when using the provided USB-C to C cable, it always seems to default to discharging, regardless of if I have it plugged into power bank, wall socket or computer. This makes bringing a power bank along to charge it completely pointless as it always ends up just draining itself back into the bank - before we even consider the concern that it's dumping power into things that are not designed to receive it.

On the other hand if using the SK-03's USB-A to C cable, it seems to default to charging regardless of what it's plugged into.

Since Loop didn't provide any means to tell the flashlight which mode to enter when plugged in, I was hoping perhaps other SK-06 owners, or owners of any other bidirectionally charging flashlights may be able to clarify why this happens or if there's a way to change it since it feels not only redundant having to carry round an A to C cable just for the SK-06, but also somewhat dangerous given that plugging the C to C cable into the wrong device could end up frying a port.

I just got this and have played with it some.It says 30000 lumens but I dont think it gets that many. It is a pretty nice flashlight and is small. But in being small with how many lumens this puts out it gets hot fast. So hot it's hard to hold. Its all flood but it's super bright. If you need a flashlight that is compact and for close up then this is nice for that.

I'm in Canada, and live in the country, I'm looking to upgrade my five d cell non led flashlight that I use to check out the house when my wife says she heard something.

I'd like a compact single hand flashlight that has an intense flash bang like initial on cycle. Is this a thing? Or do I just get the 10k lumen huge flashlight from Costco?

Ever felt then the SK-06 or even the SK-06 mini was a tad too long? Well there's a solution!!

Introducing my latest mod, the SK-06 Nano edition! Powered by a 70mah LIR2032 li-ion coin battery, its now only 45cm in length and lasts maybe 3 minutes on high before needing a recharge!

Main LED, green laser and UV are all fully functional (except the sidelights as well.. they are no longer there, instead, you get glow stickers which do not drain the battery!)

Even USB charging works and even the power bank feature works for some reason

Only downside is the magnet in the tail had to be removed as it was too close to the magnetic ring and interfering with the mode selection.. I couldn't find a tailclip short enough so it'll have to go clipless for now until i can find something

Have a good one everyone~

What could be causing this flicker and buzzing sound when torch is turned on? Happens at random and mostly when torch is cold and fully charged. Torch is only few months old. Should I send it for warranty service? Thanks

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!

I have a bunch of flashlight and not a single high quality headlamp so I decided to pick one up today. I love having a warm led for up close and white when I need more light, and it uses the same battery as my PD35R so now I have a spare for either. It says it'll stay in medium (400 lumens) for 12hrs on the white and warm white channel which is so good for what I'll be using it for. Just from messing around with it for 20mins I'm already asking myself why I've been using handheld flashlights for everything when a headlamp frees up one hand. Really exited to use it some more. Here are some really shitty beamshots, the white light doesn't look nearly that green in person but I can't get it to look right on camera indoors. I'm curious do you guys use headlamps much? Or just handheld flashlights?

Спробував й дим не всі навіть дають, а вогню жоден з всіх ліхтариків не зміг зробити)

D4v2 ntg35 5000K переможець з тих що маю.