Boating torches

[Nos4r2]

I just bought some of these torches as I wanted one to bolt on my air rifle:-

Bloody bright LED torches on ebay

They just arrived from HK, and I'm impressed enough that 2 of them are going to become permanent additions to the boating kit. 3 brightness settings,plus a strobe setting and an 'SOS' mode where they flash 'SOS' constantly. O-ring sealed too.

Full brightness will light up things 100m away clearly.

[martini]

Those are fancy looking torches, does the build quality seem good?

I've just got a LED Lenser with focus on my M4, seriously bright and doesn't seem to mind the recoil

[Mollers]

Bought one of these in TK Maxx for £12 at the weekend. http://www.dewalt.com/tools/safety-p...pga-3aaal.aspx

It's a sturdy thing.

[Nos4r2]

Originally Posted by martini

Those are fancy looking torches, does the build quality seem good?

Build quality seems pretty good. I had to reseat the lens o-ring on one, but that was because the retaining ring wasn't fully screwed in. They'll get a dose of silicone grease on the o-rings before putting them on the boat. Apparently they are waterproof to IPX8 and it looks like they may well be.
They aren't focusable,but the beam is fairly tight anyway. I just took one out into the garden and I can just see it hitting the (low) clouds.

[willk]

Originally Posted by Mollers

Bought one of these in TK Maxx for £12 at the weekend. http://www.dewalt.com/tools/safety-p...pga-3aaal.aspx

It's a sturdy thing.

Noted

[SPR]

Multi led torches are old hat these days, I thought they were great till I got a Cree led torch.

Night and day comes to mind! 100 foot spotting, brighter than any mag light I had or multi led torch. You need to see one to believe it...

I am now looking buying a P7 led lenser. This is supposed to be very bright.

[doggypaddle]

I have a Luxeon star 6 watt led torch, thats bloody bright, trouble is the batteries bloody dear! it takes 3 CR123 and they last a few hours, and its no good buying cheap batteries off ebay, they last even less.
first time i got caught without batteries i bought 3 at the supermarket without looking at the price till later........£18 bar 3 pence
in general i prefer my Pezl head torch that takes AAAs its not as bright, at 1 watt, but still illuminates my whole garden better than the 2x80 watt PAR floodlamps on the wall that wasnt cheap though, £50 ish.

[GJ0KYZ]

The LED Lenser P7 is ok; it has a 200 lumen rating. For real 'owl killing' potential you need the 1000 lumen X21. Watch the video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao3QIWWPU14

[Trolli]

The best u can get 4 your money!

http://www.zweibrueder.com/ENG/startseite_1024.php

[Jizm]

I got one of these through work, it's bloody bright, too bright to look at, burns your retinas!

http://www.torchdirect.co.uk/profess...lenser-t7.html