Are Flashlights Practical?

[ShelledPants]

Originally Posted by ZanderFTW

So will 50 lumens make a difference for a flashlight (200-250)

When looking for knock off products, and curious about power, look at what the real soldiers are using and ask "is it enough?".

http://www.eotech-inc.com/products/l...x-led-long-gun

You want a 200-250 lumen + light, when SEALS are using a 150 Lumen peak weapon light.

100 - 200 lumens is fine, but look up reviews within the flashlight community (of which is HUGE: http://flashlightreviews.com/)

Best of luck.

[coach]

Originally Posted by ZanderFTW

So will 50 lumens make a difference for a flashlight (200-250)

Is this based on the assumption that the 200 lumen torch and 250 lumen torch are rated equally? Then go one step further and forget if they are equal to each other and ask yourself is the 200 and 250 rated equally to the market standard or are these just close approximations the manufacturer thinks it should be?

A lot of cheap clones are no where near their rated output.

[BennyBoy]

Do note you are playing with fellow airsoft-brothers-in-arms and I'm sure none of them want to go blind. Do onto others what you would do onto yourself. Don't do things to others you wouldn't want done to yourself

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[ThunderCactus]

Originally Posted by ZanderFTW

So will 50 lumens make a difference for a flashlight (200-250)

I've got a 200 and 300 lumen flashlight, at that brightness it's honestly pretty difficult to tell them apart. 200 is all you need really

[coach]

Originally Posted by ThunderCactus

I've got a 200 and 300 lumen flashlight, at that brightness it's honestly pretty difficult to tell them apart. 200 is all you need really

But my 5 mode 1000 lumen torch is just so awesome! (but it's too stinking heavy to mount to a gun )

[m1lk0r]

As a Regular to UA, I gotta say. The lighting condition on that field is pretty good, I run without a flash light, or any light at all. Just not necessary for my play style. It really comes down to you, whether you want to run with one, or without.

Just remember to adjust your eyes before running into the hurt locker, lol.

[Short Round]

I have a Maglite L100 and L200. Each was under $50 bucks, both run on 3 AAA batteries, quality is just very good, has many functions such as strobe, sos, dim to bright options and more.

The brightness isn't bad either, the L100 (195 lumens) is a little less then the L200 (235 lumens ish). Both get the job done at the end though.

For a begineer/if in need of one scenario, these flashlights have a ton of bells and whistles for a very affordable price. Defintely what I would recommend for the more cheaper route

[bareass]

costco sells a 200 lumen Cree LED flashlight $20 for 3 of them. they are actually quite good. for a flash light. i plan on holding one or 2 and using them as a set down light.

set it to strobe, place it somewhere i'm not and wait for people to walk into it. lights only give away your position if you're holding on to it

serisouly though. they are pretty good lights, and have a nice white beam.
i'm thinking of rigging one up to a pressure pad, and building it into my f2000 handgaurd

[Magnaroth]

I just purchased my first light, and was wondering if anyone has heard/seen a light being destroyed by incomming bb's? Additionally; pressure switch: extremely useful, or not so much?

[m102404]

Originally Posted by Magnaroth

I just purchased my first light, and was wondering if anyone has heard/seen a light being destroyed by incomming bb's? Additionally; pressure switch: extremely useful, or not so much?

Lenses...flashlight, red dot, etc..get shot all the time. It's almost dumb luck if it'll break. I've seen/had really hard shots hit and not left more than a rub mark...I've seen/had soft shots hit and break lenses/bulbs. Definitely potential though. (Same as teeth)

Re. pressure switches. They're useful and convenient. Looks cool too. At times I've found the wiring to get hung up on gear/stuff...and I've had switches activated when I hadn't meant them (usually on a piece of gear). A push button tailcap is a no-brainer no-fail option. You have to position it so it's under your thumb with a certain hold on your gun though...but there's a gazillion mounts out there for that. If I can conveniently make it work without a pressure switch I will.

Just my opinion...lots of guys will run theirs differently.

[T_A_N_K]

Originally Posted by bareass

costco sells a 200 lumen Cree LED flashlight $20 for 3 of them. they are actually quite good. for a flash light. i plan on holding one or 2 and using them as a set down light.

set it to strobe, place it somewhere i'm not and wait for people to walk into it. lights only give away your position if you're holding on to it

serisouly though. they are pretty good lights, and have a nice white beam.
i'm thinking of rigging one up to a pressure pad, and building it into my f2000 handgaurd

I bought a set of these at costco to keep in the car and around the house. Good deal, use triple A's too.

[TANNER]

The TLR-1s defiantly comes in handy during CQB. The key I find is learning when not to use it and thus give your position away.