$57 is a low price for a good light? I have had one of these for 5 years, and it’s incredibly useful. I keep 1/4 of it in my car and 1/4 hanging over my basement freezer so I can see inside. Since both are rarely used, every six months, even tho the battery is still good, I swap them with the two remaining in the main unit. In an emergency, I can put all of them together. A set of 6 alkaline D cells has lasted 5 years and they still measure 1.4 volts, so there’s some life left.
The only complaint is the 3 AAA lithium rechargeables in each of the satellite units. One set became defective, so I replaced all of them with off-the-shelf cells. At least they’re not in a proprietary package. Coleman was thinking when they designed this one.
I’ve seen knock-offs for less, and Coleman makes a 2-unit version.
You want a 2 lb super powered flashlight for running around in the woods? I have one near sighted eye and this works fine for me. You are lost in sea of armchair specification wankery. Unless you are doing brain surgery in the back woods any decently made LED flashlight will do fine. The human eye adapts to low light levels easily you don’t need a search light to get around.
I am digging Gorsnak dropping knowledge in this thread. I was going to just recommend the Fenix PD35 I carry around, or something similar, but I am really enjoying the specific numbers, calcs, and recommendations mentioned so far by most of you.
Well this is a medium sized am AGM battery, and it weighs about 30 kg just on its own. A good quality inverter, now that I think about that I probably don’t actually need one, is about 5 kg, and wires and accessories are about 10 kg…
I’m confused about the 18650 battery requirement. You realize there are other lithium ion batteries right? 18650’s are specifically used for light weight high output requirements. If you are looking for longer lasting you can use larger batteries. Is the batteries being compatible with your vaporizer and important requirement you didn’t want to share?
Why does the light need to hold all your batteries anyway? If you need a light source for an extended time period, changing batteries is a thing people do.
My work light is a Convoy L6. It’s a 3800lumen light that uses two 26650 batteries. It’s been rather durable, gets dropped on occasion and survives getting tossed around in my tool bag. It is a large light, weighs a couple pounds with batteries. I’ve never timed how long it lasts. It’s never died on me, after I use it for an extended period I swap the batteries in my car charger. It can easily light up a room in the high setting. In turbo setting it can light up one hell of an area, it will get hot if you leave it in turbo too long.
I have some Convoy C8’s I keep in vehicles. They are pretty powerful for their size. More of a gimmick light than anything. Huge throw in a small package. They use one 18650. Output is about 1000 lumens. They have a number of settings they can be used in, all mine are just set to turbo on/off. I found clicking through brightness levels to be cumbersome.
