Flashlight nerds I need help

[ManBearPig]

Looking to buy a flashlight that's kinda big so I could use it to hurt intruders. A home defense flashlight if you will. Nothing too expensive. Amazon links would be cool. Thx bros.

 

[Oil]

This looks pretty sturdy. 19.48 in long, 1.3 lbs

 

[jcwagers]

http://www.amazon.com/MAGLITE-S4D016...ywords=Maglite

http://www.amazon.com/TerraLUX-TLE-6...led+conversion

 

[jlee]

This should work pretty well.

:hmm:

 

[PhoenixEnigma]

This looks pretty sturdy. 19.48 in long, 1.3 lbs

Remember that 1.3lb is empty, too - once you load a Maglite like that up with batteries, you might as well be beating someone with a metal bar. Having owned one of the 4 cell ones, I can vouch for their sturdiness, too - used that thing to knock, hammer, and bash all kinds of things, and it didn't seem to do any harm.

 

[Imp]

Minimum 3D Maglite. 6D if you want to clean house.

 

[OCGuy]

Wow I really hope you dont have children.

"Daddy, why did that man come in my room and hurt me"?

"Sorry hun, I tried to hit him with a maglite and he kicked my ass"


The only flashlight that is useful for home defense is an attachment to something better

 

[bononos]

Would duct taping a cheap flashlight to a steel pipe work better?

 

[Imp]

Wow I really hope you dont have children.

"Daddy, why did that man come in my room and hurt me"?

"Sorry hun, I tried to hit him with a maglite and he kicked my ass"


The only flashlight that is useful for home defense is an attachment to something better

Maybe he's from Canada... We aren't legally allowed to even have mace. We can have bearspray and "tools" for hunting though. No handguns except for "private collections".

 

[ManBearPig]

Wow I really hope you dont have children.

"Daddy, why did that man come in my room and hurt me"?

"Sorry hun, I tried to hit him with a maglite and he kicked my ass"


The only flashlight that is useful for home defense is an attachment to something better

Hey hey hey, wait a sec! I'm gonna buy my first handgun within a month--whenever it gets in stock. What's wrong with having both? :awe:

 

[OCGuy]

Maybe he's from Canada... We aren't legally allowed to even have mace. We can have bearspray and "tools" for hunting though. No handguns except for "private collections".

A quick google search says this is not true. There are plenty of guns in Canada if you go through the right registration process.

 

[Rubycon]

http://www.amazon.com/Olight-50109-I...ds=olight+sr90

 

[Sea Moose]

Mag light.

 

[olds]

This should work pretty well.

:hmm:

This

 

[manimal]

holy crap ruby that flashlight is awesome. Blind em then beat em.

hell just keep some flashbangs around.

 

[shortylickens]

Easy, 6 D Mag. I keep one in my truck for an extra pry bar.
Dirt cheap on Amazon. Maybe ebay.
Problem solved.

 

[nicolaskl]

http://www.lapolicegear.com/suhehegunli.html

 

[ManBearPig]

That 6D maglite is over a foot and a half!

Also ruby, that light is unreal. I looked at some YouTube videos of it.

 

[thebestMAX]

Ive got this one. Great club and pretty good flash as well. Dont know if its still made.

http://www.flashlightreviews.com/reviews/ledbeam_3c.htm

 

[shortylickens]

http://www.flashlightreviews.com/reviews/wiseled_tactical.htm

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[wirednuts]

i bought this light for its lumen output- and my god it is as bright as the sun at night no joke... but as soon as i got my first actual thought was "holy shit this is a weapon too"

it has sharp edges around the bulb... all metal construction. the head is a huge heavy heatsink. i could destroy someone with this light, not only beat them but it would cause huge lacerations.

and im not kidding. this flashlight is TOO bright. it pisses everyone off at night cause as soon as you turn it on, you dont even look into it and it burns your eyes and everything is red when you shut it off.

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/fandyf...-led-flashlight-black-2-x-18650-91136?item=46

 

[Imp]

i bought this light for its lumen output- and my god it is as bright as the sun at night no joke... but as soon as i got my first actual thought was "holy shit this is a weapon too"

it has sharp edges around the bulb... all metal construction. the head is a huge heavy heatsink. i could destroy someone with this light, not only beat them but it would cause huge lacerations.

and im not kidding. this flashlight is TOO bright. it pisses everyone off at night cause as soon as you turn it on, you dont even look into it and it burns your eyes and everything is red when you shut it off.

You're going to screw up your eyes with something like that.

There's a flashlight website/forum where people have commented on how they got stupidly bright LEDs that left imprints ("burn-in") in their vision for months that still hadn't gone away.

 

[Lifted]

You're going to screw up your eyes with something like that.

There's a flashlight website/forum where people have commented on how they got stupidly bright LEDs that left imprints ("burn-in") in their vision for months that still hadn't gone away.

I was at home depot to pick up a small LED flashlight, and saw some 800-1000 lumen models. The one I ended up buying was packaged in such a manner that you could "test" it. This consisted of pushing the power button on the back of the flashlight, which was facing down and reflected off a quarter sized mirror-sticker angled at 45 degrees - basically pointing right in your face. I pushed it for a split second and was blinded for a few minutes. Saw spots for an hour. I was rather impressed with it's blinding abilities but that packaging is a lawsuit waiting to happen. I sure wasn't prepared for the power of 1,000 lumens.

 

[Imp]

I was at home depot to pick up a small LED flashlight, and saw some 800-1000 lumen models. The one I ended up buying was packaged in such a manner that you could "test" it. This consisted of pushing the power button on the back of the flashlight, which was facing down and reflected off a quarter sized mirror-sticker angled at 45 degrees - basically pointing right in your face. I pushed it for a split second and was blinded for a few minutes. Saw spots for an hour. I was rather impressed with it's blinding abilities but that packaging is a lawsuit waiting to happen. I sure wasn't prepared for the power of 1,000 lumens.

It's not just the 1000 lumens, it's the fact that the 1000 lumens comes out of such a small area. An LED is pretty small compared to a regular light bulb, so if you actually focus on it, it's comparable to looking at the sun. People have done some comparisons between LEDs and the sun based on watts or lumens per unit area, and if I recall correctly, some flashlights are actually worse.

All I know is that my 3D Maglite puts out a lot of light from a single LED. Would not want to stare into that.

 

[Rubycon]

Most of those lumen ratings are quite inflated. Just as cheap amplifiers inflate power ratings, in true testing they often come up way short.

Once your emitter is actually outputting over 500 lumens a larger, proper reflector is very necessary or you're just wasting that capability. If you want an impressive thrower go aspheric. The light looks funny but the laughing stops when you turn it on in the dark and people see it lighting up objects a mile away with a beam that's nearly laser like!

The SR90 is quite impressive. Most think it's HID. It's that bright! Even on low setting at 800 lumens its battery will run for over 8 hours before running out.