LED Flashlights

[Captain Smollett]

I needed a new flashlight and picked up one of these nifty little babies:

Princeton Tec AMP 1L

It's listed at 45 Lumens, which I found quite bright for picking out numbers on reflective Aids to Navigation at night.

I suspect the built-in bottle opener would prove popular with a few sailfar sailors. 

The only thing I did not like about it, and it's just a matter of getting used to it, is that the rotation for on/off is the opposite of a mag light .  So, all night I was trying to turn it on-er or off-er.

It runs on 2 AAA batteries (I have plenty of rechargables in that size).

They do make brighter ones, but I found 45 Lumens to be a good compromise between 'reach' and backscatter.

Any other comments on good LED flashlights?

[s/v Faith]

I needed a new flashlight and picked up one of these nifty little babies:

Princeton Tec AMP 1L

It's listed at 45 Lumens, which I found quite bright for picking out numbers on reflective Aids to Navigation at night.

I suspect the built-in bottle opener would prove popular with a few sailfar sailors. 

The only thing I did not like about it, and it's just a matter of getting used to it, is that the rotation for on/off is the opposite of a mag light .  So, all night I was trying to turn it on-er or off-er.

It runs on 2 AAA batteries (I have plenty of rechargables in that size).

They do make brighter ones, but I found 45 Lumens to be a good compromise between 'reach' and backscatter.

Any other comments on good LED flashlights?

Looks good, where did you get it, and what did you pay?

[Captain Smollett]

Looks good, where did you get it, and what did you pay?

I got it at West Marine and I think I paid $14 for it.

Interestingly, that model is not listed on the WM web site. 

[Lost Farmboy]

I use an Olight S20 Baton (not strictly for work related to my boat), from 0.5-470 lumens output, 2.25-1500 hrs runtime using 2x CR123A batteries. I primarily bought this for work, as I rely on having a good flashlight, and this one has the added bonus of having a fairly strong magnet on the tail, which allows me to free up my hands in some situations (though this is far less useful, at least on my boat). I buy batteries from BatteryStation to keep those costs down.

Costs: about $50 for flashlight, $3.00 per battery change

Thorough review of light can be found here:http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?350715-Olight-S20-Baton-(XM-L-1x18650-2xCR123A)-Review-RUNTIMES-BEAMSHOTS-VIDEO-more!&p=4093439&viewfull=1#post4093439

Probably will be unable to reply for some time due to work, but I am very pleased with its performance and ability to withstand abuse.

[s/v Faith]

Very cool little light John,

  Nice to have a good flashlight that doubles as a dive light.

Grog!