Handheld light under $100?

[Vegas]

Hey all,

Need to buy a handheld flashlight and looking under $100. I see a Surefire G2X with 600 lumens that seems decent around $70-80. Anything else worth considering? My only requirements are tail cap switch, can take a beating and over 500 lumens.

Cheers.

[zombiescometh]

Streamlight protac 2L-x uses one 18650 rechargeable or two cr123 $46 on amazon


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[Canonshooter]

I very much like the 6PX Tactical I picked up last year. Keep an eye on ebay, you can sometimes find them for around $60. Mine runs fine on a 16650 Li-ion cell.

[Mrgunsngear]

Another option.


It's $45 shipped currently

[Vegas]

Thanks Gents. The USB charging is interesting on that Polytac. I think that might be a winner.

[gunnerblue]

Personally, I find Surefire hard to beat any price. I also prefer their operating system of press for low, press further/click for high or vice versa versus Streamlight's system of selecting operating modes. My $0.02

[MWAG19919]

I have the previous generation G2X (320 lumen) and I’ve dropped it, thrown it, opened beer bottles with the bezel, and fallen directly on it a few times riding my bike. It’s never so much as flickered. It’s been on my rifle now for about 3k rounds with no issues.

Now that they have a 600 lumen model that’s my recommendation.

[Johnny Rico]

The SureFire G2ZX is also another option. It has combat rings to facilitate the Rogers technique.

USB charging (i.e., lights with internal batteries) is a convenient feature, but it has its drawbacks. A light powered by CR123 cells for example, can quickly be put back into duty when its batteries run out of juice simply by replacing the drained batteries with fresh ones. Unless you are fastidious about keeping your light charged, you may find yourself in the dark with a useless paperweight at an inopportune moment. What do you then? Plug your light into the power bank in your pocket?

Secondly, rechargeable batteries diminish in their ability to hold a full charge over time. Ever notice that your smartphone dies a lot faster after you've owned it for a couple of years? The same thing happens to lights with non-replaceable batteries.

[Vegas]

Initially I was put off by usb charging until I saw the batteries were not fixed and were replaceable. I’m buying it as a gift for a buddy but I’m thinking I should have ordered two!

[Dennis]

Klarus XT11X 3000 lumen

Klarus XT2CR 2000 lumen

- True "Tactical" switching with always ON Turbo

- Intuitive Secondary switch strobe and multi levels

- USB charging

- Bright!

- Relatively inexpensive

This is the 3rd generation of these lights and all gens have seen constant EDC and Duty use for many years now with no issues. Of course they are always used in conjunction with "proven" SF and Streamlight WMLs. Pretty much the only thing SF and Streamlight do well nowadays.

I was a hardcore Surefire guy from my first high tech 6P in 1989 through many dozens more to my even higher tech 10X and A2L in the early 2000s. But they lost the tech edge and new lights driven by the enthusiast community just work. I was still snooty and moved to high end customs first but they were just too expensive to keep buying to keep up with quickly improving LED tech and could not offer the true tactical switching I wanted anyways. You can argue Chinese junk all you want but my first 10 years of Surefire use included many many popped bulbs at inopportune times. These lights work and can throw a true wall of light when you need it. I like when we hit a house at 0500 and teammates go from grabbing for a light to just walking around as normal when I light up a whole area.

There are a wealth of choices nowadays and I have tried most every light with decent "tactical" switching over the past decade and Klarus seems to have nailed it.

Dennis.



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