hey, thanks There's more eye candies at www.thebrightsideforums.com

Thanks for the info Craig

Hey, the Fenix LD01 is a good AAA light. My dad has been using one for a year now (XR-E version) and it’s been fine and steady. Now with the XP-E LED version, the beam profile is nicer.

For AA flashlight, depending on what you actually want. Around RM80 you can get the Fenix E10, as recommended above also (1-mode only at 55 Lumens), good enough for work, camping, blackout, every day use. But it’s not a thrower.

Multiple modes, the Fenix LD10 is still good stuff.


185-225 meters is still far to fetch for small handheld lights, although you can get some illumination and try to make it out with a binoculars, the object would not be illuminated very well. I’m surprised the aspheric only reach 120 meters, I think it should be able to go more.. hmm..

We have throwers that could give some good illumination at that distance, check out the Olight SR90. Sometimes when you get poisoned, the price doesn't matter anymore

You got a budget for your thrower?

Several (okay) handheld smaller throwers options are
- Surefire LX2
- Surefire E2DL
- Fenix TK20
- 4Sevens Maelstrom G5
- Fenix TK11
- Tiablo A9, A10 R2

The thing about sea is that it absorbs plenty of light. Lights like the E2DL, LX2 and G5 can sufficiently penetrate 100 meters, questionable visibility more than that. A Tiablo A9 or A10 with aspheric lens may help you a little more.

A proper sea light for that awesome throw would probably be a HID. Competitive to HID is probably the Olight SR50, SR90 and SR91. They are big, huge lights.

A more lower range, in comparison with HIDs (but expensive still) are:
- Fenix TK40
- Fenix TK30
- EagleTac M2XC4 (XR-E version)
- Surefire M3LT
- Surefire M6 with MN21 bulb

This post has been edited by pseudoblue: Oct 5 2010, 04:28 PM

I see, maybe a warm or a neutral white can help you better in foggy situation. Not so sure it'll meet your 100-150m requirements, but the TK20 has a slightly warmer neutral white tone and a tight hotspot. Haven't check out the E21 myself yet.

I have little experience in thick foggy situation, but if your eyes are night adapted, any type of light color, warm, neutral or cool white can blind you from the fog's reflection regardless, when switched on with more than 100 lumens. I read that warm has a better penetration because the light's spectrum does not disperse too much in the fog. There are not many warm LED throwers. Closest I can find and available is the TK20.

There’s a Quark Turbo 123^2 Warm White, but I don’t think that’s available anymore. You can check it out with Polkiuj.

Whoa, prices are kinda high for those Solarforces....

Hi Capiche, it's not a matter of how hot it becomes but how fast it'll dissipate heat. Titanium is not a good heat sinking material as aluminum. Although tougher, it does shine cosmetically better

If you know how to effectively manage the heat on the Quark Mini 123 Ti then it should be fine. Personally from my own research, it's okay to run the Mini 123 Titanium on high, but there's a lot of heat back-firing it overtime. XPG LEDs are very heat tolerant, and more tolerant than XPE or XRE. But they do still degrade by excessive heat, especially trapped heat. Degradation may not be noticed from the phosphor but it is unseen and it happens on the LED chip. You may not get the full life potential of 30,000 - 50,000 hours.

On practice, I don’t think I’ll let the Mini 123 Ti run on high more than 2 minutes. Perhaps this is already sufficient in whatever you’re doing? I’m using the Mini 123 aluminum and it’s mostly used on medium. But, given in an emergency situation where you really need the Ti to run more than 2 minutes, perhaps it can go up to 10 or until the battery depletes.

Ok, I’m not sure how the Quark Ti will hold up in your keys. I’ve seen how the LiteFlux LF2XT hold up against a bunch of keys though and they hold up pretty darn well. It’s aluminum! That light is special somehow.

About heat management, you can control it by time, like I’ve suggested not to run the Quark Ti no longer than 2 minutes on high.

Hi ebal88, looking for a small light to check throat infection, eyes and such?

Check out this website here = http://www.lelong.com.my/merchant/gadgetworld2u.htm
They have a local store in Subang and you can go over and have a look at their recommendation.

My recommendation = Fenix LD01 (3 brightness modes)

Or here: 4Sevens Flashlights: http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=26691765 = List of lights Polkiuj has in stock.

My recommendation = Quark Mini AA-2, Preon Revo (3 brightness modes + hidden)

This post has been edited by pseudoblue: Nov 29 2010, 09:56 AM

Hi Capiche, I think the 1x AAA clip will be too small for the Mini 123. I can't remember exactly, but I think Makuyo tried a clip from a Mini Maglite AA and it worked for him.

Hey, don't look like poor collection to me The E10 is still one of my personal favorite


Hi Ebal, do you have any specific use for the headlamp and UI perhaps? There are a few selections and they're different. Perhaps, you can ask your needs @ The Bright Side Forums There may be more suggestions from members there.

This post has been edited by pseudoblue: Dec 9 2010, 09:40 PM

Hi there, Nyogel are hard to get locally here, the guys here bought it from overseas. There are other workable alternatives, check out our discussion @ the brightsideforums here = http://thebrightsideforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=302 The links and information are useful.

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Added on February 14, 2011, 3:05 pmThe LD10 has been a good light so far, consider it. You can buy and check out the specifications here:
http://www.lelong.com.my/fenix-ld10-cree-x...1-02-Sale-P.htm

Also, the lamp shade accessory for this model is also very good: http://www.lelong.com.my/fenix-camping-lam...1-02-Sale-P.htm Very useful when at night when you need some area lighting.

Just more info, the LD10 runs on a single AA, you can run it all night with the lowest mode. Do bring extra AA batteries too, if you happen to be hiking at night, you need the high mode more. Change batteries immediately when they start drop down in brightness greatly. If you are using rechargeable AA batteries like Eneloops or Imedions then your LD10 will love you. If you are using alkalines, use Energizer, Panasonic or IKEA batteries

Cheers




This post has been edited by pseudoblue: Feb 14 2011, 03:05 PM

If it's Lithium ion chemistry, rechargeable. Keep in glove compartment, not in the boot, and generally although not absolute, not more than 2 hours. You want to avoid the battery feeling too hot to the touch after more than 6 hours of clear hot day (10am to 4pm). There are other small mitigations you can do to your car to help like dark tinting, sun shades, etc.

Nitecore EDC33, definitely a good light. The 4K lumens is only temporary due to its size. The real performance is 1k lumens. Build quality and heat management is good, Nitecore has improved on the ATR (Advance Temperature Regulation) for these series too. Note it has a very strong pocket clip. Check out reviews on Youtube.

This post has been edited by pseudoblue: Dec 19 2024, 11:00 AM

Excellent, no regrets there, it's a complete package (one hand operation, battery indicator, built-in charging, lockout switch, strong pocket clip, throw and flood, very good runtime). I have the EDC33, and many other Nitecore stuff The sweet spot modes on these are really the 300lm (both are actually around 400lm) and 1300lm. The Search and Lumin-Shield modes are crazy bright and heats up pretty quick until the heat management keeps cutting it off