Post by The Resister on Sept 27, 2023 17:43:11 GMT
One important piece of gear for the average person down to survivalists, preppers, militia types and virtually anybody is the flashlight. Not much is said on the subject so maybe I can fix that with this post.
I did some basic research on flashlights and ended up buying a small Streamlight flashlight to carry in my pocket. A cell phone has a flashlight for finding your keys in the dark, but I wanted more. There was another brand of flashlight, Surefire, that I considered. Olight sounded promising; however one blew up and it gave the company a bad rap. Surefire was the most expensive so I went with Streamlight.
My Streamlight fits in my pocket and puts out 1000 lumens. But, the bad part: Streamlight cannot stand a drop of under 2 feet without breaking something internally. That happened to me after a year and a half. My flashlight was dropped from a distance under 2 feet and didn't work any more. I sent it back to them and, without hesitation, they sent me another one (new) along with another USB cable to charge the battery with.
For customer service I rate Streamlight 10 out of 10. The light not so much. At 1000 lumens of output, the flashlight gets hot in under 3 minutes and is zapped of power in less than 5 minutes. It does have a USB cable and you can plug it into your computer while you do your Internet thing. I guess that's good for suburban use, but has no value from a survival point of view.
Anyway... flashlights are important and some of the features that might interest you are the warranty, the lumens (that's how much light it will put out), how long the battery will last and how far you can drop the flashlight before damaging it. Many flashlights put this info on the package the light comes in. Mine has a rechargeable battery that plugs into the flashlight at one end and the USB port on the computer on the other end. Many only use regular batteries that must be taken out of the flashlight once the battery dies. I won't presume to tell you which kind to buy. I'm just giving you some guidelines on how to look for that perfect flashlight.
I did some basic research on flashlights and ended up buying a small Streamlight flashlight to carry in my pocket. A cell phone has a flashlight for finding your keys in the dark, but I wanted more. There was another brand of flashlight, Surefire, that I considered. Olight sounded promising; however one blew up and it gave the company a bad rap. Surefire was the most expensive so I went with Streamlight.
My Streamlight fits in my pocket and puts out 1000 lumens. But, the bad part: Streamlight cannot stand a drop of under 2 feet without breaking something internally. That happened to me after a year and a half. My flashlight was dropped from a distance under 2 feet and didn't work any more. I sent it back to them and, without hesitation, they sent me another one (new) along with another USB cable to charge the battery with.
For customer service I rate Streamlight 10 out of 10. The light not so much. At 1000 lumens of output, the flashlight gets hot in under 3 minutes and is zapped of power in less than 5 minutes. It does have a USB cable and you can plug it into your computer while you do your Internet thing. I guess that's good for suburban use, but has no value from a survival point of view.
Anyway... flashlights are important and some of the features that might interest you are the warranty, the lumens (that's how much light it will put out), how long the battery will last and how far you can drop the flashlight before damaging it. Many flashlights put this info on the package the light comes in. Mine has a rechargeable battery that plugs into the flashlight at one end and the USB port on the computer on the other end. Many only use regular batteries that must be taken out of the flashlight once the battery dies. I won't presume to tell you which kind to buy. I'm just giving you some guidelines on how to look for that perfect flashlight.