I have 5 Surefires, best thing since sliced bread.
Yes, they are. The Streamlights are good also.
we don't agree on much often, so when we do, it might be a clue for the rest of you fellers!
you can get a G2 Surefire for around $35 bucks or so, it's the nylon body which I prefer over the aluminum as sometimes if I'm doing repairs in the dark and it's the light I have to use I don't want a metal aluminum body to hold between my teeth or in a headband against my head in our temps we have up here. Also have a Streamlight that's metal but the barrel is housed in rubber so i can use it the same way.
They both are superior lights with a brightness that I find I can't match with lesser lights.
if you guys know of cheaper lights that have similar lumen output I'm all ears (or eyes in this case I reckon)
flashlights are a tool, I try and use a tool for the appropriate task at hand, I've got cheap flashlights I use all the time around the house or at the cabin
just like I have firearms of differing quality, some I'd bet my life on, some are just to make my life more fun.
the surefires and streamlights I own are used otherwise, but are mainly for air travel. If the lights go out in an emergency situation on a plane I want light I can count on.
Plus due to the ever encroaching travel restrictions, I can't even carry a pocket knife, pity that.
but I can carry a flashlight, and a good one can be a useful defensive tool.
if I'm confronted by someone that poses physical harm to me or my family, most likely they're armed with something more than a flashlight.
I've yet to see the guy that when I shine one of those lights in their eyes, that they don't blink or avert their gaze. It only takes a second, but a second is all I need to try and drive his adam's apple out the back of his throat.
If I can accomplish that, bad odds just shifted slightly in my favor.
I'm willing to spend $35-100 for that advantage, just like on a true defensive firearm, I don't care as much about price as I do quality and am willing to pay for it.
but I've long been a proponent of "buy what makes you happy"
tis what I do, and I don't really care if what I buy makes anyone else happy or not.
