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So, has anybody been using rechargable flashlights in their daypacks or backpack trips?
Bought a Anker rechargeable this winter and am kinda' liking it. Thinking about getting a smaller one for my daypack.
Pros, Cons, Thoughts?
Casey
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Nitcore NU20 or NU25... you won’t need to recharge it for the average trip.
“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Haven't heard of them. Wasn't thinking of a headlamp, but I'll have to google it..... My BD headlamp has served me well.
Casey
Not being married to any particular political party sure makes it a lot easier to look at the world more objectively... Having said that, MAGA.
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I've been using a Fenix headlamp and flashlight that use the same batteries. The batteries even have a port in them and can be charged out of the device. I've never needed the spare.
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I only day hunt but I have went to carrying a black diamond revo headlamps. Pretty light weight and I can recharge if needed with my Anker.
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My concern with Li-ion is cold weather performance. I've worked with enough Li-ion tools is cold weather to know it affects how long the battery charge lasts and how well ithey will recharge.
Casey
Not being married to any particular political party sure makes it a lot easier to look at the world more objectively... Having said that, MAGA.
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I’ve been using the Surefire E1L for over a decade. They use single Cr123A batteries. I have three of them— one in my pocket, one in my pack. The third is a backup I’ve never used.
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Haven't heard of them. Wasn't thinking of a headlamp, but I'll have to google it..... My BD headlamp has served me well.
I have a handful of BD headlamps, including one rechargeable. The Nitecore is lighter, and crazy bright. I guess I don’t see the use in a flashlight, when a headlamp works as one, and as, well, a headlamp too.
“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Nitcore NU20 or NU25... you won’t need to recharge it for the average trip. Brad, Thanks for the tip on the headlamp was just thinking the other day it was time for an upgrade.
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E1L clips onto the brim of my hat.
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I guess I don’t see the use in a flashlight, when a headlamp works as one, and as, well, a headlamp too. The advantage of a flashlight over a headlamp is, it gives your mouth something to do while gutting after dark or cooking dinner... With a headlamp on, I gotta whistle.
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I really like the Zebralight and the Petzl Tactikka. I have the older version of the BD Revolt, and it was only 160ish lumens. The new ones are much brighter.
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Since the OP was about flashlights, I use a Nitecore P12 and bring along a spare 18650 battery. This set up gives me a solid 15 days or more.
If I need to go hands free, I use the belt clip on my hat.
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I really like the Zebralight and the Petzl Tactikka. I have the older version of the BD Revolt, and it was only 160ish lumens. The new ones are much brighter. Do you like the 350 lumens over the 300? is there that much difference in useable light?
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Nitcore NU20 or NU25... you won’t need to recharge it for the average trip. Brad, Thanks for the tip on the headlamp was just thinking the other day it was time for an upgrade. Amazon has a good price on the NITECORE NU32 550 Lumen LED Rechargeable Headlamp with White and Red Beams with LumenTac AdapterEver use one of those? Reviews are all good.
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I really like the Zebralight and the Petzl Tactikka. I have the older version of the BD Revolt, and it was only 160ish lumens. The new ones are much brighter. Do you like the 350 lumens over the 300? is there that much difference in useable light? I just looked and I've not actually used the standard Tactikka, mine is the Tactikka+. So I can't give you a direct comparison between the Tactikka with 300 lumens versus the Tactikka+ with 350, but I can tell you that the original BD Revolt with 110 lumens (I just looked it up) is much dimmer than the new 300 lumen Revolt, which seems about the same as the Tactikka+. Of course, the Zebralight with 1092 lumens is much brighter than either, but it throws the light in much more of a flood pattern (despite being the narrow beam model), so the light intensity from the ZL appears to be about the same as the Tactikka+, it just illuminates a wider area.
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Nitcore NU20 or NU25... you won’t need to recharge it for the average trip. Brad, Thanks for the tip on the headlamp was just thinking the other day it was time for an upgrade. You'll like the Nitecore. I use theNU20 as I never found I use the red light feature on any headlamp I owned (the NU25 has a red light feature). The NU20 weighs 1.9oz, which is 1.5oz's less than my BD rechargeable headlamp. Same lumens (360) at high setting. Another nice thing about the Nitcore is it has a built-in safety so it can't be accidentally turned on inside a pack. All-in-all, I've not found a better rechargeable headlamp.
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I guess I don’t see the use in a flashlight, when a headlamp works as one, and as, well, a headlamp too. The advantage of a flashlight over a headlamp is, it gives your mouth something to do while gutting after dark or cooking dinner... With a headlamp on, I gotta whistle. Whistling is one of life's underrated pleasures...
“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Now I see what he meant when he said "elk meat makes me drool."
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