Originally Posted by
LouisIV
wanting to keep it under 50. going to look into those Cree flashlights for sure. Any other recommendations?
Shiningbeam has lots of choices for flashlight. Some model uses AA and some are the 18650 batteries.
There been some pretty good review of this
EO3 XML flashlight from Tactical HID. The spec from Candlepower forum list it as 200 lumen with 1+ hr runtime time with 1 x AA Ni-mH cell or 320 lumen at 45min runtime at med mode with 14500 rechargeable LiIo cell. In the high mode with 14500 cell, it is rated at 490 lumens for 30 minute. 30 minute may not be a long runtime but that 490 lumen is a lot of lights.
Bikerayusa has some bicycle specific light that is similar to the Magicshine but IMO are better built with better battery. They have some limited used demo light at a good deal. The
used demo Bikeray 1 or Bikeray2 are selling for $70. It is over your $20 budget but personally I think that is a good deal for what you will get.