Originally Posted by
rex_kramer
I had no idea an electronics forum even existed here. Thanks for that tip, lol.
You have no idea what you have been missing out
Honestly I avoided the higher end tactical flashlight for this several reason. Mainly because by the time I get a flahslight that I like, there is another development with the LED technology that make my so call "new" flashlight old. I just don't like the feeling of spending $100 for a tactical flashlight when a few month later I can get a brighter udated flashlight for $30. The drawback is the quality of the better flashlight cannot be beat, but all of my old flashlight end up being around the house and at work such that quality doesn't matter much to me.
I don't suggest another Terralux because you will be only doubling your lumen but probably not much improvement in beam pattern. If you don't find lower quality product, then this is my Suggestion. Get the
Yezl Z1 from SBflshlight for $33 and then get a
KD C8 from Kaidomain for $26. The Yezl from SBflashlights takes less than 5 days shipped to CA, while the Kaidomain takes 10-15 days.
I own 3 of the Yezl Z1 and one C8, both are great XML flashlight. The Yezl Z1 is very bright and very compact and light (great for the helmet) while the C8 will get you some impressive throw for a single cell 18650 because it has a larger diameter reflector. Both flashlight have a very white tint and non of that green tint stuff. Both lights also will run for over an hour on a single 18650 cell on high. The combo of the two will give a nice overall and very bright beam.
The Yezl Z1 is listed at 450 OTF and that seem to be a very accurate rating. The C8 is probably right around the same 450 OTF. To give an sample of thee light intensity of these two flashlight, I will compare these with a Magicshine 808. I use a light meter and did a 10 feet ceiling bounce test and the MS900 resulted with 36 lux, while the Yezl Z1 yeilded 55 lux and the C8 resulted 52 lux. Both flashlight was brighter than a MS900. The combo lux with both C8 and Yezl Z1 yeilded 98 lux.
BTW, you can get a 3 mode C8 without all that strobe stuff, however I never tried one of those and cannot comment on how well it perform. Link for 3 mode:
http://kaidomain.com/ProductDetails....roductId=11284