Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
Hey mike,
Thanks for this thread. I ride in mostly urban areas and a Cateye Opticube has been sufficient, but I started looking at more intense alternatives, and they really are expensive, particularly to get into the range of recommended lumens, greater than about 200 as I read it. Any recommendations from you or others as to flashlight models and where to get them? I don't currently do E-commerce for products (as opposed to services, e.g. event tickets).
Thanks again so much.
There are so many good and inexpensive flashlights available today that I hardly know where to start. A trip to a good hardware store would be a lot of fun for you if you are looking at lights.
I should mention that Fenix-Store.com has a good variety of powerful flashlights and they support BF.com, but they are online and you said you didn't like online shopping.
I hate to mention Walmart and Sams, but for around $30.00, there are a number of good options.
First, for about $30.00, Maglite has some powerful LED lights with C-cell, D-Cell, and AAA cell battery users. Generally, the bigger, the better, but you have to decide for yourself what weight you are willing to carry around. Maglite is known for their reliability.
Walmart has a Brinkman 3-watt 2-cell LED light that is said to be good. Two D-cell batteries and an alumnium body means this is not a light for weight weenies, but if you want to see where you are going for about $20.00, this would be reliable. I guess that D-batteries would last forever with LED lights.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=8586475
Sam's has the Luxeon LED with 150 lumens for about $30.00. Reviews are that the light is good, but the guts are flimsy.
http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/nav...=5&item=425248
