Need a powerful led flashlight

For years I had occasional use for a flashlight. Make that decades. I've bought several LED ones.

Then I bought a cheap Rayovac headlamp, and this Christmas got an upgrade to the Petzl Tikka.

Now I don't have the "occasional use". These are so useful I grab them constantly. (of course aging eyes that need more light may have something to do with it)

Once you try a headlamp you'll wonder why it took you so long to figure it out.

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TimR
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It's not easy to "interpret" what people want. I'd assumed he wanted to check the crawlspace for water. If all you want is to open the hatch, peer down the hole and look for water, you don't need much of a light.

If I want to look to see if there's water under the kitchen

60 feet away beyond three furnace ducts, I need a very bright spotlight with a very narrow beam.
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mike

TomR posted for all of us...

Are they LED?

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Tekkie®

Hi Stormin',

If all I wanted to do was to look down the crawl space and see it there was water/sewage, the light in the closet would do fine.

What I wanted to do was lay on the floor, poke my head through the hole, and look over the entire expanse of crawlspace.

Just as a note, the ground is slanted slightly to one side, so water/sewage will run away from my heater ducts (almost wrote "ducks"). I want to clearly be able to view that corner.

Oh ya, and "torch" does describe the one I got.

And as far as a hidden agenda, I promised you silence when we first conspired together on this. No one will ever know that it is for the two of us to spot baby seals on the beach so we could ... oh crap, they will forget eventually. :-)

Thank you for all the help on this!

-T

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Todd

Bingo!

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Todd

Been thinking of that for something else. You have a favorite? Prefer AA bats for such things.

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Todd

Based on the info you provided, my answer was spot on and correct.

Are you continuing to maintain that it was those drunken eskimos who clubbed the baby seals to death after we went for baseball practice just outside of Anchorage, and you just accidentally got seal blood on your bat?

- . Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .

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Stormin Mormon

Said that first time!

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Stormin Mormon

My camping LED light from walmart, tried it outdoors one night. Shined it into a tree, it is plenty focus and bright enough that I could have seen a racoon up there. But they were dead, laying next to the baby seals.

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Stormin Mormon

Harbor Freight has a strap on headlamp that takes two AA cells. If you pull the bulb out, and remove the reflector, you can use a LED module for Mini Mag lights. Gives you excellent light, AA batteries, and costs bout ten bucks.

They are a real brain scramble to use with bifocal glasses DAMHIKT.

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Stormin Mormon

Cool. No harbor freights in my area. Rats. Got Amazon, Home Depot, Wally World

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Todd

The original:

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Ray-O-Vac usta make these and they rock, specially with a Krytonite bulb in 'em. I had one for yrs and finally lost it. Much later, I noticed Lance Mackey was using one for his winning bid on the '08 Iditarod. His was the only headband that was not LED.

I found a sledding hardware company in MN that had bought the remaining stock of these lights and modified them to fit in a down parka hood. I still have the new one and it still smokes most LED headlights. I bought it new 5 yrs ago. I can no longer find that website.

OTOH, newer LED headlamps may be better. I know a correctional officer and he sez all the COs carry super bright LED flashlights. So bright, in fact, they can blind an inmate in a lighted room. This it will do!

I guess it's how you intend to use it. My old ROV will throw a very long bright beam. Far enough to see the trail beyond the front of the dog pack. My 2 bulb LED headlight is not as bright, but sheds a wider overall "where's my tent" beam. ;)

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notbob

Your secret(s) are safe with me. Well, mostly. Really! Why doesn't anyone ever believe me?!

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Todd

S***! Stupid bat.

We still on for barbecued baby seal?

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Todd

HF sells online, but they do have a handling fee. HD and Walmart do have strap on head lamps, but using AAA cells. Might haver others that I'd not noticed.

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Stormin Mormon

Your place this time. The Bishop stopped by and asked about the beer bottles. I assured him it was just batter for the baby seals that drunken Eskimo gave us. He didn't believe me.

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Stormin Mormon

I wouldinstall some permanent lights in the crawl space, to convenientlylight upthe areaat any time. With the low costs of security cameras OP could put a few down there, and turn on a single switch to light up the area, and power the cameras.

OP could put some water sensors down there for automatic detection ofwater issues

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bob haller

:-)

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Todd

Hi Bob,

Thought of that. The expense of an infrared PoE camera and accessories sort of shut me down.

After one clean water rupture and one black water rupture, I am not sure about putting 120 VAC wiring down there.

Don't feel like crawling around to change the batteries on water sensors.

But, I keep thinking about all of what you said.

Those black windows are going to have a surprise when I hit them with 1500 lumins! (Chuckle, Chuckle)

-T

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Todd

how about some of those malibu outdoor lights, they are 12 volts and should be safe:)

You should be able to get some water sensors that run on 12 volts or powered from above

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bob haller

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