What sort of light you prefer is completely a personal decision. Some go for the brightest, some for the most durable, some for versatility, and some for size/style. You need to decide what suits your needs. What kind of herping do you do mostly? How much time do you spend doing it? What sort of weight are you willing to lug around? What are you willing to spend on batteries? What are you willing to spend on the light itself? The main problem is most of the good lights aren’t available in local retail outlets so you’re relegated to buying something sight unseen and hoping that the reviews you read online were accurate. Nearly all of today’s manufacturers are scrambling to market the next big advancement and one of the problems is that the race for your business sometimes results in claims by those manufacturers that are inaccurate or misleading. Ratings for lumens, candlepower, wattage, and lux are somewhat “apples and oranges” and unless you know how to decipher them you might end up buying a light that claims to be the brightest but isn’t. For examp... some manufacturers rate lumen output based on ideal conditions (bulb lumens)… fresh batteries/ideal temperature/flawless dio... and some rate as OTF (out the front), factoring average diode efficiency and partially depleted batteries. You could therefore get a flashlight that’s ideally rated at 200 lumens that isn’t as bright as one that’s OTF rated at 80 lumens. There is also a tremendously broad market that has developed for versatility... multiple settings, flood vs. spot, night adaptive filters, component exchangeability, and battery options just to name a few. How do you typically hunt? Let me know and I’ll see if I can’t give you some recommendations.

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