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whats the graybander light of the year????

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>>whats the graybander light of the year????
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The cyclops! This thing was AMAZING!
Cyclops CYC-9WS Thor-by-Sirius 9-Watt Rechargeable LED Spotlight

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Cindy Steinle
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Fenix lights..

Example Fenix tk 45 (runs on double A's.) 740 lumens.
TK 40 (runs on double A's) 650 Lumens.

Fenix headlamps are amazing.

thanks....ill be out there in a week or so.....i gotta CYCLOPS....but one can never enough lights.....youse guys are great.....for those of youse that dont know ive been in a deep depression now .....but am recovering and this is one of the reasons why.....thanks for being here....post more and enjoy life....

Wish I could swing out with you Bob. Next trip I get will probably be at the end of August. Good Luck!

>>thanks....ill be out there in a week or so.....i gotta CYCLOPS....but one can never enough lights.....youse guys are great.....for those of youse that dont know ive been in a deep depression now .....but am recovering and this is one of the reasons why.....thanks for being here....post more and enjoy life....
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Jeff had the Cyclops for us in Sanderson. AMAZING that I could shoot a cut that would be like 4 blocks away and see it clear as day!

I will probably invest in a better headlamp before I go into the real wilds again.
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Cindy Steinle
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Olight M30
I think it is 700 lumens, rechargeable batteries and the beam is more flood than spot which I think works better for the cuts than looking at one basketball size spot.

I have been using the Fenix TK70 - I originally bought this light to replace a corded q-beam as it is as bright (2200 lumen) easier to maneuver and served dual purposes (i.e I could jump out of the car and take my light with me. Also on 4 rechargeable d batteries it ran for 2 hours at 2200 lumen and 5 at 1000 lumen.

As you can see it left a lot to be desired for walking

Well I used some tape, plastic and an old flash diffuser and now I get this output. This things lights up 20 yards out as bright as day.

For walking, which is all you can do now, I just like to use any LED light that has about 30 to 50 of the tiny LED bulbs. There's basicly two kinds of LED bulbs, there's the tiny ones which are configured in clusters of anywhere from about 4 in the mini lights on up to about 100 in the big lights. Then there's the big LED bulbs which are super bright and usually rated in watts, like 3 to 6 watts each LED, and those lights are usually configured in clusters of 1 to 3 LED bulbs per light. Those lights I usually find to be too contrasty for my liking so as I said I like the lights with the many(30 to 50) tiny LED bulbs since they throw a softer, less contrasty light with fewer shadows and hot spots.

The only problem with the tiny bulb lights is that they don't shine very far so I always carry a backup light that shines far. For my far shining backup light I use any kind of small Halogen light, Fenix makes some good ones and Cabella's even has a good generic one. They are useful for shining the upper portions of tall cuts and for scanning the general terrain ahead.
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I find it important to have a voltage regulator in my LED lights, it gives you a more consistent throw of light for longer. Without that power management on your light you get a very good start that quickly winds down in power as you use it... A fade out... I like to have my light run full steam until it taps the battery and then just die all at once.

All the fenix lights have that, and many other great lights out there do, but I do not recall any of the array style lights that will manage voltage like that.

I have had great luck with both my TK40 and my TK45.. I also have a liking for my 800 Lumen Magnalight which is a 12 volt spotlight, but it hooks right up like the old school stubby light for simply epic runs on those brick style batteries. The battery is heavy, but the part you are holding out in your hands is very light and does not heat up like the high output flashlights do.

As a perk, I can say that I get far far far fewer flying bugs up in my light using the LED that throws a whiter beam. The old days of spitting out bugs walking with a yellowish light like the halogens and florescents are done for me.
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