Flashlights - how to check lumens?

[Rajat]

Hi essdee, now where are the pictures and the beamshots? let us have it candlepowerforums or flashlightreviews style

Only issue is the rapid deployment in a tactical situation (i.e. blinding someone), as one cannot use the brightest settings in normal use, and it starts in the mode used last time. Will take 3-4 seconds to click once, click again to switch off, and thrid click to switch on in max power mode.

The solution is to switch it off in the max mode. Since you have pointed out that it has a memory the next time you switch it on it will be in the mode used the last time i.e. the max power. No need to cycle through all the modes.

Now the question is: Which flashlight are you planning to buy next?

[essdee1972]

Thanks, Rajat.... Since I am not (yet ) a flashlight buff, have not really gone deep into the flash sites beyond a few cursory looks (and since IFG has such a wealth of knowledge...... I got better info on cameras, flashlights, knives, et al on a GUN RELATED website, than in specialised sites for the same!! to IFG).

Will check out the reviews in detail and give something on those lines. Have not yet found a good place for beamshots, as I said earlier, cityscapes have too much ambient light!!! Let me plan a trip to some wilderness (for a Mumbaikar, Matheran is as wild as it gets ).

Will surely update something on the lights.....

And as for the next one, my better half threatens to force me to set up a torch and knife shop to get rid of my pitiful collection..... so the next one will have to wait for sometime (a month??? )

Cheers!

EssDee

[Rajat]

Aww! Not another month essdee!!! Thats not fair!

Will wait for the updates!