best value in a flashlight?

[horatio1226]

What is the best flashlight for the money for blood tracking in your opinion? Thanks for responding!

[Rob W.]

I never had any luck with the special blood tracking lights. I do however love the energizer triple beam headlamp. Best light for the money IMHO. I even bought everyone that hunts in my family one for x-mas. Energizer added a bunch of new products after some military contracts and it shows.


Rob

[LoneWolf73]

Fenix FD30, if you get one you will "see". Well worth the money if you "use" a flashlight.

[TxAg]

I have a Streamlight and a Surefire. Both under $50....the Streamlight is much better and brighter...lasts longer, too. You can find it on Amazon decently priced.

I happened to pick a bunch of these up as part of the gift set for the groomsmen in my wedding. They always tell me how much like the light better than anything else I got them.

Streamlight ProTac 2L Professional Tactical


 http://www.amazon.com/Streamlight-88031-Tactical-Flashlight-Batteries/dp/B00396S1Q2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1329063465&sr=8-2

[Whip]

For blood trailing - the Fenix from Brothers of the Bow (Wensels) hands down best compact light I've seen.  Great light, and great battery life.
For field dressing chores once you find him, a Petzl headlamp can't be beat.

[threeunder]

My favorite is the Browning Hunt master....I've been through a lot of flashlights, but this is the one that's in my pack when I hunt.

 http://www.browning.com/products/catalog/flashlights/detail.asp?fid=050H&cid=371&tid=1236&bg=x

Ken

[katman]

Favorite is the LED LENSER P7. I also use the light a coon hunter uses, the one that has a 6v battery that hangs from your belt and a power cord to the lamp that I hold in my hand, you can also adjust the beam strength to a lower setting with the rheostat on the lamp to save batteries when spore is plentiful. Fenix FD 30 is also a very good light.

[cuboodle]

Fenix from brothers of the bow check out the sponsors listing check out the utube comparisons. As a tactical army major with 23 years of field experience I used to be a surefire guy now I'm a fenix guy.

[Pat B]

I bought a MiniMag light back in the early '80s and it has been attached to my fanny pack with a lanyard since. I replace the batteries each your and the bulb only once since then. To me, that is a pretty good value in a flashlight.

[agross1]

Originally posted by LoneWolf73:
Fenix FD30, if you get one you will "see". Well worth the money if you "use" a flashlight.

Totally agree.  I have gone through alot of cheaper flashlights.  I finally broke down and spent the money on this flashlight and man was it worth it.  Unbelievable for such a small light.  I have had so many people ask me what it was and where I got it, when they were with me on tracking jobs.  I got so sick of squinting and straining my eyes with lesser flashlights.  You don't need to worry about that with this one.

[hawk22]

I like my surefire minimus headlamp because it goes from 1-100 lumens by turning the dial.  In a hand-held light I've been very impressed with the maglite xl50.  It was $40, runs off of AAA batteries, 105 lumens, and it has a high, low, and a strobe setting.  Hard to beat for the money.

[non-typical]

Fenix LD 20. Takes two AA batteries which last a long time, has a clip so I can attach it to the bill of my ball cap. I have two I like them so much.

[vwvectors]

Surefire makes quality lights & they possess something the others do not they are made in America.

[Steve Kendrot]

My wife just got an LED Lenser H7 headlamp. Has a spot to flood/spot adjuster and a dimmer. It is the brightest headlamp I've ever used. Princeton Tec also makes a nice headlamp.

[Killdeer]

I bought a Fenix KT15 light last year. I loved it so much that many of my good friends got them for Christmas.

It runs on 2 photo batteries, has a "daylight" tint to the light, can be as bright as the fires of Hell, and has several levels of luminance. Small enough to pack without hassle, even in a pocket of my pants or shirt.

Killdeer

[Dave Lay]

I have had great experiences with pelican lights, i want a light that doesnt use "special" batteries, the saberlight i have uses 3 c cells and puts out a very good light for a long time, they are a VERY tough and reliable light
 http://www.pelicanproducts.us/c.Pelican.Medium.Flashlights.html

[Gary Logsdon]

NOTHING I've ever owned compares to the Brothers of the Bow "Main Beam" I got from Uncle Barry a few years ago . . . since then I grabbed another plus several more for family members. I'm still amazed by it.

[LC]

For cheap try the Rocky LED lights you buy at Sams for 25$ for two flashlights. One thing I like is that they use standard AAA batteries but I'll warn you don't look directly into the light it hurts! Great tracking flashlights. Are they as nice as all the ones mentioned above heck no but for the price they are terrific. But for general chore lighting I also love my Petzl headlamps.

[tecum-tha]

Energizer headlamp with 6 LED Spot to Flood. About $16 at Wally World. I have at least 6-8 of those, in each car in almost each room of the house(in case of a blackout)and two in my hunting pack.
Now, blood is not as eay to spot with LED, so I have a mini-Mag Light in the hunting pack and a large Mag Lite in the hunting truck. Didn't need it in the last 2 year though.
Deer went down in sight.

[Michigan Mark]

I have used (led) flashlights for tracking and they work pretty well but nothing can beat an old Coleman lantern for tracking in the DARK lights up them BLOOD trails big and small the best.