Hello everybody I have been a keen adventurer of caves and mines and anything that is beautiful outdoors, I have been thinking of building a torch as I'm experienced in many aspects that are helpful for building a torch but I really don't have the time so I need help on buying a new torch which meets my needs here goes
Waterproofing/Dustproofing - Must be waterproof (caves, mines and fishing) not sure on IP Ratings but good enough to be submerged for a short period of time
Must be able to be focused (spot and a wide angle will be very helpful)
Must run 18650 batteries or anything else common like 3s Li-polymer or even a conventional SLA Battery
Would like a built in charger but not necessary
Must not have an integrated battery
Run time of at least 3 hours at high output
Must have good build quality
Output??? 1000 lumens? Not very sure
And for output I'm not sure I have a Chinese 85watt HID which is pretty much a H1 HID from a car, which I have many spare from cars I have sold and a 3s Li-polymer, if anybody can give me an estimate of the output of this flashlight I'd be grateful, I like it but the beam pattern is terrible, so I'd like an LED flashlight. And of course I have a head torch as caving requires two hands a lot of the time and again it is a Chinese make I'm sure becuse of the build quality, it's seems to be a Boruit XML T6 run time was terrible so I made a new pack consisting of 6 parrarel Samsung 25R as I had the spare...I also don't know the output if this headlamp
Thanks everybody, would love to have some suggestions
Waterproofing/Dustproofing - Must be waterproof (caves, mines and fishing) not sure on IP Ratings but good enough to be submerged for a short period of time
Must be able to be focused (spot and a wide angle will be very helpful)
Must run 18650 batteries or anything else common like 3s Li-polymer or even a conventional SLA Battery
Would like a built in charger but not necessary
Must not have an integrated battery
Run time of at least 3 hours at high output
Must have good build quality
Output??? 1000 lumens? Not very sure
And for output I'm not sure I have a Chinese 85watt HID which is pretty much a H1 HID from a car, which I have many spare from cars I have sold and a 3s Li-polymer, if anybody can give me an estimate of the output of this flashlight I'd be grateful, I like it but the beam pattern is terrible, so I'd like an LED flashlight. And of course I have a head torch as caving requires two hands a lot of the time and again it is a Chinese make I'm sure becuse of the build quality, it's seems to be a Boruit XML T6 run time was terrible so I made a new pack consisting of 6 parrarel Samsung 25R as I had the spare...I also don't know the output if this headlamp
Thanks everybody, would love to have some suggestions