Lights and Guns
Newly Enlightened
Super easy to answer!
Basically, would be my Fenix TK75 (2015 edition)
It runs on 18650's or Cr123 cells (which I have an absolute ton of stocked up at home, as the vast majority of my lights run on these cells)
On the low setting (35 Lumens) - which is more than enough to navigate my home very well, it will last 270 Hours. (Thats over 11 days of light before a battery swap is needed) - If an emergency popped up, I could bump that up to medium for 600 lumens for over 11 hours. Couldn't see a real "need" for anything beyond that in a blackout situation and it would only be on temporarily before dropping it back down to 35 lumens. I think is situations like this preserving battery life is paramount. (Especially when opting for rechargeables, and not stacking AA's or D cells)
The second light would be the M43VN that I bought from V. many years ago. It's quite a small "pop can" light I believe it has the XPL PDT. Max Lumen around 11,000 If memory serves but of course I wouldn't use it on that mode in that situation... It would be on Low. (It also has a firefly mode which would be good enough to navigate my home and that would probably last a month before a battery swap would be necessary.
Pretty much those are the 2 I'd reach for. Sure you cant fit them in a pocket, but then again where am I going in a black out? I'm staying home. -- Both lights can tail stand to act as a candle and bounce the beam around the room.
-- Both lights have low/med/high/turbo
-- Both lights can stay on the low mode for a VERY long time.
Tk75-270 hours on low
M43VN - probably close to a month on the firefly mode give or take.
This is pretty much why I don't care about going with a light that takes AA's / D's ect... With the amount of runtime these lights would get, and the batteries I have charged up on hand. I'd probably get roughly 8-12 months of light out of them. (Especially if I use the M43VN primarily) if I use the Tk75 mainly, it'll shorten the time by quite a bit... but would still be good for at least a month and a half with the tk75.
To my final point, If the blackout goes for that long, well then... we all will have WAY more problems than what our source of light is...
EDIT: I MIGHT change out the TK75... for a headlamp
Something light weight/uses 18650's
Has low/med/high
Ideally low would run for a few days on a single cell at least.
This way M43VN primary hand held and have a headlight to work hands free with, if the need arose.
Basically, would be my Fenix TK75 (2015 edition)
It runs on 18650's or Cr123 cells (which I have an absolute ton of stocked up at home, as the vast majority of my lights run on these cells)
On the low setting (35 Lumens) - which is more than enough to navigate my home very well, it will last 270 Hours. (Thats over 11 days of light before a battery swap is needed) - If an emergency popped up, I could bump that up to medium for 600 lumens for over 11 hours. Couldn't see a real "need" for anything beyond that in a blackout situation and it would only be on temporarily before dropping it back down to 35 lumens. I think is situations like this preserving battery life is paramount. (Especially when opting for rechargeables, and not stacking AA's or D cells)
The second light would be the M43VN that I bought from V. many years ago. It's quite a small "pop can" light I believe it has the XPL PDT. Max Lumen around 11,000 If memory serves but of course I wouldn't use it on that mode in that situation... It would be on Low. (It also has a firefly mode which would be good enough to navigate my home and that would probably last a month before a battery swap would be necessary.
Pretty much those are the 2 I'd reach for. Sure you cant fit them in a pocket, but then again where am I going in a black out? I'm staying home. -- Both lights can tail stand to act as a candle and bounce the beam around the room.
-- Both lights have low/med/high/turbo
-- Both lights can stay on the low mode for a VERY long time.
Tk75-270 hours on low
M43VN - probably close to a month on the firefly mode give or take.
This is pretty much why I don't care about going with a light that takes AA's / D's ect... With the amount of runtime these lights would get, and the batteries I have charged up on hand. I'd probably get roughly 8-12 months of light out of them. (Especially if I use the M43VN primarily) if I use the Tk75 mainly, it'll shorten the time by quite a bit... but would still be good for at least a month and a half with the tk75.
To my final point, If the blackout goes for that long, well then... we all will have WAY more problems than what our source of light is...
EDIT: I MIGHT change out the TK75... for a headlamp
Something light weight/uses 18650's
Has low/med/high
Ideally low would run for a few days on a single cell at least.
This way M43VN primary hand held and have a headlight to work hands free with, if the need arose.
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