(long-ish)
Not sure how to do this as I am new and not a forum guy.
In no special order:
My team (24) needs a new light.Need right angle design. 18650 battery size. Pref Usb recharge of some sort.Having a short burst to showff off is great,not having is not a deal breaker.That said, never know when ONCE you may want or need that short burst. Need some type of grime/water resist. We have IPX rating, 6-8 works. Coating type 3 on the body/head pref. Pref hardened glass A/R coated like on scopes or a decent optic.Sturdy clip. Light MUST be of good quality,cant have them fail constantly like many cheapie Chinesey lights (cost perhaps 5-15 bucks, im sure yall know the type)
Cost is no matter 50-100$ is fine. Head bandability is great,will be rarely used…but the fact it can be done is a plus
After 100s of youtubes,reading at least 250 military and civilian reviews,+ Amazon ……the short list is :
Thrunite TH10 V2….seems REALLLY throwy for a more or less headlamp
Thrunite TH30…before most of yall got into this stuff ( assuming no old timers here) we got equiped with a Surefire L4…it had a “wall of light” that at the time was insane and never seen before.
How does this TH30 compare with the old L4?
Olight H2R…so so so many use this brand
Rofis R3 ….really clever design
I will assume yall are nice folks and not picky or a PITA like we are…but we need what we need.
PLEASE chime in if you own one or more, can compare / contrast
From what I have read, and watched…Sadly so many on youtube and various forums are not honest.They sell a certain light,or get free stuff or even work for some MFG.Conflict of interest is a good term here.
99% of ALL gear gets rubber stamped, and you have to buy it all !
I do not mean to offend, I just want real honest answers from regular folks that use(not just collect and tabletop review gear)
My thoughts :
TH10 V2 / TH30
Dont know Thrunite much.People seem to like,tech is current (Fenix is HQ but always seems a few years behind). Find few problems
Really like regular USB recharge. Non standard various magnetic discs and pucks are great and all.If you lose,forget or breaks…it can be FUBAR
Right now TH10 V2 or TH30 are my top 2 picks but will see what yall tell me.They seem a bit more bulky then others for some reason.Not a huge deal
Olight H2R- Not as much this version, but in general MANY use / love these. In this exact case I read much about a terrible design tail end that can short?? An Olight rep said 100% YES this was fixed over a year ago….50% of youtube say NO…50% says yes. Anyone here ever actually test this? Assuming tail is ok,much to like about this. 2 things bother me #1 Non standard 18650. We have the new nano whatever 18650 with HUGE capacity,shame if we cant use them #2 As stated above, that magnet charger is handy as hell…but if lost or broken…you’re FUBAR. Can this be charged in a normal 18650 charger?
Rofis R3 - Really really like a lot about this design.Magnet charger, same as above. Mode spacing seems…odd.Perhaps it needed 1 more mode. In the area of 60 –100.Does not have a super burst like the others.
The bad (again please chime in,ACTUAL owners/users)
- More then any other, (HQ light) I have read so so so many bad things : DOA /stopped working 1-30 days. Got 2-3 bad in a row. Terrible CS (or never).Charger failed
In many cases some famous Ben Sky will take care of it (if you got from him) This person Legit? Who is he?
ANY here have a R series Rofis (mostly the R3) for a long time, many uses? One that has never ever failed?
Please chime in with fails or amazing quality vote
Need light in less then a week
TY in advance
Semper Fi
**If any of you “in the know”…know that any of these will get a new version 2.o soon. Please let me know. Private is fine
I can keep your secret Cleared for MAJ 12