I bought both in the flash sales, and so far the sst40 has shown up, and it’s damn impressive.
plenty of useable spill (for me) and it’s a pretty nice thrower, nice sized hotspot in the longer distances. I’ll need to take it out soon and actually test it for the main reason i bought it - rabbit/fox hunting on my parents property, rather than terrorizing my neighbors haha
Not sure if i even needed the 50.2 but we’ll see when it gets here (The longer turbo times will be better for me than the extra output, but i’ll hold off until i actually get to use both)
Why? Just why are you enabling another flashlight purchase? I purchased a few recently and I really don’t need another right now. Why must you do this?
I get that all the time. They will make great gifts at the price I got them for. I will wind up keeping 1 of each. Maybe both of the 5000K SST-40’s just because the emitter is so hard to get.
Any Canadians have any suggestions on where to source 26650 batteries for this light? I’m new to this whole flashlight world and would appreciate some pro tips!! Thanks!
You can have an opinion on what is more useful/impressive to you but it is hard fact that those other lights put out more light and exceed the FT03 in other areas. For a high power thrower the FT03 is an almost unbeatable value though, the only real competition being the Catapult V6 IMO (boost driver and some other advantages, but less throw for a higher price).
Personally I rarely have use for a dedicated thrower and have put frosted lenses or diffusion film on my big-lumen lights, still plenty of range due to the sheer output. Just different tools for different jobs! :+1:
I used the code AFT03 and bought the FT03 Sw40 5700k version. Since this is a thrower I want the maximum throw. This will throw further. run cooler and run longer, which for me is a good trade off for the extra lumens of the 50.2. While it won’t have as much spill as the 50.2, I have other bright, floody lights,like the D4S for that, but none that will throw as far.
I had to have one of every flavor… way before the 3v 50.2 came out, I modded one of mine with it and for throw I de-domed a few SST-40’s and well the throw….it is impressive…for a $32.00 light…