Hello,
i’m interested in buying a flashlight that will give me good illumination at around 300 meters range. When I look at the stats of the flashlights it gives my info in lumens but I dont know how to translate that into distance.
Any help or suggestion on appropriate flashlights would be appreciated
Thanks in advance 
Welcome to BLF! I would recommend the HD2010 which runs off of 1 18650 OR 1 26650. It is around 35 dollars shipped from the US.
That’s a good suggestion, you can’t go wrong there. Just do it.
I don’t have an opinion on this as I have no experience with big time throwers, but I did want to say, “welcome to BLF, Mottig.” I will say that if scaru and Lancjl were telling me a light was good to go, I’d listen to them.
Welcome to BLF, Mottig! I too suggest the HD2010.
http://www.tmart.com/UItraFire-CREE-XMLT6-8W-1300-Lumen-5-Mode-LED-Flashlight-Black_p135768.html
Seems like a consensus is forming, Mottig.
Welcome to the forum. Better wait for Foy. He knows best.
It's a pleasure to have you onboard, Mottig!
I agree on the HD2010, it’s a good thrower, but you’ll need a battery and charger too.
If you want to go even cheaper, check out the Jacob A60. It throws just as well at the HD2010 (meaning same lux), only it has a smaller hotspot and less lumens.
Bien venido!
Oh, man! That was funny! Probably sign it, “Foyknowsbest” too!
Thank you for the help,
I’ve been looking through the Tmart site and I found 2 more flashlights that I prefer, but other then the extra battery is there anything else different about them?
the links are:
http://www.tmart.com/TrustFire-CREE-XML-T6-5-Modes-3800LM-LED-Flashlight-Electric-Torch_p138641.html
http://www.tmart.com/TrustFire-CREE-XML-T6-5Modes-3800LM-LED-Flashlight-Electric-Torch_p125449.html
i don’t think so, where do you see there’s an extra battery with it?
greetz thomas
the first says in power supply and in the second under battery configuration, also the second is 2 and a bit inches longer. does the extra battery change the illuminating distance?
Both list only the light under package includes. Sometimes there will be a few more lumens with the 2nd battery . . how much depends on the driver (if the specs state Amp draw or lumens you can get a relative idea; actual lumens are often less than the specs state).
I am far from being the most knowledgeable around here, especially when it comes to throwers. "Good illumination" at 1,000 feet is no small thing. An HD2010 might have the reach . . . ILF would probably know better.
Foy
Just taking liberties Foy, I hope you don’t mind.