Dog walking torch

Not that this is much help with the flashlight choice, this is a shot using an Emisar D4V2 with XH-L Hi V3 3A 5000K emitters.

The dog has a Ruffwear Webmaster harness with a Ruffwear Beacon light, fully weatherproof and has been great for keeping sight of the little bugger on his 100-150m arc zoomies.

emisar is also a good choice, throwy depending which led u take.

Your dog is quite close in the nightime photo. Mine would be at the point where the very dark green turns to black!

Certainly not built like Dwayne Johnson, in these kind of situations I prefer my Sofirn Q8 with a lanyard. Feels a but clumsy when in the pocket of my jack, not in my hands. Good flooder, good thrower (XP-L).

My Q8 is generally my second choice. Lots of light, not bad throw (prefer more to be honest), but just too bulky.

maybe try the emisar d4sv2 xp-l hi

My next light will probably be a XHP 50.2 3 volt light. I’m thinking the SP 33 V3. It has the choice of ramping or steps, charging, small enough for a jacket pocket, feels good in the hand and long run time with 26650. While Anduril is nice, there is something to be said for a simpler UI. I already have the SD05 with this emitter and it throws well with plenty of spill. Nice for country walks. I also have the regulated SP 33 V2 6 volt dedomed XHP 50.2 that I like. I guess what I’m saying for walking your pooch, a XHP 50.2 would be great.

What’s your budget?

The Auduril UI sounds like it would be perfect for you. It ramps up and down quickly and easily.

Astrolux offer many lights with this UI and side switches. Just pick which one appeals the most. Single emitter will offer more throw and less lumens. Multi emitter more lumens and less throw.

Really depends what kind of beam profile you are after. Or how physically small you want the light to be.

I don’t think you’ll go wrong with any of them tbh.

e.g.

EC01
EC03
FT03
FT03 Mini
FT02S
MF02S

Intl-Outdoor and their Noctigon brand also offer lights with the same UI.

The K1 can be had with the SBT-90.2 which would make for a monster of a light
Or the Emisar D18

I don’t think you’d go wrong with any of them tbh. Build quality is good on all as is performance.

I’d second the Emisar D4Sv2 with XPL-HI’s, cracking little light. Failing that, there’s the sofirn C8F. Both have a good balance of flood and throw.

Looks similar concept to the Astrolux MF01 Mini. Just with slightly larger TIR optics and fewer emitters. I’d expect slightly more throwy beam profile, but narrower.

My concern, which is the same for the Mini. Is the only way to get the beam distance is to run it on turbo. Which means huge current draw and loads of heat. On the regular ‘high’ output (top of the ramp). The beam distance is unlikely to be that great.

Fine for walking and lighting up the immediate area in front of you. But less ideal for longer distances across open fields.

I carry a thrower along with my flooder for walks.

I figure ya always need light for immediate area and sometimes need to see much farther away.

Having just one light is either too intense close up or too weak for distance… two lights doing their specific tasks remedies this need easily.

I guess it comes from my EDC traits, I can’t carry just one light cause “two is one” is in my blood.

Edit, I’m also new here, long time lurker,… Hi everyone!

D4v2 or ec03

do you need SMOOTH ramping? or can it be stepped? cuz i been using ft03 for a bit, and while the xhp version is basically perfect for dog walking purposes, i too also find the donut thing a bit annoying sometimes, and its relatively big too, i been preferring the thrunite catapult v6, its small, throws very well, side switch, some spill, the only thing is its stepped ramping, which to me is not a problem at all as i prefer to always use the ceiling level anyway, but if u need more than just LMH settings, then maybe this isnt for you, but if you can live with that, i think this is perfect.

Yep. I was going to say the same thing. You shouldn’t be out after dark with just one light anyway. A relatively small tube light such as the fairly new Wurkkos FC11 has a nice big front side switch and you can have ramping or step mode for most of your needs. And then carry the relatively new Manker MC13 very tiny extreme thrower.

i gave my mother in law c8 to walk her golden, she was pretty happy with it, built then she hasn’t used nothing else, and her golden was old and was not running away. for an active dog i’d recommend lighted harness in addition to your handheld light, i made several for my brittany who loved to roam around.

probably more ideal if you’re in the country side, but if you’re in a more suburban area, you still need a leash just in case theres other people or dogs walking by, sometimes they like to complain, and you also need your poopy bags, so having 2 lights and all that other stuff is a bit inconvenient sometimes.

Emisar D4V2 from Vinh with W2 LEDs. ~3900 lumen, ~45kcd. Seems like that would be enough for your needs.

Yet another vote for Emisar D4S v2

OP mentioned the IF25a in the first post which easily throws a very nice, wide “usable” beam past 100 yards.

I set my ramping limit up at about 70% and it stays cool enough, and bright enough to use out to about 70-80 yards (the other side of my back garden from my back door- I can see our border collie fine in this scenario). But if I need past 100 yards, double click for turbo and you can hand hold the light a few minutes then the heat kicks in. If in winter… just change hands and leave it higher (makes a nice hand warmer) :slight_smile:

But like many lights… the thermal limiter will kick in after three minutes or so, and output will be reduced so I wouldn’t suggest this light IF you need a lot of time in turbo. But if you need occasional turbo, and like a small light the IF25a would work good I think.

Note also, for outdoor I don’t usually run under 5000k as I need throw when outside. That IS what impressed me with this IF25a as it almost keeps up with my C8Fs (using the same 6500ish kelvin range output). I also have a 5000k IF25a and it doesn’t compare into throw to the standard 6500k model in throw (but looks nice of course).

How does the 6500K look overall. Not too blue?