Apart from Jetbeam PA40 and Cyclone C88 @ intl-outdoor.com what other (budget)flashlight are there in the wild? I mean 500 lumen and up?
I don’t know about +500 lumens, but these come to mind:
Fandyfire Rook
Darkshadow Padame
Nitecore EA4
Olight S35 Baton
Fenix LD41
Search for Nitecore EA4. There is a thread for it here.
It is 860 lumens, and has CW and NW options, but the price is around 60+.
Not sure about budget, but there is the Sunwayman M40a too.
Not to hijack, but I think multi AA lights are my favorite format of all of them. Easy to find batteries and eneloops rock.
Fenix E40 for some throw, Ebay sellers have them for around 40$, you can try to make sub-40$ best offer and see if they accept it or not.
Heres review in German, translated with Google:
http://goo.gl/Lx3Hh
Thanks all!
After little research I really like Jetbeam PA40 (but I can’t find neutral version + “reasonable” shipping to Europe).
Nitecore EA4 also looks good. Apparently there is also a neutral version EA4W? But i haven’t seen them anywhere. And lowest mode is annoyingly high, 65 lumens. Why can’t they do at least 10 lumen low?
Suggestion: I own one of these from this seller and love it. It is a T6, but will do over 500lm on a 26650. Has a plastic 18650 adapter, well built, and for 20 bucks, a steal.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/140726841289?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&\_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
Also, has the 4 AAA module (be sure to use a full negative base AAA, I actually had to use 4 AAA rechargeable s to make proper contact with the spring.
I just checked, they do not include the 4 AAA module anymore, but this one does: it is and UltaOk, a105, t6 and it does have the module and I have one and love it:
Hi!
What about this one (3xAA XM-L) for 28$?
I dont know if it will give +500 lumens….