Nothing aside from Thrunite. My meaning was I would not spend what SOG charges for their lights. Their lights are nothing special compared to many, aside from the machining time.
Bushnell pro 350
(DQG Tiny, Litesam E11Z, X-110 and Bushnell are my photos, the rest I borrowed off the web)
I removed BLF/Kronos X6 SS/CU and added DQG Tiny 1st, the SS/CU knurling looks good but in reality it’s not that aggressive, it’s nice knurling but kind of smooth actually.
Makes me wish they were cheaper… I’d probably do $40 for one, but much more than that on a host ain’t worth it, to me anyway.
It’s hard finding a proper knurl
Yes it’s one of the least grippy of the ones I posted, I’m thinking because of the stainless? The knurling on the tail cap seems better than the body and head. It’s not the greatest but t’s somewhat more aggressive than a lot of other lights I own. (most lights have lame knurling IMO)
Does the knurling in the photo I posted appear to have deeper knurling than what yours has?
DE-06 has a short tube but long tail cap compared to the DE-02 and DE-05 (2xCR123)
The lower output DE02 is only $50… so cheaper for a host but but a hair shorter than DE-05
For the SOG line of Dark Energy flashlights I found this very interesting, and a great tactical feature:
(quote from a review on another forum)
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“All the Dark Energy lights use a very intuitive dual function tail-cap switch. It operates like both a forward-clicky and reverse-clicky at the same time.”
From OFF, using the momentary operation, you get High mode every time and you can tap the switch as many times and as quickly as you like, you only get High.
Once clicked ON, now if you tap the switch (half press) you cycle through the available modes. Once you switch OFF, you will then get High on the first press every time.