Good Porch Flashlight

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My old porch flashlight died - it was not great, a no-name model found in a box. I’d like to replace it. I figured it would be interesting to run this by you all.

Here are my parameters:

  • Reasonably priced - this flashlight will be hanging on a porch outside of the door. It has some potential to be stolen or damaged. If it looks normal / boring - that’s better.
  • Able to handle heat and cold - while not directly exposed, it will have no climate control
  • Floody or balanced beam - I have good throwers inside the house
  • Low Drain - it’s going to sit around a lot

CRI is not really important here. I have AAA, AA, 18650, and 21700 cells available - though keep in mind the first point on price. I have D and C adapters for AA cells if that is relevant.

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Convoy M21B or M21H with LHP73B, Wurkkos TS23, Sofirn SC33.

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What means hot and cold where you live?
If it gets really cold, LiIons won’t be too happy about that.

Cheap and good, I would go for one of the S21 Series lights from Convoy.

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Convoy M21B with LHP73B in the CCT of your choice.

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Pick up a garage sale boring old incandescent and put an aftermarket led in it and stay with nimh batteries for the stress of temperatures.

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Any reason you’d keep the light outside rather than immediately inside the door? And would you prefer an EDC recommendation instead, so you’d have the light on you at any time?

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Disposable 9-LED craplight that runs off 3×AAA.

Just keep it out of direct rain/snow. They’re not weatherproof, but as long as they don’t get soaked, they should last quite a while. And even if not, you’re out, what?, 1buk?

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LUXPRO LP290V3 2for$12(amazon) with nimh 2aa rechargeables.
Very ok for semi-disposable. 300lm-100lm-strobe. For floody, tape on lens.(or Dc-fix or coavas white)

Kunhe probe(4/$10 when purchased may be discontinued) 2aa nimh. High/low/high lantern/low lantern

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Yeh, I got the V2, not the V3, but yeh, decent light… as long as you slap on some diffusion film.

It’s got a hateful little XP-G3 that has a nice throwy beam for such a small reflector, but G3s have THE worst fried-egg beam ever. Slap on some heavily-diffused diffusion film, and you got a nice buttery smooth beam with decent quality.

I even got DF on my SF13 and it’s got a nice beam now, too. Don’t recall what emitter it’s got or how the nekkid beam looks, but with DF it’s quite nice, too.

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I live in the Midwest near Chicago, so think some days in winter below 0F / -18C, with a few days in summer around 100F / 38C

Also, @Dc38 I want this handy for use without unlocking the front door,

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A small, pocketable EDC might be more practical for you. Another option is if your porch has a lighting fixture, I would recommend a dusk-dawn motion sensor bulb.

If you can pass a wire to the front, you could also mount a solar floodlight motion sensing setup, which is around $30-45 at Costco