Hey everyone,
This is my first post. I don’t know a whole lot about these lights, just enough to get by. My current lights are all OLD except the one I bought a couple days ago at WalMart.
I have a Surefire 6P incandescent, a MiniMag 3xAA LED that is NOT a CREE and a Brinkmann copy of the Surefire 6P which is also not an LED.
The other day I picked up an OZARK TRAIL small light that is 150 Lumens and takes 3xAAA. It seems to be pretty good.
I need a new light for my house and yard at night for the times when something might go wrong. I had a family member come and get me in the middle of the night to check on the outside door because he said he heard someone jiggling it. Nothing was there, thankfully, but after getting back to my room I knew that the lights I have were NOT very good for this purpose. They are not even close to being bright enough for me to see the yard and detect someone that isn’t supposed to be there. So I thought I’d check and see what all is out there. I knew there were LOTS of lights out there, but I had no idea there were THAT many choices in HIGH POWERED CREE lights.
I’d like to get something that I can have on my nightstand and be able to grab and go and not worry that it’s not going to do the job. I guess I would need 500 lumens or more. I don’t care what batteries it uses and wouldn’t mind if it came with rechargeable or I could use them in this light. Naturally I’d like to get a decent light for BUDGET prices, that’s why I joined here.
So, if you don’t mind, how about giving me some ideas on what would be a good choice for me. What do you use for this purpose? If it’s more than 500 lumens, that’s OK too. I just put that as a general starting point. I’ll leave it to you guys, the ones that KNOW much more than I do, to sort out the best choices for this task.
Any help and advice is appreciated.
Thanks for the help and your time.
Nalajr