What light would you lust after for a maximum price of US$30.
Remember I own a lot of lights, so something unusual that I don't already have would interest me more than another Ultrafire C3 with an XM-L in it.
I might build one of those - complete with 3A driver (If I can find one that fits) just for fun. It'll still be an Ultrafire C3 but I might just get it hot enough to melt solder - adds a whole new set of fun failure modes. ;)
Just interested to see ideas - I'm not a fan of zoom lights though.
You are a tough one. you have so many lights and most of the lights I can think of probalby aren't going to cut it. The Nextorch Mytorch 1xAA is $30 in the US. That'd be a little different as its computer programmable. I'm not sure you can get it for $30 where you are though.
I find the design of the Tank007 TK737 to be extremely appealing. In fact I have one in the mail right now from BestOfferBuy. The 5-mode with a good low mode is quite hard to find. I'm hoping that the one I order arrives as per specifications. Tank007 usually has quite high quality products for a good price. I suspect you could probably even mod it with some other emitter too, if you wanted.
And since the Tank007 TK737 is so inexpensive, you'll have money left over for a quick cheapo light that also looks pretty good for the price.
Now that is an interesting idea. I'll be in the US in August so I'll maybe look out for one of those then - I'll be in the same place long enough to get stuff shipped there.
Yup the Tanks that I have are nice lights. But I already have a few PowerLights. Still, personally I'm just not a fan of zoomies. This will be one of the better ones though.
Thanks for the suggestions. I could just get 8 powerlights - can't beat the runtime. Even if a decent alkaline AA here will cost more than they did.
I have the OP one that FlashPilot reviewed and I just received the smooth reflector version. To me, it has the same (or close enough) amount of spill but the throw is noticeably stronger. If I could only have one, I'd get the one with the smooth reflector. It's $26.34. For the money, this light is going to be hard to beat.
Yeah it's removable and needs to be "foyerized". At least the manufacturers are starting to get the hint about the stupid strobe modes, next improvement assault crown delete.