Hi All,
we live in a rural area, lots of wildlife especially at night, coyote, skunks, opossums, however, this never used to be a problem our as older dogs always stayed in at night, but not the youngest one. she is as cute as can be, but this fearless little monster demands to be let out at night, and then barks at whatever is out there. (she already killed five skunks… in addition to numerous other critters)
I am thinking that a strong spotlight might scare off whatever critter the she is barking at, and will let the neighbors and us have a better night’s sleep…
Amazon have lots of CCC (Cheap Chinese Crap) at around $30, which might be just good enough for my needs, but I am looking for your advice before I buy.
I’d like to keep price around $50-$80, size/weight does not matter, as is run time (only about 10 minutes per night), but I would like a long reach, about 600-800 feet of very bright light. strobe mode might also be useful.
from bit of research, I understand that I need to look for candlepower rather than lumens.
and seems that Lumintop GT Mini might be a good choice for my needs…
any other advice is more than welcome,
thanks,
-avi
The GT mini is a very nice light. But if size and weight are no problem, I would get a Convoy L6 with the XHP70.2 led.
Just pass on the batteries and get some quality ones. You will need a charger too.
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thanks, could not find any info about range/throw for the L6, do you know what it might be? or how the L6 throw compares to the L21A which is advertized at over 1000m?
I found somewhere mentioned that the usable throw range is about 30% of ANSI. so if I need about 600ft, I should be looking at about 600m, is that correct?
also, where do I find quality 26650 batteries? how do I know they are high quality?
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This light gets very good performance like you stated. I do not have one, so I cannot compare it to my lights. In the video, it has a tiny beam size, and that is how it gets its throw, by intensity combined with small size equals distance. However its lack of light volume is disappointing. See the CPF review video below. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001594138171.html
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If you want to scare animals at night, get a bb gun, mount this Convoy light on it and shoot them in the behind.
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Here is a review on the Convoy L6 XHP70.2 with an Smooth reflector which is a thrower. Matt’s web sight is down for repair, but he offeres the best L6 modded you can find. http://asflashlights.com/ XHP70.2 Convoy L6 4,300 Lumen
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I prefer the XHP 70.2 because its very powerful, but does not throw as far by the numbers, but throws more volume of light at a decent distance. To get more light, you deal with HEAT. So these lights need a Husky Body to dissipate the heat. The L6 is Hefty.
I prefer throwers and most of my lights are. There is much advertising for distance in flashlights. The problem is, can you actually see anything with a light that states it can throw 2400 meters ? I have been there and was very disappointed in the actual performance. So I modded it to a XHP 70.2 and after the first mod it dropped to 1800 meters with 4x more light volume down stream.
Wildlife tuned to see in the dark unless they fly wilk usually just stand there as they can’t see a damn thing. What gets them moving as mentioned is noise, that triggers a response to move on as it replicates danger coming towards them. I’m constantly scari f off kangeroos off my lawn & noise or throwing an object near them scares them off.