Looking for a great flashlight? Fenix L2T 2.0 is what I recommend

I happen to have an interest in flashlights. I’ve always liked Maglites because of their quality build, but I was never particularly thrilled with the level of light.

A few years ago ago, I bough this flashlight (this is actually v2):

Amazon.com: Fenix L2T 2 Level High Performance Cree LED Flashlight: Sports & Outdoors
Fenix L2T 2 Level High Performance Cree LED Flashlight

This light quality from this flashlight is pretty stunning. While the beam size cannot be changed like a maglite, the distance is pretty awesome. Also, the light temperature (color, not “ouch this is hot”) is far higher allowing you to see more.

There are flashlights that have even brighter beams, but they tend to require hard to find batteries. This uses standard AA batteries. I use Energizer Lithium batteries, which last forever, and more importantly, have an incredibly slow discharge rate. I think the batteries I have in this flashlight are from 2007 – and there’s still plenty of juice (and they haven’t leaked out like some Duracells recently did in one my remote controls. Yuck.)

When I first bought mine in 2006, they were pretty hard to find. They were only on specialty sites. It’s cool to see that these now available even on amazon – and at a pretty good price.

Highly recommend.