But Q8 is a good balance of everything, really.

And it has a tripod mount.

https://www.banggood.com/BLF-Q8-4x-XP-L-5000LM-Professional-Multiple-Operation-Procedure-Super-Bright-LED-Flashlight-p-1194351.html?cur_warehouse=USA

Sign up on http://www.m4dm4x.com/, they usually have good coupons. It's just a site for a coupla guys to link you to /csg/ sites with referral links, and they also get enough sales that they request coupons from stores.

That looks a little hard to strap on a bike though, looks short

Ideally I'd like something around $20-25 too

Got chargers and batteries?

Not yet, I'm gonna get those for sure

But the light itself being around $25 would be great

BLF A6 maybe? I don't have one, but it's a name I hear a lot, people like it. https://www.banggood.com/BLF-A6-XPL-1600LM-7-4modes-EDC-LED-Flashlight-p-991823.html?cur_warehouse=CN

BLF Q8 is my most-suited light to the task, so I can't speak from experience.

Looks pretty good, thanks.

The /r/flashlight subreddit is good at recommendations too.

All right, I think I'll just get the A6 though. It doesn't need to be really bright ass at all for my use. We get fog from time to time but then I'll just flip out a second light or maybe eventually I'll get the Q8 or a different stronger light.

@bentech MF04 $159.00

interestin

Should I do it?

yes

go for it

you can prob flip it lol for what yo upaid

Chink batteries aren't worth the risk, right? I should just get some locally?

eh

all my batteries have been chink

they've been fine

as in

sony/samsung/panasonic from china

not like trustfire

I would say not worth the risk, quality cells are reasonable enough. The best cells are still single digit prices, especially if you're getting ones for that A6, you only need 1.

One AA? Damn

One 18650. What kind of batteries were you talking about, alkalines?

I thought it was the AA form factor, sorry

Is there a multi form chink charger I should get?

There's a ton of options, but you can get by with only $5 if you want. I forget which LiitoKala charger it is, but they're decent.

I'll look into lititokala then, thanks

Zanflare has some good ones too, sub $20 I think

https://lygte-info.dk/info/roundCellChargerIndex%20UK.html

Oh nice

There's all sorts of things you can concern yourself with on chargers, but basically just get something that doesn't blow up batteries, because the worst-case past that is it prematurely wears the cells out, and you gotta buy a second battery next year.

@bentech I hadn't even considered flipping it, pulled the trigger.

hahaha

hf