Good torch

[Csail]

Brother in law wants a decent torch, any ideas?
He is a builder so something robust but compact.

 

[CAPTAIN FANTASTIC]

Nightsearcher Trio

 

[Sneaky Pete]

Go outdoors are selling an LED head torch with a red filter on it for £3.99 great for keeping your night vision and giving you ability to see around the desk gear when working. Good prezzy if on a tight budget.

 

[Pleiades]

Lightening your darkness

If after a torch for work then right angle torches are great - that is why Firefighters and the military use them. Clip on the back means you can hook them on a belt or pocket and the light can be put where you want it leaving hands free to hold on or hold tools etc and they don't roll about (or roll overboard) if you set them down.
I have 5 onboard clipped in places where you need instant light. Military style ones are well cheap -either c or d cells from about £7 or try the Wolf ones which are higher quality jobs - see the links below. You can also get posher ones with LEDS and hazardous environment rated ones if you are using them near fuel.

http://uk.farnell.com/wolf-safety-lamp/tr-24/right-angle-torch-t4-2-cell/dp/4728210

http://www.adventure1.co.uk/contents/en-us/d253.html

Robin
Pleiades of Birdham
MXWQ5

 

[chinita]

LED Lenser P7.

I have even googled it for you:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenser-8407...7UAA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323985301&sr=8-1

 

[Wunja]

LED Lenser P7.

I have even googled it for you:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenser-8407...7UAA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323985301&sr=8-1

+1
I bought an adapter to fit to the bicycle. Can now clearly see on unlit roads whilst cycling briskly.

 

[RMC]

Fully agree with 'Pleiades', I have a wolf right angle safety torch for work, it is a robust simple design, IP67 water/dust tight, and very bright.

 

[Nigel_Ward]

http://www.maplin.co.uk/flare-led-torch-with-cree-technology-507167

Bought one of these a couple of months ago.

It is very good and bright for £20 and gives a good cleanly defined light pattern in wide angle or zoom.

I am not sure what the range is but I can easily see things 100m away in the dead of night.

 

[noelex]

Something like this.
http://www.flashaholics.co.uk/fenix/fenix-ld40.html

There are others in the range if you bigger/ smaller or would prefer different battries.

If you want a “modern “ right angle torch. This one is very good and versatile.

http://www.flashaholics.co.uk/zebralight/zebralight-h51.html

 

[Stooriefit]

LED Lenser P7.



+1 - also worth having a head torch.

 

[noelex]

There are a lot of votes for the LED Lenser, not surprising, it is the about the only reasonable torch you can buy at a department store. It will therefore be the best torch many people have ever seen, but there are better torches (some much better) available.
The Led Lenser torches are not well waterproofed and often have no regulation both these features are important in a torch.