I'd say the best place to get a flashlight for a really good deal now is Home Depot. The one near me is trying to liquidate their leftovers from the Black Friday sale. Home Depot has their store brand flashlights called 'Defiant' which are actually very decent for the price. They probably sell about 10 different models of flashlights and some are headlamps. I bought a few headlamps since Black Friday as the prices were too good to refuse. While they are not as good as famous name brand products, the performance is up there. It's the material and construction quality that differs.SamirD wrote:I love a good flashlight even though I don't have one here in MKE. My best was an original Maglight 6d battery baton. I actually found it somewhere I can remember, and used it for years, but forgot it one night helping a friend with a flat ture. When I went back, it was gone.I guess it went to fulfil its destiny.
What would you recommend for a solid flashlight that can help when working on a car? That's primarily when I need one.
Pick up one of these Defiant headlamps for convenience when working on a car. For an actual flashlight, get one of their handheld ones that at least has 100 lumens. I recommend the kind that has a single LED inside a reflector lens. Those throw the beam better than the multi-LED head type that simply create a short range flood of light.
I used to also own a Maglite 6D but I lost it when my house burned down in 2003 during all those wildfires in Southern California. While I liked it, it was no match to powerful (but expensive) tactical flashlights like Surefires that run on lithium batteries. However, these Surefires and other tactical lights are too expensive and too power hungry to be used as everyday work lights. Getting a cheaper "beater" type of flashlight like a Defiant from HD is better for work use.
