Top 3 red lights?

DiRTY DOG

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I'm ready to upgrade from an XLR 250 to something better. It's ok but I find it difficult at times to ID stuff.

What are the best RED led lights these days? Preferably with 18650 batteries. Also I'd like to stay under $300 if possible. Seems crazy to drop $400 on a Coyote Light. Are they really that good?
 
I have the Fury 3 by stalk tech, works great on picking up eyes, take 2 18650s, IDs out to 250 without cover in the way, looking through your scope, or you could always go with Wicked, havnt tried there zoomable hand held yet, it could really help on identification. but I do have the scan pro in white, it's silk. It's always hard for me ID with red light, that's why I went to a thermal scanner
 
The flashlight hobby guys go by lux and lumens and not opinion. They measure all sorts of outputs of different flash lights.

Check out candle power forums.
 
Are they really that good?

Yep !

Bought mine after many searchs trying to find something negative about them & PM - ing many that have them.
 
I hunt with guys that have the coyote light and YES they can see eyes before I can with my wicked 400 or vrl-1. One guy has to run the light while the other shoots. The lights I use were so cheap that I bought 3 (still less than one coyote light) I scan with one and have one mounted as a kill light. I kill as much as my buddies and if I should ever lose one I am not out much money. The coyote light is a very nice light with some nice features. If I was going to spend close to a grand for 2 lights I think I would be looking at a thermal. JMHO
 
Originally Posted By: capitolThe flashlight hobby guys go by lux and lumens and not opinion. They measure all sorts of outputs of different flash lights.

Check out candle power forums.


http://www.predatormastersforums.com/for...258#Post3056258

I did this post a few years ago, at that time the XLR250 was a under powered over priced light. But it was the first light out there. It was easy to find superior lights at cheap prices if you knew how they performed and what to look for.

The new zoom lights quickly became the rage, and now multi colored, intensity controlled lights now flood the market enticing guys with bells and whistles who have no idea what they are buying but it sounds good.

Fretting over which light is the brightest is an exercise in futility. For the most part all of these lights will illuminate a target farther than most can shoot effectively at night.

You can only drive an LED so hard and it will only produce so much light. The bigger the lens the smaller it will focus the light squeezing more lumens into a smaller area creating a higher lux or candela reading.

I find looking a a 6 foot square of light in a 20 foot FOV in my scope annoying. I backed of my red LED and now my IR to fill the FOV, so running the light at it's brightest setting helps me in no way.

Other than the Coyote Light all these lights are built in China, several by the same manufacturer. All are very similar in performance when comparing apples to apples, but when rated by opinion vs fact and false claims by so called "Pro-Staffers" it's easy to be duped.

Light is also not a linear progression. Each time you double the output you only get a 30% increase in performance. This link gives a pretty good summary on light measurements and how they relate to each other.

http://flashlightwiki.com/Light_Output_Measurements


I'm trying to get my hands on a few of these newer lights to compare maybe some day it will happen.




 
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The XLR250 was all the rage when I bought it way back. Prior to that I used a Lightforce type spotlight with 6lb lawnmower batteries ug.
 
Originally Posted By: DiRTY DOGThe XLR250 was all the rage when I bought it way back. Prior to that I used a Lightforce type spotlight with 6lb lawnmower batteries ug.

Things change fast
 
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Originally Posted By: DiRTY DOGI'm ready to upgrade from an XLR 250 to something better. It's ok but I find it difficult at times to ID stuff.

What are the best RED led lights these days? Preferably with 18650 batteries. Also I'd like to stay under $300 if possible. Seems crazy to drop $400 on a Coyote Light. Are they really that good?

Sent you a PM
 
Have you thought about going with a different color LED? Predator Tactics has an Amber LED in the Coyote Reaper and I love hunting under that light. I think it is a good balance between the red and green. Brighter than red but not as intense as the green. Shows up great in a scope as well. Its a solid light that would fit in your price range. Like the others mentioned, runs on 18650 batteries and is zoomable.
 


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