With an aggressive Facebook marketing on flashlights like the one that we are seeing today it’s hard to not get interested into these cool military grade flashlight that everybody is talking about. Many people however don’t know much about flashlights and in most cases they’ll just buy whatever is either more expensive or better looking. There are different aspects you should know before purchasing a flashlight and because of that the today subject is going to be on how to pick a high quality military flashlight.
What are the key aspects?
A true military grade flashlight must have specific qualities that not every eBay or Amazon flashlight has. Here are some of which I think are very important:
LED Chip
The newer versions of tactical flashlights like the G700 are not using LED diodes. Instead they use a high tech LED chips that are almost 10 times more powerful that the regular diode. First because of the size of the chip and second because of the Lumen capacity. If you are looking to buy a high quality flashlight make sure that it’s using a chip and not a LED diode. You can check that by removing the lens on the top.
Optical Lens
The reason why most of the military tactical flashlights have a big reach is because of the optical lens which is made from pure glass. This lens can focus the entire light on a single point so that it doesn’t disperse in radius. Many cheap tactical flashlights don’t use glass so this is also a great way to spot a fake replica.
Weight, Material & Durability
A true military grade tactical flashlight must be made out of air-crafted aluminum. This material is also carbonized and this property makes it extremely durable and crash resistant. After all, flashlights that are made for military use require extreme durability since most of the times the flashlights are used in combat.
Now it’s time to talk about some of the most popular brands in 2016. Here they are:
G700 military flashlight
One of the bestselling flashlight of 2016 is Lumtiact’s G700 military flashlight. This flashlight became popular on the flashlight market after the US army announced that the G700 was their official flashlight for 2015, when it wasn’t still available on the market for regular citizens.
After Lumitact decided to drop the contract with the US army this flashlight finally was published on the market for regular citizens. With an amazing 700 lumen power and manufactured with the indestructible aircraft aluminum this military flashlight is designed for open combat and extreme emergency situations.
One of the several advantages that made this flashlight so popular among flashlight fans is the featured modes. Within the G700 military flashlight you have 2 modes that come with 5 pre-set sub-modes.
X800 tactical flashlight
The tactical X800 flashlight was released on the market in February 2016. Since then this flashlight has got a lot of attention on the social media as the ultimate tactical flashlight. Most of the people who have bought this flashlight use it as an outdoor toll because of its long lasting battery capacity.
One of the primary purposes for every flashlight is to be used in outdoor activities but most flashlight can’t last longer than 12 hours with constant work. The engineers have managed to solve this problem by integrating a revolutionary LED chip that doesn’t drain the batteries as LED diodes do. With the revolutionary LED chip the X800 tactical flashlight can last up to 48 hours of constant work.
