PHXSHOOTER
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Hey Guys,
I have not been active on this board for quite a while, I used to be on it almost every day. Anyway, I am still shooting every chance I get and still loving my 15-22.
I have what I think is good news. I love good flashlights. But I don’t love paying the big bucks for the top name brands, but I have done it. I have owned everything from cheap junk to Surefire. I always figured there must be a brand out there with top quality manufacturing and no extra surcharge for the brands label. I found it. The brand is Fenix. The model I have is the PD35. This thing is amazing. Very well built, feature rich, and a blinding 850 lumens for $75.00!
They put some thought into this thing. Five brightness levels with memory so it goes on at your last setting. When gun mounted you can turn it on and be in turbo mode at 850 lumens. Or it is useful as a utility flashlight that will not instantly drain the two CR123A batteries at lower levels.
The pressure switch is an $18.00 accessory, and worth every penny. Pressure switches are where cheap builds quickly rear their ugly head. This one has three switches inside the finger activation pad. It not only works, it takes a some pressure to activate them. It is not going on unless you turn it on. The end cap for the pressure switch also has a constant on switch built into it.
I have always considered strobe mode on weapon lights gimmicky. I still will not try this one if I needed it in the “real deal” moment, but if you like strobe this one has it. I was shocked by how well it works from both ends. When you are behind it you can see as though it is constant light. When the 850 lumens is flashing in your eyes you would be hard pressed to get a good shot off at the guy holding it you cannot see.
I did not buy their rail mount because it is a hex screw only mount. I am carefully shopping for a more versatile mount. That might be a small caveat because the barrel of the light is indented between 1/16 or 1/8th inch in from the rest of the 1 inch diameter body.
I do not mount cheap lights on my home defense weapons (the 15-22 is not considered one of them). That is where the good lights go. Now, all of my guns that I put a light on are going to have a great light on them. From plinkers to boom sticks, for the price of this brand they are all getting one. They are not chump change but they are damn nice lights for the price. At least the PD35 is, I plan on trying other models.
So, for what it is worth I thought I would pass it on. I do not recommend a lot of stuff but this light is the quality I have looking for at far less money than the big names.
Google Fenix PD35. They are at Amazon and a lot of other places. Now you can keep um in the black, even in the dark!
PHXSHOOTER
PS This brand has been mentioned on this board before. I saw all good comments. I know, I search.
I have not been active on this board for quite a while, I used to be on it almost every day. Anyway, I am still shooting every chance I get and still loving my 15-22.
I have what I think is good news. I love good flashlights. But I don’t love paying the big bucks for the top name brands, but I have done it. I have owned everything from cheap junk to Surefire. I always figured there must be a brand out there with top quality manufacturing and no extra surcharge for the brands label. I found it. The brand is Fenix. The model I have is the PD35. This thing is amazing. Very well built, feature rich, and a blinding 850 lumens for $75.00!
They put some thought into this thing. Five brightness levels with memory so it goes on at your last setting. When gun mounted you can turn it on and be in turbo mode at 850 lumens. Or it is useful as a utility flashlight that will not instantly drain the two CR123A batteries at lower levels.
The pressure switch is an $18.00 accessory, and worth every penny. Pressure switches are where cheap builds quickly rear their ugly head. This one has three switches inside the finger activation pad. It not only works, it takes a some pressure to activate them. It is not going on unless you turn it on. The end cap for the pressure switch also has a constant on switch built into it.
I have always considered strobe mode on weapon lights gimmicky. I still will not try this one if I needed it in the “real deal” moment, but if you like strobe this one has it. I was shocked by how well it works from both ends. When you are behind it you can see as though it is constant light. When the 850 lumens is flashing in your eyes you would be hard pressed to get a good shot off at the guy holding it you cannot see.
I did not buy their rail mount because it is a hex screw only mount. I am carefully shopping for a more versatile mount. That might be a small caveat because the barrel of the light is indented between 1/16 or 1/8th inch in from the rest of the 1 inch diameter body.
I do not mount cheap lights on my home defense weapons (the 15-22 is not considered one of them). That is where the good lights go. Now, all of my guns that I put a light on are going to have a great light on them. From plinkers to boom sticks, for the price of this brand they are all getting one. They are not chump change but they are damn nice lights for the price. At least the PD35 is, I plan on trying other models.
So, for what it is worth I thought I would pass it on. I do not recommend a lot of stuff but this light is the quality I have looking for at far less money than the big names.
Google Fenix PD35. They are at Amazon and a lot of other places. Now you can keep um in the black, even in the dark!
PHXSHOOTER
PS This brand has been mentioned on this board before. I saw all good comments. I know, I search.
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