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[@Tom-eq6vo]

Have an old Maglite Mini I used to take hiking and camping, flood light could definitely be improved, I’ve been using a Petzl headlamp the past couple of years and found it works better in most situations.

[@DpacOP]

I have a collection of torches that are way brighter than that £40 ones and they charge by usb and super bright

[@neoaliphant]

I will never touch a maglite again, i had several just corrode and break, poor built quality. love my sofirn , 4000lumens, rgb and cob floodlighte, its perfect...

[@DpacOP]

Maglite just reminds me of those 2000 torches with a dull yellow bulb 😂

[@neoaliphant]

@@DpacOP i remember 30 years ago thinking they were really bright, and i bought a 1w led upgrade kit.....which took it to 80 lumes....and now compared to my 4000 lumen sofirn!!!

[@DpacOP]

@@neoaliphant yeah when you hear 80 lumens you think it bright until you have a 4000 lumens what that brighter than looking into the sun XD

[@DpacOP]

Cheaper one is gonna do better like yeah you can pay more for a more powerful light and Damnn the more expensive one is so dim 😂

[@neoaliphant]

your paying for brand name, not quality

[@DpacOP]

@@neoaliphant yeah I never go for name brands I just pick up random torch from a hardware store or Aldi from around £15 to £25 dunno why but I have a fascination with torchers 😅

[@neoaliphant]

@@DpacOP ive had a few aldi and lidl torches, but really, the chinese brands like ontheroad, klarus, sofirn especially, they are really good, loads of features and so much brighter, i think for the cost they are much much better than the aldi lidl ones...

[@DpacOP]

@@neoaliphant yeah I’ve soon one for like £50 that’s super bright but I’m hesitant on getting it and did you get the Aldi torch with the handle

[@neoaliphant]

@@DpacOP best place to check is budgetlightforum, they know their stuff....the aldi one i had was a few years ago, but for the cost, sofirn and otehr so much brighter