7 best lantern manufacturers

A relatively young company from Washington managed to create a huge variety of lanterns that manage to be both “unkillable” and enviably bright: for example, the pocket-sized DX3B Mini Pro delivers 2000 lumens of luminous flux, managing to contain a built-in micro USB port . And this is not the brightest flashlight of the compact series. The most powerful models of the company at night are able to illuminate more than 300 meters of space.

When creating EagleTac lamps, a lot of attention is paid to their mechanical strength - the impact crowns around the reflectors are not at all beautiful, they, as befits serious tactical lights, are really able to withstand serious loads. The company has a good range of hunting lights - their cases allow, for example, to mount them to the trunk or to a barrel-mounted store with a simple “eight”, and taking into account the 22-mm case diameter, you can always use the adapter rings to the Picatinny / Weaver bar.Remote buttons to control the under-barrel lamp are placed on almost all EagleTac lights.

The German company, which has recently been the property of the notorious Leatherman, has, perhaps, an equal number of supporters and opponents. Nevertheless, its LED lights are really made at a high level, and the prices of many models are quite affordable.

A special "trick" of the company - lens compact lights, having excellent light distribution with decent brightness. Even the most compact models can pleasantly surprise: for example, F1, able to fit in the tightest pocket, gives “adults” 400 lumens, has IPX8 moisture protection and even a replaceable impact crown at a price of 1800 rubles. If we take in hands a powerful search engine like X21.2 (winner of the iF Design Award 2013, by the way), then the 600-meter distance will not be a problem: the proprietary focusing system will allow you to send all 1600 lumens to the desired point. Hunter will be interested in T-series under-barrel lights - thanks to the gold-plated contacts they are not threatened with oxidation, and everyone knows how the moisture on the gun likes to gather.

Of the Asian manufacturers brand Nitecore, undoubtedly, stands in a special place.Using modern Cree LEDs, the company produces the widest range of different lamps, so that in its assortment you can find a device for any needs - and at the same time at a reasonable price. As for quality, Nitecore has become the first Chinese manufacturer, deservedly proud of international awards - for example, iF Design Award 2017.

If we talk about the model range ... For the tourist or the hunter, the E series (Explorer) will be interesting - good durable aluminum lights with powerful LEDs that do not cause problems in the way of being overweight. All the lights in the series have a dust and moisture protection, which also never hurts. But the choice of sizes and capacities in this series is more than decent.

However, this is not the ultimate strength - take the Nitecore EF explosion-proof torch. You can drop it and drown it, and it will continue to work. Suffice it to say that the thickness of the protective glass from him is 1 centimeter.

Need a powerful search light? The name of the Tiny Monster series will say it all: with their compact dimensions, these lights can quite naturally depict an antiaircraft searchlight, which is not surprising with a light flux of up to 6,000 lumens (for comparison, a car xenon headlight gives about 4,000).

If you need just a good diving light for hunting, then in the P series there are more than enough options. Marketers of the company, by the way, took into account the popularity of products originally intended for power structures, and even invented a ready-made Hunting Kit - a set of flashlight, replaceable light filters for giving signals, quick-attachment to a weapon, two chargers and a belt cover in a convenient case. (Although, to be honest, in the forest, signal flares are somehow more convincing than a flashlight).

And believe me, we just started listing offers from Nitecore. Better to get acquainted with the catalog of the company - it's worth it.

Another brand that warms the ears of home militarists. However, if Surefire or EagleTec is, one way or another, one hundred percent Americans, then a Canadian-registered company with President Olga Hanutina and manufacturing in China is more likely to put the saying “peace on”. Nevertheless, both the quality and efficiency of the lights of this company are worthy of the best recommendations, and some technical pieces she simply cannot fail to mention.

For example, you do not want to buy a separate compact hand lamp and headlamp? In ArmyTek, obviously, someone thought the same way. Therefore, they do not have such headlamps as such - but there are Wizard and Wizard Pro multi-flashlights that can be installed in an inexpensive headband, and, if necessary, removed and used as a working lamp, primagnitiv it under the hood of the car, even as a backlight vertically, although diving with him to a depth of 10 meters. Another feature of the company is magnetic USB charging, which makes the connectors on the cases of rechargeable flashlights, which are prone to clogging, unnecessary: ​​the washer of the charging cord is simply magnetised to the lantern.

The strength of ArmyTek flashlights is generally one of the main characteristics: they can be dropped, drowned, hooked onto the barrel, without fear that the return from a 12-gauge magnum will cause the flashlight to become unusable. The “tactical” series flashlights have a standard case diameter of 1 inch, so fixings for your weapon will be easy to find. Light filters for signaling they immediately come in the kit.

Fenix ​​is ​​another example of how a “purebred Chinese” becomes able to argue with global brands, although it loses one of the main advantages in the form of low prices. Products of this company covers most of the market segments - from flashlights-key fobs like the UC01 to the powerful RC40 search engines. Neither headlamps nor airtight diving lights are forgotten.

In our country, perhaps, the most popular are the tactical lights of the TK series. It is not for nothing that we constantly mention such lamps - it is in them that strength, light weight and brightness are perfectly combined, and after all, in the end, this is what is primarily required from a hand lamp. The mounting of the remote button is traditional for them - with a removable back cover, so that the sub-barrel lamp can always be quickly turned into a manual one. In the TK flashlights, “stuffing” is by now the standard one — lithium-ion batteries and Cree XM / XP LEDs. However, their prices in stores sometimes catch up with American manufacturers - and this, alas, is a good reason to lower the rating.