So I came here a little while ago asking for suggestions to replace my streamlight that I lost… As you can see, I have made some upgrades.
My primary use case is for search and rescue but I now have some nice EDC lights too!
Left to right:
Sofirn IF22A - Nice powerful thrower that doubles as a battery backup for my phone/GPS when on a callout.
Olight Warrior Mini 3 - My go-to multi purpose light, the tail switch is super handy and feels nice. I don’t care for the crenelated bezel but I wanted the throw over the more floody Baton.
Skilhunt M150 V3 - This lil guy lives in my pocket all the time now. This is the high CRI version and to my eyes is the nicest light for up close work. The moonlight mode is also the dimmest which is important to me. Nice build quality and UI as well.
Olight Perun 2 Mini NW - New light for my helmet, I haven’t tested it in the field yet but the beam is nice and it’s a big improvement over my old black diamond light on my helmet.
Olight iR2 Pro - not much to say on this one, it was the free gift with my other Olights, it lives on my keychain now, it’s pretty handy with the USB C charging and two modes.
Lumintop IYP365 - This is the light to replace my streamlight stylus. It lives on my chest pack and is primarily used for first aid. The low mode is low enough that I feel comfortable using it for checking pupil dilation. The included diffuser is handy too. I got the NiteCore MT06MD but I found it uncomfortably bright on the lowest setting, so I returned it in favour of the Lumintop.
Everybody needs a TS10.
If you want low enough lumens with high enough CRI for wound examinations, it’s a nice addition to your collection. It can bet lower than your M150, or it can get obnoxiously high, and it ha a smooth ramp in between the two to get any level in between. Ramping UI’s rawk. As one who both works optometry and has been sent into medical distress by medical personnel using shit lights for pupil exams, I can attest to the value of a TS10’s ramping UI. If you ever encounter a patient who is on the spectrum, epileptic, or has other medical issues triggered by photosensitivity, you’ll find the TS10 potentially better than the Weltool M6 I recommended to my boss, an OD who knows more about eyes (37 years in practice) than about flashlights. He doesn’t do SAR though, so he doesn’t need twice the lumens an M150 is capable of, but it’s also the only light my CRI-baby arse would consider a rival to the Nichia 519a and 219b. If you think the Nichia M150 is nice, you’ll also like the TS10.
The only light I have that can compete with it for beauty or CRI/R9 is an Emisar D2 with a 4500k Nichia 219b. And that light has a UV channel for other uses. Not as powerful, but since I use UV as part of my job, a bit more useful. And still plenty powerful for close work; simply not good for throw or sheer power the way my TS10 is.
I don’t know how it happened but somehow now I have two TS10s on the way… I must have blacked out or something.
Also I’ve been lusting after that emmisar D2. That’s on my list.