LED Lenser torches - Tell me about them

[petemacsydney]

not those bl**dy Tassie roo's surely! they're supposed to be smart bast&^*%'s
i heard they only run out in front of imported European cars?

[Warrigul]

not those bl**dy Tassie roo's surely! they're supposed to be smart bast&^*%'s
i heard they only run out in front of imported European cars?

Nah they are pretty dumb, on foot at at 100-150 they just sit and look at you. If they haven't been roused up much in the past you can drive to within 50m of them and use a humble .22lr over the headlights. If there have been newbies or arseholes about they can be a bit stirred up and they just disappear on the sound of an engine, the reason I am the exclusive shooter on three properties.

For those that don't know, our roo are about equivalent to your wallaby and they are a big time pest. I average 75 a week, most are left as fertiliser.

[petemacsydney]

jesus, 75 a week! that's insane.
i need to move to Tassie!

[Warrigul]

jesus, 75 a week! that's insane.
i need to move to Tassie!

It is fun for a while, especially when you are younger, too much of anything becomes a bit of a chore at times. I will be dropping one property shortly as three are too many for me now the kids have other interests, I have arranged for someone to take over we will see how they go.

[petemacsydney]

wot rifle do u mainly use on the roo's?

[Wes]

I average 75 a week, most are left as fertiliser.

You need to start a pet food business.

[Guliver]

Pete for $20 what do you have to lose?

Just trying to point out that there are better alternatives to LL, if your looking to spend the dollars. I just thought the alternatives also needed to be considered and talked about but it looks like LL have done there marketing so well people don't even consider the other brands.

I have no problem with folks spending pocket change on the sort of torch you mentioned or even the smaller Sipik SK68 which takes a AA or14500 Li-ion cell and two for $10 or less lots of people rave about them.

[petemacsydney]

agreed mate, i don't think there is anything wrong with either choice. like i said, Toyota or porche.. there's always going to be times when we all want the porche and there'll be times when we just want a toyota.
just as long as it aint no god dam hyundai excel !! lol

[Warrigul]

wot rifle do u mainly use on the roo's?

.22LR and subsonics for close work and 3/4 of all those taken and depending on the property and whether I am paying for the ammo or not either the .17HMR or the.223 for the longer work.

[Timb0]

Have owed quite a few LED Lenser torches 2 x p7's, p3, m5, p17, m7r and a small key chain style one that took watch batteries and I don't know its name.

All but two have failed! Most within 6 months but they were all used in very harsh conditions working on machinery being exposed to dust, mud, heat, different oils, vibrations, dropped in mineralised water in underground mines. The m7r and p17 have just been used around the house, camping, shooting etc and are still going strong after a few years. I have been hard on them so that's obviously why they failed but I have had torches from other companies that haven't and have done the same thing with.

LED Lenser lights have always been lower on the lumes than other brands but have quite a unique focus system that lets you have a torch that throws a concentrated beam and then can be adjusted to a flood light. However the flood is quite defined with not as much spill to the sides as conventional orange peel reflectors.

I see the newer LED Lensers have much higher output now but they are quite pricy. Most of the brands I trust are made in China with good quality control and out perform these expensive models and are a lot cheaper and in my situation more reliable. ThruNite would be my pick today but flashlight technology has moved forward that quickly it might be someone else in 12months time.

[Lorgar]

LED Lenser lights have always been lower on the lumes than other brands but have quite a unique focus system that lets you have a torch that throws a concentrated beam and then can be adjusted to a flood light. However the flood is quite defined with not as much spill to the sides as conventional orange peel reflectors.

In my highly scientific testing of point different torches a the far wall in the store that was the decider for me re: lumuns.

There were other brands/models with 30-40% more lumens that threw less light. Quality over quantity, hey.

[Guliver]

Lorgar you girl, buying a torch for defence

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2011 ... light-gun/

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=euoy_yN3uEE

[meateater]

Cool idea, except maybe you blind yourself when you turn the torch around to fire it

[Lorgar]

Reviving an old one here but...

Picked up a second LED lenser before the weekend. Got the keyring size P5.2. Great little unit.

Single AA battery, 140 lumens, 5 hour life. Great throw, very capable for the size.

LED Lenser P5.2 Image from brightguy website

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