Name: Sofirn BLF LT1 Lantern
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Rating: 4.0 (60 reviews)

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Hiking boot recommendations?

Any recommendations for women's hiking shoes?

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Cold and wet weather hiking boots recommendations?

I am in need of a new pair of trail/hiking boots.

Hiking Boots for heavy use during the summer

Good pair of hiking shoes?

[Request] waterproof hiking shoes

[request] - Good quality walking shoes.

Hello Redditors. I'm in search of a classy yet extremely durable pair of hiking boots to take backpacking around the world for 12+ months with.

Hiking boots recommendations

Men's three season "urban hiker" (like Merrell MOAB but longer lasting)

BIFL Hiking boots for women

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Looking for a good pair of shoes for my weird feet

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Comfortable and cushiony shoes for walking on pavement 10KM/couple hours a day (UK)

Hiking sandals that last?

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I want the best god damned dishwasher money can buy.

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My friend bought a house with this KichenAid dishwasher from 1974. He says it works better than any of the other ones he has owned. He just has to convince his wife not to replace it.

What's a good Panel ready dishwasher under $1k?

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Was told to post this here. Husky 270pc toolset from Home Depot for $99, normally $199. Lifetime warranty too

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Thoughts on a Honda Accord V6 2007?

2010 Honda Accord worth the buy?

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2014 honda accord ??

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LiquidRetro

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r/preppers

 Today I have a specialty light with the BLF LT1 lantern. It was designed by forum members at the budget light forums and manufactured by Sofren. The BLF LT1 started three years ago as an offshoot of the Q8 that I have reviewed previously here and you can see the two share some physical resemblances. Forget other battery-powered lanterns that you've seen in the past, this one really puts them all to shame

Have any questions? Leave them in the comments and I will do my best to answer! 

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Link to the UI Diagram https://i.imgur.com/N0dftkw.png

Read this review on my Blog https://liquidretro.net/2020/04/26/blf-lt1-lantern-review-variable-tint-90-cri-insanely-long-runtimes/

Chapters
0:00 Start
0:53 Packaging & Accessories
2:05 Construction
3:35 Size & Weight
4:03 LED & Beam
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BLF LT1 Lantern Review (Variable tint, 90 CRI, Insane Long ...

Hey guys. I’m preparing for a film shoot and I need to purchase a lantern with a warm colour temperature (around 1000-3600K) and a decent output. 

The ones I have found all seem to be around 100-500 lumens, which just wont be enough for me.

I found a thread from a few years back, but I would like something a bit more recent. Thought you all would have the best knowledge on the matter.

For reference, the scene is a group of kids at a park at night, and the entire scene is to be illuminated by the lantern. I’m in Australia btw, so local products are preferred!

Any help would be appreciated!

<div class="md">Hey guys. I’m preparing for a film shoot and I need to purchase a lantern with a warm colour temperature (around 1000-3600K) and a decent output. 

The ones I have found all seem to be around 100 lumens, which just wont be enough for me.

I found a thread from a few years back, but I would like something a bit more recent. Thought you all would have the best knowledge on the matter.

For reference, the scene is a group of kids at a park at night, and the entire scene is to be illuminated by the lantern. I’m in Australia btw, so local products are preferred!

Any help would be appreciated!
</div>

Warm coloured lanterns with high output

Many One of a kind qualities and many qualifiers.

I don't see many lanterns on here and the LED ones I've seen IRL don't seem to compete with the classic fuel models.

Is there cache of great modern lanterns I'm missing? I'm hoping to find one that can be used as the main camp light. I've been looking at Sofirm and Fenix but they don't seem to have anything big enough.

<div class="md">I don&#39;t see many lanterns on here and the LED ones I&#39;ve seen IRL don&#39;t seem to compete with the classic fuel models.

Is there cache of great modern lanterns I&#39;m missing? I&#39;m hoping to find one that can be used as the main camp light. I&#39;ve been looking at Sofirm and Fenix but they don&#39;t seem to have anything big enough.
</div>

Lanterns

 Overall this is an incredibly well-thought-out, durable, high-quality piece of equipment. It's a relief to finally have a very nice lantern that shines a pleasant warm-tinted light!

 Charging is convenient with the built-in USB, but note that some cheaper cables apparently don't work - just like with newer phones, you need a good-quality cable. The threaded tripod mount holes are useful for some pre-planned lighting situations, or many types of permanent mounts, and they don't get in the way for more general camping use. Overall this is an incredibly well-thought-out, durable, high-quality piece of equipment. It's a relief to finally have a very nice lantern that shines a pleasant warm-tinted light!

Versatile, durable, long battery life, nice tint.  Numerous features too complex for occasional use.

There's been quite a bit of chatter on /r/preppers recently about the anticipated energy squeeze in Europe over the coming winter. I've been following this topic for some time and thought I would share my notes and what I've been doing in preparation for the worst. I'm by no means an expert, just an enthusiastic amateur - so take all this with your preferred dose of salt

# What's the problem?

When it rains, it pours, and this energy situation is not different. Any one of these issues by themselves could be managed by the European energy market, but taken together they pose an increasing risk to supply. These are:

* Russian/Ukranian conflict constraining gas pipeline flow to Europe

* Limited liquefied natural gas (LNG) import capacity

* A summer drought reducing reservoir levels across the continent

* French nuclear reactor estate partially offline

* A global increase in energy demand post-COVID

These are only the things that we're confident in (i.e. they've already occurred and are readily apparent). There are further confounding factors that may or may not become problems such as:-

* National emergency energy policies that could potentially limit export into the UK

* The risk of a cold winter 

* Gulf of Mexico hurricane season damaging USA LNG terminals

* "Black Swan" events

The hazard of all these different events is that prices go stratospheric, and that energy supplies become so constrained there is a shortage. The risk of the former is guaranteed - it is a certainty; the latter is less certain but possible.

# Current situation

The effect in the UK has been so far that dozens of energy retailers have gone bust after failing to hedge prices (and anticipate price-caps), and loss-making customers have been loaded onto the "Big Six" retailers. The previous competitive consumer retail market in energy is now dead, as domestic prices are fixed by the regulator Ofgem (but not for business customers - more on that later).

The consequence of this energy policy is that energy bills for electricity and gas will be approximately 3x what they were in Q4 2021 for domestic users. That is to say, if you were paying £200/month last year, this year you can expect to pay £600/month for the same energy.

The government has provided an initial £150 as household rebate via local council tax to most houses, and will further provide £400 over six months starting in October via their energy bill. The new Prime Minister Liz Truss is likely to expand on this in the coming days.

# Risk this winter

From an economic perspective, these energy prices have plunged the country into a deep recession which we are already in (the data simply lags behind showing the full extent). It is simply not possible to operate industry at £0.50, £0.60, £0.70+ per kWh.

From an energy supply perspective the government and National Grid are very concerned that there is a reasonable likelihood the country will simply not have enough electricity (and perhaps gas) for some periods during winter.

The essential problem is one of energy mix. Most UK electricity comes from Combined Cycle Gas Turbines - *'gas'*, followed by intermittent wind and solar, backed by some nuclear and interconnects with continental Europe. The risk posed is comprised of the following possibilities:

1) There is no wind (the UK is stuck in an anticyclone/high-pressure bubble)

1a) When pressure is high, temperature drops (in winter). Demand for heating via domestic gas and electricity increases.

1b) This is experienced across the continent at the same time

2) The French have no spare electricity capacity to supply the UK

The French electricity grid is on its arse currently. Historically they provide the UK with ~+3 gigawatts in August, and -1 to +1 gigawatts in December. This August the UK has EXPORTED 3 gigawatts to them: a 6 gigawatt difference. If they are -6 gigawatts short this Decemember they will not export to us even if we pay more than the French electricity rate. The French will ban exports - that's what the French are like.

2a) A similar story is applicable for Dutch and Norwegian interconnects. Norway doesn't enough water for Hydro this winter.

3) In lieu of Wind, the high demand for gas for electricity puts a constraint on the gas distribution grid (i.e. too low pressure to operate - not enough immediate supply)

3a) The UK does not have any meaningful storage capacity for gas; a decision was made some years ago to invest in seaport LNG rather than fixed pipelines with Europe + storage. A blessing and a curse. If the UK finds itself in a shortfall of gas, there is a real risk the content will not reverse the summer flow of gas BACK to the UK when it needs it.

This is not very hypothetical either. On numerous occasions in the last 24 months National Grid has had to issue warnings on narrow margins from circumstances like the above, where the UK had to rely on imports in gas and electricity from Europe. Recently London almost had a blackout, if not for a Belgian power station agreeing to burn bunker oil at an eye watering price.

# Potential hazard playbook

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) oversees this sort of energy crisis, with different industry actors having their own role to play; National Grid, the regulator Ofgem, etc.

Last month BEIS starting launching political 'weather balloons', leaking to the press (semi-formally) that it is concerned about winter margins, and that there might be blackouts. Bloomberg [picked up](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-09/uk-braces-for-blackouts-gas-cuts-in-january-in-emergency-plan) on this and reported it as a 1/6th shortfall of peak electricity demand for a four day period in January (as a war-game scenario - this isn't a planned event).

The wording of "1/6th" is IMO ambiguous. They could be referring to a situation where the UK only generates 29 GW of electricity when demand is 35GW. Alternatively, they could be describing a situation where only 1/6th of demand is met by supply; ~5-6GW.

In the first instance, it would represent a shortfall of around 6GW which is around 17% of peak demand, and 25% of trough demand. Taken over a day, it's a ~20% shortfall.

In the second, disastrous, instance it would mean the UK is only able to generate 6GW when demand is 35GW. This seems far fetched, until you consider that if the supply of gas (keeping in mind there is no storage capacity) failed, AND there was no wind, AND there were no electricity imports, the country would rely entirely on its 5.5GW of nuclear, and whatever small change it gets from small diesel generators and biomass. The numbers really do fit for a 5/6th deficit scenario.

# Planned sequence of events

In the event of a shortfall, BEIS has an [Electricity Supply Emergency Code - ESEC](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/995049/esec-guidance.pdf) and [National Emergency Plan Downstream Gas and Electricity](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/844931/national-emergency-plan-downstream-gas-electricity.pdf) which describes the steps that'll be taken to maintain electricity supply, and then equitably ration should there be a shortfall.

They're pretty dry documents, so the gist is, in a shortfall:

0) Public appeals to lower energy consumption

1) Heavy industrial users (think: aluminium refineries) are told to shut down. This could include datacentres.

2) According to the shortfall, small regions of the country (on the scale of a town) are disconnected on a rota basis. If there's a 50% shortfall, they will have 3 hours on, followed by 3 hours off. If there's a 25% shortfall they'll be off for 3 hours, and on for 9 hours.

3) "Critical" institutions will be the last to be cut off. Hospitals, ports, food manufacturers, etc.

There is also a similar document for the supply of natural gas from National Grid called the (Network Gas Supply Emergencies [NGSE](https://www.nationalgrid.com/gas-transmission/document/136281/download)

It follows much the same as the BEIS playbook, but there's no possibility for rolling blackouts with gas as dropping pressure to domestic sites is a disaster because of the safety risk it poses. As a result, the **tl;dr** is, industry gets cut off to save domestic consumers (even if they lose electricity necessary to actually operate a gas boiler - the pressure is still maintained).

# Consequences on the ground, and what I'm doing

Considering the potential impact, I've been planning on the basis of one week where electricity is rationed somewhere between 3h-on/12h-off, and 3h-on/21h-off, and the local weather conditions are like the 2018 "Best From The East" snowstorm.

Our cousins in the USA may laugh at this, but the context in the UK is we do not experience natural disasters on any scale that could credibly disrupt our utilities. Most people will be entirely unprepared for this level of discomfort; no petrol generators, no way to heat food, a high urban population in apartments/flats. Urban supermarkets struggling. It would be a nightmare for many.

My preparations so far include:

1) I have purchased, received and tested portable [indoor LNG heaters](https://www.therange.co.uk/diy/heating/heaters/portable-gas-electric-space-heater-indoor/), with ~~propane~~ butane for myself and family.

2) I've ordered multiple modern [LED torches](https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Wurkkos-Tactical-Brightness-Adjustment-incl-18650/dp/B088ZG2661) that run off lithium cells. These aren't your grandfather's D-cell torches. Sit one on your table pointing up and it illuminates your room.

2a) Multiple 18650 cells for torches

3) A [Portable battery power station](https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08168PGXF). I could have spent a bit more in hindsight, but 500Wh is enough AC to run my TV for a few hours a day, charge my phone and batteries and have some comforts. I've decided to write-off the contents of my fridge, and keep my freezer closed.

4) Checked my existing camping gear (gas stove, kettle, etc.) is in working order

5) Bought a carbon monoxide alarm

6) I will be fitting ['Kume Curtains'](https://www.instructables.com/Insulating-roll-up-curtains-that-cut-heat-losses-t/) on some windows over the next few weeks

7) I have withdrawn a few £1,000 cash as I expect ATMs and card payments to not work.

8) Serviced my cars, and filled some Jerry cans with diesel and petrol. Filling stations will be rammed the moment the public get a whiff of disruption, and probably won't have generators to actually pump anything.

9) Agreed a plan with relatives to move in with one another if it gets bad. Mostly for fun and company - I'm confident though everyone should be warm enough when apart.

I hope this was useful and gives everyone some focus as to what might be ahead of us.

<div class="md">There&#39;s been quite a bit of chatter on <a href="/r/preppers">/r/preppers</a> recently about the anticipated energy squeeze in Europe over the coming winter. I&#39;ve been following this topic for some time and thought I would share my notes and what I&#39;ve been doing in preparation for the worst. I&#39;m by no means an expert, just an enthusiastic amateur - so take all this with your preferred dose of salt

<h1>What&#39;s the problem?</h1>

When it rains, it pours, and this energy situation is not different. Any one of these issues by themselves could be managed by the European energy market, but taken together they pose an increasing risk to supply. These are:

<ul>
<li>Russian/Ukranian conflict constraining gas pipeline flow to Europe</li>
<li>Limited liquefied natural gas (LNG) import capacity</li>
<li>A summer drought reducing reservoir levels across the continent</li>
<li>French nuclear reactor estate partially offline</li>
<li>A global increase in energy demand post-COVID</li>
</ul>

These are only the things that we&#39;re confident in (i.e. they&#39;ve already occurred and are readily apparent). There are further confounding factors that may or may not become problems such as:-

<ul>
<li>National emergency energy policies that could potentially limit export into the UK</li>
<li>The risk of a cold winter </li>
<li>Gulf of Mexico hurricane season damaging USA LNG terminals</li>
<li>&quot;Black Swan&quot; events</li>
</ul>

The hazard of all these different events is that prices go stratospheric, and that energy supplies become so constrained there is a shortage. The risk of the former is guaranteed - it is a certainty; the latter is less certain but possible.

<h1>Current situation</h1>

The effect in the UK has been so far that dozens of energy retailers have gone bust after failing to hedge prices (and anticipate price-caps), and loss-making customers have been loaded onto the &quot;Big Six&quot; retailers. The previous competitive consumer retail market in energy is now dead, as domestic prices are fixed by the regulator Ofgem (but not for business customers - more on that later).

The consequence of this energy policy is that energy bills for electricity and gas will be approximately 3x what they were in Q4 2021 for domestic users. That is to say, if you were paying £200/month last year, this year you can expect to pay £600/month for the same energy.

The government has provided an initial £150 as household rebate via local council tax to most houses, and will further provide £400 over six months starting in October via their energy bill. The new Prime Minister Liz Truss is likely to expand on this in the coming days.

<h1>Risk this winter</h1>

From an economic perspective, these energy prices have plunged the country into a deep recession which we are already in (the data simply lags behind showing the full extent). It is simply not possible to operate industry at £0.50, £0.60, £0.70+ per kWh.

From an energy supply perspective the government and National Grid are very concerned that there is a reasonable likelihood the country will simply not have enough electricity (and perhaps gas) for some periods during winter.

The essential problem is one of energy mix. Most UK electricity comes from Combined Cycle Gas Turbines - &#39;gas&#39;, followed by intermittent wind and solar, backed by some nuclear and interconnects with continental Europe. The risk posed is comprised of the following possibilities:

1) There is no wind (the UK is stuck in an anticyclone/high-pressure bubble)

1a) When pressure is high, temperature drops (in winter). Demand for heating via domestic gas and electricity increases.

1b) This is experienced across the continent at the same time

2) The French have no spare electricity capacity to supply the UK

The French electricity grid is on its arse currently. Historically they provide the UK with ~+3 gigawatts in August, and -1 to +1 gigawatts in December. This August the UK has EXPORTED 3 gigawatts to them: a 6 gigawatt difference. If they are -6 gigawatts short this Decemember they will not export to us even if we pay more than the French electricity rate. The French will ban exports - that&#39;s what the French are like.

2a) A similar story is applicable for Dutch and Norwegian interconnects. Norway doesn&#39;t enough water for Hydro this winter.

3) In lieu of Wind, the high demand for gas for electricity puts a constraint on the gas distribution grid (i.e. too low pressure to operate - not enough immediate supply)

3a) The UK does not have any meaningful storage capacity for gas; a decision was made some years ago to invest in seaport LNG rather than fixed pipelines with Europe + storage. A blessing and a curse. If the UK finds itself in a shortfall of gas, there is a real risk the content will not reverse the summer flow of gas BACK to the UK when it needs it.

This is not very hypothetical either. On numerous occasions in the last 24 months National Grid has had to issue warnings on narrow margins from circumstances like the above, where the UK had to rely on imports in gas and electricity from Europe. Recently London almost had a blackout, if not for a Belgian power station agreeing to burn bunker oil at an eye watering price.

<h1>Potential hazard playbook</h1>

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) oversees this sort of energy crisis, with different industry actors having their own role to play; National Grid, the regulator Ofgem, etc.

Last month BEIS starting launching political &#39;weather balloons&#39;, leaking to the press (semi-formally) that it is concerned about winter margins, and that there might be blackouts. Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-09/uk-braces-for-blackouts-gas-cuts-in-january-in-emergency-plan">picked up</a> on this and reported it as a 1/6th shortfall of peak electricity demand for a four day period in January (as a war-game scenario - this isn&#39;t a planned event).

The wording of &quot;1/6th&quot; is IMO ambiguous. They could be referring to a situation where the UK only generates 29 GW of electricity when demand is 35GW. Alternatively, they could be describing a situation where only 1/6th of demand is met by supply; ~5-6GW.

In the first instance, it would represent a shortfall of around 6GW which is around 17% of peak demand, and 25% of trough demand. Taken over a day, it&#39;s a ~20% shortfall.

In the second, disastrous, instance it would mean the UK is only able to generate 6GW when demand is 35GW. This seems far fetched, until you consider that if the supply of gas (keeping in mind there is no storage capacity) failed, AND there was no wind, AND there were no electricity imports, the country would rely entirely on its 5.5GW of nuclear, and whatever small change it gets from small diesel generators and biomass. The numbers really do fit for a 5/6th deficit scenario.

<h1>Planned sequence of events</h1>

In the event of a shortfall, BEIS has an <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/995049/esec-guidance.pdf">Electricity Supply Emergency Code - ESEC</a> and <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/844931/national-emergency-plan-downstream-gas-electricity.pdf">National Emergency Plan Downstream Gas and Electricity</a> which describes the steps that&#39;ll be taken to maintain electricity supply, and then equitably ration should there be a shortfall.

They&#39;re pretty dry documents, so the gist is, in a shortfall:

0) Public appeals to lower energy consumption

1) Heavy industrial users (think: aluminium refineries) are told to shut down. This could include datacentres.

2) According to the shortfall, small regions of the country (on the scale of a town) are disconnected on a rota basis. If there&#39;s a 50% shortfall, they will have 3 hours on, followed by 3 hours off. If there&#39;s a 25% shortfall they&#39;ll be off for 3 hours, and on for 9 hours.

3) &quot;Critical&quot; institutions will be the last to be cut off. Hospitals, ports, food manufacturers, etc.

There is also a similar document for the supply of natural gas from National Grid called the (Network Gas Supply Emergencies <a href="https://www.nationalgrid.com/gas-transmission/document/136281/download">NGSE</a>

It follows much the same as the BEIS playbook, but there&#39;s no possibility for rolling blackouts with gas as dropping pressure to domestic sites is a disaster because of the safety risk it poses. As a result, the tl;dr is, industry gets cut off to save domestic consumers (even if they lose electricity necessary to actually operate a gas boiler - the pressure is still maintained).

<h1>Consequences on the ground, and what I&#39;m doing</h1>

Considering the potential impact, I&#39;ve been planning on the basis of one week where electricity is rationed somewhere between 3h-on/12h-off, and 3h-on/21h-off, and the local weather conditions are like the 2018 &quot;Best From The East&quot; snowstorm.

Our cousins in the USA may laugh at this, but the context in the UK is we do not experience natural disasters on any scale that could credibly disrupt our utilities. Most people will be entirely unprepared for this level of discomfort; no petrol generators, no way to heat food, a high urban population in apartments/flats. Urban supermarkets struggling. It would be a nightmare for many.

My preparations so far include:

1) I have purchased, received and tested portable <a href="https://www.therange.co.uk/diy/heating/heaters/portable-gas-electric-space-heater-indoor/">indoor LNG heaters</a>, with <del>propane</del> butane for myself and family.

2) I&#39;ve ordered multiple modern <a href="https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Wurkkos-Tactical-Brightness-Adjustment-incl-18650/dp/B088ZG2661">LED torches</a> that run off lithium cells. These aren&#39;t your grandfather&#39;s D-cell torches. Sit one on your table pointing up and it illuminates your room.

2a) Multiple 18650 cells for torches

3) A <a href="https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08168PGXF">Portable battery power station</a>. I could have spent a bit more in hindsight, but 500Wh is enough AC to run my TV for a few hours a day, charge my phone and batteries and have some comforts. I&#39;ve decided to write-off the contents of my fridge, and keep my freezer closed.

4) Checked my existing camping gear (gas stove, kettle, etc.) is in working order

5) Bought a carbon monoxide alarm

6) I will be fitting <a href="https://www.instructables.com/Insulating-roll-up-curtains-that-cut-heat-losses-t/">&#39;Kume Curtains&#39;</a> on some windows over the next few weeks

7) I have withdrawn a few £1,000 cash as I expect ATMs and card payments to not work.

8) Serviced my cars, and filled some Jerry cans with diesel and petrol. Filling stations will be rammed the moment the public get a whiff of disruption, and probably won&#39;t have generators to actually pump anything.

9) Agreed a plan with relatives to move in with one another if it gets bad. Mostly for fun and company - I&#39;m confident though everyone should be warm enough when apart.

I hope this was useful and gives everyone some focus as to what might be ahead of us.
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<div class="md">Hi I’m looking for some flashlights I can keep in a bugout bag. Maybe in case power is gone for a long time and I have to leave the house. The closest search I found suggested a Streamlight 88087 protac since it takes different batteries. Any other lights someone could suggest?
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First post here. Looking for suggestions!

Price Range: Would like to keep price no more than $125 or so.

Purpose: Main use will be for taking dogs out at night. Have about a half acre yard in the country with a treeline at the end of the property. Can hardly see the treeline at night. Behind the treeline is farmland that occasionally has coyotes roaming. Would like to be able to watch for them better while also providing better light for the dogs.

Battery Type &amp; Quantity: Open to suggestions.

Size: Must be completely usable with one hand.

Type: Handheld

Switch Type: Open to suggestions.

Anything else: Waterproof is a plus. Also looking for suggestions for a lamp/lantern for indoor use if power goes out.

Thanks!

<div class="md">First post here. Looking for suggestions!

Price Range: Would like to keep price no more than $125 or so.

Purpose: Main use will be for taking dogs out at night. Have about a half acre yard in the country with a treeline at the end of the property. Can hardly see the treeline at night. Behind the treeline is farmland that occasionally has coyotes roaming. Would like to be able to watch for them better while also providing better light for the dogs.

Battery Type &amp; Quantity: Open to suggestions.

Size: Must be completely usable with one hand.

Type: Handheld

Switch Type: Open to suggestions.

Anything else: Waterproof is a plus. Also looking for suggestions for a lamp/lantern for indoor use if power goes out.

Thanks!
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