+1 on the SureFire G2 LED

I played around with the G2-LED with lanyard kit this weekend camping. It was awesome. My son was using my G2-Xenon which gave out the first night. The G2-LED was used heavily setting camp in the dark Friday night, plus loaned to someone to look for a lost ring, and other other various nighttime uses. It's still very bright and gives a fairly white light.

The lanyard was useful to hang the light around my neck. I could shorten it some to leave my hands free to do things like tie knots, pound stakes, etc. It was nice not having to search pockets to find the light or worry about losing it in the tall grass.

It's a very bright, rock solid light. One power usage graph on CandlePower Forums shows the G2-LED starting at 80 lumens, dropping to about 65 lumens after 20 minutes, holding at 65 lumens to about 4 hours or so, and then dropping to around 15-20 lumens for the rest of the 12 hours of burn time.

It's pricey at $65 MSRP, but I've seen at least one online vendor selling them for $55.

Cheers,

Tom A.

I'm a big headlamp guy now. Lanyards are all well and fine, but man a headlamp is great if the car breaks down and you want to take a look at the engine.

I've got a Petzl Tikka XP. Not waterproof per se, but fine in rain. Has a boost feature if you want to see farther on a temporary basis.

I hike a lot, and on a couple outings, I've done some extensive night hiking. Great light for such things.

Here's a site with multiple independent reviews: Bacpacker Gear Test

I use a regular Mini-Mag that I converted to a 3 LED light for $4.95. It runs on 2 AA batteries. I was a camp this weekend during a big storm and it worked fine when I was outside during the night.

I picked up a small aluminum Husky led light the other day is as bright as any single led light I have ever used. When I first bought it I thought it was a AAA but it turned out to have 4 watch batteries instead. The really good part is it only cost $1.99. Cheap enough and bright enough I'm gonna put one in all of my packs.

I like the X1, I like the X5, I like the DR Freedom Photon. Depends on what you use it for most. I've taken to having X5s around the house for daily use. I used an Inova micro light for a long time. I even washed and dried the thing, and though the rubber grip melted just a bit, the thing still works! Turns itself on unexpectedly though...the different levels are nice when checking on the kiddos at night.

That Dorcy mentioned earlier...I had one at my bedside for a long time...not sure where that went...