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Posted: 1/10/2010 5:52:02 PM EDT
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Anyone ever heard of fenix flashlights? Looking for a new light for my AR and they seem pretty good.
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You can read alot of reviews on http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/index.php?. Several of the sites use this as their comparison link to all lights.
Other good sites are: http://www.4sevens.com/, http://www.tacticalleds.com/ |
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if you're gonna spend that kinda money anyway, just go with a surefire. yes you will spend a little LOT more for the same light, but its a surefire. it'll only hurt once. I like both, have both, Fenix is good value, SF is king shit with a premium price tag. Fenix is 80-90% of the SF with 25-50% of the price tag. They are good lights. Also look at Olight and Nitecore. and pelican, Streamlight, and and and heck, buy them all. |
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I also have both. And I like both, but I will only be buying Fenix flashlights from now on unless SF can give me the same performance and features at around the same price.
Look at this flashlight. If you can find me a SF that has all of these features and sells at the same price, I'll jump all over it. Until then. Fenix is my go to flashlight. TA-21 Do I really need all the features? No, but it sure is nice to have. I also love being able to just twist the "dimmer system" to whatever I need. My ONLY problem is the retarded remote pressure swtich. Take a look at it and you'll see what I'm talking about. |
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I also have both. And I like both, but I will only be buying Fenix flashlights from now on unless SF can give me the same performance and features at around the same price. Look at this flashlight. If you can find me a SF that has all of these features and sells at the same price, I'll jump all over it. Until then. Fenix is my go to flashlight. TA-21 Do I really need all the features? No, but it sure is nice to have. I also love being able to just twist the "dimmer system" to whatever I need. My ONLY problem is the retarded remote pressure swtich. Take a look at it and you'll see what I'm talking about. i can build you a flashlight with a can opener, a toothpick, and a car horn, all features that surefires wont have and you dont need. when fenix has been building weapon lights for a fraction of the time that surefire has, i'll consider them. there's a damn good reason that the high-end weapon lights dont have all that crap. but it sells lights i guess. 
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I also have both. And I like both, but I will only be buying Fenix flashlights from now on unless SF can give me the same performance and features at around the same price. Look at this flashlight. If you can find me a SF that has all of these features and sells at the same price, I'll jump all over it. Until then. Fenix is my go to flashlight. TA-21 Do I really need all the features? No, but it sure is nice to have. I also love being able to just twist the "dimmer system" to whatever I need. My ONLY problem is the retarded remote pressure swtich. Take a look at it and you'll see what I'm talking about. i can build you a flashlight with a can opener, a toothpick, and a car horn, all features that surefires wont have and you dont need. when fenix has been building weapon lights for a fraction of the time that surefire has, i'll consider them. there's a damn good reason that the high-end weapon lights dont have all that crap. but it sells lights i guess. You're correct. I'll spend my money on worthless crap that I don't need on my flashlights that Surefire is too good for. SF Optimus Guess it sells enough lights that SF has decided to put all the "crap" on their high end weapon lights. Bottom line is SF is going the route of a lot of manufacturers and is living off of name brand recognition and not keeping up with evolving technology. And when they do finally catch up, they charge out the ass for it. If people want to eventually spend $280+ on SF flashlights(the Optimus isn't available yet), then they can knock themselves out. I'll enjoy my Fenix and people can continue to overpay for outdated tech. Besides...don't take my trust of Fenix so personally. You have stock in Surefire or something? LOL Do Fenix lights have the track record of SF lights? Absolutely not, but we'll never know until people try new things. Even if it means coming out of your comfort zone. My Fenix TK-11 has been back and forth on 4 deployments. 1 with me, 1 with my wife, and 2 with a couple of my buddies. I sent it with my friends to prove to them that it would stand up and it did. All 4 of us brought Surefire lights for backup just in case it failed, but they were never needed. |
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...Look at this flashlight. If you can find me a SF that has all of these features and sells at the same price, I'll jump all over it. Until then. Fenix is my go to flashlight. TA-21 Do I really need all the features? No, but it sure is nice to have. I also love being able to just twist the "dimmer system" to whatever I need. My ONLY problem is the retarded remote pressure swtich. Take a look at it and you'll see what I'm talking about. i think you're missing my point. when the shit breaks loose and you take your weapon down a dark hallway, you won't be fumbling with a dimmer, a strobe function, a million lumens, or some other type of feature that sounds really cool when you're reading it on the item's website. bottom line is that when you have no choice but to clear that building, you want that light to turn on when you push the button. it boils down simply to reliability for me and if it costs me an extra $50-100 for peace of mind and an incomparable track record when its my ass that has to light up a dark place, i'll pay it. |
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...Look at this flashlight. If you can find me a SF that has all of these features and sells at the same price, I'll jump all over it. Until then. Fenix is my go to flashlight. TA-21 Do I really need all the features? No, but it sure is nice to have. I also love being able to just twist the "dimmer system" to whatever I need. My ONLY problem is the retarded remote pressure swtich. Take a look at it and you'll see what I'm talking about. i think you're missing my point. when the shit breaks loose and you take your weapon down a dark hallway, you won't be fumbling with a dimmer, a strobe function, a million lumens, or some other type of feature that sounds really cool when you're reading it on the item's website. bottom line is that when you have no choice but to clear that building, you want that light to turn on when you push the button. it boils down simply to reliability for me and if it costs me an extra $50-100 for peace of mind and an incomparable track record when its my ass that has to light up a dark place, i'll pay it. You're right. When clearing a building, I won't be messing with the dimmer. But it's nice to be able to change the output when the situation calls for it. I don't always need 200 lumens...ie waking up in the middle of the night to take a leak. Tent's dark, but I don't know how much shit would be thrown at me if I lit up the tent with 200 lumens. Fumbling through my crap...need more than 2, but again less than 200. It's not the NEED, it's the convenience. Bottom line is my TK-11 works whenever I click button. It's worked here and over there. I now have a TA-21 that has worked so far at home. It hasn't been deployed yet, but it'll be going with a buddy soon, along with a Surefire I bought for him as a bday present. He said he would use the Fenix until it dies...if it does. Will it? I have no clue, but from my experience, it'll do just fine and he'll have the convenience in being able to have usable light in different situations. SF has the reliability and the track record. I won't argue that. I have SF lights. I keep them as backups with me just in case my Fenix lights go down. So far...they've been collecting dust. I am willing to try new products. No one will ever know if they'll hold up if they aren't put into the situations. So far they're GTG. |
| I have both the 21 and the 11 and so far they are working great. I mounted the 11 on my LMT for a dedicated weapon light and carry the 21 all day every day and it works great. I like the 21 because I can keep it on strobe to stun an attacker but can turn it down for normal light use or up to see something 100+ yards away if need be. I will continue to use a Fenix until it dies early or for no good reason and then upgrade to SF, other wise I am a happy customer so far. |
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In regards to that "click" you get when you snap on your Light? You ever tear apart one of those switches? They are the same thing you find in a bic pen with little bits of metal making tenuous contact with other bits routing electricity through springs and pads and held together by snapping little plastic housings together.
I won't even use the SF clickies on a hard use light. Seen those go down too. They might be better in the tactical series Fenix lights. I have not played with them, but I have played with the SF and older fenix clickies and the supposedly well regarded Kroll found in nighthawk lights and they are all pretty iffy. |
| I use a Fenix TK11 as my backup light on patrol, and it is brighter than a lot of other lights people have. I have one mounted on my AR also. My main light is a Inova T4, and it has been 100% as well. Both lights have been dropped on concrete numerous times and work great! |
| I am sold on fenix. I have 4 surefires and they are awesome, but really I like my fenix lights better. Also there have been some torture tests on these lights and all I can say is wow. They are very tough lights. To me surefire needs to up their game because there are alot of up and coming companies that are putting out some sweet lights for affordable prices that I think can run with the surefires. |
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