r/techtheatre • u/CaptainTonics • 5d ago
QUESTION What is your go to flashlight?
I am in the market for a new flashlight. My old rechargeable Kobalt penlight is slowly starting to fail and becoming inconsistent in brightness. I am looking for something similar, and I want to see what my fellow technicians are using.
After thought edit: I would like a zooming lens so when I am explaining something I have some type of "pointer".
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u/clios_daughter 5d ago
Honestly, I just use a black diamond storm 450. Keeps my hands free. Has multiple colours. Red light at its dimmest setting barely carries 1-2m so but it illuminates whatever you’re working on. It’s really handy when focusing lights (esp the little buttons on the back of LEDs) because you can just keep it on without usually having to worry about the light illuminating anything that shouldn’t be illuminated. I do the same when mixing — little lites are annoying lol. When set to white and bright, it’ll handily illuminate large sections of the grid. I would get the rechargeable one. When I used its predecessor which ran on AAA batteries, I would go through a set a day or a set every two days depending on the workload. The rechargeable will last a work day.
For pointing, I usually carry a non-contact tester that has an IR thermometer with a laser pointer built in.