Not your usual review. I’m not standing in the dark showing you how well these work; there’s YouTube for that. But these two deserve a mention.
Campers, dog walkers, and anyone sick of buying cheap torches that die or go missing. Buy these once and stop.
2 lights The only ones you’ll ever want.
I do a lot of camping, and I was always using and losing cheap torches, normally from Go Outdoors. The amount of torches I got through, thinking every time that I needed something better.
So I took a chance on these two. Now they’re the only torches I use, and they do everything I need.
I’ve had them almost two years and they get used every day, on my midnight walk with the dog.
Small enough to fit in your hand, with up to 3,100 lumens on tap.
One warning: if you keep it at full tilt it does heat up. Fenix builds in overheat protection, so it steps the brightness down by itself when it gets too hot.
The best thing about these is how efficient they are. Without a doubt the best batteries I’ve ever seen.
On a four-day camping trip I didn’t need to recharge either of them once. The lantern goes on as soon as the light dims, then gets moved to the bedroom for a few hours.
At camp it goes on as soon as the daylight dims, then moves to the bedroom for a few hours. It has a hook and a magnetic top, so it hangs or sticks wherever you need it.
These are built properly. I know it sounds stupid, but I’d pass these on to my grandchildren one day.
Fenix’s published numbers for both lights.
| Mode | Brightness | Runtime |
|---|---|---|
| Turbo | 3,100 lumens | 2½ hours in total (steps down as it heats up) |
| High | 1,000 lumens | 3 hours 40 minutes |
| Medium | 350 lumens | 9 hours 20 minutes |
| Low | 150 lumens | 21 hours 20 minutes |
| Eco | 30 lumens | 69 hours |
Specs and runtimes are Fenix’s published figures. Fenix doesn’t publish an IP rating for the lantern.
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After almost two years of nightly use.