Thread: Spot lighting torch

Hi What is everyone using for Spot lighting torches now. Is the Maxtoch still the preferred.

i was using an led lenser, one day gadgetman turned up with a maxtoch that blew it away. i now use a olight javelot and its great. never compared it to a maxtoch though.

I have an olight javelot. It's been great - decent runtime off of a pair of 18650's. Piercing the darkness has some really good stuff though. If you don't need it to be rifle mountable and don't mind a bit of bulk, the 3x21D is next level.

I have a few modified maxtoch torches with the battery tube removed, and an external battery wired up.
Still a maxtoch torch, but with all-night runtime.
I find the beam has plenty of reach, there is enough spill so I can walk around using the light, and the colour of the beam is a lot better than all of the cool white LED lights out there.
The are lights with more lumens, more throw, smaller, lighter etc, but I feel like the older maxtoch lights just nailed the hunting sweetspot.

Originally Posted by quentin

I have a few modified maxtoch torches with the battery tube removed, and an external battery wired up.
Still a maxtoch torch, but with all-night runtime.
I find the beam has plenty of reach, there is enough spill so I can walk around using the light, and the colour of the beam is a lot better than all of the cool white LED lights out there.
The are lights with more lumens, more throw, smaller, lighter etc, but I feel like the older maxtoch lights just nailed the hunting sweetspot.

The new led is so much better but valid point on quality. Ask the CHCH Pixies.

https://www.piercingthedarkness.co.n...voy-l21b-sft40

Check out the range from this site
@Night_Into_Day can answer your questions and recommend what's best.
I have the torch in the link, very bright with a narrow beam, you may want something slightly wider depending on what range you are shooting.

I have one of the Convoy L21B torches with green led. Really excellent torch for mounting on rifle. Great range and brightness, often have set on lower settings. Good battery life. Maxtoch I had was good but found this better. Gave maxtoch to my boy, probably wrecked it by now. Still use Convoy reasonably often when I haven’t got my NV gear with me, still bloody effective.

Originally Posted by graham300wsm

Hi What is everyone using for Spot lighting torches now. Is the Maxtoch still the preferred.

Acebeam W35. It's a LEP, not LED torch.

Very very bright, no spill at all. This model has an adjustable beam so can adjust the size of the bright circle to fit your scope.

Projects a beam further than you would ever want to shoot at night.

Maxtoch Maxtoch & maxtoch……

Yeah the old ones were the Shizzle. I'm not sure about the new varieties though

Originally Posted by omark

Maxtoch Maxtoch & maxtoch……

Originally Posted by RUMPY

https://www.piercingthedarkness.co.n...voy-l21b-sft40

Check out the range from this site
@Night_Into_Day can answer your questions and recommend what's best.
I have the torch in the link, very bright with a narrow beam, you may want something slightly wider depending on what range you are shooting.

As above,
I have a green L21B from here, can be a bit narrow on low power but high is too much for up close.
Also use a Lenser HM11 head torch but it's now been religated to use for walking and causal looking around at shorter ranges. Scanning across distance the L21B in green it the one. (well it was when I got it 2 years back)
1700 mtr range.
https://www.piercingthedarkness.co.n...l21b-nm1-green

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I just bought a couple of torches from piercing the darkness, I have to say delivery was super fast, I ordered them Monday afternoon and they arrived today.

I’ve had a little play in the backyard and I’m impressed… I’m looking forward to spotlighting and putting them through their paces.

I bought a Convoy T4 and a L21B (2000 lumens)

After reading this thread, I picked up a Convoy L21B SFT40 2000 lumen. And after some googling, I decided to get a Sofirn SP40 headlamp.

So far I am quite happy with the spotlight and headlamp in my backyard. I should be able to take them out spotlighting soon and I will have to comment on how they go.

I got them directly from China including the batteries for $70 for the L21B and $48 for the SP40. I would love to support New Zealand owned businesses, but personally, I can't justify spending an extra $140 on the same products.

Originally Posted by Quick

After reading this thread, I picked up a Convoy L21B SFT40 2000 lumen. And after some googling, I decided to get a Sofirn SP40 headlamp.

So far I am quite happy with the spotlight and headlamp in my backyard. I should be able to take them out spotlighting soon and I will have to comment on how they go.

I got them directly from China including the batteries for $70 for the L21B and $48 for the SP40. I would love to support New Zealand owned businesses, but personally, I can't justify spending an extra $140 on the same products.

Yeah, feel free to import stuff yourself. The thing with Convoy and Sofirn is that they sell at wholesale rate to everyone, I get no further discount. Nitecore, Olight etc sell at retail price to support retailers. If Convoy and Sofirn sold at retail then they would be around what I sell them for. When you factor in import fees, high bulk shipping fees, GST, tax, and making it worth while, then I'm not actually making as much money as some think. I'd make way more money selling these mainstream brands, but I've never been in it for the money, I just enjoy providing reasonable prices with good service, after all it was orginally my hobby.

I also carry out all repairs, upgrades, a thorough quality control check, and provide any modifications needed. For example, the Convoy L21B's reflector in the current batch is out of focus causing the range to be considerably less, I spend up to an hour making custom gaskets to remedy this issue. The L21B with Green NM1 LED has a range of 1700m with my mod and only 1300 ish metres without.

I work alongside Convoy to design these models. The L21B was my baby, designed specially as a lightweight mountable model at an affordable price, compared to what else is available here.

You do great work Jacob, the changes you make from factory standard turn a good torch into a great torch, Also love the backup service you offer with repairs and LED changes if needed. Its well worth a little extra money to get that service.