What is the best type flashlight and best brand battery?

I have a streamlight c4 led and it's one of the best i ever had and it's durable and what would get my vote.

 

I went to school in Jersey City, NJ and although the campus was fenced in, the dorms weren't always safe. I've had my 4D Mag Lite since college (well over 15 years ago). Depending upon where I lived it's always either under my pillow or under the bed within arms reach.

 

I like a good 4 watt single LED flashlight, they are hard to find but work well.
For self protection a big 3 or 4 cell mag flashlight works great too. For even better protection there is a flashlight with two stun gun electrodes sticking out through the lens.

 

Sweeeet! Talk about lighting someone up....:smt119

 

Extremely bright white light no led this is brighter.
lithium batteries are expensive but once you use it you wont mind.find them at streamlight .com or i think cabalas.
hers the specs on the scorpion Team Soldier Certified Gear
Xenon gas bulb, designed to last through 5 sets of batteries (spare bulb included)
Up to 7,900 peak beam candlepower (78 lumens measured system output)
Adjustable spot-to-flood focus.Thats a small two lithium battery aluminum flashlight!

 

i have put one of these through hell working in bilges of boats. I will never ever buy another Maglite after owning this.http://www.amazon.com/Electric-Lumens-Performance-Flashlights-2-Pack/dp/B00B7PMFLE

 

I have a mag lite for spot lighting (like checking if the jaws are shut on the king pin) and I have an LED headlamp.

The headlamp is my all purpose light, leaving both hands free. This is essential when getting the pins to release on trailer tandems, sweeping a trailer in the dark, etc.

I put gloves on and slap the tires with the palm of my hand. Nothing like getting a real feel for the tires and how they reverberate from the slap against my hand. Learned that trick from an old salt about 30 years ago and stuck with it. The added advantage is that if you place your hand on tires when you have been running for a while and take a break you can feel how hot they are getting. I've been able to get forewarning of potential problems with tire pressure when a tire gets hot, then double check the air pressure with a gauge.

 

when i was working with my dad doing medical transport, this was a must have for us when we would drive at night.

http://www.craftsman.com/craftsman-c3-19.2-volt-cordless-led-light-17601/p-00917601000P

the batteries last 2 hrs 25 min,have car chargers,dropped the light countless times, the head pivots so u can have it pointing up and shining at what u needa work on, and the ####### is bright.

its light up signs from a few hundred ft away, if i can read it at ______ distance during the day itl light it up at night

 

I've got one of them police style spot lights above my driver side window.

 

Rechargeable Mag light.