What kind of flashlight do you use?

What kind of flashlight do you use? is the number one question we are asked, hands down. It’s a really good one!

I thought I would kick off the blog with our flashlight experience. When we first started hunting, not knowing if there were Yooperlites available at the beaches we frequent, we used a 395nm UV flashlight that we had picked up on Amazon. We did find a couple of pretty fluorescent rocks, but did not have a lot of ‘luck’ unless we were right up on the rocks.

Fast forward about six months and four or five trials later, we found the Convoy C-8 365nm. This was an expensive light in my mind, however, we decided to purchase one from Amazon. One week later, after a couple of hunts, we purchased a second and have not looked back.

The Convoy is by far the best from our experiences. It gives a great field of vision for fluorescent hunting and also exposes Yooperlites from further away. It catches the glimmer of the fluorescence even when you are not right on top of the rocks. I’m sure there are other lights that are of equal worth, however, once we found the Convoy, we decided to go with it. Our Convoy has lasted us about four years with no trouble. We haven’t had to even replace the batteries as they are still accepting a good charge.

We currently carry the Convoy C-8 365nm with batteries in our shop here. We also carry the WTC Mini 365nm UV flashlight in our shop here. The Mini is great if you are just getting your fluorescent rockhounding feet wet, you need a more economical option, or you have kids in tow that want to hunt also.

Happy hunting!

Janine