As a maintenance tech I’ve owned Nebo flashlights before and they have been very reliable for me.

 

did you take the color blind test I posted a couple weeks ago? If you fail, make sure you make great shoots or have a friend that is not to help track blood.

 

No. Just get a light with high lumens and you'll have the best chance. Nitecore is what I use for tracking

 

The best back in the day was an old Colman lantern. Now days I just use my headlamp.

 

Yes, the ones that use Coleman fuel, or….

 

No not without spraying luminol all over. Black light is worthless. Just use a powerful light

 

The correct answer is that it depends on your eyes. I have a slight color shift and the blood lights make a huge difference for me. Huge.

My son sees blood much better with a normal flashlight and doesn't like my blood one at all.

 

I appreciate the information!

 

No and for me, I actually prefer tracking in the dark.

 

Slows you down by default and forces being methodical

OP, those blood tracking lights are worthless to my eyes

 

Some will say the spectrum is very important. Look for a light that has a higher CRI. That’s why the Coleman lantern of yesteryear worked great, they had a good spectrum for blood.

 

I say no it's not worth it. put your money towards a powerful high lumen flashlight. 1000+

 

I have one of those lights and it seems every deer that I have shot since I bought it, has been in the morning or easy short blood trail in the evening. I did put fresh batteries in it this year.

 

I think a high power CRI flashlight or headlamp is worth its weight in gold on these late afternoon hunts....they make blood pop at night...better than during the day.

 

Save your money! Get a good neutral white light and go find that sucker!

 

I greatly prefer a good solid "regular" flashlight vs a led/halogen bulb flashlight. Obviously the led has more lumens and a much stronger beam, but to me when blood trailing if i flash the beam directly at blood the beam can make the ground look white and not see blood real well.

 

Yep!

 

Blood tracking lights have been around for a while in some shape, form, or fashion, and I have never heard of one that really works any better than just a good light.

 

That seems to be the general consensus

 

What brand of light does everyone use?

 

I will have to get the model, but my son in law gave me a jet beam a few years ago and it is outstanding, very bright and uses standard AA batteries.

 

I’ve used one once, and was not impressed at all!!!!

Bisch

 

This is it, but after a quick search I'm not sure it is still available