What was the last LED light you purchased and why?

[swxb12]

Fenix E01 - Wish I had gotten it sooner. Cheap, eats up my "dead" radio alkalines and seems to take abuse well so far. It's become my edc because of all the reasons above.

 

[Monocrom]

Nitecore EZ-AA
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A light I've wanted to try for awhile. Looks to be the skinniest AA ever made. About as thick as most AAA keychain lights, but a bit longer. Should be ideal for keychain duty that would normally go to a AAA light.

Love the simple two-mode U.I. (Should be ideal to hand to a non-flashaholic during an emergency, such as a blackout.)

Despite having heard that Nitecore reliability and quality has slipped quite a bit, I still decided to take a chance on this model.

 

[crampedson]

Last light I purchased was a Trustfire F23 XP-E from DX. Why? The case is stainless steel (shiny!) and has very good heft for an AAA light. More importantly, it turned out to be a good host for a R2 XP-G and 10440 Li-ion combo :devil:

 

[jimmy1970]

Vintage Surefire 6P with Malkoff M61. What a combo!

 

[bedazzLED]

Just got the Jetbeam RRT-3.

The family just felt incomplete; RRT-0, RRT-1, RRT-2

Awesome light!

 

[BWX]

Fenix LD20+ Premium R4, got it in the mail a couple days ago. Why did I get it? Because it's frickin awesome! (and I'll use it a lot)

 

[stevie-ca]

Malkoff MD3 cause they were in stock. :naughty:

 

[CaNo]

An LED Lenser P14, for the simple reason I was asked by my Fianceee's grand daughter for my 3x AA Maglite LED.

As I never say no to that lovely little 6yr old girl, I duly complied and ordered the P14 as a replacement.

Both are superb torches, though the P14 is more powerful the Maglite 3x AA is more pocketable, as durable and is considerably cheaper.

Overall though they are both superb torches.

I still get a kick when these situations happen to me. How eager I am to "upgrade" by giving an older light to a child as a good gesture... only to give myself an excuse to buy a newer light I had in mind lol :welcome:

Fenix MC10 - I wanted a new type of light that I didn't already have and the MC10 fit the bill perfectly. I needed a light for navigating around at night without waking everyone else up while also allowing me use of both of my hands. The MC10 clipped on my belt works great for that.

I had no idea you can put that on a belt. That's pretty sweet! For some reason I thought it was eternally stuck on that headband lol :duh2:

Fenix E01 - Wish I had gotten it sooner. Cheap, eats up my "dead" radio alkalines and seems to take abuse well so far. It's become my edc because of all the reasons above.

Fenix E01 is just ideal to have in a survival situation. When all your big lights have failed you... you can count on that little tinker rain or shine to save your butt!

Nitecore EZ-AA
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A light I've wanted to try for awhile. Looks to be the skinniest AA ever made. About as thick as most AAA keychain lights, but a bit longer. Should be ideal for keychain duty that would normally go to a AAA light.

Love the simple two-mode U.I. (Should be ideal to hand to a non-flashaholic during an emergency, such as a blackout.)

Despite having heard that Nitecore reliability and quality has slipped quite a bit, I still decided to take a chance on this model.

I have heard a little bit on Nitecore's quality as of late as well. What has been malfunctioning in their products? Btw that EZAA is an excellent choice for simplicity an performance (did i mention portability? lol)

 

[LEDMaster2003_V2]

Mine was the original EternaLight. I thought it was cool.

 

[compnaut]

Fenix E20. Thought that the beam quality would be lots better than the 3D Mag LED (new, Rebel version). It isn't...or at least not by much. Began updating and replacing old incans (mostly mags) recently. Have been moving towards 2AA's and eneloops after much study of subject (thank you CPF).

Debating now whether to buy another Maglite #D and 2AA LED pack from Costco, or perhaps a Fenix L2t or maybe an EagleTAC p!00A2 or perhaps a quark.

 

[pounder]

ultrafire a30b..needed an edc and wanted the output and size of a cr123 light..for 11 bucks I gave it a shot and it does not disappoint..

 

[BWX]

..............
Debating now whether to buy another Maglite #D and 2AA LED pack from Costco, or perhaps a Fenix L2t or maybe an EagleTAC p!00A2 or perhaps a quark.

Dude! You gotta check out the Fenix LD20+ Premium R4 that I just bought. The thing rocks 2aa's like nothing I've ever seen.

 

[LumensMaximus]

S/F Stratum (got tired of waiting for the LX1/still waiting for the Stratum to arrive) , My first ever S/F C2 incan came in the mail today, very cool, A Fenix TK10 on the way (I already have one, excellent lamp, this one's for my brother, A 6PL Defender, why not (someone on here machines the teeth down a bit, i'll be searching)

 

[bullettproof]

Surefire LX2 Today because it has an Optic and makes 251 OTF.

 

[pae77]

A Liteflux LF2XT that just arrived yesterday. Got it because it sounded awesome from what almost everyone whose gotten one on this site has written and I've never been attracted to an AAA light before this one. It has been a revelation. Love the smooth floody beam that is optimized for indoors and nearby stuff outdoors, the great neutral white (slightly warm) tint, the amazing UI that lets you set the light up however you want and even tells you the voltage left in your batts, and finally the way it performs on 10440s. Very pleased with this latest flashlight acquisition. Never thought I'd feel this way about an AAA light.

 

[Monocrom]

I have heard a little bit on Nitecore's quality as of late as well. What has been malfunctioning in their products?

Not sure. Apparently it's a general lack of Q.C. on their lights. I know that 4sevens and Unique Titanium no longer carry Nitecore products. I just really wanted to try out the EZ-AA model. If it's reliable; great! If not, well; at least I won't be too disappointed.

 

[BeeEm]

Bought myself a Elzetta ZFL-M60 because this was the only way I could get myself another Malkoff M60.

 

[BigBluefish]

I bought a Jet 1 Pro v3 R2 in olive drab.

I bought it because I already had the same light with the Q3 5A emitter, and liked it so much I decided it was going to be "the" 1 x AA light, so I knew I needed a second one (1 is none and 2 is 1). I was also at the point, after a couple of years here, where I was ready to give rechargeable li-ions a try, and had read that the performance of this light really improves on the 14500 cells.

 

[justlux]

I bought a Nitecore EZ 123 R2 for my boyfriend. It's currently on its way from Jay at Lightjunction. It is for his birthday. I also bought him a Fenix PD30 R2.

 

[orchid_guy]

Surefire L4. The price was right & I'm not happy with a couple other brands I have tried.