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Flashaholic
Perhaps my interest in 5mm LEDs is purely nostalgia. Before I knew what a flashaholic was, I loved those 5mm LED keychain squeeze lights. First, dollar store ones, then Inova Microlights, then Photon Micro-Lights. Like any flashaholic in the early 00's, I obtained the truly venerable Arc-AA and Arc-AAA.
When my interests moved from pocket lights to headlamps, my first were the Princeton Tec Quad and Petzl Tikka, with their quad-array of 5mm LEDs.
I still use my Tikka daily. I have a Nitecore Tube on my keys. I still enjoy my Arc-AAAs and my Muyshondt Mako and heck, the McGizmo LunaSol 27 counts too. I sneak the Gerber Infinity Ultra into my bags. A Fenix E01 adorns another pair of keys. An Inova X5 is never ever far from reach, two living in my flashlight drawer. I rediscovered my EternaLight. I dug out my old PAL Lights. I even have one of those oddball Surefire Helmet Lights. Of course, let us not forget the finest flashlight of all time, the Surefire A2.
Anybody else with a fondness for 5mm LEDs? Are there still great lights out there on this diminutive, forgotten form factor?
When my interests moved from pocket lights to headlamps, my first were the Princeton Tec Quad and Petzl Tikka, with their quad-array of 5mm LEDs.
I still use my Tikka daily. I have a Nitecore Tube on my keys. I still enjoy my Arc-AAAs and my Muyshondt Mako and heck, the McGizmo LunaSol 27 counts too. I sneak the Gerber Infinity Ultra into my bags. A Fenix E01 adorns another pair of keys. An Inova X5 is never ever far from reach, two living in my flashlight drawer. I rediscovered my EternaLight. I dug out my old PAL Lights. I even have one of those oddball Surefire Helmet Lights. Of course, let us not forget the finest flashlight of all time, the Surefire A2.
Anybody else with a fondness for 5mm LEDs? Are there still great lights out there on this diminutive, forgotten form factor?
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