Barrington
Newly Enlightened
Having read the many interesting replies on my Three Essential Flashlights thread, along with reading the many other interesting threads in this forum, a couple of interesting questions have emerged. Now I feel sure that these have been covered previously here but I have not actually found anything particularly up to date. (I'm sure someone will point me in the right direction if I've missed something obvious!) The questions are: -
1) What (size/type of) light constitutes an EDC for you?
Contributors evidently feel that a huge variety of flashlights can be carried on a regular basis. These range from tiny little things with a watch battery in them that can just about illuminate a keyhole to 18650 powered lights capable of putting out 1,000 lumens or more. (I bet there are some people here who are reluctant to leave the house without lugging something capable of putting a beam a mile downrange!) For me an EDC light has, above all, to be SMALL. Capable of attaching to a keyring or dropping into a pocket without noticeably adding to the bulk or weight being carried. This (for me) means a single AAA light - although I can perfectly understand the argument for a single AA or even a R123 powered one. Many of you have listed larger (what I would call medium size lights) as your EDC. I will always pick up a bigger light if I think there is any chance I might need it but I find these much too large to carry with me all the time. I guess some of you must have lifestyles that lead you to need a lot of light on a regular (and unpredictable) basis. It would be interesting to hear from those of you who do need this.
My own personal favourite at the moment is the Thrunite Ti3. A really good all round design. Reasonably rugged and well made with three well spaced output levels. Plenty of light and throw for the vast majority of scenarios on high. My only complaints (and they are very small ones) are that I would like the firefly mode to be a tiny bit brighter and that the unnecessary strobe should be eliminated from the UI. (nb. My favourite WOULD be the Olight i3S CU EOS Brass if only the UI sequence was firefly/low/high rather than the other way around. So annoying!)
Clearly my hands on experience of all the many torches on the market is somewhat limited. So this leads me to the second question: -
2) What do you consider to be the best single AAA (or AA) torch/flashlight on the market TODAY and why?
I'm really looking forward to reading what you guys have to say.
1) What (size/type of) light constitutes an EDC for you?
Contributors evidently feel that a huge variety of flashlights can be carried on a regular basis. These range from tiny little things with a watch battery in them that can just about illuminate a keyhole to 18650 powered lights capable of putting out 1,000 lumens or more. (I bet there are some people here who are reluctant to leave the house without lugging something capable of putting a beam a mile downrange!) For me an EDC light has, above all, to be SMALL. Capable of attaching to a keyring or dropping into a pocket without noticeably adding to the bulk or weight being carried. This (for me) means a single AAA light - although I can perfectly understand the argument for a single AA or even a R123 powered one. Many of you have listed larger (what I would call medium size lights) as your EDC. I will always pick up a bigger light if I think there is any chance I might need it but I find these much too large to carry with me all the time. I guess some of you must have lifestyles that lead you to need a lot of light on a regular (and unpredictable) basis. It would be interesting to hear from those of you who do need this.
My own personal favourite at the moment is the Thrunite Ti3. A really good all round design. Reasonably rugged and well made with three well spaced output levels. Plenty of light and throw for the vast majority of scenarios on high. My only complaints (and they are very small ones) are that I would like the firefly mode to be a tiny bit brighter and that the unnecessary strobe should be eliminated from the UI. (nb. My favourite WOULD be the Olight i3S CU EOS Brass if only the UI sequence was firefly/low/high rather than the other way around. So annoying!)
Clearly my hands on experience of all the many torches on the market is somewhat limited. So this leads me to the second question: -
2) What do you consider to be the best single AAA (or AA) torch/flashlight on the market TODAY and why?
I'm really looking forward to reading what you guys have to say.