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Mostly keep em in drawers, non aluminum (copper, titanium. . .) in one, AAA and smaller in a second and the EDC CR123-18650 in a third. The ones I'm not sure if I'll keep stay in boxes in case I want to sell them. Big ones (throwers, 2+ cells, 26650) are on a shelf.

I plan on lining the drawers with pick&pluck to keep it pretty. I really wish I have shelf space like Chauncey and others.
 
Dr Forinor said:
Apologies, in my case when I asked in OP, I meant the latter (almost).

I go for weekly evening camp fires, where we sometimes hike a small bit. And during these weekly excursions, I like to take a bunch of lights with me to try them all out, since the excursions usually happen in different settings almost every week.

So ideally I want to be able to store them at home when not in use, but when I'm going out I just want to grab a whole bunch and leave.

I've ordered a Maxpedition Beefy Organiser, which will allow me to store 7 lights in there at any given time (and also possibly some batteries). Will see how I get on with it.

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Well since this is a little more specific now I wold look at pistol pouches with space for many Magazines too!
Pistol Mags and Lights are often about the same size or stature and are easily stored in an organized way in the same carriers.
I store knives like this too.

I also like the LAPG small bugout bags as they are inexpensive but have a lot of pockets for easy access of the lights that I might want to cram in there!
Also a lot of extra space for batteries,accessories and snacks,clothes or whatever else would be handy at a Campfire.
 
Dr Forinor said:
Apologies, in my case when I asked in OP, I meant the latter (almost).

I go for weekly evening camp fires, where we sometimes hike a small bit. And during these weekly excursions, I like to take a bunch of lights with me to try them all out, since the excursions usually happen in different settings almost every week.

So ideally I want to be able to store them at home when not in use, but when I'm going out I just want to grab a whole bunch and leave.

I've ordered a Maxpedition Beefy Organiser, which will allow me to store 7 lights in there at any given time (and also possibly some batteries). Will see how I get on with it.

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Good choice. Good thread too.

When I saw the example of what you had in mind I figured you meant storage for mobile use. But as a 'hoarder' my default thought was maximum packaging with minimal space required. lol

After carrying about 15 differing outputs for vacation last summer that bag you cite is on my list. I vacationed to a place time forgot so I carried various lights from various eras and entered mentally into a period of the particular light I was using each time. Wrapping them in newspaper and stashing them into a typical plastic grocery bag was far from ideal. So I tried a laptop bag. It was ok but I could hear them 'clanking' together on a back road. Your idea is ideal for that situation.
 
Great stuff guys, CG love it :bow:

Me , at home generally the majority are in draws.............4 of them in total. Large draw for larger lights, smaller ones for.............smaller lights;) I tend to grab a few for use at a time and rotate them, always a few on the coffee table.


as with my EDC's. Work lights are stored in my tool box/s .......


Always have at least 3 at bed side, at least 2 or 3 downstairs in front room, usually 3 or 4 scattered about............

Couple in garage as back up for Madison
 
Almost all of my lights are in their original packaging and all of the packages are in a moving box in the middle of the room. Sadly I never use any of my lights with the exception of a Convoy S2+ triple.
 
Chauncey Gardiner said:
By the way, for you guys wanting to know how I was able to lay claim to even a modest amount of living room cabinetry, I used the inch by inch procurement method. The key to success is patience and integrating your soldiers with the local inhabitants.

At first I just chose a convenient place to leave my EDC when not being carried. It came and went every day, so The Lovely Mrs. Gardiner didn't think it was actually taking up residence. After all,it was absent more than it was present. Pretty smart, right?

However, I think the cat was on to me.

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Then a few more, and a few more, all the time being sure not to move the indigenous residents. Sorry I don't have more early settler pictures.

Then, before she knew what had happened, and definitely too late to do anything about it.

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As seen in my previous post, six short months later, imminent domain. :wave: See ya.

And that Boys, is how it's done. :takeit:

~ Chance
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If my wife would only get rid of her statues I could have those shelvesImageUploadedByCandlepowerforums1486492268.044772.jpg
 
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Those BadBoys look like they should be on a shelf in Darth Vader's office onboard the Death Star. Very imposing group of soldiers you have there. Love that picture. :eek:

~ Chance

On second thought, perhaps here.

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Chance,

I tried the slow takeover method, but in my case it was in her china cabinet. It has worked so far, but she mentioned something about my stuff in her china hutch last week! I may have to rethink my strategy.

Bkoyle
 
AVService said:
Well since this is a little more specific now I wold look at pistol pouches with space for many Magazines too!
Pistol Mags and Lights are often about the same size or stature and are easily stored in an organized way in the same carriers.
I store knives like this too.

I also like the LAPG small bugout bags as they are inexpensive but have a lot of pockets for easy access of the lights that I might want to cram in there!
Also a lot of extra space for batteries,accessories and snacks,clothes or whatever else would be handy at a Campfire.
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I have a small collection of knives too. Any links to any of your storage solutions, please?

bykfixer said:
Good choice. Good thread too.

When I saw the example of what you had in mind I figured you meant storage for mobile use. But as a 'hoarder' my default thought was maximum packaging with minimal space required. lol

After carrying about 15 differing outputs for vacation last summer that bag you cite is on my list. I vacationed to a place time forgot so I carried various lights from various eras and entered mentally into a period of the particular light I was using each time. Wrapping them in newspaper and stashing them into a typical plastic grocery bag was far from ideal. So I tried a laptop bag. It was ok but I could hear them 'clanking' together on a back road. Your idea is ideal for that situation.
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I have about 50ish lights in total (so far - but my serious collecting just started less than a couple of months ago, and I have at least half a dozen coming through from various places). But out of those 50, I would say just over a dozen perhaps are the ones that are in constant rotation. Most others are scattered around in drawers as obsolete, or around the car in different pockets.

So I guess I kind of left that initial post a little open, to get ideas for both. But my priority at this stage is a solution to have them in one place, ready to take out and have them all in the one place - not clanking together haha.

I think the Maxpedition Beefy is a winner, from the specsheet anyway.


ven: Dude, that's just crazy :grin2: :twothumbs
 
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Beefy or Fatty,I'm not sure but you get the idea

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Condor,great organization and cheaper than the others too

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Same Bag

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Pistol Pouch with Mag Slots also has pockets under the Mags on each side and 2 nice pockets and Molle outside

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You can google for links as easily as I can and the possible choices are really endless.
 
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AVService: I just wanted to check you were talking about what I thought you were talking about. That looks ideal for me, a few of those will keep me right. Any brand you have experience with that you advise staying away from, due to lacking quality? Or are they all decent enough? Thanks for the pics.
 
Dr Forinor said:
AVService: I just wanted to check you were talking about what I thought you were talking about. That looks ideal for me, a few of those will keep me right. Any brand you have experience with that you advise staying away from, due to lacking quality? Or are they all decent enough? Thanks for the pics.
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I have been happy with all of them so far.
I have Maxped.Vanquest,Condor,Various Gun Purposed stuff and in general they each seem to do the job.
The Condor are the most economical I think and maybe not as nice in some small ways but they are all more alike than different I think as long as you pick a name brand version if you can not touch it yourself before buying.
 
bykfixer said:
Regardless of price the Condor looks the most useful for carrying lights.
As soon I hit replay I'm headed to Cabelas...
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They have those on sale a lot and in black and coyote also ,its a really handy bag and tough too
 
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