Which discontinued flashlights do you wish were still made?

[lampeDépêche]

Zebralight SC80. AA/CR123/16340. Shoulda kept this and just updated the LED

Oh, yeah — that’s a real unicorn light for me, in the sense of a nearly mythical light that I am always looking for, have never seen in the flesh.
It was made so long ago now that we would not find its performance very noteworthy by today’s standards. And I can see why ZL dropped it, because their design philosophy has evolved so that one of their leading objectives is making the smallest possible package for the cell size — smallest possible 18650 light, smallest possible AA light, etc.
The SC80, by contrast, is longer than a 16340 light should be, and fatter than a 14500 light should be. So, it violates their current design esthetic.
Still, a very cool light.
Among modern lights, I think the Streamlight Sidewinder X and Compact are some of the few that handle AA and 16340 cells with equal ease. I love my Sidewinder Compact for that reason — single AA, alkaline or NiMH, or a 4.2v Li-ion 14500, or any kind of 16340- format cell, from 3.0v to 4.2v.

ETA: The Compact actually does multi-fuel better than the SC80 did. The SC80 required you to unscrew the head, flip around the brass spacer, and reattach the head every time you switched between 14500 and 16340 cell. The Compact just has a spring-loaded floor that moves up for the shorter cell and down for the longer cell, as well as a recess in the tail-cap that centers the narrower cell.
Unfortunately, the Compact is not really pocketable (despite its name) -- it's a headlamp or a helmet lamp, but not really a pocket-carry EDC.

 

[dc38]

Zebralight SC80. AA/CR123/16340. Shoulda kept this and just updated the LEDView attachment 95132
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that looks cool, a real departure from the typical ZL aesthetic

 

[lampeDépêche]

Here's a pretty good (i.e. short) video that shows how you turned the brass spacer around to switch the SC80 from one cell-type to the other:

 

[SassyRascal]

The Elzetta ZFL pumpkin heads are top of the list for me. I’m late to the P60 party but have been able to find 3x of every ZFL head except the crenulated pumpkins. Anyone looking to sell?

Second would be the 3L+ Malkoffs and third the fabled Malkoff dome light!

 

[orbital]

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The entire P60 light & drop-ins industry

..make some hosts that'll take 21700, 18500 , maybe 26800
and I'd like to see a twisty P60 host === not impossible

 

[leukos]

and I'd like to see a twisty P60 host === not impossible

The original SF 6 was just such an animal.

 

[orbital]

The original SF 6 was just such an animal.

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I was thinking a no-tailswitch true twisty,, turn On from twisting the head

 

[leukos]

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I was thinking a no-tailswitch true twisty,, turn On from twisting the head

Exactly.

 

[orbital]

Exactly.

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Surefire 6C ,, one of very few P60 hosts I missed on my list https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/p60-flashlight-list-host.186661/?t=186661
that list started a good 18 years ago

thanks leukos

 

[kaichu dento]

I was thinking a no-tailswitch true twisty,, turn On from twisting the head

HDS 85Tr sure was a one-off classic.

 

[Monocrom]

Literally EVERY classic SureFire model that was discontinued!

 

[louie]

I've moved on! Now I do not belt clip, and the pants have an old Eagtac titanium (no scratches!) D25Ati with Nichia, and the coat usually has the Sunwayman V11R with Nichia mod - also discontinued, of course.

I just sold a mint EX11, they're still out there if you look.

 

[1936jdb]

I've moved on! Now I do not belt clip, and the pants have an old Eagtac titanium (no scratches!) D25Ati with Nichia, and the coat usually has the Sunwayman V11R with Nichia mod - also discontinued, of course.

I also had a mint V11R, stolen...

 

[Pelican305]

I wish I could buy replacements for the only two flashlights I've somehow lost:

Eagletac D25C
HDS Rotary - the 325 lument, 4000k XP-L group buy edition.

 

[Galane]

Olight's Freyr. A really nice thrower with a translucent white silicone baton that slips onto the head. That makes it light up a whole room. Plus it has red, green, and blue LEDs that are also quite bright. They're intended to use with the baton for signalling, directing traffic etc.

Mine is anodized orange.

 

[Robocop]

Not so much a certain brand for me however I miss the entire concept of twist activated lights. A simple design and also you have to actually remove the battery to charge. Most every new light has to have that goofy usb port somewhere on the light for charging. I also miss the simple 5mm LEDs such as Peak, ARC, CMG and the very nice original Fenix EO1. I also miss the old Solar Force P60 hosts.

 

[chainsolid]

Surefire E1

 

[Robocop]

The E1 I agree with also as well as the old 3P

 

[LEDphile]

I wouldn't mind a modernized Surefire A2 or A2L - the combination of flood and spot beams (flood for up close, spot for distance) and the 2-stage gas-pedal switch was just about perfect, and I haven't seen anything similar since. A modern version with a touch more output on high and high CRI would be great.

 

[Monocrom]

Specifically speaking, SureFire Digital 2 Ultra (U2).
But fixed! None of that DOA nonsense!
None of that "Worked fine for a few days, but now won't work at all." $#&%!
SureFire never fixed it! They just discontinued the model.
Also it was decades ahead of its time! Bring it back, fixed!
Increase the spacing. One lumen, up to 1200 lumens out the front.

Fenix has such a model. But it's bulky, and lacks a tailcap switch. Twist only.
They redesigned it awhile ago, but still no tailcapswitch.

Bring back the U2 but make it better, and make it WORK!!!