My 75mm aspheric head UniqueFire 1508. Nice light, with a lot of potential, but the head must be almost completely unthreaded to get the beam to focus. And it’s not a zoomie, so out of focus isn’t a very useful beam.
I forget the model off the top of my head…but that single AAA Astrolux…I have the copper one. I don’t like how short the threaded section is and don’t like the UI.
I’ll probably give it away to someone at some point.
I didn’t buy this one, it was actually a giveaway, but adding it here:
My Nitecore EC4. It’s a well built light, and I like the configuration and features, but the parasitic drain is horrible. I’ve lost two sets of cells that this light drained down to 0V in a surprisingly short amount of time.
An Eagletac double A clicky. Was super bright but if it was in low mode and you ever so slightly touched the head it would for a fraction of a second be in turbo mode. Very bad quality control for a $60.00 flashlight.
Zanflare F1 has got one foot on a banana peel. Double click to get to turbo seems iffy and I don’t think I’m ever going to like the tail-switch itself. If I wasn’t cycling through the modes half of the time instead of getting turbo I could learn to live with it. I got this light at a bargain basement price it should be easier to like.
Hmm, can’t speak to the doubleclick-to-turbo, but I rather like the tailswitch. It’s got a nice “snap” to it, like the metal switch on the S2+, not the usual mushy rubbery feel of most tailswitches.
Olight S Mini in polished titanium. I don’t hate the light itself - I think it’s pretty attractive, and very powerful for such a small light. But I hate that I spent so much money on something that is virtually useless to me. The whole form factor and the fiddly switch just feel wrong to me - there is no way I can hold it comfortably, and at the same time keep my thumb on the switch. I also hate pocket clips, but after reading about other people scratching their light when they removed the clip, I’ve been reluctant to take mine off. And there is no lanyard attachment to hang it on my keyring. So someone will probably end up getting it as a present.