I carry the Koenig 16-18 hours a day, every day. BUT, to keep it from being a “beater” I use this little Stedemon also with CTS 204P blade steel to open cardboard boxes and cut tape and such.
I DO have way too many lights to use each one daily of course, with some 220 lights here, other than that I use the things I buy. I don’t have money to buy fancy things and let em sit around to be admired. I use quite a few of my lights on a regular basis, even the Thorfire TK05 in 14500… but I modded the TK05 with TK’s Anduril and put a nice Samsung 80 CRI 5000K emitter in it so I use it quite often in candlelight mode.
I have an X5 with JHorton glass aspheric lens (fixed, not zoomie) and I have a high CRI Nichia X5 as well as a very cool little 14500 prototype that also gets used frequently. The Manker Godmes T01 is similar to the X5 in that the reflector is virtually identical, but it too is a unique little 15400 light that I really like a lot.
My TexasLumens chopped 14500 MiniMag has a triple XP-L HI and as a twisty is an all time favorite with over 2000 lumens on tap. This one sports an engraved outline of the Great State of Texas and I also have a unique battery carrier that has a threaded lid that is itself the State of Texas, standing proud and unbelievably well done on a CNC machine by TexasLumens himself. (another chopped MiniMag by Dan is micro chopped, using a half cell… the diminutive 14250, this one so small it was difficult to operate as a twisty so I made it a tail clicky.)
The Klarus Mi7Titanium is another 14500 of mine that is sleek and elegant and one of the few lights I own that is not modified in any way. That’s how much I like it!
The UTorch UT01 is also quite special, in it’s own right…
And that all said, Rey’s Bronze pineapple light is another 14500 that I have left completely stock, a status not many lights that come my way get to keep.
Olights S1A Baton in solid copper with a Rose Gold PVD coating even got modified with an emitter more to my liking in the tint region. A very sweet 14500 light though…
And yes, the Zebralight SC52 is unique enough to garner a permanent residence here.
I would be remiss if I didn’t say anything about Jaxman’s M2, I did modify it to use only 14500 cells as it now has an XHP-50.2 making just over 3000 lumens, terrific performance from a “penlight” , an outstanding 14500 light that is another cherished variant in my arsenal.
The 14500 format is alive and well over here, fear not!