Tail standing explained...

2100, I get that tail standing a flashlight in a room gives better illumination than a direct beam but most of us have table lamps and ceiling lights in our rooms :)

If it's for the power outages...how often does that occur :) Candles are nice for that as well :)

lots of bathrooms in the national parks system have just running water and no power.

Yeah man, that's we flashaholics are quite crazy, but seriously in many hobby obsessions this is always the case. haha.... Car Audio, Hifi, DIY Audio, Aquariums esp marine stuff/Koi, photography, horology, car mods + tracking etc.......

In my in-laws place in Indonesia, power outages are frequent. Generally people there don't use even Ultrafire which is high-end, we "use" all the good stuff. See the difference.

My take on tailstanding is that it is over-rated. It's certainly never a deal-breaker when it comes to deciding which light to buy. Plus even if you need to use it working on plumbing under a sink, I'm sure I can find three or four that will tailstand; they don't all have to.

Prefer just to clip a Z1 to my shirt and use that anyway...

I try to only buy tail-standing lights, and would never EDC one that couldn't. I usually tail-stand a light multiple times every day.

I never buy lights with clips. Have never had any reason to clip a light to anything.

--Bushytails

Does your power go out multiple times a day :) (Just kidding). I assume you work with it in some manner (electrical/plumbing/IT).

I've seen people preferring the Maratek A3 over the ITP A3 because one tail stands and one doesn't.

Given the reasons for tail standing mentioned in this thread so far I don't really see where a single AAA would need to tail stand. To work under the sink or to light up the room in a power outage?

Tailstanding is a useful feature when a room, tent, or other interior space must be lit up.

Also it is useful when working under a (insert object here).

I don't use the tailstanding feature often, but I don't use my lights on weapons so there's no reason to get lights that don't tailstand. Therefore, I always seek out tailstanding lights. Tailstanding lights are also somewhat less prone to accidental turn-on in pockets, backpacks, etc.

I have electricity in my house, so I don't often need tailstanding at home, but I still do tailstand a light sometimes, e.g. if I go into the office at night, and don't turn on the light because I plan to just sit at the computer, but then I need to see something, so I don't stand up and turn on the light--I turn on the flashlight on my desk and tailstand it.

I've also tailstanded a light at a campground at an alpine lake, in... uh don't know what to call it but a small building meant for campers to eat in. No electricity or running water; just two tables. As you campers know, when it gets dark at a remote campground, it gets really dark, so you can't even see your hands. Even an old Maglite 2xAA tailstanding provided enough light for that little building, to eat by.

I've tailstanded a light at work when we had a power failure. UPSs kept the computers running but I tailstanded my brightest EDC light to illuminate my desk a bit.

If you don't know why people tailstand lights, then you apparently have no need to tailstand a light. Don't worry about it, don't consider it when buying a light, and move on.

I have to say though, that the stock L2P tail drives me crazy. I cant activate that switch with any normal grip.

I do one thing Bushytails posted. I use mine to get into bed. I don't have a lamp on my nightstand (no room with all my crap) so it really nice to not feel my way from the light switch to the bed.

90% of my lights tail stand. The 10% were non-tailstandable because they were the first few torches I bought. Tailstanding is Super important for me. I find myself using the light as a room/ceiling/item bounce light often enough for the non-tailstanding light to annoy me enough to not carry it.

All of my lights also tail stand solidly. The worst is the EX11.2, but thats not too bad at all. The best is probably my Legion (3x 18650) or an EX10.

Well I have to justify buying more flashlight to my wife. I tailstand my light when I am in the bathroom doing my things. I tell her we are saving so much wear and tear of our regular lights and also saving on electricity. Hehe

I can definitely see a tail-standing light as being nice in an outhouse when camping... Most of them out here (MT and WY) have no electricity, or running water!

Tailstanding is really useful feature when changing light bulbs. (Or replacing them with LED bulbs )

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No way am I putting my fashlight on an outhouse floor, sorry.

Well, I haven't and wouldn't either! Those floors are always so dirty... But it's an option, at least. ;) For me, I can hold a light between my knees so I wouldn't ever need to use the floor.

No way am I putting my fashlight on an outhouse floor, sorry.

If I was a plumber or mechanic who used his light daily for work, I'd be carrying around a Ray-O-Vac yellow plastic work light, "D" cell size.

The kind that you don't care if it gets dirty, etc. Yeah, I'd get that kind too.

If button in too deep, no tailstand or other feature can save the functionality of that light anymore... :|

Sold my L2P and Akoray for this reason. No need to be fully tactical, though...

A nice headlamp solves most of these problems :)