I am a long time member of multiple interesting forums, including cpf, cpfmp, jerzeedevil, edcforums, multitools, and so on, and this is my first time here. Seems like there are quiet a few interesting discussions going on here, and is a perfect place to vent out your anger for DX, or those sites that take your money, and delivery broken goods many times. Haha.
Oh, and I am Amarendra from the city of Pune in India, and I use the same nick/handle across all forums. I am a software security engineer by profession, and am a mechanical gadget freak (yeah, that means iPads, iPhones, and the latest Xbox games are out!), but knives, lights, single-piece tools, multitools are in. So I have owned several lights (Arcs', JetBeams, Nitecores', 4Sevens, Muyshondt, several from cnqualitygoods, and a couple from DX (all broken)), knives (Sage2, Delica4, Native, BM 755MPR, and some more), SAK, Gerber Diesel multi-pliers, ByrdRench, Piranha from PocketToolX, Minnow by JDR Tools. I finally find the 1xAAA light configuration to be the most used, since it fits two primary criteria - availability and reliability. I avoid using specialized batteries, since they run costly in India, so AA and AAA work best.
Here is a photo of my present AAA collection (all are users):
Hope to have a good discussion about budget lights, since I have too much invested now. ;-) Cheers, and a hi once again.
-Amarendra
