Your Opinion: Which Four Lights should every flashoholic have?

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Don't cheat, you only get to mention FOUR lights.

Lets assume that a flashoholic would have at least 10 lights in his/her collection, and see what the 10 most-voted lights are. And lets make them all under $50 except one, which you can go over on. What do you think?

My opinion

1) iTp (now Olight i3 EOS) for a keychain light

2) Trustfire Z1 for uniqueness and standard Cr123 battery

3) Shiningbeam S-Mini for all around backyard light and big rooms

4) TK41 for the over-budget light and uses AA batteries

LOL, I already changed my list...

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1 AAA or AA EDC , 1 thrower , 1 flooder , 1 hands-free .

And as many duplicates as you feel necessary for peace of mind , loaners , 1 is none ,2 is one philosophy , etc .

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1 Keychain light (Stainless steel)

1 thrower (Big head, small body)

1 flooder (Solarforce body+XML drop-in)

1 Warm tint flashlight (Skyray SR5 body with warm T6)

The best thing would be have different type of battery cell. For example one on AA/14500, one 3xAAA/18650...

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I was looking for specific models....

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Keygos KE-5 XM-L T6 - for its size it's the brightest light I know of.

Trustfire TR-1200 5X Q5 - one of the best all around lights for the money and a good 400yd thrower.

Ultrafire C8 -awesome little light with a wider hotspot than the Keygos.

Solarforce L2 with a P60 XM-L T6 dropin -awesome bright light with plenty of flood.

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By the way Trooplewis , I knew you meant specific lights .

So :

ITP A3 EOS

A Solarforce 18650 host with an Ultrafire 3mode T6 dropin

A C8 type

A headlamp ( I usually clip a small light to a ballcap ).

Edit : and a Romisen 2AA light , like an RC-N3

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1. DQG tiny 11 keychain use

2. UFH3 headlamp

3. Kd C8 or SF L2T

4. X9 good throw

all under $40.

I think you need 5. An aa/14500 edc light. Heaps to choose from.

I'm going bush this weekend and taking

All the above plus skryay 3 xml / TF 1600 6 x q5/ Ultrafire c8.

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DQG II

Zebralight SC51 or H51

L2 (new version) with a mildly (think 1.4A) driven XML

Ultrafire MCU-C88

I was tempted to have one of the XML throwers in there, but I think most people actually "need" floodier lights. The C88 is just so unique that I think it is worth having.

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So ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS, is your collection 100% throwers and all 18650 batteries???

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1-sa-r2 ss I found my gf's watch(that i gift her) when she lost it in deep night on the sea

I was more worried about my poor flashlight xD but it greatly passed the test btw immersion wasn't over 2m

2- I agree with Skyray SR5 or solarforce l2 body with warm T4/5 ( also if i have an xpg in:( )

don't have others flashlights for the list XD

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Mostly.

But I do have some that take AA and D batteries.

But I'm mostly sold on the 18650 lights.

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I wanted to add the Keygos KE-7 6X Q5 to the list but I only had 4 choices. And then there is the Ultrafire C8 Q5 that I got off ebay for free.

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- UF-H4 headlamp (the only one in the UF-H* series that has a reflector) (16340 or 17670). I'd prefer a model that uses an 18650 but I don't know of a budget one. If someone made a model that uses an 18650, and came in NW, at a budget price, I might get two.

- The soon-to-be-updated CQG AA/14500 stainless steel light, with NW LED if available, for keychain.

- Small, and small-diameter 1x 18650 with moderately floody beam. I use an MTE M3-2 but that's probably considered old by today's standards. I hear a lot of people like the KD C8 or similar. Preferably with NW LED.

- Dry 3x XM-L with NW LEDs.

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Keychain type light - ITP A3 (AAA or 10440) [can be clipped to cap for HF]

Subcompact EDC - UniqueFire G10 1-mode (AA or 14500) or equivalent with modes.

Compact EDC - UniqueFire 2100 5 mode (18650)

Thrower - TrustFire X9 5-mode (18650 or 2xCR123)

You know what's funny? I have 3 of the above in my pockets right now and it's not even 5:00pm. :)

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1. "Sipik SK68"

2. UniqueFire UF-2100 (5-mode)

3. Sky Ray STL-V2 / FandyFire STL-V6

4. some small keychain light

+ of course NiteCore headband for Sipik and/or UF-2100 :)

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L2P,
Trustfire X9,
UF-H2,
Edit P4

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It be a hard one ... Lets go AA

iTp A2

Nitecore D10 / D11 or equivalent Jetbeam Or Fenix

Jetbeam PA-40 or equivalent

Or AAA .

iTp A3 or N-Light B3

Solarforce L2i with low voltage drop in

So ? just depends on what battery you prefer ..

Lots of folks just stick to AA , and the AA lights are good , and the number of options are growing ..

If I had to start from scratch , Id start with my AA listed lights , and see where I went from there .

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A good P60 host like Solarforce L2T with XP-G or XM-L LED

Cheap keychain light (<$7 for 10 variety)

Well for the pocket AA my D10 is over budget so maybe the ShiningBeam I-mini

Zebralight H51w is a must, headlamps are mant times more useful than torches. This one can be used as both.

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1) ITP A3 extended (Q5)

2) Uniquefire L2 with Thrunite XP-G 3 mode drop-in

3) Ultrafire BJ08A modified with aspheric

4) Zebralight H51f

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Nitecore D-10 modded neutral xpg

Solarforce L2p xml 3 mode no flash

Zebralight H51

Small stainless steel keychain light like a S1 AAA or a B3 from CNQG

..i;m cheating the price a little because you'd have to buy the d-10 used