What material do you expect for AA/14500 flashlight

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Depends is it a every day flashlight? Than i would prefer Aluminum and maybe titanium depending on price.

Is it a special for show flashlight? Than i would prefer Copper or Titanium.

Al or Ti.

Al for everyday.

It is an everyday carry flashlight.

I like aluminum.

Do you have any more specs?

Anodized aluminum.
Titanium is for rich people :slight_smile:

LED: 2*CREE XPL
Output: 500-1000 lumens
Pocket clip included
More specs not available yet.

Aluminum for me. Anodized if possible.

No strobe aluminum and second vote is for aluminum with no strobe.

For a small light with high output, titanium doesn’t handle heat as well, so aluminum gets my vote. For more modest output, I do quite like titanium. I should get more Ti5Ts while I still can.

stainless steel

it just depends on the light

it depends on price range, the lumen, and the style of the light
but as an EDC, Al or Ti is good

I prefer Aluminum… its cheap, light weight and conducts heat.

Aluminium is the ultimate metal for flashlights, very lightweight, great heat conductance, good heat capacity, does not easily rot away, it is pretty tough, and has an option for a great durable coating (anodising).

One major disadvantage: it costs next to nothing so people do not trust that it is that good.

I voted for aluminium! Above there are almost all the reasons why I would chose it so I won’t go on them again :wink:
I’m curious about the shape of it seeing that it will have 2 XPL Leds :nerd_face:

Djozz is correct (as usual :slight_smile: ), Aluminum is hard to beat. It has the least amount of trade-offs and downsides of any metal. Cheap, strong, great with heat, easy to anodize, looks nice, etc. But from a less logical standpoint I really like raw metals better. Copper, titanium, brass, etc.

AL is best in all ways except durability. With stainless steel as 1.0, AL weighs .4 as much, TI weighs .6 as much.

I have just one Titanium light, a DQG SPY. It’s a keychain light and I wanted maximum durability due to the banging around it gets.

Al (with anodized threads if it has an e-switch)