Hey everyone. Greetings from NZ where the men are strong and the sheep are scared.
My first flashlight was a 2AA Maglite kit, sometime in the 1990s. Camo paintjob, an anti roll insert that went over the head and a few colored lenses. Young, impressionable me loved the tacticool nature of the kit.
The next was an Inova X5. Back in the days, I remember it winning a few design awards, and impressing fellow geeks with it. Did not like the CR123 batteries.
Couple of years went by, and then I got a Nitecore MT21A. The twisty head was defective and much whacking didn’t get it to go on max. It’d only do medium and below. Chucked it into the dash of a car, hoping not to use it ever. Avoided Nitecore ever since.
Last year I got the Lumintop AAA tool Ti. Love the tint - I believe I got the 219b version before they ran out. Temperamental though, not the most reliable light. Also, would have preferred L-M-H instead of M-L-H.
This year, I got the Zebralight SC53c. This has become my daily driver for everything around the house. Modes are Low / Moonlight on one click, Medium / High on double click. The only downside is that the tint isn’t as nice as the tool, when compared side-by-side.
Most recent purchase - Emisar D1S in 5D. Oddly enough, the first 18650 light and this led me to break my Nitecore ban and get the D2 charger. Using Samsung 30Qs with this. A light for the lulz and I really don’t have a real use case for it. I like the UI, but as I run it on turbo all time time, not using it to its potential.
Next light - high CRI, preferably nichia, great UI (Anduril perhaps), single AA or single 18650. I suspect I might have to build this one.
