Just trying to find out the most common lights amongst us. If you think it is something else tell me.

You can see the archived poll results on the Wayback Machine:

https://web.archive.org/web/20221220093741/https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/72558

I probably ought to add something like "All of the above". I don't have two from that list, though I used to have an A3 which went AWOL in the park.

Don, can you make the poll where we can vote for more than one? I have 5 of the 6 listed.

I would if I knew how. I'll need Mr. Admin's help on that one.

I have voted for the Itp A3 eos. What a amazing flashlight!

I definitely need a several options vote.

I have 4 out of 6.

Out of the six, the only one I haven't owned is the ITP A3. :)

I consider myself somewhat a noob and I have 4 of the 6 ...

hey pat, i am the noob here. out of the 6 i have only the iTP A3.

i voted for the Sipik because i think that's the most bought light!

I'm afraid due to the limitation of the poll what we will get is the most common light, not the most common lights ranked in order.

I have 4/6. No maglites nor the itp a3 .

To circumvent the limitation voting what you don't have will yield better results for the original purpose. If you have multiple answers choose the one you are least likely to have/buy. Then lights that will receive the least amount of votes are most likely the most common lights.

Yep, 4/6 for me too. Voted Sipik (68 clone) because it's the the light I have most of. Also suspect it's the most commonly owned among all of us.

5/6

I have 3 of those lights in my current rotation... A3, Solarforce L2, minimag. Not sure how should I vote?

So I voted minimag. I speculate everyone has owned one of those at some point in their lives... possibly decades before the internet and bright LEDs even existed.

I agree that a multi-vote poll would be nice.. My score is 5/6, as I don't have the ITP A3.

I don't know how many choices are available for the poll, but perhaps including a voting option for "3 of them," "4 of them," etc. would be useful.

This would eliminate the need of a multi-choice poll, if being a bit less precise.

May I inquire as to the purpose of the data collection?

Shocking. The A3 and Maratac fraternal twins were the lights that "sealed the deal," so to say, on my flashaholism.

I kind of though buying it at one point of time. But I couldn't see why it would be better than my DQG Tiny II NW.

[Of course I now feel ashamed and go to ebay searching for that light..] ;)

Idle curiosity as to the most commonly owned light amongst us.

And to see if there's some light that ought to be on my list.

Out of the lights listed I have 3 L2/504B, 3 Sipiks, 3 Minimags and 2 C8-clones (did not vote anything).

I believe the Sipik and its clones are most common amongst BLFers, but this is more a wild guess based on: it's inexpensive, quite compact and practical, works well with all kind of batteries, has a good reputation, makes an excellent gift for all ages and is therefore hard to resist especially when it is sold for less than 6 $