Your pocket/keychain flashlight?

I usually carry two, one in my pocket and one as a keychain

Jetbeam Mini 1 10180 is always with my keys, it’s so small so you can’t notice you’re carrying with it. The light is made in stainless Steel and it doesn’t have any scracthes. I’ve been carrying it for a year and helped me a lot in many situations.

But at 130 lumens it has a very short runtime so I need another bigger flashlight for my daily needs. I consider the Jetbeam mini 1 as a emergency light

In my pocket (the small pocket we all have in the right side of our jeans), I always carry my beloved Olight S1A with a Sanyo 840mAh UR14500P, I did swap the emiter for a warmer tint and for 8 months it’s been my favourite EDC: powerful (600lm), moonlight mode, great UI, side switch, lovely beam due to the TIR lens, small size and magnet in the tail. 8 months in my pocket and it looks brand new without scratches, because I always make sure I don’t put it with the keys.

Is it a AA or AAA or lion?
AAA and Li-Ion

Why’d you choose that one?
Easy to carry and need it to light up the surround when needed

How long have you been carrying it?
2 years +

How often do you use it?
Everyday when I’m not using primary.

How’s it working for you?
No problem. Serve me well

How’s the wear-n-tear on the finish?
Still in one piece but sure its not good look like new.

Do you carry more than one?
Yes that why we at here.

Nitecore Tube and Atrolux A01(Convoy Tiny) always with my car key

Or

Nitecore Tip

Lumintop tool on my keychain backing up my Blf a6 in my left pant pocket

Copper w N219b, Astrolux M03, comes w 10180 and charger, on keys, only high mode is reliable
Copper w N219b, Worm head on Maratac, AAA Eneloop, in pocket. For EDC I like Medium first, its what I use most.

I have sale codes for the Tool, Worm and Astrolux, pm if you cant find them.

I don’t have a keychain light. Instead I have a Photon Freedom on a leather necklace; a Photon of one edition or another has lived around my neck for over 20 years or so, I guess.

In my front left jeans pocket - on a 2-way lanyard - I carry an Olight i3s with an Eneloop in it, and in the coin flap of the right hand pocket I stash a Nitecore TIP v2. To be honest I find the TIP awkward in real-time use with that lockout system, but I love having 350 lumens on me that takes up no space.

Evenings I add an S2+ shorty to the armoury for doing stuff out in the real dark with chickens, dogs, firewood and the occasional zombie.

If I go walking with the dogs after dark then I’ll have another dozen lights stashed in pockets and so on. Makes sense to me. Right? What’s the point of having weapons to fight the dark with if you don’t use them? :slight_smile:

Yeah, thinking I might have jumped the gun too early ordering the JETBeam Mini-1 Ti. That Nitecore Tip is looking mighty nice with it’s 360 lumens and now that they’ve worked out the electronic lock-out…

As I mentioned in another thread, GB screwed up another order (third in a row) so the OTR M3 is no longer coming. That’s fine. I like the S2+ quite a bit and have several of them and given several to family. Thinking I’d be just a well off, if not better by getting a dedicated S2+ and 18350 tube to carry it in the shorter format. That way I can use an 18650, 18350 or 16340.

I carry two most of the time, a lumintop tool, and an Eagle Eye A/X6 triple. The Lumintop is a stock old 2 mode light with a Ni-MH. The EE is an A6 head with a X6 body a MTN FET+1 driver with a modified version of ToyKeeper’s cypreus2 code(lots of hidden blinkey modes) Domed XPL’s with a optic modded for clearance and a custom copper spacer.

Why’d you choose that one? The Tool I got from 246’s 100th post giveaway. The EE X/A6 I build when the group buy for the BLF A6 was getting started I bought a stock EE A6 to figure out what the spacer would need to be for a triple I thought I’d could some extra and sell them when the lights started to arrive, after cut the one for my light I found out that one of the convoy spacers Richard sells is a perfect fit so I never made any for resale.

How long have you been carrying it? Almost 3 years for both.

How often do you use it? The EE is used every day I need to charge it weekly. The Tool isn’t used as often.

How’s it working for you? Both are working good, I have bought more lights and swapped these two out but I keep going back to them.

How’s the wear-n-tear on the finish? Finish what finish?

Do you carry more than one? yes

That was my thinking. I have a dedicated 18650 S2+ and a shorty with a long tube if needs be. I think the shorty makes for a fine, fine light (easy enough to put another 18350 in pocket with caps on for reserve power). There is something about the weight, length and feel - can’t describe it. I’ll be turning one of the S2+ I have into a triple soon for something different.

If you’re in FL, why not order your Convoys from Mountain Electronics? My last order from them was a revelation. The two lights I received both had tail switches that worked as advertised (instead of the multiple clicks needed for the Chinese ones), the threads were lubed and I’m pretty sure someone had actually looked at the lights before shipping. Given the chance I’ll pay the premium (even here in Europe) and order from them again when it comes to Convoys - they’ll get here quicker and I know they’ll work correctly.

So what is the flashlight you carry in your pocket and/or on your keychain?

Astrolux A01

  • Is it a AA or AAA or lion?
    AAA
  • Why’d you choose that one?
    Small size. I just love the diminutive size of the A01. I tried carrying an L3 Illumination L11C Nichia 219B (4 mode), but found that AA was larger than I liked. I did not want to get anything smaller than AAA because batteries become more exotic at that point. I also carried an AAA-fueled BLF-348 for a while before switching to the smaller A01.
  • How long have you been carrying it?
    Ever since it was released about a year ago. It rides below my wallet in my front pants pocket. It practically disappears.
  • How often do you use it?
    4 or 5 days out of 7.
  • How’s it working for you?
    Great. Never had any problems. The Nichia 219B tint is wonderful.
  • How’s the wear-n-tear on the finish?
    It's in mint condition, but only because I carry my keys and coins in a different pocket than my flashlight.
  • Do you carry more than one?
    Not on my person. In my daypack, however, I carry a ZebraLight SC62w and a Nitecore Tube. I also have a few lights in my vehicle.

Lumintop Tool AAA Copper

Is it a AA or AAA or lion? AAA
Why’d you choose that one? Like the look and the tint.
How long have you been carrying it? A little over 5 month
How often do you use it? Daily
How’s it working for you? Love it.
How’s the wear-n-tear on the finish? Awesome… like the patina
Do you carry more than one? No.

I have a nitecore Tube on keychain

and a Nichia 219 modded Jetbeam Jet-1 MK in my left pocket with pocket clip

bigger lights in jacket pocket, car or backpack

Never really have a keychain light before. Now this little Nichia modifed Fenix E05 is perfect for almost all my daily needs. I have 10 with different Nichias. 5700K for all purpose, 4000K for outdoor, 3000K for a date (very useful in an overly dim candle lit seafood dinner) :wink:

WOW! You still use those brass keys. Reminds me of my old house

I currently have a Tank 007 E09, and have had it for around 2 years if I remember correctly.

I use Panasonic/Sanyo Eneloops for it, AAA rechargeable.

I chose it as at the time it seemed a very good option for the price, and is also small enough to keep on my keyring without being too big. It also is very bright for a torch of its size, at least to me.

I have been carrying it on my keyring since I bought it, so around 2 years.

I guess I use it every couple of days, whenever it comes in handy. It is what I use when I take out the rubbish the night before it is collected in the dark.

It is working great for me, so good in fact that when my Mum saw it, she also got me to order her one, and she has it on her keyring too.

The finish is a bit scratched up, but I expect that from being on my keyring. There is no dents or cracks, just scratches and scuffs.

I only carry this flashlight on my keyring, and I gather that makes it my EDC flashlight.

Keychain: Manker Lad. It’s flat, it’s rechargeable, good enough lumens, fits my way of carrying my keychain, high quality.

EDC: the Manker. In car: Convoy S2+. Small, a lot of light, cheap but good quality.

SHTF: Nitecore EC4SW does it all and is awesome quality. LOL and all my other lights not mentioned in this post

Show-off and general purpose (the one I grab): Astrolux S14ss

Packed with my Leatherman: Olight S15 Baton. Small enough to fit in the Leatherman’s pouch, reliable and handy for all the stuff you need the Leatherman for.

Bedroom low-light: Astrolux S01 or Lumintop Reylight Ti. Small, handy, easy interface, good low-light performance and colour.

Wanted to comment on the Superlight. Still have mine and it’s still going strong. IIRC, it was $2 or $3 when I got it back in 2015. I got an Acebeam L10 at the same time and the L10 crapped out shortly after I got it. It works with a 14500 but not an AA. The Superlight on the other hand has no issues with either a 14500 or AA. I put a little metal tape on the threads to tighten it up and it has been fantastic.

Hard to beat an inexpensive light that just keeps working!

!Is it a AA or AAA or lion? Why’d you choose that one? How long have you been carrying it? How often do you use it? How’s it working for you? How’s the wear-n-tear on the finish? Do you carry more than one?!
Is it a AA or AAA or lion?
AAA
Why’d you choose that one?
love the Copper
How long have you been carrying it?
since summer last year
How often do you use it?
stick everday in my keychain
How’s it working for you?
it work as it should
How’s the wear-n-tear on the finish?
a little damage on the head
Do you carry more than one?
nah, why you need more than 1 light in keychain

Received a bright silver Olight i3E yesterday, and it’s broken already…
The nylon thing between LED and TIR decapitated the LED.
What a PoS…