I wish I was a woman so I could carry bigger flashlights between my boobies…
Well, winter is here and I can wear sweatshirts with big pockets… two good reason to finally EDC my D4 !
Carry a DQG mini aaa xpg2 nw in the coin pocket of my jeans, a photon freedom in my other pocket, and a nitecore tube on the keychain. When going out at night something bigger as well.
failed to answer all the questions previously :person_facepalming:
Is it a AA or AAA or lion? 18350 Li-ion
Why’d you choose that one? Its the best UI, high enough hi, low enough low, small enough for me
How long have you been carrying it? 5 months
How often do you use it? multiple times a day, especially this time of year.
How’s it working for you? :+1:
How’s the wear-n-tear on the finish? Like new except for a small surface deform on a corner where it was dropped, ano is fine, just a small flat spot
Do you carry more than one? no
My key chain light is the Harbor Freight 70 lumen single emitter ( NOT the 9 led ) version. Decent CW beam that serves purpose with close range lighting. Triple AAA in carrier powers this light
BTW, this is free with any purpose from Harbor Freight
I have 2 both are Aleto k209b twisties. They run of off 16350 batteries at 1 amp.
One head has the xml dedomed while the other is standard.
One tube has a pocket clip installed and the other a short chain with key ring.
Have had them for about 2 years. The finish is ok though they both have a couple of scratches. The pocket clip wears down the finish on the heads a bit.
I chose them because they are so cheap that they are almost disposable so I won’t cry if I lose them while working. The light output is impressive for the size at over 300 lumen on high and the low beam is very usable.
The tint and smaller hotspot on the dedomed head is definitely my favourite.
What I don’t like is the strobe mode and I’ll eventually sort that with a 7135x3 or 7135x4 driver and possibly upgrading them to newer emitters. Runtime is also not the greatest but I rarely use them for more than 10 minutes in a day.
I don’t carry a flashlight in my pocket and I never did on regular basis.
I carry a flashlight in my backpack, I used to do that for years.
I have another on my neck, that’s a development from less than a year ago.
My keychain light was the Olight i3E till I found this forum and now I am carrying the Lumintop EDC01 on my keys.
I also have a Lumintop Tool but so far I prefer the 01 for the keychain.
It really is amazing how powerful some of these small lights can be.
I am perhaps beeing a bit paranoid but do all the people here sharing their keys pictures on open forum know that many key types can be copied from a simple picture ?
Ok "not my real name", "they don't have my adress", or even " i don't fear anyone", ..., name your own but i prefer to make sure everyone is doing it knowingly ;-)
My only keychains light for maybe 10 years and up to now are cheap chinese 2*CR2016 Photon micro-light rip off, i always have one in my pocket plus one on each key set.
Considering to replace them with some AAA.
But 99% time i have something else (used to be Fenix LD10 or LD20, now i am more on the S2 like side) either in my coat and/or in my edc backpack