#1: More than 500 lumens on a flooder is unnecessary for practical purposes.
#2: Ramping UI is nothing but a novelty that quickly becomes a hassle in practical situations. Besides, as Boaz said, how will I know my runtimes?
#3: Li-ion cells smaller than 18650 aren’t worth bothering with nowadays with their laughable capacity.
#4: Holding a light underhanded doesn’t cut it, way too many shadows in the way.
#5: Mules without lenses seem very unreliable.
#6: I’m never buying an American-manufactured torch again.
#7: Copper/brass patina to me equals not taking good care of your stuff, like dull leather shoes.
#8: Non-homemade hosts that aren’t made of aluminium or stainless steel are a waste of money.
#9: The faster-tempo first batch Biscotti drivers are my favourite. Mode select on the “correct” ones is painfully slow.
#10: Convoy is every bit as solid as Surefire and better than Streamlight. Even without potting. If I had a rifle or shotgun, I’d stick a Convoy to it in a heatbeat.
#11: I much prefer a rosier or incandescent-warm emitter than a “like daylight” one. I’m not a big fan of sunlight anyway.
#12: Keychain lights work much better not attached to a keychain.
#13: A solid ring around the tailcap switch is better than the two divots.
#14: The Lumintop Tool AAA not tailstanding is perfectly fine.
#15: Belt holsters are more useful than pocket clips.
Why thank you! Had to dig a bit to get all of these
Also taking this as my opportunity to bump this thread. It’s a fun one to read through. And to top it off…
#16: M@glite is hot garbage. I’ve had not-inconsequential problems with every single one I have wasted money on - the least of which is the 2AA Mini Mags denting the negative ends of my Eneloops.
strobe ready/rear mode switch type flashlight are supposedly a more practical design not just for practical tactical but EDC as well, proven by my buddies who carried Nitecores and Klarus’s, just bad switch design and pwm issues throw them off the appreciation list
Side switches are so easy to screw up. My nitecore EC23 is impossible to carry. And my D4 was until I read a suggestion to lock out the head instead of the tail, now I carry it a lot (that and putting Luxeon V instead of green Nichias).
It helped a lot that my better half bought me my zebralight, or I might not have given side switches another chance. It's one of my most frequent carries and it's never activated accidentally.
I find this bad habit with the attachable clips absolutely horrible, please again more flashlights with screwed on clip or a clip which sits under the tailcap.
And these two comments I absolutely agree with!
The flashlight industry is at least 15 years behind of modern user interface technologies.
Most owners of a “tactical” flashlight have never and will never be in a “tactical” situation
A couple people here could probably make a flashable version of something similar if you ask really nicely, I know I’d be interested in it too.
Edit: Another submission to the thread… High CRI is almost meaningless below 4000K/if you want high CRI 5000K+ should be the target CCT. I haven’t seen a comparison that would dispute this yet at least.
Textured reflectors are worth the efficiency loss and reduced throw in all cases except a dedicated thrower for the reduction in artifacts and overall smoother beam profile.
I’ve had an OP reflector on my C8 since I got it, and the beam profile is excellent at any distance. Though I wish I knew what the M1’s beam on a smooth looks like.
About using exotic colour leds in flashlights: any wavelength over 640nm will look virtually the same colour (own observation backed up by biological/physical knowledge), your eyes just get less and less sensitive to it so you are wasting efficiency.
(this is not about night vision stuff but illumination seen by human eyes)
I like Damascus, timascus, mokeme… but not for large parts. anything more than inlays and it starts to look like a plastic painted gas station find with a glossy finish.