For many years since I have been collecting (since about 2000,) I only bought black lights. Colored bodies seemed corny to me. I have now changed my mind completely and I almost never buy black unless that is the only color it comes in (typically Sofirn.)
For example, the FT02S, I plan on buying the green and the sand, will skip black all together.
When it comes to the MF01S, the colors look too bright, too loud, so I went with black.
How do you feel about colors? When multiple colors are offered, which one do you gravitate to? Do you buy black bodied ones?
Black is my preference for its black body emissive thermal properties more than anything cosmetic. I have some gray lights too and I honestly like the cosmetics of gray better though.
black
natural aluminum
(NOT copper or stainless)
gray
blue
red
gold
one thing i have found useful is to put glow in the dark tape on my lights
so i can find them - you guessed it - in the dark
the tape glows about 200 times brighter than any paint
I try to get any color other than black these days. Just because enough lights are only available in black, I don’t need to add to that list when I have an alternate choice.
Purple is my favorite, though.
The Sofirn green is probably my absolute favorite. Not sure how it will hold up over time. After than, a bright Ti would be a close second. I also really like the sand or desert tan finish that Convoy uses. Not only does it look nice but it feels very good in the hand.
I like stainless ,Ti, Sand Greenish grey Dark Blue and rich colors . slate blue or grey ,browns etc . The problem is you can screw up a color pretty easily . ..Like the Xeno E03 red that looks ugly rose?? sofirns red isn't real good either and their new green is too dark imo
Convoys new green looks nice too ..but suffers from head and tail mismatch. Farkas old bluish grey was beautiful...colors can be difficult and need to be done right .
I always thought I wanted orange ...but it's not as interesting in person .
I like colored lights BUT, it seems the better they look the less likely I am to use them as the tools they are. If they can’t be used without worry of messing up the pretty colors then I tend to give it or sell it off.