My travel light is a “Lumintop LM10”:
I like Lumintop for the quality and relatively fair prices. They are not always “budget”, but they are highly regarded across the flashlight community. The FW3A is on my to-buy list also.
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On the one hand, I’d really like one of my trusted flashlights in case of emergency when traveling by air. On the other, I’d be quite upset if TSA confiscated any of those…
It hasn’t come up since I haven’t flown since I joined here.
Well, I have a Sipik now, time to mod it I guess.
“Uhh, I really like your flashlight… I mean, the battery’s too big, I gotta confiscate it.”
[unscrew unscrew unscrew]
“Here, take the battery, scumbag, but I’m keeping the batteryless light.”
Life is hard for some people.
Chris
That’s literally what happened to me a “headless horseman hayrides” in West Park, NY. Lost a decent 14500, kept my SK68 Sipik (yeah, not expensive, but at the time it was a good light for me), SK68 still has its uses
well, another test will be this Thursday,
July 1st, flying out (thank goodness) of DC.
this is on my keyring: Fenix E01.
simple, small, basic, and CHEAP.
I keep looking for the perfect travel light. Pocketable in any type of attire, robust, good UI with easy moon and high, waterproof, “bright enough” and versatile. Plus rechargeable but also compatible with easily sourced primaries… Oh, and it must have good tint and CRI (willing to balance those options although I like 3500-4000k and 90+ CRI).
I’ve tried many, and like the single AA concept for easy maintenance… but so far I’ve used my Wizard Pro XHP50 Warm for a couple years now and its been close to perfect. CRI seems better than the 80 I thought it was rated for and tint is great, too. Pair that with a 219B AA or AAA vampire and I’m happy.
Wtf?? Why would they snatch a light or even a cell? Afraid someone might set a cornfield-maze on fire??
I actually worked there as a scare actor a few years later. Security doesn’t want visitors scaring the actors or ruining the scares with flashlights. Bunch of bullshit if you asked me, security there buncha rent a cops with more ego than brain matter, probably more interested in pocketing confiscated items (knives, flashlights, whiskey flasks, weed etc)
have you tried one of the Eagletac D25A or D3A Ti?
some have Nichias…
Eagletac have a solid clip that allows deep carry (better than the Tool), and Eagletac are slightly slimmer than the AA Tool
otoh, the ET has a circuit ripple that produces lines in photos, the Tool does not
Couldn’t just go back to the car and put it away? Or say, “I want it back when I come out, or else” (call the cops, sue, whatever)?
Unless they have clearly posted signs of what’s verboten, they can’t just snatch what they want without giving it back.
Imagine “no cellphones allowed” and they just steal them under that guise. No one would stand for it.
I goggled a HHH but in West Ulster or whatever, and talk about an “authoritarian” sounding webpage…
No, I’ve wanted to but haven’t found the right deal.
When I travel, which doesn’t happen currently, I use a Wuben Pen Light
It doesn’t look like a flashlight and won’t attract any suspicion by TSA or anyone else. Very light and small.
Good idea, RPI, to travel with your pen light.
I will try doing the same next time I travel. I have a few (dispensable, cheap) pen lights which look like long pens. Maybe I will just remove the metal clip and let it blend in as a “pen” when going through security check-points.
the Fenix E01 passed TSA with “flying colors”.
nothing said, nothing confiscated, nothing at all.
If flying BLF A6 XPL in 18350 format. If driving then BLF A6 XPL in 18350 format along with the Astrolux FT01.
I often carried Novatac 120T in several domestic flights.
One morning in Bali, I forgot to remove it from my belt holster when entering X ray/metal detector area. The officer asked and I show him the flashlight.
He clicked the light while looking at the LED :person_facepalming:
He returned it to me and ask me to continue.
I remember reading maybe 10 years ago about a flashaholic who had carried a McGizmo flashlight with him on a plane trip. The light had a custom crenelated bezel. TSA considered it a weapon and confiscated it. The guy said it’s a flashlight, not a weapon. The TSA agent pointed to the bezel. “I can take that off.” The agent wouldn’t hand the light back to him. No recourse. $400 gone.
I never carry any of my prized lights with a crenelated bezel attached. Plus, I’ll remove batteries and rubberband them together in a ziplock back, stuffed with my packed clothes. One time a TSA agent asked “what is this,” regarding my FW3A without battery. I explained it was a flashlight. The guy pressed the button and of course nothing happened. “I took the battery out, per TSA safety regs.” And then he was OK.
Seriously, more time and convenience has been wasted due to woefully inept TSA policies. The radicals who started this whole thing on 9/11 must be laughing at us.
I keep a cheap zoomie in the car for accident reasons, used it 2 times and once for a flat tire on the way to work.
Olight S2 Baton
Lightest 18650 side switch I could find that has a clip that is suitable for a hat. Maybe someday I’ll try to upgrade LED. probably not.
