I too have lights that I really like how they look and am a bit afraid to use so as to protect that look. But only 1 or 2 of those. Most of my others are all different enough that they each serve a purpose.
I’d gotten a L2P as a partial light, tube/head, as I wanted a ss crowned tail for another one I have with M3 head. So I ended up with a complete L2P with zero markings on it. Stuffed the EDC+ Triple Nichia 219 in that one and probably use it more than any of em. I like to take macro’s and it’s a great light to use for lighting them. That L2P/M3 combo is one of my best throwers (and a prefered light), alongside my new HD2010 which I hope to be modding soon for Top Thrower Designation.
I have a chopped 1D Mag with XM-LT6 that JayRob built, my first expensive mod. Also dropped in a DE SSCP7 in another 2D Mag that I put a voltage monitor in, like that one as it’s bright and you know immediately if the cells are ready for the job at hand. Yet another 2D Mag has a 5 XP-E drop-in that ties in the thrower dept, can’t believe it was so cheap to do and holds it own against anything else I have, while making the most light.
Keychain MBI HF’s in Ti and Cu give me up to 600 lumens in a 2” package on demand anywhere I go, with useable 40 lumen lo modes for extended use. Can’t use Hi for long due to excessive heat but wow while it’s there!
And the P1D I got for my wife after reading this thread. I like it. She loves it, won’t let me touch it. And this after she accidentally allowed it to be in a position in her purse that it was on for about an hour, in a locker at the hospital!!! When she went for snack and found it, almost accidentally, it was almost too hot to touch, at the bottom of her purse. She did take it out and stand it on the metal locker aside from everything else so it could cool. Whew! Looked like it ran long enough to take an AW2600 from 4.1 to 3.75, at least I had a protected cell in it that might have saved big trouble had she not gone back and found it. Seemed to make a bigger difference to her when I finally convinced her she could have lost her entire PURSE! Gasp! lol (not to mention possibly burning up the Hospital) The XM-L T6 is now a lil greener (I’ve found they don’t like to be run hot) I had shown her how to corner carry tail up to keep the light in position for a quick grab, but apparently that didn’t stick. (She works nights) That exposed stand-out tail switch is potentially dangerous in a purse/bag carry! That was with a cheap Hi/Lo/Strobe XM-L T6 in it, I’m waiting for an EDC+ Triple XP-G for it….should be here in the next week or so. I like it’s rugged modern looking build, it just doesn’t look like other lights! She now carries it in a heavy plastic drill bit case, for safety.
With other lights having different emitters and tints, there’s one for almost every purpose. And one custom made light machined but awaiting some parts. My flashaholic piece-de-resistance!! Created from a single bar of Surgical Grade Titanium that I’ve had for well over a decade and a nice chunk of copper, this one will hang around my neck with either an XP-G S2 or Nichia219…either at 5000K being driven at 1.2A by a custom driver….the holdup.
So yeah, the Foy Principal is hard at work in my house too….Dang you Foy!
SoNowWhatAmIGonnaDoWithTheNextLightThatGrabsMyFancy, Dale