For EDC, I prefer aluminum. It’s very lightweight and has excellent thermal properties.
I do have some brass and titanium lights in my collection but I don’t EDC them because of their weight.
For EDC, I prefer aluminum. It’s very lightweight and has excellent thermal properties.
I do have some brass and titanium lights in my collection but I don’t EDC them because of their weight.
Silver please
May have to have the copper one. Is moon accessible from off and is strobe hidden?
That fake bronze EC-35 you had out a few years ago was pretty cool. Some plated material with no bronze what so ever.
Acebeam EC35 Bronze is a limited version of 2016 Christmas wonderful gift, made of the special bronze.
Note: the pure Bronze will change its color slowly because of oxidation when exposing in the air and what is the most awesome and surprising thing is its color will show much historical play
A mix of Aluminum and Copper. My EDC gets used and needs the better thermal properties of those two. Titanium nitrate plating is a nice finish.
For practical use: Aluminum.
For when I feel like some bling: Titanium or Titanium with copper pill.
Typically, I find other materials to be too heavy for pocket EDC,
For true EDC, I prefer Aluminum. I want to keep my pockets as light as possible.
For flashlights, I usually like aluminum because it's cheap, it's not heavy, and it dissipates heat well.
Sometimes I like copper, which dissipates heat better than aluminum, but it's kinda pricey and quite heavy.
If I don't care about heat dissipation, then stainless steel is sometimes nice.
Aluminum. Wicks heat well, light, strong, durable. Titanium is cool, but the thermal properties are bad. Brass and copper are pretty, but heavy and expensive. I th8nk a mix of copper and aluminum is best
Aluminum body, copper head, stainless bezel.
Personally, I don’t like mixing copper with my aluminum lights.
For aluminum lights, I prefer all-aluminum for maximum weight savings. Including the pill.
Titanium or copper for AA and CR123A based lights. Normally aluminum for anything larger for the weight savings and good heat dissipation.
Titanium. However, I can afford aluminum so that’s what is generally in the pocket:-) EDC18 and D4’s
Thanks, RC, that sums it up pretty well for me too. :+1:
Cooper.
I couldn’t imagine edc’ing a 21700 light, much less a brass one. I have a tiny titanium 1xLR44 light on my keys and usually edc a 1aaa light. These days aluminum but I had a stainless steel one for a while and the weight was ok, in my watch pocket. I don’t like the idea of a copper light because of tarnish, but I’ve never had one. Brass looks nice but is too heavy. I do like titanium.
Idk I think if Zebralight ever made a tube-style 21700 light that it might be small enough to pocket carry. Not for me necessarily but for some people who already carry monstrous 18650 lights that have built-in charging and are like 6 inches long.
one word: plastic(s).
We could all carry 21700 lights in principle, but why would we want to? It’s like carrying a brushless impact driver everywhere you go. It’s one thing if you’re going on a camping trip or if you work outdoors or something, but most of us office schlubs rarely have a requirement for a 1000+ lumen light. That’s equivalent to two car headlamps more or less. The 2AA incandescent Mini-Mag of yesteryear, the most popular flashlight of its day, was about 5 lumens although its directional beam gave it more throw than today’s typical 5lm keychain led. An edc is for everyday or unexpected use, and you have other more specialized lights at home for when situations call for them.
To misquote Bill Gates, 64 lumens should be enough for anyone. And a nothing-special 1aaa budget light can do that easily.
Not everyone works in an office though.