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.
Sure yeah, but if I were carrying a 21700 light for work, I’d consider it a work light rather than an edc.
I’m going to have to call that True. I EDC an aluminum 18350, but carry bigger at work. Total EDC is a Glock 43X, Coldsteel Spartan and a BLF A6 XP-L 3D 18350. Add a belt, wallet, cellphone and a glasses case not much room left. Colder weather with a jacket gets a little bit of an upgrade on some items.
Unless you want MORE POWER!!! Ahr-ahr-ahr…
Titanium. I like the durability.
I use my edc’s mostly on lower levels.
Tubo is for short blasts.
aluminum is fine
anything else is too expensive(ti), heavy(brass, copper), ugly(Brass or copper after a month), or smelly (talking to you, copper and brass)
or it’s bad for heating (steel, titanium)
plus aluminum can be dyed prettily
Uncle Al for the WIN!
and it;s cheap
@ACEBEAM:
You have a bunch of pics in this thread that are not pics at all--they are links.
Instead of clicking on "Insert Image" you should be clicking on "Insert Link."
Aluminum for me since it’s lightweight, not expensive, and conducts heat well.
But wouldn’t it be cool to have a gold “Elvis” flashlight? 
I updated the pictures to Google pics and shared here. It is very strange that you can not see it, but others can see these pictures. :person_facepalming:
Cooper
Delrin - I have a few Countycomm items made from this excellent material and would certainly buy a light made from it, if one ever became available
Did you get one of these ? Thanks JR smith sharing !
Nope. Hope you make more of the blue ones.
Yeah me too, I should have said, I do like plastic lights, at least the couple of plastic headlamps that I have. They aren’t good for high power because of heat issues, but low power is fine. I love Photon style microlights. Another user has told me how great he thinks the Rovyvon A5x is. It’s a 15 gram tiny plastic light with a lipo pouch cell inside, with a 300 lumen burst mode plus some more practical lower modes. Unfortunately in my opinion it has too much other baggage, like a couple of other different color leds.
It also seems to me that a light that size should have a USB plug directly in the light, so it looks like a pen drive. You’d plug it straight into a USB port to recharge instead of messing with a cable. It could even include a modest amount of flash memory for double duty.