If you could ONLY have 1 flashlight.

i USE only one light 99% of the time

FW3A

i HAVE 40-leven others

others that i use sometimes

cyansky M1R / trustfire minix -tiny rectangular keychain lights

tool AAA/copper

BLF A3/18350

One flashlight so it should be multifunctional…and easy to mod. One flashlight don’t mean the same LED, optics , firmware, isn’t it?
Then I think I chose Panda 4. Headlamp is most functional type of flashlights. And 3 chanal driver also add a lot of functionality.

My favorite flashlight is the Acebeam E70-AL, so that would be my pick.

Zebralight H600Fc

Wait a minute... If I can only have 1 flashlight then what happens to the 14,000 other lights I own ?

It would be a headlamp .

a tint / hi cri modded one ....

If I only get one light, I'm picking the perfect tint

and

"yes Virginia ..High CRI matters "

Hehe your choice didn’t get any easier did it MUalum13… :sushi:

One flashlight, since i actually use mine a lot it would have to be the most versatile, small enough to be with me 24/7 but big enough to accomodate a single 18650 or 21700 for decent runtime, maximum of 4000k led temp, at or below bbl, with a die not too big so as to have a little bit of throw (maximum size sst40 ish), a way to be locked out, a decently efficient driver, provision for a clip.

Funny how this same question gets posted two or three times a year

If I needed real utility, probably something like the Warrior X turbo, but not made by olight.

If I only needed bursts of turbo, a D4sv2 with quad w2s.

It lies in the heart of every newer member that he can make just one really good decision and get back to his life .He looks at the insanity of folks on the forum and wants to believe it could never be him.

Blame Fastech and Convoy years ago who offered 8 tube lights with 5 different emitter options , 4 driver options and then multiple color options .

If you're good at math it's about 300-500 choices .

This has always been the brilliance of Convoys business model .

I had a cop teacher that used to say something on those lines: “He who has one flashlight, has no flashlight”.

:student: My brain hurts after thinking so much about this question :weary:

I know the aim is to pick a flashlight suitable for all/many situations, but…
…if I need a light to open the door, I will have a keychain light, I won’t pick the backpack flashlight (too much trouble finding it :person_facepalming: )
…if I need to see something really fast, I will pick the “EDC” light I have in the pocket, not the keychain flashlight that I left in the jacket
…if I go out for a walk, even in urban environment, the keychain light and the EDC light won’t be adequate, so I need to carry my other light
…if I go to the countryside, I can’t use that other light because it won’t reach the 200m I need to see a fox coming from the woods
…and if I need my hands free to pick some wood in the dark, I will have to use a headlamp something like that allows me to have “free hands”.

So…I guess your “one flashlight to light’em all quest” will end up in buying many, at least one for each situation: keychain, headlamp, small EDC, bigger EDC, thrower, lumen monster!!! :slight_smile:

I don’t have a better answer for you MUalum13, and now I don’t see how I could spend the rest of my life with only one flashlight :innocent:


EDIT: does it count as 1 flashlight having a Convoy S2+ tailcap & tube and then different heads (w/ different drivers/leds)? :slight_smile::slight_smile: :partying_face:

My MS18W is my favorite light, but if I could only have one, it would be between my Imalent R60C and my Imalent MS08 for their pocketable size but good battery life due to the three 21700 cells. I could live with either as an only light but would probably pick my MS08. The R60C's green tint is a little annoying at lower power levels and the fanned shell of the MS08 allows max power hand holding for the entire usage duration.

Since I absolutely need a headlamp, it would have to be a Wizard Pro, V3 or V4.

IKR
My most used light is my Xtar Moon RC2, but its an indoor pseudo-lantern so if i had to pare it down to one its still the Convoy M1.
But for two lights the RC2 would be in there.

Thorfire TG06S. Two of them really, because of the 1=0, 2=1 thing.

A rugged 1xAA H>M>L tail clicky. Cells are ubiquitous with very flexible chemistry selections primary vs rechargeable. GITD lens O-ring. Reversible pocket clip. Vampire extraordinaire; it will eventually begin starting only on L as the cell is consumed, and suck an alkie cell down to 0.8 ~ 0.7v before giving up entirely. Really decent tint. Sadly NLA, and I've not been able to find an exact replacement.

slmjim

Seems legit, though. New budget drivers, new emitters, new cells, and the answers change pretty fast. My answer would have been different a year ago. OTOH, OP’s post count and disengagement from this thread does seem kinda spammy.

Now I’m going to pocket my M21B today and see if my answer changes again.

Lumintop AA with 4 14500 and 4 Fujitsu AA. in the explosion proof bag I just ordered.

Included would be a 4 bay charger with a small solar panel.

Explosion proof bag?

The last one I remember was about taking only one flashlight into a cave. Not the catacombs thread although similar. So there was an element of danger and reliability and utility. If you made it back out you could presumably get to use all your other flashlights again. I don’t like this question. I would have to hide all my other flashlights in a cave.