My “stumble-to-the-potty” and “find-something-while-the-spouse-is-sleeping” light is my L2m shorty seen here. It’s very stable head standing and has a nice red illuminated tailcap. I recently swapped out the nichia with a 7A tint XM-L.
My “bump-in-the-night” light is a Convoy M2 quad Nichia 219c with a forward clicky that defaults to about 300-400 lumens but can blast more like 2500-3000 if I need it.
My “It’s-on-my-nightstand-because-I’m-running-out-of-places-to-put-lights” light is the blue S2+ linked in my signature line.
Olight S15R. Great moonlight mode which is what it is set to turn on to with a single click. It steps up to higher levels if needed but that seldom / never happens when it’s dark enough to need a light during the night.
My wife has a dollar store 9 led flashlight that puts out about 20 bluish lumens and I have a 1xAAA Utilitech key chain light that has a small aspheric and puts out about 50 lumens at max. I've had the utilitech for a couple years and it works good enough to keep from stubbing my toes on stuff. She has great night vision and never turns on a light, which irritates the heck out of me. I can't see anything in the dark, never could. Even moonlight is never enough.
I generally have several on the nightstand, but the usual culprits are:
1. Walk-through-the-house-at-night: gently-driven SK-68 (my Gearbest Digital-Sand camo) with pencil-modded driver and LB emitter replaced with a more neutral XP-E2
2. Bump-in-the-night light is my FastTech C20 18650 EDC-style light, with always-start-on-high 3A driver, CW XM-L2, and 25-degree TIR.
Olight S1 Raw Cu with wand attached in moonlight mode. Turns out my wife likes having a nightlight so we turn it on each night before sleeping. Plus it makes for a decorative and secure light on our metal nightstand.
I have 2 by the bed… I have a Thorfire VG10 with stock driver, XM-L2 4C and a GITD with red and orange LED’s, I find them good for sleeping and the ML mode on the VG10 is wonderful. I also have an S2 with triple XP-G2 3C with a very dim GITD tailcap with green LED’s. This is the one I grab if I think I need a lot of light!
amber modded SK68 or amber modded #3 zoomie, and amber modded headlight — for getting around in the dark without waking the household with bright white light.
Something stunning if I need that as backup.
For the same reasons many people mentioned above ……It is very stable face down because of the large wide SS bezel . I never liked knocking stuff over when reaching for a light in the dark .
forward clicky/ variable ring .
Rock solid
