EDC...how much $.. How expensive a light are you willing to edc ?

nitecore ex10. Around $50. It's on a lanyard and the lanyard is clipped to my belt loop. Been carrying it for over a year now. Running rechargeable 123s. I would hate to lose it , but if I do, I'd rather have it when I need it than leave it at home and have it when I don't. Like all my gear, I buy for use, no shelf queens!

I also EDC my Dry, which was $85+shipping.

And I carry a $15 1xAA on my keychain.

If you have a more expensive light that does the job best then I'd recommend taking that. LED technology is improving all the time, it would be a shame for your best light to get outdated before you got enough proper use out of it. Of course if you're going somewhere you know it could get lost then I would maybe go for a cheaper one that day.

I EDC a Q-mini AA neutral R4 w/14500 on my keychain, which cost $35 ish I think, but would cost a lot more to replace now.. It's been on my keys for over a year now though and is still doing great, though with much less anodizing. I also have my old LD20 Q5 in my backpack as that's still a favourite of mine.

I carry a phone everywhere with me, and that's worth £80/$130 and my wallet has more costly things to replace than that in it total + cash so I just treat any EDC with the same care as what else I have with me.

I guess my most expensive light is my N30 HID, which cost me £100.

Retail value ..?

I've EDC'ed Nitecore EX10

Jetbeam BK135A

Nlight B3

These 3 are probably the most expensive lights I have EDC'ed

I really like my UF-2100 I just used it to hang Christmas lights outside in the dark.(If anyone asks why they would need to hang lights at night they must not be married). The 2100 is a bit long for my taste to EDC but if I was taking a long road trip or a long night walk that would be my light of choice. Most of the time for routine EDC work the little romisen RC-6 lights the path, lights under the hood finds the keyhole and reads the map every time. I ordered a Trustfire Z1 which might be the ticket for hands free work.

Max $50 for EDC.

I'm a po' Georgia boy, my most expensive light is my $69 M8.

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My trusty E01 on my key chain at all time. So that's under 13 bucks.

My new edc Balder SE-1 N/W is on the way from CQG. And although i'm a budget buyer, i'm planning to buy Quark Mini CR2 or MiniX for my keyring. Most expensive one of my collection is UF 980L up to now.

My SC51C is actually getting some pocket time. Great light, but I want a SC51W for the lower low. My neutral S-Mini gets quite a bit of coat pocket time too.

Current EDC [~$15] UniqueFire UF-2100

Highest price light I own [two way tie @$25] KD C8 & UltraFire UF-H3B

I've been more or less permanently paired with my sipik sk68 for longer than I care to recall. Both using 14500 and regular AA and rechargeable AA. So sub 10 usd for long.

My newest aquisitions have not really replaced that.

Maximum price for a light? Well if looks to be THE light for me I don´t think 150 usd is out of the question. But it would have to a damn sweet thing though. :)

$1.99 tiny keyring light from a local store. Read "on sale" all of 5 lumens.

I never use it...

Never found a need for an "EDC". Our gated community is lit well, parking lots are lit well, streets are lit well, never walk at night unless it's to do with work and that light isn't an EDC. Just don't ever use an EDC.

Flashlight in the glove box, flashlights in the house and garage, but all of them most likely have dead batteries, since I never use them. I don't carry a pocket knife either.

I know I'm a sad excuse for any kind of a "holic". Used to be an alcoholic in a previous life, does that count?

I EDC all my EDC sized lights regardless of price, I currently only have one though. A Klarus mix6 key chain light.

EDC - $85 Nitecore D10 Magma. Fantastic light, still haven't found anything better.

Most expensive flashlight? Xtar Howitzer ($160) and Surefire L4 SSC ($130).

EDC free plastic button style keychain light.



Most expensive Zebralight H51f (excluding dive lights)



Any flashlight from DX will be $25 or less.

been edcing/worklight sc600 nice bright/floody.

I usually have two single AA lights on my person.

So EDC = $50/$65

Most Expensive light = $65

Most carried is a Lummi Wee XML, as it's on my keys. It's also got a qtc pill in, so is infinitely variable. After currency conversion, that was about a Ben Franklin. That admission alone is gonna get me kicked out of the budget club isn't it?

Oh, and my most expensive is my 500 lumen headlight, built from a lux-rc light engine, an enclosure from easy2led.com, and a healthy dose of plundered headlight parts from some unlucky petzls. Running through the woods at night like it's daylight? Priceless.

I usually carry my 4Sevens Quark1232 as my EDC but I will keep the Spark SL6 on my person as well. The 4Sevens set me back about 65 plus the 15 for the battery and the spark was 110 plus 20 for the battery.

Since all my EDCs have been modded by me in some way or another, I'll have to go with "priceless" ;)

(But the raw materials usually add up to less than 30€)