Flashlight Hall of Fame

This thread is for fun and also for reference. The goal is to recap all the famous and even infamous flashlights that have basically become cult classics. Please just list one so it's simple to read and also more members can get in on it. Let's try to adhere to just these two guidelines:

1) List just ONE flashlight - make and model (and category if possible - i.e. Thrower)

2) Give a brief, one or two sentence description why it rose to cult classic status (well, we should just try to keep it brief).

The List:

1. Trustfire X9 [Thrower]

2. Surefire 6P [Beginning of the P60]

3. Nitecore D10 [EDC]

4. Sipik SK68 [Flood to throw]

5. Maglite [CLASSIC!]

6. Romisen RC-29 [Flood to throw]

7. Fauxton [Keychain]

8. UniqueFire AA-S1

9. iTP A1/A2/A3

10. DQG Tiny II

11. UltraFire H3 [Headlamp]

12. Zebralight H51f

13. Fenix TK35 [All-around]

14. AKOray K-106 [EDC - programmable]

15. Solarforce L2 [P60 - The High Quality 6P clone]

16. Fenix TK40/41/45 [Multi-AA]

17. Romisen RC-G2

18. N-light B2/B3 [Stainless steel]

19. C8 (KD, Keygos KE-5, Trustfire, etc) [Compact Thrower]

20. Fenix E01 [Compact]

21. Ultrafire 501b [P60]

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I'll kick things off with my suggestion:

Trustfire X9 - [Thrower]

Even when most people may not own this light, it quickly became a measuring stick for just about every budget thrower. It looks good, performs well and does all this at a great price.

Surefire 6p basically set the clone standards all over the world

Nitecore D10. EDC. Hands down a sought after classic AA light.

Sipik sk68 (and clones): small, incredible output, biggest wow factor light i own, zoom-throw really easy and AA as wel as 14500

Maglite

I think a hell of a lot of us started our addiction with that light.

Romisen RC-29. Flood-to-throw, three mode, single AA/14500. Bright, versatile, seriously impressive build quality for the money. Worthy alternative to Sipik 68.

The humble fauxton. [Keychain light]

Helps you find your door at night, stays with you as long as you don't lose your keys, and is cheap enough to buy a 10-pack and give all of them away. Like little seeds, and when one falls on fertile ground, a flashaholic is born.

Cheap, Size, both AA and 14500. Clip, and most of all very bright, nice tint and very floody beam.

A classic!

iTP A3 - the most often recommended EDC that's actually CED (carried every day ;) ) both here and on CPF.

DQG tiny II NW [ 1AAA keychain light]

The tiny size, light weight, nice beam, scratch resistant SS body, ease of operation as an EDC and high quality machining makes it the best keychain twisty, until something better comes out. (new 4Sevens, DQG tiny III)

Ultrafire H3

Headlamp

A clone of the legendary Zebralight H60. This clone brought the long burn, all flood, 18650 form factor headlamp to the masses. Its two years old and still discussed today.

Zebralight H51f
Small, bright, low, low all on one AA battery. It has a pleasant diffused beam and is easy to carry even if you always leave the headband attached (which I do). Great user interface.

Fenix TK35 [All-round]

Enough twrower, enough flooder, enough runtime, small enough, enough battery options... It will not cover any extreme but in real use, it will be very hard for someone to need something that TK35 can't do.

I 2nd that!

AKOray K-106 3 Mode Programmable (EDC)

know it all.. the real cult classic! :)

Throw an Ultrafire T6 3 mode in this and it's

Pure Awesomeness .

Fenix TK40/45/41

The most fun a man can have with 8 AAs

Rominsen RC-G2
My first good budget light. Showed me that for $12 a budget LED could absolutely shame an old Incan Maglight 3D cell!

Solarforce L2 , LEGO Craze - Affordable P60 - Value For Money

Ultrafire A20 - Unsung 16340 Host ... [ Also a great mod host ]

Maratac - Fantastic AA - AAA hosts

Akoray - Programmable models

ITP - A1 - A2 - A3

Jetbeam BK135A [ wonderful AA light ]

N-light B2 - B3

Trustfire T2 - Came a little late to have much impact - Now if only it was made in XM-L

And most importantly = The XM-L emitter .... Possibly the single most important advancement in years ... Putting power into small form factor ...