It's a pretty simple question but I am curious what the majority of the community does. This is for flashlights not including headlights or lanterns.
About 90-95% of the time I use mine outdoors. There just isn't many times I need one inside and I spend a lot of time outdoors in a dark rural setting. Regardless, I make as many excuses to use a flashlight as possible.
Outdoor I got for a 1 hour walk most nights, preferably after dark, preferably with at least 2-3 flashlights. I’ve got too many so need to make sure each gets some air at least once or twice per year.
Indoor my torch du jour is SC64w HI or mcbob SC64c w/ 219b - mostly for fidgeting with during the day and to light up where I walk once the family is in bed at night.
In closing, probably light on outside more than light on inside.
I use my big and medium size flashlights outdoors, and my small flashlights indoors at my community meeting hall facility. When the night meetings are over, I navigate through the building without having to turn on/off the main lights. I perform nightly maintenance outside with medium and large lights.
Nighttime walks are with use of the biggies, but I carry small lights, too. Lots of both indoor and outdoor use daily.
Indoors: D4V2 quad W2 is on the front burner.
Outdoors: EC03, X50 and BLF GT94 are on the front burner.
I occasionally rotate in others.
I rely on my flashlight (Malkoff MDC HA) frequently during my work day for equipment inspections, predominantly indoors. My fun lights come out at home, mostly indoors after dark, but I usually drag a couple throwers outside to play with for a few minutes every night (when the weather allows).
Edit to answer the question….indoors sees more usage for me.
in terms of illumination time ….outdoors.
in terms of counting individual uses…indoors.
Indoors, easily. I live in a very well-lit city, especially now that the sodium lamps are being phased out. Only time I’ve seen a dark street in recent memory was on a recent blackout.
Outdoors for maybe 15 minutes total early am and late night.
Indoors only for random needs, under sink, attic or whatever.
Light pollution would bug the hell out of me. Don’t even like full moons. Across the valley from me a new parking lot with LED lighting opened. Bugs me.
Lanterns indoors. Flashlights outdoors.