Primary, Secondary & Keychain Flashlights @ Longer Darker Days

What’s your preferred primary, secondary and keychain lights and led choice now that the days are getting darker/longer sooner?

My primary is the Lumintop EDC18 w/ XPL HI 5000k.
My secondary is an S2+ w/ SST20 3000k.
My keychain light is the Manker LAD II w/Nichia 219C (CRI>90) 4000k.

I have been grabbing the Wurkkos FC11 alot lately, rotating the 2700 and 4000K.

On keychain is Tini 2 but thinking of switching it out.

My keychain light tends to be my primary nowadays. Because I started to hang the keys on my neck. Utorch S1 Mini.
Secondary - usually a 14500 light that I got from Fireflies.

I don’t put a flashlight on my keychain. Always have a Ti3 in my pocket with my car key.
My Primary is an EO2II. Kind of like a keychain light but it clips to just about anything and is the most useful light I own.
Secondary is in a coat pocket. Currently an SC31 pro.

I have one of those ‘freebie’ coin cell lights from Battery Junction on my keychain and then a lipstick light in my pocket.

Chris

Primary: Acebeam E70-AL XHP70 5000K

Keychain1: Red body RovyVon Aurora A3 XP-G3 (neutral white?)

Keychain2: Dark blue body TrustFire MiniX (neutral white?)

Keychain3: Zanflare F3 XP-G2 (cool neutral white?)

Although none of these are warm white, I prefer warm white.

I bought a bunch of keychain lights trying to find the perfect one .
I didn’t find them to be as useful as I thought they would be.

I do bring a keychain light with me if I’m going somewhere I think I might need one

I love keychain flashlights, but I am super picky.

They're my backups to my EDC/Primary flashlight.

Primary: Zebralight SC600w MKIII Hi
Secondary: Acebeam K75
Keychain: Nitocore Tube

Primary: V10R with a XP-L HI V2 1A. Think I might upgrade that with a 219b, not sure yet. I have some coming in the mail.
Secondary: BLF SP36.
Keychain: Nitecore Tube
Necklace: DQG Spy Ti

Primary: typically Fireflies E07x, but occasionally I’ll carry a Convoy M1 with a Thyrm Switchback

Secondary: If I’m wearing a shirt with an open-topped pocket, I’ll keep a Wurkkos WK02 in there

Keychain: I don’t keep a light on my keychain, but I’ve had a Sofirn C01S in my wallet/organizer pouch for a year or so. It needs to be replaced though, since it’s started twisting and coming on in my wallet and it drains the battery.

Keychain is almost always a Skilhunt E3A. Super small, I never know it’s there and single mode.

The light I carry in my pocket depends on my mood and what britches I am wearing. Manker ML03, Eagletac D25A or Eagletac D25LC2 are the three most used, lately. I prefer a rear mechanical clicky but sometimes a side switch light will surprise me by not coming on in my pocket. I have just seen that Armytek updated Prime C2 Pro the other day. That has my attention but, not at $85. I’ll probably just order the damn thing. I complain about the prices but, normally just give in and pay up. :slight_smile:

I usually have another light in the car/truck for backups. Have never really had any need to call on them for anything.

Primary = SC31 PRO w/18650 (30Q) (* run the short tube/ 18350 in summer)

Secondary - whatever one I grab off the shelf

Keychain = Olight I3 EOS

Primary: Astrolux EC01 SST40 5000k
Secondary: Lumintop FW3A 3xSST20 4000k
Keychain: Jetbeam Mini One XP-G3 6500k with aux lights

Primary: D4V2 quad W2.

Secondary: EC03.

Tertiary: X50

Quaternary: GT94.

Quinary: MS18.

Keychain: S2 Baton.

Too varied. No keychain lights, only an i1R whatever on a “neck lanyard” like for ID badges, that I might wear around the house if I don’t have any pockets.

Outside, default SPwhatever, the chameleon-color one, holstered on my bag.

Inside… yeesh. GTmicro (yeah, works again after the leaking EBL killed it), TM03, FC12, DC7, IF22A, WK30, and whatever else might be around. Tacklife with diffusion-film in the kitchen.

Skilhunt M200 in my jacket pocket / IYP 365 in a shirt pocket / ancient Fenix E01.

(And I almost forgot - a well worn, 20 year old old Fenix LP1 in my pants pocket, with the emitter and driver upgraded a couple of times already).

  1. Solar Force L2T with custom drop-in (Samsung 371D)
  2. Lumintop FWAA TiCu
  3. Fenix UC01 (not pictured)

Then the 14500 battery was depleted and temporarily replace my FWAA with Vollsion EOSLAPM with Nichia Optisolis.

Primary: ZL SC64C LE or Skilhunt M200
Secondary: ZL SC53W or Skilhunt M150
Keychain: Skilhunt E3A

  • Primary: Astrolux St01 5000K (New carry, been okay so far)
  • Secondary: Sofirn SP10s
  • Keychain: Astrolux K2 4000K