1 Keychain : noname S11, I use it a lot, very cheap, powerful and practical, the side lights are just a gadget, except for the blinking red.
2 EDC : Sofirn SP40A with 2700k LH351, beautiful tint and CRI, the TIR optic give a nice beam and the light is very small, even more with 18350 battery tube.
3 Thrower : Convoy C8+ with XPL-HI 3000k and plug-in diffuser (frosted glass), powerful throw with warm white and the diffuser makes it usable for close work with a beautiful smooth beam.
bonus : searchlight : Wurkkos DL70, big and powerful with long runtime and simple UI. Might switch for a Convoy L2 with 3000k LED.
Keychain? Don’t have a keychain light. Don’t like them getting scratched up, nor having lots of stuff on my keychain. Car key, lanyard and a decorative keyring is my limit. Oh and my Leatherman Micra, nearly forgot that.
EDC: Well this changes a lot. If I had to pick though, I’d pick my blue FW3A with 5000K XP-L HI’s, carclo 10507, sky blue turbo glow gasket, deep carry clip, SS bezel and Lume1 driver. Boy what a light.
Thrower: Well I only have 2 dedicated throwers: An original XHP35 HI 4000K BLF GT, and a modded SFT-40 Astrolux FT03, soooo I’d probably pick the FT03 simply for convenience. The BLF GT is a MONSTER but so god damn heavy!
Searchlight: Convoy L6 GT-FC40 ALL DAY LONG. I’m in love with my L6, I swear. If I had to pick just two lights to last till the end of time, my blue FW3A and my L6 would make the pick. I’ve had comments from “normies” about how impressive the L6 is, when I was helping to search for a lost pet (it was found). I just wish it had a battery check mode, although it has LVP so that’s okay.
I have many lights that I could choose, and would definitely miss, but I think I could live with those 3. Doesn’t say anything about emitter swaps though
I hesitate between a Convoy L2 with 3000k XHP 50.2 or L6 with GT-FC40 and 2000k. The L2 is more like a giant C8 and the L6 is larger with more flood and light plus beautiful tint and CRI. I should go with the L6 and to try that pleasant very warm tint at night-walks.
Headlight is one of a couple of older Sofirn D10(?) that have 4000K LH351D emitters. Single emitter central type.
My third is a wood light running a 14500 li-ion cell, a Sofirn SP10a driver and a triple de-domed 4000K LH351D and a wide Carclo. That gets used at night inside the house. A rectangular box so it doesn’t roll off the table and glulam wood so it looks nice.
EAGTAC D25 AAA UV
Mainly for inspection at work, but also useful for looking for small dropped objects at home.
Noctigon KR4 Quinta
Three versions for daily EDC: work, days off, and dress.
Noctigon KR1
Thrower for when needed: see the food delivery person back to car, look for cat who snuck out while getting food delivery, play with in misty rain or fog.
(in part I’m posting the image for the practise. I’m working off my phone instead of my PC as we are not home where the LC is and the img apps work a ittle differently)
You need a keychain light to find your phone.
You need a phone light to find your keys.
I have a mini Swiss Army knife, with a light, on my keychain for a quick look. Battery life and lumens are pretty low though.
EDC: The Olight Brass S mini stays in my jeans watch pocket - always.
Dog walking: Nitecore SRT7GT. Police mode for scaring bad drivers.
Headlamp: Acebeam H40
I need 4.
EDC Nitecore TUBE. The perfect pocket light size.
SuperTiger Pure Flood Headlamp. The best flood HL pattern I’ve ever seen. Used mostly inside in daylight to see what the heck is going on when doing any kind of fix-it work. And naturally they aren’t available any more. But I bough 4 of them ’cause I never want to be without one.
Convoy S21A. Best size/performance for me. It’s what I grab for look’en at and for stuff around the house.
But the Olight Balder weapon light/laser is darned handy thing to have and never (I hope) need to use.
And the nasty blue Olight Baton (something or other) Bedside. Why? Two clicks into a 2 min. auto turn off at whatever brightness I choose.
