BLF's Top2 Recommended Flashlights 2012

AAA - ITP A3 & High CRI Preon 2
AA High CRI Quark Mini AA & SC51W
18650 NW S-Mini & Cheap Host + Manafont XML emitter
17670 Surefire 6P’s with a Manafont white/red drop-in and another with a homebrew with XPE NW emitter

Several honorable mentions I could add on the AA and AAA, but…

Thanks for the chance and generosity.

AAA: DQG III tiny R4 neutral, Maratac Cu (soon -when available- to be
modded with xpe2 neutral)

AA: 4sevens QminiAA high CRI, ultrafireC3ss(nichia219mod)

18650: ultrafire270-T60(NANJG2.4A,XML4000Kneutralmod),
Designer'sA10-1(brandname..love dx..)NANJG2.8Amod

cr123: BLFmini (anticipating..), NEW10b(nichia219,NANJG1A-mod)

other: my tiny 2xnichia5mm9V build:

learning about this build, djozz:

“other: my tiny 2xnichia5mm9V build”

it is not much more than what you see: two 5mm-leds and a 68ohm resistor in series, squeezed tight into the smallest 9V battery connector I could find

AAA: Led Lenser (used by my son, can’t remember the model)

AA: Fenix TK41, LD12

18650: Xeno G42, X8

CR123: Klarus XT11, Zebra SC600

Other: Fenix TK70, Shadow JM26

Comment: Fenix’s turbo mode steps down to next lower level only when cell can no longer sustain it, the power feature that I like.

AAA: Fenix LD01 and Thrunite Ti
AA: Jetbeam PA40W and Zebralight H51W
18650: Thrunite TN31 and Zebralight H600W
CR123: Shiningbeam I-Mini, Solarforce L2M
Other: Shadow JM07 Pro

AAA: N-light B3, Thrunite ti (green)

AA: Nitecore D-10 xpg nw, N-light B2S

18650: EDi-T T6 Nichia mod, Xi-Ware L20c xpg nw

CR123: Nitecore Ex-10 /mod- xpg r4 4B , Nitecore sr3

Other: 2D Woot maglite clone ,two 5mm nichia Pig Lite

* it needs to be top 5 recommended for each battery size

AAA = the lights received from the Coast promotion where you only pay $3.50 for shipping and you can get something like the g10, once i get mine, I shall EDC it when I can, It would be nice to get a thrunite ti though, a waaaaaay better light for only about 13 bucks I believe, multimode and alot more lumens

AA = sipik sk68(super economical, reliable, somewhat small, and a zoomie with decent lumens) and the balder se-1(might be more expensive than the sipik, but still only 23ish bucks and a vastly superior light) I was also a fan of the dorcy cyberlight, 4aa and ran for like 2 hours with 150+ lumens, deep reflector too, and side switch

18650 = Crelant 7g5v2 :slight_smile: (A dry or skyray king would be great though, if I knew about them at the time I bought the Crelant I probably would’ve gotten one instead, just for the fact that a 2x18650 light is already big, might as well go all out with a penta xml one.
CR123 = I don’t really have a favorite here, not that big a selection for rc123’s(yeah, I care about the enviroment!) but i’ve heard nothing but good things from the foursevens quark series…

Other: An OL Copper Smoothie would be delicious too

Pretty good resource for determining what the top lights are right now

AAA: Trustfire XP-E F23, TrustFire Z10 XP-E R2

AA: ThruNite T10, BlackShadow Rook

18650: ThruNite TN31, DRY 3xXML-U2

CR123: Shadow GF1,

Other: HD2010, Aurora 2x C

AAA: DQG III, Thrunite Ti (both 1x AAA)
AA: Zebralight SC51c
18650: MagicFire Scorpion (40W), if modded lights count, my 30mm aspherical mod
CR123: Sunwayman V11R
Other: Modded Maglite 3D

Very Unique Contest, Hope to Win - Thank You Kreisler

AAA - Fenix E05, ITP A3 EOS Stainless

AA - Modified Mini Mag,

18650 - HD2010, EagleTac T20C2 MKll

CR123 - ITP - E50, BLF-Mini-01

Other - Photon 10mm, Old Lumens, Copper Smoothie

Congrats on the 3K, quite an accomplishment !!!!

AAA: EOSLAMP SP11 XPE, Preon 2 Titanium

AA: Quark Mini MA XP-G2, Eagletac D25A2 Mini

CR123: Sunwayman C10R, Shiningbeam I-Mini

18650: Xeno G42, Eagletac D25LC2 clicky

Other: Maelstrom S12(26650), Quark Mini CR2 hi CR

Thanks for hope Kreisler.

AA: Nitecore EZ AA R5

It is the only decent flashlight I own.

Thanks.

AAA = ThruNite Ti (1xAAA) and the Preon 2 High CRI (2xAAA)
AA = EagleTac D25A Clicky (I have three, and I love these lights. 1xAA) and the 4Sevens Quark Turbo AA (2xAA)
18650 = Zebralight SC600w

Seriously, I really do like the D25A Clickys.

AA Balder SE-1
18650 Trustfire X8
14500 Trustfire Z8
16340 Trustfire Mini-01
26650 Ultrafire HD2010

Thanks for this sweet giveaway K!
Cheers
Steve

AAA Thurnlite Ti, Pelican 1920

AA Klarus PA2, Jetbeam BA10

18650 Fandyfire 2011, Solarforce L2P

CR123, Surefire X200 weapon light, Streamlight weapon light (my only cr123 lights)

Other DX keychain light ( you know the 10 for $4.99 ones) and Streamlight keymate

AAA Preon 2 High CRI
AA PA40
18650 SC600
CR123 No thanks :bigsmile:
Other N/A

AAA: Thrunite Ti, ITP A3

AA: fenix LD20, Thrunite T10

18650: ZebraLight SC600, Solarforce L2m

AAA: ThruNite Ti; Coast PX25

AA: EagleTac D25A Clicky, JetBeam PA40

18650: Xeno S3A NW, UltraFire 980L

CR123: Bleh! Although the Xeno S3A takes them, and my UltraFire G4-MCU I think.

26650: UltraFire HD2010; Keygos M13

Thank you kind folks for the giveaway, and congratulations on probably way more than 3000 posts Her Kreisler :slight_smile:

AAA - (1) Copper Maratac (2) DQG III NW SS
AA - (1) Gerber Infinity w/ Red LED (2) Xeno E03 XML CW
18650 - (1) Tan Solarforce L2X Extended w/ Surefire P91 (2) Bronze Solarforce L2 w/ Direct Drive XML dropin
CR123 - (1) Surefire E2D w/ Lumens Factory xenon dropin (2) Surefire M2 w/ P90
Other - (1) Streamlight TLR-3 [CR2] (2) Surefire 6P w/ XPE dropin [17670]