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…
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 (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: 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
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