Flashlight for an elderly friend--twisty might be too difficult...

[Evi1joe]

I think the Olight I3 EOS would be great for my friend, but he’s lost feeling in his left hand, and his right isn’t so good.
Can anyone think of a comparable light that has a button instead of a twisty?
I’ve seen penlights that might work—but I think he was looking for something smaller and lighter.

[manxbuggy1]

Welcome to BLF Evi1joe. I don’t know what price range you are looking at but an Eagletac D25A Clicky would be a really nice light and runs on a single AA.

[ohaya]

Hi,

Shining beam has the HypeTac P1A:

http://www.shiningbeam.com/servlet/the-198/HypeTac-P1A-LED-Flashlight/Detail

* LED: Cree XP-G R5 LED, Max 90 Lumens

• Battery: 1x AAA alkaline or NIMH
• Materials: Aircraft aluminum with type III anodizing
• IPX8 waterproofing
• Color: Black
• Reflector: Orange peel
• Accessories: two spare O-ring

Output & Runtime:
Medium 28 lumens / 3.5 hours - High 90 lumens / 1.2 hours - Low 3 lumens / 40 hours

Operation:
Press the tail switch to turn on/off the flashlight
Chang brightness levels (medium - high - low)by pressing light tail switch
Flashlight will go to medium automatically for every start if turning light off over 5 seconds
Dimension: 11.3cm x 1.4cm
Weight: 19g (excluding battery)

$22.75

And, FastTech has this:

https://www.fasttech.com/products/1601/10003905/1283001

Aesthetic
COLOR Silver
MATERIAL Stainless Steel
Flashlights
LENS TYPE Glass Lens
MODE COUNT 1
REFLECTOR TYPE Aluminum Smooth/SMO
SWITCH FEATURES Glow-in-the-dark
SWITCH PLACEMENT Tail
SWITCH TYPE Clicky
Light Sources
LIGHT SOURCE BIN R3
LIGHT SOURCE BRAND Cree
LUMENS (MAX) 240 LM
Power & Batteries
BATTERIES INCLUDED No
BATTERY FORM FACTOR AAA / 10440
REQUIRED BATTERY COUNT 1
Package
PACKAGE TYPE Plain
Dimensions us | metric
DEPTH 13 mm
HEIGHT 89 mm
WIDTH 13 mm
PRODUCT WEIGHT 48 g
Product Numbers
FASTTECH SKU 1283001

$8.79

[ezarc]

I would say something with a button near the head rather than tail switch, but I cant really recommend anything as I don’t have any single AAs like that.

[Racer]

Pelican 1910.

[Evi1joe]

Thanks!
Yeah, he doesn’t have a lot of money—he was just impressed with my jetbeam bc10 and asked if I could get him a good 1xAAA light as well as a 1xCR123 light. He had a Romissen that he really liked, but lost it evidently (I don’t know how he could lose anything, since EVERYTHING seems to be tethered to him or his keys or his cane).

I’m just trying to find the most affordable/best value lights with newer emitters that I think he could use. He’s having a LOT of trouble with his health, his social security and other govt help, so it helps if I do the footwork and lifts his spirits getting new toys.

[ezarc]

If he liked the Romisen there is a new Romisen RC-G2 X at ShiningBeam with a XP-G2

[Boaz]

http://dx.com/p/small-sun-zy-717-pen-style-1-led-white-flashlight-red-silver-1-x-aaa-170686

or a tank e08..

http://dx.com/p/tank007-e08-ha-iii-cree-q3-wc-110-lumen-led-flashlight-with-carabiner-clip-1-aaa-1-10440-26990

https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/2493

there is also a fake police clone of the tank e08 which is about 3$ it has to be the easiest light to click on ever .Just toss the carabiner and Voilà ...instant hit ..

Give him a real one ...and also a fake so he has another light handy

The BC 10 defiantly has an easy forward clicky