ONE!!??
I am not Married so I don’t have to play this game.
But, if I was and HAD to choose one….
I would have to go with my tried and true, well tested & survived it all. Use it everyday. Simple to use, easy to carry.
Bright enough to reflect Eyes in a field. Common battery.
ThruNite Ti2 AAA
I don’t need another Log in my pants.
even if I could trade them all, and pick a New one. I wouldn’t give up something that works everyday for the past 4 years. Maybe more.
I have other lights available at all times but the Lil AAA is what gets used 98% of the time. I just can’t get myself to pick another light that I do not choose to use EVERYDAY. If the batt dies I will get another out of my pack and in the same pouch are other options like modded wf502B, S2+, A6… But I get another Eneloop and go, leaving the others behind.
Choice is made as the world exists Now. SHTF, end of word choice would be different. But would be common battery.
The PFlexPro M1 I won here in a giveaway last year. Bulletproof, plenty of modes and big enough while being small enough, though by no means tiny. The whole reason I picked this one when I won it. 18650 is the right choice for me, but not for everyone…
Just to be different. Ultrafire C3 SS. Bomber of a light. But this really is a stupid question, it’s like asking what will you do when the meteor hits. Someday aliens will find a high concentration of lithium along with the calcium from my bone ash in some not so random layer of sediment.
There would have to be two and you’d have to pry one of them from my cold dead hand to get me to have just one. My BLF A6 is potent and versatile but my modded C8 makes it look puny at longer distances with enough spill to handle close-up work if it has to. I can’t narrow it down any further than tha right now, but if I could tweak the A6 toward somewat more throw then that would be my one.
Hmm. Hard. Very hard. I think I choose my last build Eagle Eye X6 with triple XP-L V6 3D leds and BLF A17DD driver. It has lot of spill but has the punch to see father than an S2+. And it is smaller than a C8.
I hate to admit, but I’d probably also go with a good 1-AA. The availability of batteries is too important of a factor to ignore. Besides being very portable, when tucked into a Nitecore-style headband they make thoroughly acceptable headlights.
Specifically? My old, but upgraded Fenix L1P. I have plenty of spare parts to keep it running for decades if need be, and it’s never let me down.
I guess I’d just have to trade all my other lights for a small mountain of lithium primaries so I wouldn’t have to mourn them in the dark.
My first reaction would be to keep my EDC, well because it’s a true gem and versatile light : Olight S1-ti with a 7A emitter…
But for battery compatibility, maybe that Thorfire TG06 (219C) would be a better choice…
Wait, 18650 batteries are the first reason of my flashaolism, I HAVE TO choose a 18650 light ! My S2+ triple 219C FET driven with that sweet moonlight and OVERKILL turbo !
No, no, let’s be responsible here, ONE you said ? Oh my, I can’t, I have the shivers just thinking of throwing my SR mini (what a beast !)or even that sweet C8 (how can someone think of not owning at least one ?) FET driven with XP-L HI and smooth reflector !
You have to be more specific, what is it ? Do the aliens finally reached us ? Will I be a lost soul condemned to live in the woods ? My C8 would be great then…
Or is the Walking Dead suddenly a reality ? Do I have jeans or shorts ? I would think is such a scenario, that AAs aren’t really available anymore and maybe it’s better to have your own high capacity 18650 along with a solar charger (which I have) to be autonomous and have longer runtime.
Ok this is a torture, how can you ask this in a poor flashaolic community ?
Easy. Richard’s S3 EDC Triple with 219C. Amazingly versatile with mode groups and unlimited programmability from the DrJones H17F driver. True moonlight but super bright when needed, great tint and nice smooth beam all in an EDC sized light.
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