What flashlight is your current edc

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Nice lights and welcome to the forum Mistold

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Beautiful. That light has seen life and made it brighter. Mine’s a shelf queen now. Will put it in my pocket today, for old times…

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Convoy S21A with SFT40 in my pocket
Convoy H1 4k as my work light
Want to add a key ring UV
And for the memes 18350UV

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My EDC varies depending on my mood each day. I have no main regular EDC.

Today’s EDC flashlight is a modified DQG Tiny III (the grey one with steel bezel and sideswitch in these pictures):

This light features:

  • Custom metal sideswitch - the switch is small and recessed inside a finishing washer. It is very unlikely this will depress by acident inside a pocket. The entire switch and its housing was custom modded in. None of the original switch parts remain in this light.
  • FET+1 driver with Anduril 1 firmware.
  • Triple SST-20 4000K 95 CRI emitters.

Advantages:

  • Feels nice in the hand. Very grippy.
  • Super-small for an 18650 light …. noticeably smaller than an FW3A. Note from the pictures above that it’s barely larger than the camo Sunwayman V11R even though the V11R holds a 16340 while the DQG holds an 18650.
  • Unique. There aren’t very many DQG triples in existence.

Downsides:

  • Heatsinking is minimal so max power is only usable for brief bursts.
  • The host is very thin and lightweight. Probably wouldn’t hold up to much abuse.
  • Battery Compartment has no springs. This works well for creating the absolute smallest 18650 flashlight possible, but being dropped might crush the battery.
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Currently an Eiger/Nichia

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2021 Fenix E12 v2.0 with an Energizer L91, currently.

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Trusty Sofirn SC31 Pro.

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At home Nitecore D10 Magma
Outside Nitecore MH20 nw.

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I guess technically I don’t have an EDC flashlight because I don’t carry just one of them everyday. I like to swap them out day-to-day depending on the mood I’m in. I always carry a light but it rotates between one several D4V2s, KR4s, or Zebralights. Today I have my D4V2 in grey with a magnetic tailcap, and amber backlit switch. (e21a 2700k)

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Last few days, Ive had this Olight Ti S Mini w 3000k 219b in my pocket:

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Very nice.

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thanks!
the Ti SMini is an outstanding little host.

Im in a 3000k 219b phase, basking in warmth…
these are all recent 3000k mods:
(Ti SMini, Jetbeam Rotary TCR-1, Novatac 120T, Novatac Spa)

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This little guy is on my key chain so it’s almost always with me.

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Trustfire Z2 (an antique angle-head light with strobe in memory)
Reviewed here: Review: TrustFire Z2

for pedestrian crosswalks at night,
and an Arc AAA in the fold of the wallet for earthquake light.

I kind of overshot buying flashlights and it took a while to realize some of the old ones suit me better than the new ones.

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This one!

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The S2+ is the number one EDC. You can’t beat it for any amount of money. Perfect size, perfect power, perfect interface, i.e. no ramping nonsense, mechanical switch so no parasitic drain. It’s just perfect. My complements to whoever invented it.

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Recently I won a Wurkkos HD15 in a GAW, and it’s my EDC from the moment I opened the box. With an 18350 tube it fits in every pocket. With the deep doublesided clip and a magnetic tailcap you can attach it to almost any object or piece of clothing if you have to use both hands for a specific task.
The double emitter (flood or throw or both) really sealed the deal for me. The only thing it lacked from being the ideal compact all purpose flashlight was a lanyard. Luckily I had one lying around.

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I guess if you want a light that’s about an inch too long, has an interface with no 50% output setting, and don’t mind having to put your battery in a charger to know the charge it has. :wink:

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MS03W

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Nitecore MH12S currently.