SMALL-
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Quark Mini X
Eagletac D25C Ti
Eagletac TX25C2
MEDIUM -
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Sky Ray King
OSTS TN31mb
Maelstrom S18
LARGE
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BTU Shocker w/XM-L2’s
SR90 w/SBT70
All of the small category and large category lights I listed above, I will likely never ever get rid of any of them. Those 5 are my absolute favorites. The medium ones I like a lot, but could live without.
Small:
Sipik SK68 - WW Nichia 119 (92 CRI) on wannabe copper
CNQ D4 - XM-L2 S6 7D3 (90+ CRI) on copper, LD-25 driver
Small Sun ZY-T11 - XM-L 2 T4 5B1 (80+ CRI) on copper with DrJones 2,8A Lumodrv driver and aluminium reflector from ZY-T29.
Medium: (Hard to chose three, but here goes)
Solarforce L2T - B5 SS bezel, S11 SS tail rebuilt with reverse clicky. Uses various high output high-cri drop-ins.
Intl-outdoor T10 - XM-L T5 5C (75 CRI) on copper, Qlite with 2 extra 7135 (soon to get XM-L2 with higher CRI)
CNQ OEM D4 - XM-L2 T3 6A1 (80+ CRI) on copper, Qlite (soon to get emitter swap, emitter to red-ish/rosy)
Large:
SRK - XM-L2 T4 5B1 (80+ CRI) on copper. Modded driver, average 3+Amps to each Led
UniqueFire UF-X6S - XM-L2 T4 5B1 (80+ CRI) on Noctigon, FL2 - 5amp driver circuit
FandyFire 9xT6 (will be improved soon)
From left to right
Trustfire t1 ld-v 3a driver xm-l 3c
fit 40s 7 xm-l t6 awaiting driver, side switch and 3 x 26650 tube
Defiant 3c standard for now, kindly gifted by an awesome blf member.
These are my favourites for a few reasons, they are either my most used, hold sentimental value due to their involvement with members of blf, for example the chicago x lumen grenade was a cross continent group effort, the torchlite was part of a blf collaboration build, the defiant 3c was a complete suprise gift from a member. Some are not used so often but amuse me and are fun to use every once in a while, I’m feeling the urge to do another flame job so the gords edition c8 upgrade may get the oxy propane treatment. It should be noted that most of these lights are host kits and none have really proved a bind to build, there is a certain satisfaction to selecting all your own components, picking an unusual host and ending up with a decent quality light that is unique to yourself, most of these also easily rival the quality of branded lights without paying the premium.
Large)Trustfire T8 modified thrower out throws everything else I have by a long way. Trustfire 9xT6 not modified it doesn’t need it, massive flood, I can’t see how given the restrictions of batteries how it will get any better. (flood and throw, BTU Shocker)
Meduim, SRK for flood, Modded Small Sun ZY-T08.
Small C12 lightmalls XM-L2 U2 XIAOZHI NW
Very small, solarforce L2M in shorty mode XP-G2 on copper with very low mode and Old Lumens mini mag with nichia.
I really like that one. its a 3000 lumen edc lol, it may be getting 3up xm-l2’s though once the house buy goes through and I’m ready to make a cutter order, I just have to decide between same output nw or more output cw lol
My scaling system may be confusing. Allow me to add some clarity. I lose little things. I carry nothing smaller than a P60… I’d lose anything smaller. Lol
Just found one of my sipik 68’s its been missing for 2 months. I have too many pockets in my coats.
+1 ish, I have a tlf mini 02 on my house keys with one of my recent knife purchases, no chance of losing them tbh, I am fancying building another 16340 light as I hate cells not having a home lol but I do consider a 45mm 3 x 18650 tube an edc (chi x lumen grenade) as it fits the screwdriver pocket of my contractors trousers, why go smaller if thats what you can comfortably carry? plus I actually use my various edc’s daily in dingy workshops or dark crawl spaces, light tint and run time is more important than tiny size for me. The tlf mini 02 is ideal where it is for dress occasions where a larger light wont go and looks classy enough alongside the pearl blue scaled srm h02 that its a shame to dirty either.
well, the up coming little bundle of joy was a freak accident tbh, mrs gords is threatening to use a blunt spoon to sort gords out if he doesn’t go to the nasty man and get “sorted”