what is your most solid, or quality feeling light?

PoliceScannerMan

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The Malkoff Wildcat V2, with the whole heads electronics and reflectors "epoxied" in place, now that's solid!

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Barbarian

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Can't go wrong with a McGizmo or HDS light, but let's not forget TorchLAB's lights. They are heavy duty to say the least.

 

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My E2e, but I haven't handled any other lights from US builders like HDS, McGizmo, or Malkoff
 

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Nothing but quality and built like a tank.
 
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CheepSteal

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SF Z2 with M61W. One mode, on and off. Oveready milspec oring kit with a battery bumper just in case. SS flat bezel. Hoping to get my high transmission acrylic lens which I will cushion with rubber on both sides. You know, just in case...:whistle:
 

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Anything Surefire, or Malkoff, Solarforce lights feel very solid...my Wolf Eyes Sniper is a tank of a light. Peak lights also get my vote. I like the feel of 4Sevens lights as well.
 

ebow86

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Never held one but I'm pretty sure the Surefire M6 is about as solid and high quality of a light as your going to get.
 

Echo63

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My surefire 9P is the most solid feeling.
And the Neutral Muyshondt TI Aeon is the most quality feeling (great machining, everything is nicely chamfered, itfeels like a solid bit of TI)
 

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My HDS Clicky is my most solid flashlight. My JETBeam E3S (stainless steel) also feels pretty indestructable, but it's in a different class.

Since the TS asked about the other Fenix lights. I own quite a few Fenix lights by now and I've used them a lot in my EDC rotation. Most of them are of very good quality and I've yet to experience a failure in any of them. Even when a Fenix light gets dropped sometimes it has never failed me, so all in all I think it's good quality. It's just that it's in a different class than HDS and Surefire lights.
 

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For a small light my Maratac AAA copper feels very solid and well built (it helps that Cu is heavy). I also like the feel of my Maratac AA (unpolished) SS.
 

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Still has to be my SureFire 6P that I got over 10 years ago. Burned out bulbs in the time but I have a new drop-in (led conversion) and it works just as well.

The threding on SureFire lights have always been spoton as well. I mean they are perfect.

Fenix lights feel kinda light for their weight to me. At least that is the vibe I get from mine. Threading on Fenix lights are pretty good too, but again, SureFire threads feel more solid.
 

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Malkoff MD-3 by a nose, over surefire E2e (with Z52), Peak el cap stainless, peak eiger brass, mag C, surefire M6, surefire G3, sidewinder compact- in that order. purely subjective, of course, and highly susceptible to all sorts of bias according to what I know about the construction, material, cost, etc., but I did try to limit it to feel :D
 
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