What was your first loved flashlight?

[ffemt6263]

First love and what started all of this madness was the nitecore d10 as i believe it did for so many. Still love them and have a few. The one i carry backup with me almost every day has been modded with a neutral xm-l

[jamie.91]

Ive been obsessed with lights since before i could talk lol, my mum said when i was little i used to always pick up a light when we were out shopping

As a kid many lights come and go, but when i become of age i got myself a maglite, then another, first a 2xAAA then a solitaire and for years i treasured them until i knew led technology was advancing, then in 2008 i joined this place after much time spent, maybe even wasted on here i got myself a romisen RC-N3 and 4 ultrafire betterys with a nano charger, soon after a SS LD01 followed and CPF and flashlights became part of my daily life, especially after i discovered i wasnt alone and it was ok to "EDC" a light after many many many people looking at me like i was a right wierdo haha

Thats my story lol
Jamie

[guardpost3]

Streamlight Stinger XT, almost 15 years ago that 90 lumens was crazy bright.

[ffemt6263]

Hey brother! I call you out! That stinger was nice but i truly think the one that started you was that inova you mesmerized me with! Haha

[fisk-king]

Ra Clicky. Still using it to this day.

[guardpost3]

Hey brother! I call you out! That stinger was nice but i truly think the one that started you was that inova you mesmerized me with! Haha

Haha. You may be right brother, at least that was what got me into LEDs. I don't think I've bought a single incan since.

[DisrupTer911]

I remember i was real little and down the shore with my parents and my dad and I went into an army surplus shop.
he bought me one of these. He caused this addiction LOLOL

[reppans]

Quark AA.

Sure, I've had a bunch of Maglites in the way past and good collection of headlamps and lanterns from Black Diamond and Petzl, but they were all just tools.... could take 'em or leave 'em.

I really love my Quark though - moonlight is the key for me. In one fell swoop, it pretty much eliminated most the things I hated about all my other lights: blindingly bright with night-adapted eyes, short runtimes/constantly changing batts, annoying/obnoxious to others, exposing my position (when stealth camping), etc.

I'm just bummed that it's such a rarity to find a light with moonlight & runtime.

[Bigmac_79]

When I was young, my dad used to get me different colors of Photon Microlights, and that got me into flashlights at first. Later, I found CPF and got an Arc AAA, and I've loved flashlights ever since.

Sent from my mobile device. Please excuse brevity and typos.

[chaoss]

First was the Novatac 120P and then i discovered the PD's (ARC6 & McG's) and the rest is history.

[Stream]

Kind of a boring answer, but I guess a black 2xAA MiniMag was the first light that really got me started down the flashlight path. Up until then I only had experience with plastic cheapo lights, and I thought the MiniMag was the greatest thing in the world. Still have that light, upgraded with a TLE-5EX droppin, but I can't say that I use it much anymore.

[bedazzLED]

For me, the light that started it all (LED wise anyway) was the Fenix TK10. Still got it and it still gets used.

[Bozzlite]

I think it was a Rayovac Sportsman. 3 D cells. That was a long time ago, circa 1965. It was all silver/chrome.

[Blender345]

my uncles nebo redline made me like flashlights

[firelord777]

Fenix TK20, just looks feels so good in the hand, favorite tint out of all my lights (even lights in the 1000's of lumens) and, even though it look strange at first, the design grew on me, so now, I think it looks cool

[Ualnosaj]

Many years ago... Maglite Solitaire. Nice build, pitiful light output.

[T45]

I remember i was real little and down the shore with my parents and my dad and I went into an army surplus shop.
he bought me one of these. He caused this addiction LOLOL

I have bought 2 or 3 of those things over the years. I thought because it was used by the "military" it must be a great light. Then I bought a maglite, first one was a 6D. Heavy bastard. Traded it for a 3D. Really liked all those, but "THE" flash light for me was the Surefire 6P I bought back in 1995. Over the years I have Upgraded the light engine and recently put a newer tail cap on it, but hand's down, that is my favorite light.

[Mr Bigglow]

It was back maybe 50 years ago. My parents bought me a flat little grey and white plastic rechargeable flashlight that plugged into a wall outlet when you pulled the back cover off to expose regular American plug prongs. The light was weak from a single 222 bulb (is that right, the ones with a little focussing magnifier in the tip?). This was long before rechargeable dry cells were widely known, so I have no idea exactly how it worked BUT weak though it was, the thing lasted as good as ever for at least another 20 years and would possibly still be working if I hadn't lent it to someone I was kissing at the time and who managed to lose it overnight in a two room dorm. Maybe it's with the angels now.

[Jeffa]

I've had a lot of flashlights (not as many as some here) but the one I like the most is one of my most recent purchases my SF M3. I just love the rugged simplicity of the light my 9Z and Gladius comes next.

I've thought about this some more and I will modify my above statement to my Raid Fire Spear, it was the light I was most enamored with and really got me into the light buying game.

[Kjosn]

My first light was Nitecore Extreme, That is the light that got me addicted to Flashlights

[GF51]

Surefire G2. Surefire was my introduction to quality flashlights. Really makes me wish I had some of the lights I own today playing flashlight wars as a kid

[HotWire]

When I was a kid I had a 3-cell floating flashlight with a GITD tail. Brightest flashlight on the lake. We fished a lot and when it got dark, I'd stick it underwater to find fishing lures stuck on logs. I may still have it somewhere!

[craigshipp]

Tekna Splashlight (1987)

[sigsoup]

for me it was the 2aa maglight with the camo finish on it . i loved that light .... lost it while i was hunting i suspect the camo didn't help when i retraced my steps... wow now i wish i hadn't remembered it ...

[ericjohn]

I always had a fondness for 2AA and 2AAA flashlights. August 1994; I was 7 years old. My mom gave me an Eveready IN215. Played with it until the bulb burned out (Late 1995). In the spring of 1996, we took it to wal mart and tried to get a replacement bulb, but instead me and my brother each got Eveready Value Lites. Then August of 1996, I bought a Brinkmann (don't know any model number) it was a dark grey had a glow in the dark head and was switched on/off by twisting the head. I played with that one too until the bulb burned out. Went for a few years without a pocket flashlight.

Then when I was 11 (June 1998) I bought a yellow Garrity Mini Rugged Lite (R300G). Reminded me of my old Eveready, being yellow and rugged. I had been through a few of them over the years (lost, bent contact strip, corroded). It was my favorite flashlight growing up. Recently (October 2011) a fellow CPFer found my postings about that light and he mailed me one. Bless his soul. I keep it in a special place on my flashlight shelf.

I was so lucky to grow up in the 1990's, as they had such awesome flashlights back then. All the grown men in my neighborhood either had Garrity Tuff Lites or D sized Maglites. I looked up to many of them, and being in Louisiana with frequent tropical weather I got to see their flashlights many times.

Other than those, I have had a fondness for Pelican Mity Lites and Mini Maglites.

Even in elementary school I EDCed, though people made fun of me for it.

[Animalmother]

Energizer Tactical 1AA, 2AA and then The Energizer e2 lithium 2AA. Not sure but these lgihts are the ones that started it all for me and caused me to type "flashlight forum" on Google because there are forums for nearly everything now. Hmmm.... I just wondered if there was a toilet forum. There is a toilet forum for all those interested.


The 2AA was tactical was very tough and I still have it to this day. Wonderful tint and despite being about 34-40 lumens(direct drive) I forget which output. It can throw.
The tint is also neutral maybe neutral warmish. It has a luxeon, I still love that light from Energizer. It's design also was tough and it looked good.

Energizer 1AA Tactical: I think it comes with a XP-G/XP-E Now I could not tell. It's now 50ANSI
Energizer 2AA Tactical has a Luxeon(Don't think it's in production anymore)
Energizer e2 Lithium 2AA comes with a XR-E or XP-E that has a neutral tint (not sure if they are still being made)

[buds224]

My first one I loved was a couple years back. Single AA River Rock reverse clicky LED. I thought it was super bright at the time. Then I discovered the LD20. I still think about that Eddie Bauer light once in a while. I know it's somewhere, it's gone MIA since our move to Japan. I have yet to open all our boxes, I'm sure it's in there somewhere.

[lauriek]

Mine was the Duracell in this post http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/...=1#post3080847, around 35 years ago my Grandad had a similar Duracell in a D-cell version and I loved it, he bought me a little AA version which was my first non crappy torch. (Okay by todays standards it is crappy but in it's day it was good, plus it lasted me years!)

[Fulaeetoy]

My first flashlight was a mini MAGLiTE AAA.

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[kaichu dento]

I always had a fondness for 2AA and 2AAA flashlights. August 1994; I was 7 years old. My mom gave me an Eveready IN215. Played with it until the bulb burned out (Late 1995). In the spring of 1996, we took it to wal mart and tried to get a replacement bulb, but instead me and my brother each got Eveready Value Lites. Then August of 1996, I bought a Brinkmann (don't know any model number) it was a dark grey had a glow in the dark head and was switched on/off by twisting the head. I played with that one too until the bulb burned out. Went for a few years without a pocket flashlight.

Then when I was 11 (June 1998) I bought a yellow Garrity Mini Rugged Lite (R300G). Reminded me of my old Eveready, being yellow and rugged. I had been through a few of them over the years (lost, bent contact strip, corroded). It was my favorite flashlight growing up. Recently (October 2011) a fellow CPFer found my postings about that light and he mailed me one. Bless his soul. I keep it in a special place on my flashlight shelf.

I was so lucky to grow up in the 1990's, as they had such awesome flashlights back then. All the grown men in my neighborhood either had Garrity Tuff Lites or D sized Maglites. I looked up to many of them, and being in Louisiana with frequent tropical weather I got to see their flashlights many times.

Other than those, I have had a fondness for Pelican Mity Lites and Mini Maglites.

Even in elementary school I EDCed, though people made fun of me for it.

I like the way you took us with you on your memory tour and look forward to reading more like this.