Barrington
Newly Enlightened
Hi. I've just joined this forum today although I've been reading it for a while. I live in the UK so I generally refer to torches rather than flashlights!
By local standards I have a small collection of around 16 torches - but even this is considered dangerously eccentric by most of my friends. I'd be very interested to know what you guys with large collections would choose if you had to restrict yourselves to just three torches. (Scary huh?!) To start the ball rolling here are my choices and my reasons for them: -
1) Thrunite Ti3. This would be (is) my edc torch attached to my keyring. Anything larger is not (in my opinion) an edc light. Even a AA torch is too large for me to carry around with me all the time. I almost went for the Olight i3S CU EOS Brass which I really like except for the strange decision to make it always switch on at its highest setting then step down. I much prefer a torch to switch on at its lowest setting then step up if required. Or at least have a memory and switch on at its previous setting. (Like the Thrunite.) There may well be better torches of a similar size such as the Surefire but this just seems too expensive for what it does.
2) Thrunite TC10 V2. This seems to be a great general purpose torch. It is powerful enough for the vast majority of uses and seems to me to have a perfectly judged balance between flood and throw. The clincher is that it can be charged by usb using a cable into my laptop, a car charger or a phone charger. There may be torches with a better balance of features but I'm not (yet?) aware of one.
3) Petzl Zipka. I find a headtorch extremely useful for so many activities. I have a more powerful headtorch but if I had to pick just one then this would be it. I particularly like the way the cord disappears to nothing when not in use. It can be popped in a pocket or a bag and takes up very little space. I also find the cord just as comfortable as a strap on such a light item.
So these are my three picks along with my reasons for choosing them. I would love to hear what other people would go for if they had to restrict themselves in this way.
Barrington
By local standards I have a small collection of around 16 torches - but even this is considered dangerously eccentric by most of my friends. I'd be very interested to know what you guys with large collections would choose if you had to restrict yourselves to just three torches. (Scary huh?!) To start the ball rolling here are my choices and my reasons for them: -
1) Thrunite Ti3. This would be (is) my edc torch attached to my keyring. Anything larger is not (in my opinion) an edc light. Even a AA torch is too large for me to carry around with me all the time. I almost went for the Olight i3S CU EOS Brass which I really like except for the strange decision to make it always switch on at its highest setting then step down. I much prefer a torch to switch on at its lowest setting then step up if required. Or at least have a memory and switch on at its previous setting. (Like the Thrunite.) There may well be better torches of a similar size such as the Surefire but this just seems too expensive for what it does.
2) Thrunite TC10 V2. This seems to be a great general purpose torch. It is powerful enough for the vast majority of uses and seems to me to have a perfectly judged balance between flood and throw. The clincher is that it can be charged by usb using a cable into my laptop, a car charger or a phone charger. There may be torches with a better balance of features but I'm not (yet?) aware of one.
3) Petzl Zipka. I find a headtorch extremely useful for so many activities. I have a more powerful headtorch but if I had to pick just one then this would be it. I particularly like the way the cord disappears to nothing when not in use. It can be popped in a pocket or a bag and takes up very little space. I also find the cord just as comfortable as a strap on such a light item.
So these are my three picks along with my reasons for choosing them. I would love to hear what other people would go for if they had to restrict themselves in this way.
Barrington