Locoboy5150
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Do you carry a backup light or spare batteries?
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kramer5150
Flashaholic
Yes... although I have to admit I really do not need to, but where would the fun be in that?
I don't get off work until ~6:00 and its a dark walk home from my bus stop.
today:
Outdoorsman, Aviator, 6P-Malkoff & spare cells
I also have a Fenix E0 Dart on my key ring.
I don't get off work until ~6:00 and its a dark walk home from my bus stop.
today:
Outdoorsman, Aviator, 6P-Malkoff & spare cells
I also have a Fenix E0 Dart on my key ring.
Two is one,one is none so I always have a secondary light.Sometimes it may only be the Photon on my keyring but I will have something besides my EDC.I don't always carry spare batteries and I believe a second light is a better option just in case your first light fails,even if that is highly unlikely.
WDR65
Enlightened
I'm normally not far from my truck with spare cells so I just carry spare lights on my person. My EDC is a Surefire E1B and primary backup is a quark 1AA tactical. My keys have a streamlight nano and I've just started wearing a Surefire T1A titan. I feel pretty well covered with both long runtime and a backup light with commonly available batteries.
It totally depends on where I'm at and what the activity... for normal edc around town, 1-2 lights are sufficient. If I'm traveling - at least 2 lights and 6-12 primary battteries (depending on the lights carried) in the brief case. However, when out on the boat or Everglades, I carry multiple backups and then I back them up and I carry enough batteries to see me through an entire night with both low light navigation and M4 / M6 incandescent level power for those toothy lizards that lurk around.
Bubu
Newly Enlightened
I dont carry spare battery or spare light. Most of the time I use a flashlight, I only use it for a couple of hours. I ususally use my light when going night fishing or looking for something in the dark.
If I go away for the weekend then it depends on where I go and how I get there. If I fly I will take spare batteries to keep weight down. If I drive then ill take an extra flashlight. Not really as a backup but more so for the extra lumens of the second light.
So far I only been caught out once. I went fishing and the batteries started to die on me but it still had enough juice to run on the lower settings.
If I go away for the weekend then it depends on where I go and how I get there. If I fly I will take spare batteries to keep weight down. If I drive then ill take an extra flashlight. Not really as a backup but more so for the extra lumens of the second light.
So far I only been caught out once. I went fishing and the batteries started to die on me but it still had enough juice to run on the lower settings.
bluepilgrim
Enlightened
Depending on what is meant by 'spare' but I just ordered a second rc-g2 II ww from Shining Beam. I like the one I have so much I want to be sure if I break the one I'll have another even if Bryan runs out of them. I guess I'll carry it sometimes ... so it'll be a 'spare light' (I keep the one I have by the door).
I love that thing -- it's bright (brighter than the 2 mode rc-n3 I just got), has a good beam for either flood or throw, I'm enchanted by the tint (much more than the rc-g2 Q5, although that's not bad either), and for $20 it's an excellent buy. So now I'll have one to carry (along with the others in my pockets).
Still, I don't carry 'spares' as much as multiple lights, each for different purposes -- some dim, some bright, some flood, or for throw, or for quick access and momentary, or another that turns on easily and stays on for looking under the furniture. It's like a have a dozen different screwdrivers, pliers, and other stuff in a toolbox -- yeah, many of them will sort of work for something but I like having just exactly the right tool for the task.
I love that thing -- it's bright (brighter than the 2 mode rc-n3 I just got), has a good beam for either flood or throw, I'm enchanted by the tint (much more than the rc-g2 Q5, although that's not bad either), and for $20 it's an excellent buy. So now I'll have one to carry (along with the others in my pockets).
Still, I don't carry 'spares' as much as multiple lights, each for different purposes -- some dim, some bright, some flood, or for throw, or for quick access and momentary, or another that turns on easily and stays on for looking under the furniture. It's like a have a dozen different screwdrivers, pliers, and other stuff in a toolbox -- yeah, many of them will sort of work for something but I like having just exactly the right tool for the task.
Well, sort of both - I carry two lights which use the same battery format, but have different output and beam charasteristics (flood/throw, etc.)
So if the light I'm using runs out of juice and I need to specifically use that one for some reason, instead simply switching to other one, I can swap the batteries between lights.
Plus, I have a small keychain light with my keys and a set of spare batteries in my bakcpack, if I'm carrying that...
So if the light I'm using runs out of juice and I need to specifically use that one for some reason, instead simply switching to other one, I can swap the batteries between lights.
Plus, I have a small keychain light with my keys and a set of spare batteries in my bakcpack, if I'm carrying that...
don.gwapo
Enlightened
Both. Coz you never know, anything might happen.
Older Monarch 500 is my work carry. Cheapo but effective Energizer cliplight is always on the hardhat which is always on my noggin (while at work) and I have a coin sized led light on my lanyard which is always on me too.
jk037
Newly Enlightened
Several lights and a good supply of batteries, in various bags and in the car.
EDC: Akoray K-106 and, when at work, iTP A3 EOS.
In laptop bag: Generic 3xAAA 9LED light, 4xAAA alkalines
In overnight bag: Black Cat HM-01, Trustfire XP-EF23, 1x ReCyko NiMh AAA, 3x ReCyko NiMh AA
In coat pocket: Lenser P4
In car: 2xAA 3w Tesco LED light, Uni-Lite UK350, Uni-Lite UK172 headlight, 2xC, 8xAA and 6xAAA alkalines (for multimeters as well as lights!)
In bedroom: DX 3xAAA Cree P4 light, DX "3W" 1xAAA light, various non-LSD NiMh AA and AAA cells
EDC: Akoray K-106 and, when at work, iTP A3 EOS.
In laptop bag: Generic 3xAAA 9LED light, 4xAAA alkalines
In overnight bag: Black Cat HM-01, Trustfire XP-EF23, 1x ReCyko NiMh AAA, 3x ReCyko NiMh AA
In coat pocket: Lenser P4
In car: 2xAA 3w Tesco LED light, Uni-Lite UK350, Uni-Lite UK172 headlight, 2xC, 8xAA and 6xAAA alkalines (for multimeters as well as lights!)
In bedroom: DX 3xAAA Cree P4 light, DX "3W" 1xAAA light, various non-LSD NiMh AA and AAA cells
jac21
Newly Enlightened
i have spare batteries & @ least 2 lights in my house, both of my cars & my job bag. That way i'm always ready. :candle:
Hogokansatsukan
Flashlight Enthusiast
One is none, and two is one, so four only makes two.
For a LEO, a backup light just isn't optional, and neither are spare batteries. There was an instance around here once of a suicidal man running off into the desert with a sidearm threatening to kill himself. Vehicles could not follow and so it ended up a foot chase with a long standoff into the night. Officers were on the radio trying to get batteries delivered as the lights they had were going dead. Most lights were along the lines of Surefire incans and Streamlights, and they die fast when they die. The incident ended well (didn't become suicide by cop and no one was injured).
Always have spare lights and batteries and not just in my bag.
Quick inventory of my person reveals two lights... by the above calculations.
For a LEO, a backup light just isn't optional, and neither are spare batteries. There was an instance around here once of a suicidal man running off into the desert with a sidearm threatening to kill himself. Vehicles could not follow and so it ended up a foot chase with a long standoff into the night. Officers were on the radio trying to get batteries delivered as the lights they had were going dead. Most lights were along the lines of Surefire incans and Streamlights, and they die fast when they die. The incident ended well (didn't become suicide by cop and no one was injured).
Always have spare lights and batteries and not just in my bag.
Quick inventory of my person reveals two lights... by the above calculations.
Hello all,
Although my FL carry needs are more for convenience, while I'm at work, my Jet-1 Pro is in my pocket; while my D10 is in my EDC bag.
I have switched flashlights while scrounging for the easy to find AA battery needed to "feed" the Jet-1.
Although my FL carry needs are more for convenience, while I'm at work, my Jet-1 Pro is in my pocket; while my D10 is in my EDC bag.
I have switched flashlights while scrounging for the easy to find AA battery needed to "feed" the Jet-1.
Ronin28
Newly Enlightened
For the longest time, I've only carried one light as my EDC, no spares on my person but lots of spares in my home, and Emergency Carry Bag (which goes from house to Jeep when I leave the house). After the number of lights I have purchased in the last few months, and that is a lot of them, I have since decided to carry at least 2 on my person, if not 3. Still no spares on my person but the lights I carry all take the same batteries. If all hell breaks loose, I should have enough to keep me going.
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