bodhran
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The SC600 for me too. It does everything I want.
If you could only have one flashlight...
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xjasperstudentx
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My EDC light is Olight S10 Small and compact. Plus a magnet on the tail end 🙂 320lm on high. Super bright!
Thr3Evo
Enlightened
I'd honestly be disappointed since I live on ten acres and pretty much need an arsenal of lights for stuff ranging from bringing in wood or stuff from the garden to checking on our animals to protecting them from the coyotes or anyone wondering about at the front of the property almost a quarter of mile away, so for me, one just won't do. I guess I'd be right back to a year ago(using a weak 3D incan mag) before I discovered this wonderful place.
radioactive_man
Enlightened
Surefire LX2. Two modes, excellent interface and I have the possibility of using a diffuser if I don't need the throw.
Thr3Evo
Enlightened
Sounds like you don't have a clue what it's like looking under the hood of a car for kittens that like to hide, or bringing in heavy wood or buckets of stuff from the garden and needing both hands free. Ever swung an axe with a TK50 in your hand? Ever BBQ'd with a TK50 in one hand?
greenLED
Flashaholic
We all have our "favorite" light.
For me, the PD-S that McGizmo gifted me years ago has taken *the* all around EDC light role.
I can honestly say it's the only light I use on a regular basis for the last... oh, I dunno, pretty much ever since I got it.
The tail is now all dinged up and it's starting to lose the anodizing here and there, but it works just fine for what I need a light for. I think the latter is an important point - thinking about what your lighting needs are and finding the "right" light to fulfill them.
For me, the PD-S that McGizmo gifted me years ago has taken *the* all around EDC light role.
I can honestly say it's the only light I use on a regular basis for the last... oh, I dunno, pretty much ever since I got it.
The tail is now all dinged up and it's starting to lose the anodizing here and there, but it works just fine for what I need a light for. I think the latter is an important point - thinking about what your lighting needs are and finding the "right" light to fulfill them.
jarheadgreasemonkey
Newly Enlightened
Bump for @bykfixer...
Given that this thread looks to have been merged once or twice; I'll base my choice off the "no repair available" scenario.
Malkoff MD2.
Haven't had this little gem for long, but I can already tell what all the chatter is about.
It won't be my last Malkoff and has already got me considering other higher end lights; specifically HDS.
Given that this thread looks to have been merged once or twice; I'll base my choice off the "no repair available" scenario.
Malkoff MD2.
Haven't had this little gem for long, but I can already tell what all the chatter is about.
It won't be my last Malkoff and has already got me considering other higher end lights; specifically HDS.
peter yetman
Flashlight Enthusiast
Not just an MD2 but a sexy Camo MD2.
The "no repair available" is a major factor for me. Can't stand stuff that can't be mended.
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The "no repair available" is a major factor for me. Can't stand stuff that can't be mended.
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You can't make me pick just one!!!
It's not fair!!!
No no no no no no no no no!!!!
I'm not playing anymore!!!
(Holding breath with face puffed out)
Uh, by the way, what did I do jarheadgreasemonkeydude?
I pity the fool that tells me I can't have more than one flashlight. When I got through monkey-stompin him the only thing left to say would be 😳.
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jarheadgreasemonkey
Newly Enlightened
You can't make me pick just one!!!
It's not fair!!!
No no no no no no no no no!!!!
I'm not playing anymore!!!
(Holding breath with face puffed out)
Uh, by the way, what did I do jarheadgreasemonkeydude?
You requested that I bump this thread...
In the discussion of the recent "Help me understand Malkoff" thread...
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...tand-Malkoff&p=4985670&viewfull=1#post4985670
Marc_in_NS
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For me:
I only ever carry one...
Simple Modes;
likely single CR123 for power;
twisty. So
something like a Fenix E15... does everything I need.
I only ever carry one...
Simple Modes;
likely single CR123 for power;
twisty. So
something like a Fenix E15... does everything I need.
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This question is so easy, I can answer it 4 different ways!!
1) 4/7s titanium quark running 14500 in the AA body
2) 4/7s Mini AA running 14500
3) ZL H52 running 14500
4) ZL SC600 Mk III HI
That's how I have answered it over the years. The Titanium Quark was my inseparable companion for about 4 years--my indestructible do-everything light. By comparison to todays lights, though, it looks pretty dim (top end 200 lumens?) and the tint was atrociously cool. Still, a great, great light--good throw, good light-levels. I owe it to 4/7s that I learned how much you can do with a moonlight beam.
The SC600 is certainly the most capable of them--beautiful tint, amazing throw, wide range of outputs, 1000+ on the top end down to 0.01 on the bottom end to last for months. Runtimes and outputs like no AA can hope to match
But it cannot run on AA or AAAs, which are the most common cells in the world. Every year, Duracell and Energizer between them sell about 1 billion AA batteries in the US alone. No matter where you find yourself around the world--Tahiti, Tijuana, Tibet, Tblisi--someone in a run-down shop can sell you a couple of AA's or AAA's. Someone has some old used ones in their kitchen drawer or their glove-box.
My H52 can take an old AA or AAA that is down to its last legs and still drain dozens of lumens out of it. If its drained even further, then it can still get 2 lumens out, or a fraction of a lumen. And the difference between 0.34 lumens and no light at all is sometimes a bigger difference than the difference between 1 lumen and 1000.
So right now? I am EDC'ing my new SC600 Mk III HI, and loving it. But I'm not giving up my H52w. It's not leaving my pocket for the foreseeable future.
1) 4/7s titanium quark running 14500 in the AA body
2) 4/7s Mini AA running 14500
3) ZL H52 running 14500
4) ZL SC600 Mk III HI
That's how I have answered it over the years. The Titanium Quark was my inseparable companion for about 4 years--my indestructible do-everything light. By comparison to todays lights, though, it looks pretty dim (top end 200 lumens?) and the tint was atrociously cool. Still, a great, great light--good throw, good light-levels. I owe it to 4/7s that I learned how much you can do with a moonlight beam.
The SC600 is certainly the most capable of them--beautiful tint, amazing throw, wide range of outputs, 1000+ on the top end down to 0.01 on the bottom end to last for months. Runtimes and outputs like no AA can hope to match
But it cannot run on AA or AAAs, which are the most common cells in the world. Every year, Duracell and Energizer between them sell about 1 billion AA batteries in the US alone. No matter where you find yourself around the world--Tahiti, Tijuana, Tibet, Tblisi--someone in a run-down shop can sell you a couple of AA's or AAA's. Someone has some old used ones in their kitchen drawer or their glove-box.
My H52 can take an old AA or AAA that is down to its last legs and still drain dozens of lumens out of it. If its drained even further, then it can still get 2 lumens out, or a fraction of a lumen. And the difference between 0.34 lumens and no light at all is sometimes a bigger difference than the difference between 1 lumen and 1000.
So right now? I am EDC'ing my new SC600 Mk III HI, and loving it. But I'm not giving up my H52w. It's not leaving my pocket for the foreseeable future.
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