Old timers.. what are you down to in the flashlight department?

... Old Scool FiveMega ...
... Malkoff Goodness ...

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I've kept most of my Mags.
My users are either 5761s on Eneloops or Pelican 3854s on 18650s depending on size.
I have a couple Surefires.
A 6Z, G2Z, a G2 mounted on my rifle and 6P. All with LEDs.
 
I am finding myself lately going through old boxes of lights and have some gems. I found several of the old Infiniti Ultra-G single 5mm led lights. Not the brightest but without a doubt the toughest AA sized I have seen. Simple twisty with potted circuit and thick walled construction.

I have several Arc Lights including modded tri led Arc-LS versions ,AA versions, and several AAA versions. I have a fancy Pelican box with several camo AAA Arcs including the ultra rare Ikariya AAA Camo version. I also have a few colored AAA Arcs including the cyan and green led versions. I am still looking for one of the cr2 twisty adapters for the LS body and I think they were made by bombleman.....very hard to find.

I also found several ORB RAW lights as well as a few D-Speck Firefly models. Anyone remember the Novatac Storms? I have several and if I remember correct there was some kind of mod involving 250 clicks on the tailcap that allowed a hidden programming mode. Fun stuff back in the day for sure. My fingers were sore for days trying to figure out that 250 click procedure.

I have probably 20 of the old Dorcy AAA 5mm led lights. This was a modders dream as it was like 10 dollars and had a circuit board that was easy to access and took mods well. I spent hours swapping out the factory emitter to a MJ 5mm higher output led to those boards. Doing this and adding a solder bridge across one of the resistors and it made for a slick little set up. Many old modders spent hours tweaking that circuit and it was just a fun time.

I thing I have a few old Jil Light cr2 versions however have not found them yet. I think one was a regulated version and the other direct drive. Lots of hidden gems in these boxes I just have to find time to go through them. Like many old timers here I continued to buy various lights even though I was not active here. These days I am a fan of various makers with O-Light ,Nitecore, and Manker carried often. There are many affordable options today that rival many heavy hitters from the old days.
 
Wow, great question.
Been here since 2009, after the big crash my account was lost and had to become someone new.
Im still here but not the big player like back then.
Lifes priorities became the main priority.

There were some great stuff around then, today not so much imho.
I wish i would have kept all the lights i owned in those days, they are hard to find anymore and if you do find one the price is too much.
I wasnt a collector, just liked to play with them and release for others to enjoy. I do miss the most are the 4 polarions i had although i did keep an Abyss that my then girlfriend now wife bought me, it has sentimental value and will never part with.
My DeftX with cool led should have stayed too, but it lives down under now. And all the cool ol Malkoff stuff should have stayed and my McGizmos also, that 119v is a killer led but never got to own the great 083 led, bummer.

So really the only lights i have now are the abyss, a magcharger led next to the frontdoor, an older polarion eagle eye, a big ol streamlight lightbox led, a couple of elzetta 3 cell lights with the 1st gen avs heads, a couple 47 single cell lights, a couple of petzl led headlights which are great btw but newer, oh and a few maglites hosts, and an old maglight that will light your smoke for you when your lighter bites the dust, but it needs a new battery pack first.
 
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A couple of Fenix lights for daily carry, a TK20R and a smaller PD35.
A Magcharger LED
Streamlight Stinger2022
A few Streamlight TLR-1HLs and one or two TLR-1S
An old SureFire Defender (like 18ish years old) that I've swapped to the LED and a tapeswitch tailcap that I used for a work rifle, now on my Tavor
My 1999 purchased 9P that's been upgraded a few times, now with LED module and tape switch is on my M16-A4 clone as it was the light that was on my issued rifle at the time (when a 105 lumen incandescent was incredibly bright)
Fenix headlamps... well now just one since my wife claimed the other
An Acebeam H16 that is almost always in a pocket because it's a lightweight and small light
I also have a couple Acebeam Pokelits, but I don't like their switching.
An Energizer rechargeable headlamp in the car along with an old AA Mini Maglite with LED conversion.
Streamlight Strion by the back door.
A couple spotlights in the cars
There a few others floating around here and there.
 
Just did a check last night:
2 - 3 C LED Maglites
1 - Pelican 7060
1 - Fenix PD35
1 - Streamlight Protac HL
1 - Streamlight 2L
2 - Streamlight Polytac
2 - Streamlight 1L-1AA
1 - Streamlight Protac 90
2 - Streamlight Microstream
1 - Thrunite Saber
1 - Nitecore MT10C

And a bunch of those $1 throwaway LED lights Walmart sells - great to hand out during power outages.
 
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