Show your nightstand flashlight!

[cdaddy]

And she hates coyotes so I have to keep track of her.

I'll get some pictures sometime but it's probably not for this thread, the nimh I have is ebl.

 

[hsa]

Sounds good.

 

[aznsx]

6d with Matt's 5000 lumen, ml300l 4d, gen 2 cree 3d.

Matt? Little help here please.

 

[knucklegary]

Matt at Lumencraft aka Adventure Sport
Post #162

 

[rwolfenstein]

I left this rare item in my night stand. It's an E2L outdoorsman AA with a red filter on it. The alkies that are in it haven't exploded and it still lights up. I guess that's part of buying good batteries.

 

[aznsx]

Matt at Lumencraft aka Adventure Sport
Post #162

Thanx. I think my secret decoder ring is in need of a firmware update

I think this is one reason I'm not a fan of 'marathon' threads. I rarely read the entire marathon, or recall everything I do read for that long. I'm getting old. I'm also (intentionally) not a 'name dropper', and rarely use first names of anyone I haven't personally met...but that's just me.

 

[Flashlightmaster2021]

So I'm just cleaning out the nightstand, making sure all the flashlights have fresh batteries etc. I've had this Surefire flashlight for probably 10 years now. It's been solid, and easy to grab when needed (mostly mundane, but crucial needs like finding things under the bed).


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What's your go to nightstand flashlight?

I sleep with my thrunite t2 tide to my wrist . No need to fumble in dark to look for it

 

[bondr006]

These work for me...

 

[SCEMan]

Acebeam L16 with flip-up diffuser covers all the bases for me.

 

[Megalamuffin]

Incan’s usually rule the night stand.

 

[TimeOnTarget]

I've been using one of my brass warm LED, set to candle mode, with the sunset timer the past few nights.

It's a nice way to wind down and relax.

 

[Tribull]

I’ve got my group buy Malkoff M61 red with a high/Low ring sitting in an MD2 bedside.

 

[gurdygurds]

In budget mode for a while now. Olight i3e and a streamlight haz-lo. Nothing crazy but they do the job.

 

[letschat7]

Now that I have a new Fenix E12 v2.0 as my EDC light, the 2d gen Inova X1 that it replaced serves as my nightstand light. Terrible design, terrible UI, but decent battery life with 80 lumen and 11 lumen modes. The biggest problem is it turns on in High mode, and the tail switch is useless. I should have returned it, but I really needed a new flashlight that took a single AA when I moved to a cabin in the woods in an area where CR123As just can’t be had cheaply.

The Inova X1 replaced my Leatherman Serac S3 as my EDC light, but I’ve never been happy with it. The Serac S3 is a much better light for any purpose, but those CR123As just cost too much for me where I now live.

At night, I have to close my eyes, turn it on, turn it off, then turn it on again to bring up Low mode, but even that is a bit too bright. 5 lumens would have been better. Because the tail switch is a momentary only (and requires a lot of effort), the only way I can actually use this light is by screwing and unscrewing the tailcap, which is the real switching mechanism, and that requires two hands.

The latest gen Inova X1 lights have, if you can even believe this, an even worse UI.

Cannot recommend, do not buy.

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I nearly bought a UV version of that a few months back.