Whats your favourite anodizing color?

[Crenshaw]

if you HAD to pick one...

and i mean only HAIII, otherwise there would be about a million requests for gold, pink, lime green, etc
and i mean only the "normal" ones, not like size15s sig line, unless you really really really like it, then vote "other" and post here..

Crenshaw

 

[jugg2]

I really like just plain black, but the grey on my E2E looks nice too.

 

[adamlau]

HA III Olive. Then HA III Black.

 

[katsyonak]

1) HAIII Olive
2) HAIII Natrual (Greyish)
3) HAIII Red

 

[Sub_Umbra]

It would be NATURAL, hands down. I was smitten the very first time I saw it and I still am. I've thought about it and I really don't understand my attraction to it.

 

[schiesz]

Nothing beats a nice BLACK HA.

schiesz

 

[HoopleHead]

black almost always, its the tacticool ninja in me

 

[Crenshaw]

It would be NATURAL, hands down. I was smitten the very first time I saw it and I still am. I've thought about it and I really don't understand my attraction to it.

but which one? :candle:

Crenshaw

 

[alanagnostic]

HA Black hands down. If it wasn't for my HDS's being natural, all my hard annodized lights would be black. Then there's the brass ones from Peak...but that's another discussion. The new HDS Twisty is also in black HA...can't wait!

 

[Sub_Umbra]

It would be NATURAL, hands down. I was smitten the very first time I saw it and I still am. I've thought about it and I really don't understand my attraction to it.

but which one? :candle:

NATURAL GREY -- sorry.

 

[mossyoak]

i like the colors, like the lime green cr2 ion, if i could get that color in a McG PD-s, i would never carry another light again.

 

[greenLED]

:devil: Since Al hasn't stopped by yet, I figured I do the usual shpeel:

There are 2 main types of anodizing used on aluminum flashlights: Type II and Type III. Type III anodizing is also sometimes called "hard anodized" or "HA", for short. So...

saying "HAIII", "Type III HA", or any combination therein is akin to saying the HIV virus (human immunodeficiency virus virus). It should either be "hard anodized" or "Type III anodizing".

That said, I'm a sucker for HA-BK (hard anodized in black).
:wave:

 

[gunga]

I really like the HA natural, dark grey (like on a Novatac/Arc) but for keychain EDC, if I could get clear anodized, or perhaps bare metal (tho that requires work), that would be ideal!

 

[Gatsby]

I think that the natural seems to hold up better, or at least show dings less, than black, which would be my second choice.

 

[datiLED]

For me, it was a tie between HAIII Olive and HAIII Natrual (Greyish). But, I voted for olive because green is my favorite color. That said, I love the finish on my Arc AAA-P more than any other that I have seen.

 

[Crenshaw]

I actually really like the Olive on my T1, ad the Grey on my Jetbeam-u....but i wanted to pick one, and it was grey for me, interestingly, its a neck and neck for grey and black...

greenled,
true, but still, it sounds nicer to say type three hard anodized..:nana:

Crenshaw

 

[houtex]

INOVA black

 

[gottawearshades]

Natural or olive drab. The last thing this world needs is more black flashlights.

Cheers.

 

[Well-Lit]

When I compare some of my HA-BK lights against the HA-NAT, I must say that to me anyways, the Black is just so much more sleek, svelt, classy, (insert your own verb here), than the HA-NAT.

Best Regards:
Bob

 

[nerdgineer]

I think lighter finishes (like the Fenix natural HAIII) will show the inevitable scratches less than darker finishes, but basically I don't care. I want whatever color the toughtest HAIII (just the coating, no dyes added) comes out to be.