EDC

Forgot to put my torch and its holster on my belt yesterday, kept reaching for it and realising it wasn't there, so annoying. I guess it feels like it does when you always wear a watch, forget it one day, and keep looking at your bare wrist for the time.

You better have a small AAA light to keep in the pocket for those forgetful days. :laughing:

Geoff

Flying Turtle said:

You better have a small AAA light to keep in the pocket for those forgetful days.

Geoff

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What he said...but on your keychain.


CFU

I pocket an Inova X1 with a Fenix E1 on my keychain for just that reason.

I always have with me - hanging from my belt on a short lanyard -: a Civictor inside my trousers and an E0 in my watch pocket. Photon clone on my keyring.
Other lights depending on circumstances in other pockets, bags.

Kees

I walked out of the house the other day without my EDC knife and I felt semi-naked and paranoid as soon as I realized it wasn't there. Of course nothing happened but it just reinforced that I need to have a good flashligt and knife with me at all times outside the house. "Don't leave home without it"

Haha, forgetting your EDC knife? Done that one too. My EDC knife is so useful, for example, a bike lock ceased on me. I tried hacksaws, cable cutters, drills, files, and gave up. Then, as a last resort, pulled my Leatherman Squirt P4. A few quick chews of the cable, and my bike is free. I cannot leave home without my watch, torch and penknife. I'm getting a P1D-CE for my keyring soon. Maybe a bit chunky, but I have big pockets.

I have a Swiss Army knife with a light on it on every keychain.

I usually carry a Traveller Lite Swiss Army Knife in my wallet

and a real flashlight.



Lately the CR2 Ion XT has come with me more often than the A19 XR-E.

I like Victorinox penkinves, the blades are typically sharper than Leatherman. However, pliers and wirecutters are phenomenally useful, and the P4 is so small. I have a couple of Victorinoxs, but not for EDC.

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Damn, that's swiss army is cool, I've been hiding under the rock that I haven't seen that before. How much?

I usually carry a torch in a holster on my belt. If I somehow forget to put the holster on, I know I'll always have a torch with me. My trusty Arc-P is on my keychain all the time.

Regards
Bob

Since I was a child (some time ago), my grandfather ALWAYS carried a penlight or a flashlight of some kind with him. It was always useful--even more so after his glaucoma started to eat away at his vision. After he passed away (at the ripe old age of 103), the family was sitting together and talking about him and we realized that we ALL (well, almost all) of us, habitually carry a light on us all the time--this whole light thing has become something of a family joke. When we get together, the cousins'll ask each other, "where's your light?" And you gotta whip it out to prove you're keeping with the program. (I'm the only on einto the high(er) end lights though, and they never fail to impress.)

I've always carried a cutting implement (knife), writing implement, and light with me since I was about a sophomore in high school over 35 years ago. I have no intention of breaking this habit...