Would you rather carry long/thin or short/fat?

All other things being equal, would you rather your EDC flashlight be long and thin, or short and fat? Assume the same overall volume.

And, you know, the dimensions being within the norm for flashlights (eg not something needle thin and 6 feet long)

Muyshondt Aeon for me... CR2 power - dual output

I think this is a question for the ladies only!:naughty:

This post reminds me of the Gilligan's Island episode where the Professor is giving someone a needle and he asks, "do you want it in fast and out slow or in slow and out fast".

Peak Shasta 3Led Brass High Power
Nuwai Q3
Peak Pacific Ultra CR2 brass body
Brass Peak Atlantic, Mediterranean, McKinley, and Caribbean on a pocket body or key chain depending on mood.

Looking at Muyshondt and RA 85 Twisty.

Seems like short and fat works for me!

Long and thin for small size, short and "Stout" for big lights.
The 2x AAA Minimag is what I consider to be the perfect sized EDC pocket light, while any light I EDC on my belt "like the Taskforce" needs to be rather short as not to full underneath the length of my shirt or to height that it becomes unbalanced when holstered. While I have an appreciation for very long lights "like the 10D RayOvac (28")" anything under a 6D Mag (19 ½") needs to be short and fat "again unless it's a very small pocket light. My included picture is of my narrowest light "The AAA xenon Li Minimag, and the fattest light I have ever made:devil:: my 4 ½ inch long, 7 ½ inch wide 30 watt hotwire hexagon box light:nana:.

It looks like you are trying to put a round peg through a hexagon hole. Do you holster carry that light as well?

saabgoblin said:

It looks like you are trying to put a round peg through a hexagon hole.

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And they said it was impossible! Ha I showed them.

Do you holster carry that light as well?

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Ya right! That oblong thing, how… could….


I ever….


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And they say the stuff I make is Crude! .

If it ain't broke, don't fix it and necessity is the mother of invention:naughty:!

Juggernaut said:

My included picture is of my narrowest light "The AAA xenon Li Minimag, and the fattest light I have ever made:devil:: my 4 ½ inch long, 7 ½ inch wide 30 watt hotwire hexagon box light:nana:.

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How is the heat transfer to the cardboard heatsink?

Somehow, the OP reminds me of a funny scene from 'Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo' if anyone knows what I'm talking about, where the cop confronts Deuce at the cafe.

I'm Continuing this topic of my hexagon light here: https://www.candlepowerforums.com/posts/2672445#post2672445 so we can get this thread back to it's focus, I don't want to hijack it guys.

yeah thanks

brighterisbetter said:

Somehow, the OP reminds me of a funny scene from 'Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo' if anyone knows what I'm talking about, where the cop confronts Deuce at the cafe.

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LOL "I GOT a THIN D1CK!!!"

Oded Fehrs funniest performance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_DrW067JmI

OP, 6P is about the right size for me. Just the right size to fit in my hand and not excessive an any way.

Black Rose said:

How is the heat transfer to the cardboard heatsink?

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Cardboard is the best heatsink of all the exotic metals. :laughing:

I've seen hotwire mods that can start fires. That hotwire modded cardboard light could probably set itself on fire. Be careful with that thing.

I like the long and thin for pocket carry.

The SureFire E2(e) is just about the perfect size, and I don't think it really fits in either category.

yeah I'd generally call CR123 lights 'fat' but for a 2x123 light that one isn't what I would call long or short.. kinda in between.

Would you rather it be shorter and fatter or longer and thinner, if you had to choose?

I'm long and fat actually but that wasn't a choice.

Oh wait, what's this thread about?

I voted short & fat because that would fit in most pockets easiest. But my EDC is a AAA torch that is short & thin on my keyring as well as a AA torch that is short and normal (neither fat nor thin). If a torch was too fat then it would be a nuisance to carry.