What lights do you keep in your car?

What lights do you keep in your car? don't include what is carried on your person. Now a light that is kept in the car but you will carry on your person if needed is fair.

How my car is equipped. In each of the handholds is a conveniance light. An Arc-ls with 123 Kroll switch. It barely fits but does and is snug so it does not rattle around. On the visor is a 2-AA powered Arc-LS and a Surefire E2. Also in the cab is a zippka led head lamp in the consol as well as a SpaceNeedle2 and a SureFire 12ZM in a holder behind the seat.

In the Trunk, I keep a kit that has a custom 1D, 1C, and a factory 1AA Arc adapters with older ARC-LS head so I can use almost any battery I can run across. I want to add a 6D cell Maglite modded for 5watt for long battery life usage but still have a bright light for the trunk. I have placed a steelcase GE 4D cell lantern in the trunk in case I have to be by the road changing a tire or something and can be easily seen. I want to add a bigger headlamp to the trunk.

I also keep a 9Z in the car not for car related use but to switch out with my EDC taclight. If I feel the need for a bigger tactical light then I have on my belt before I get out of the car, I grab it.

What am I missing in my car light arsenal?
What do you have in your car and why would I want it in mine?

Sometime I am going to pull all my car lights out. Line them up as see what I have and see what I need. I want to limit myself to 10 car based lights and cover all the bases.

Light Wave 4000
Eternalight Marine
PT Surge

The LW 4000 is on the floor between the drivers door and drivers seat. The other two are in the storage compartment between the front seats.

geezus...that's a lot of lights in your car. All I've got is a Brinkman LX and a couple of spare 123's in my truck and a e2e and c3(p91) in my car.

I had an old 2D Mag in my tool bag in the trunk along with a Turtlelite and a MiniMag plus a silver/blue Stylus and a silver/white Inova X5 clipped to my seatbelt cover. Currently--nothing. I cleaned out my car because I had to take it into the shop and I haven't put anything back yet. Plus I'm re-thinking everything. Just got a 2D Twin Task that's going to replace the Mag, and my Space Needle's probably going in there too. Still trying to figure out what else.

In the drivers door compartment I have a Brinkmann LX for distance use and a Black Diamond Moonlight for close up hands free use.

In all three of our cars, I keep a Minimag, 2-123 cell light, and a 3D MagLite.

The Minimags currently have lithium AA batteries and the brighter Brinkmann bulbs, but the incan bulbs are going to soon be replaced with Badboy or MadMax mods and the Kroll switch.

The other light I keep in the glovebox is a 2-123 cell lithium light, either a Brinkmann Legend LX or a Surefire G2. I might be replacing these with UKE 2L's in the future for their more compact size, and lack of any kind of switch that can be accidentally be turned on.

The 3D MagLites are basically throwbacks to my pre-flashaholic days. They tend to get used as hammers as much as flashlights. They are great for pounding tent stakes into the ground if you've forgotten your hammer. I might consider replacing their bulbs with Everled replacement LED's, not sure yet though.

-Keith

Well let me recall:
Door well: CMG Reactor on Lithiums (we have harsh winters)
Center Console: PT Tec40 w/XPR112 blub, Turtlelite w/Everled
Glovebox: MiniMag w/Opalec + Lithiums, Legend LX

Wow, I didn't even realize I had that many lights in the 'ol Rolls-Kinardley (Rolls down one hill, kinardley make it up the next)

Ed.

Streamlight Batonlite
UK SL4
UK MiniQ40
A 24 red LED strobing lightwand (about 2 feet long)
2 sets of four AA NIMH cells plus DC charger
2 extra sets of replacement batteries for the other lights
24 Duracell AA alkaline cells

Center console(near the hand brake handle):surefire 6p mounted on one of those plastic wall mount for AA minimag

Glovebox: 2AAA minimag

In the trunk: 4D mag (no mod)

Streamlight Clipmate ( you need hands free for working under the hood at night )
Streamlight Ultrastinger ( between my driver seat and center console )
E2e/TID
Pelican 1010 case containing 4 AAAs for the Clipmate or Arc AAA, 6 SF123s.

UKE 2L and Radio Shack compact fluorescent.

Car Flashlight Inventory

Before your groan about overkill, consider the following.
--I have to store my lights somewhere
--Rechargeable lights need to be cycled in and out of the car for recharging roughly monthly
-- my daughter is embarrassed to have her friends see so many of her uncooll dad's flashlights in the car that she borrows the cars less frequently.


Acura CLS (my regular car)

In Glovebox

PT40 with 4 Lithiums and 4.8 v .85 A Xenon bulb.
PT40 with alkalines and John Bechto 4 LED bulb.
PT20 with 2 lithiums and 2-cell Epeion
GE 4AA combo 6" fluorescent and 4.8V 0.5 A HPR
Garrity SST 2AA modded with P90 and 3 @ CR123
PT Impact
Legend LX
SF SC2 with 6 @ CR123's plus 1 @ N2

In Center Console
Scorpion
6P with beamshaper driving PILA 3.7 V L/A with 68 mm long PiLa Li-Ion
Brinkmann 2AA with bb400 QL3 and McFlood Reflector
Mr. Bulk Brinkmann LX modified with 1W LS and driven with 1 @ with 68 mm long PiLa Li-Ion
Eternalight X-Ray3

In Drivers door contour pocket

SF 12PM with A19 driving MN61 with 2 @ 68 mm Pila Li-Ions plus 1 @ CR 123.
SF D3 body extended by A19 with C2 head and clickie driving P91 with 2 @ 68 mm Pila Li-Ions

In passengers door contour pocket

DB6AA with W/A #01278 9.0 V 1.1 A bulb and 2 * (3 CR123's plus 1 @ Lithium AA)
DB4AA with W/A #01315 6.27V 1.42 A bulb and 2 * 3 CR123's.

Underneath rear of Drivers Seat
UKE1200 with W/A 01318 9.6 v 1.93 A 534 Lu bulb and 8 @ 9000 mAh NiMH D cells

Underneath rear of Front Passenger's seat
UKE 4D with 8500 mAh NiMH D's and W/A 01183 4.7 v 3.85 V 411 Lu bulb as high beam and W/A 01319 4.8 V 1.92 A 204 Lu bulb as low beam

In pocket on back of Driver's seat
Mag Charger with W/A 01160 bulb
Mag 3D with 5 @ Powerstream ½ D bulbs and Carley CL851 potted 6.0 v 1.7 A 250 Lu bulb.
Mr. Bulk Mag 2D with 5W LS driven by 2 @ Powerstream ½ D cells and a soldered 3AA NiMH pack.

In Pocket on back of passenger's seat
Mag 4C with 4 @ 4500 mAh NiMH C's and potted Carley 4.80 v 1.6 A 168 Lu 807 bulb.
Mag 3C with 3 @ 4500 mAh NiMH C's and potted Carley 3.5 V 2.3 A CL122 halogen bulb. This narrow T-1 ½ bulb focuses to a very tight beam.
Smith and Wesson FL10

In trunk:

SL 35 X
Modified Big Beam 287X brass lantern with:
2 @ 9000 mAh NiMH 6 * D packs totaling 14.4 V that fit into a battery chamber designed for 2 @ 6V lantern batteries.
1 @ PIAA 580 running light with a 6 degree by 15 degree lateral spot.
Modified Big Beam 166 lantern with:
2 @ 7.2 v saddle back sub C packs in serial generating 14.4 V and 3000 mAh. (Fits in form factor of a single 6V lantern battery.)
driving a 36Par36 12 V 3.0 A halogen lamp generating 700 Lumen that replaces the stock 4.5 V 0.5 A sealed beam.)
Solar 4AA 6.0 V / 12.0 V recharger with 4 @ NiMHs.


Isuzu Trooper (My wife's regular car)

In glove box
Legend LX
PT40 with alkalines and John Bechto 4 LED bulb.
Garrity SST 2AA modded with P90 and 3 @ CR123
SF SC2 with 6 @ CR123's plus 1 @ N2
SF D3 body with 3" TH and MN16.

Underneath Driver's Seat rear
UKE 4D with 8500 mAh NiMH D's and W/A 01183 4.7 v 3.85 V 411 Lu bulb as high beam and W/A 01319 4.8 V 1.92 A 204 Lu bulb as low beam2 @ 7.2 v saddle back sub C packs in serial generating 14.4 V and 3000 mAh. (Fits in form factor of a single 6V lantern battery.)
driving a 36Par36 12 V 3.0 A halogen lamp generating 700 Lumen that replaces the stock 4.5 V 0.5 A sealed beam.)

In pocket on back of Driver's seat
Brinkmann 3D driving W/A 01315 6.27 v 1.42 A bulb driven by 2 @ 3.0V 7500 mAh D cells plus 1 @ 8500 mAh NiMH.
Mag Charger with W/A 01160 bulb.
Smith & Wesson FL10

In Pocket behind Passenger's seat
SF D3 body with 3" TH and N2 driven by 2 @ 50 mm Pila Li-Ions.
Mag 3D with 5 @ ½ D NiCads and Carley 6.0 V 1.7 A Halogen bulb.
Siamese twin (epoxied together) LGI's. one has an NC-05 collimator and the other has a McFlood reflector.

In trunk

Modified Big Beam 211 with 2 @ 7.2 V 8000 mAh D NiMH packs in serial. This can drive either a 20 W MR16 or a 44 W MR 16 from a 3-position switch.

Modified 30-year old Dacor diving light. Has same battery and lamp assembly as the Bib Beam 287x mod:

--@ 7.2 v saddle back sub C packs in serial generating 14.4 V and 3000 mAh. (Fits in form factor of a single 6V lantern battery.)
--driving a 36Par36 12 V 3.0 A halogen lamp generating 700 Lumen that replaces the stock 4.5 V 0.5 A sealed beam.)

Wow! I thought I was overdoing it. JonSidneyB seems to have covered all the bases. The only things you could add are a Brunton solar charger or DC battery charger and some Nmh batteries - and a couple "Swiss lights" or Freelights as the ultimate backup.

Flashlights in my glovebox: a Surefire G2 for bright light; a LW2000 for low intensity, long duration; a Zipka for working hands free; AA and AAA Mini-Maglites; an ARC AAA; a PAL light; a set of battery size adapters; a cheap C-cell Eveready for loaning to strangers; my Freelight charging on my rear view mirror. And a couple other small lights somewhere in my car.

In my 2003 Impala LS Sport, I keep the following:

E2E with MN02, MN03, modded bezel and P61.
A2 white.
Glowring.
McLux.

In the trunk are the following:

3-D Maglight.
Space Needle II.
2-boxes SureFire 123-cells.
Optromics 3-million CP spot light.

I think that's everything.

Lemlux:

Would you care to put a bottom-line dollar figure on your car lights? It would help give my wife some degree of perpective on my personal level of involvement. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Thanks.

Inova X5 (old style) and SL Scorpion together with some paracord and a Spyderco Military in a BOB...

Chris

sotto>hmmmm, not sure I can answer that but I can tell you that I have more than $1000 in lights on my person right now.

None /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif I don't see any need for it.

As un-flashaholic as it may be, there is a 2D Mag in every one of our vehicles. Once I find out which smallish but bright light I like the best for the money, I'll get one of each of those as well.

So far, the front runner is the Legend LX... That is one bright little light for the $$$ !

cratz2>thats almost criminal