In what order would you 'give up' your lights?

run4jc

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I searched for a post where we 'rank' our lights - didn't find one - may have missed it. If so, sorry, but this is a slightly different twist. As many of us have quite the collection - whether for occupation or as a flashaholic collector, the thought of giving up some of these wonderful tools is too much to bear. But, what if you had to give up 1,2, 3 or even more, of your lights? Which one would you part with first? Next?

So a challenge - put on your thinking cap and list your lights in the ORDER YOU WOULD GIVE THEM UP! First on the list is the first to go - last on the list is the one you would hold on to kicking and screaming before you'd part with it! I'll start:

First to go would be the Mag Lites and cheap LED lights, then the pain would start

1)Wolf Eyes Angel Eyes C
2)Fenix L1D Q5
3)Olight M20 Warrior Premium
4)Novatac 120E
5)Quark 123T
6)Quark Turbo
7)Surefire E1B (It's starting to get painful...):(
8)Surefire E2DL (ouch)
9)Quark 123 Titanium :)shakehead
10)Surefire 6P with Nailbender SST-50
11)Surefire C2 with Malkoff M60F :eek:
12)Surefire LX2
13)Surefire T1A
14)Jetbeam M1X
15)Milky Creemator Surefire E1B (don't have it yet - hopefully in a week or so - this is getting REALLY painful!!!)
And the one they'd have to pry out of my fingers - and I'd fight to hold on....
16)McGizmo Haiku:faint:

Ooo. That was painful. But it makes you think...

Now the good news: I'm hanging on to all of them!!:thumbsup:
 

parnass

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I give away coin cell flashlights anyway, so those are always the first to go.

Recall those junky plastic incan flashlights that Radio Shack used to give away back in the 1980s? I have a few lights in that class and they would be the next to go.

I've already started giving away the River Rock 2AA LED lights which use an optic.
 
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jhc37013

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Last to go would be PD30+, ET P20C2, Quark Tactical. Of those I would hold on to the PD30+ last probably but its to close to call.
 

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Occasionally I have a sale forced by too many lights - and have also sold some when out of work (no employed again!) so I've already sold the ones that would go on the top of the list. So I cannot do this....:mecry::mecry::mecry:

Yes I am a flashaholic
 

NonSenCe

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first to go would be the least used or ones i have no use as there are others filling in the niche they were bought for..

first to go the cheapos:

shiningbeam x2t (2 cr123s only.. too loose twisty that turns on by itself)
fenix e01 (hate the tint.. have no use for it)
ultrafire a1 (i think its the model, uses cr123s anyways)

then some that are already on the list "give to one needing a flashlight"

dx led lenser 1 AA fake.
dx ezaa look-alike.
akoray k109 (this might stay if the jb below is given away)

then the ones i have doubles or are un-used..

one of my solarforce L2s +extra bodies etc,
dereelight c2h (dont like cr123s and this eats them like candy)
itp eos (got couple)
maglite 2d with terralux.

then it starts to get tricky..

jetbeam pro 1 (lost to quarks and akoray and havent been used.)
lmini2 (got couple of them so i might give one away.)

eagletac p100a2 warm tint (hmm, rather keep legoable itp below)
itp c7/c8 (the white tint is not my fav. but the ui is great)

then comes the rest.. hmm these will likely stay until really replaced by better ones..

3 quarks (2 warm tints and ti.. one 1AA will surely stay until better ones come for sale)
lummi raw al. (cool looking keychain light)
fenix tk11 (my 1st led,so love is there even i dont use it much anymore)
lmini2 (just great runtime for size and price)

these might get the nod even i like to keep em..
nitecore d10 (the switch in mine dont work accurately)
romisen n3 (need cheap 2 battery type lego-loaner.)
solarforce L2 (lego and aftermarket support is good reason to keep one)
itp eos (cheaper keychain light than raw.. for work)

i know i forgot some.. but dont care :)
 

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