KnifeStyle
Newly Enlightened
- Joined
- Sep 30, 2013
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- 25
Back when the Fenix E01 came out as the keychain light equivalent of sliced bread, I bought a black one and it was so nice to look at I couldn't bear to carry it on my keys. It hung around in my gear for a year before I finally got the nerve to put it on my keys during my freshman year of college back in 2009. Today, that poor light is now nearly pure silver with a mirror finish as the anodizing has worn off. At least every few months, the head comes loose and I end up with the head and battery in a pants pocket. The batteries never seem to last whenever I carry it, even when I use lithium cells. But it's trying, so I kept it around even as they released an array of nicer options in the years since.
Today, I once again changed the dead battery...and low and behold it still has a nice beam. While I'm sick of it as a keychain light because the head keeps twisting to and fro, either draining the battery or losing it entirely, I'd like to give it an active retirement. Where would be a good, sensible place for a dead-simple AAA tube light that isn't in my daily rotation of on-body gear? I'm debating leaving it clipped to the top loop of my backpacking tent where it can maybe see use if my headlamp ever goes dead, or possibly lashing it to something with a larnyard like those pens at the bank. I'd love for it to just break out of warranty so I can move on, but it looks like this little guy just has to be stubborn.
Today, I once again changed the dead battery...and low and behold it still has a nice beam. While I'm sick of it as a keychain light because the head keeps twisting to and fro, either draining the battery or losing it entirely, I'd like to give it an active retirement. Where would be a good, sensible place for a dead-simple AAA tube light that isn't in my daily rotation of on-body gear? I'm debating leaving it clipped to the top loop of my backpacking tent where it can maybe see use if my headlamp ever goes dead, or possibly lashing it to something with a larnyard like those pens at the bank. I'd love for it to just break out of warranty so I can move on, but it looks like this little guy just has to be stubborn.