What's your everyday carry flashlight, /g/?

>>105801296 (OP)
an old mag-lite mini xenon that i modified to use a no-name led and a hardware-store lifepo4 cell
works pretty good :)

>>105801296 (OP)
Phone

if you actually need a flashlight every day for work or whatever then you should carry a proper flashlight. otherwise, just use your phone. if you absolutely must have a separate flashlight but you don't actually need to use it daily, then a powerbank with a built-in light. if you already have a powerbank with no light, then a usb light.

that shit in OP image is e-waste, guarantee the non-replaceable battery will be toast in just a couple years if that long, the shitty hinge/clip will break, and it probably has some stupid SoS mode and you keep clicking the button but it has to cycle between 12 modes before it finally shuts off.

>>105801296 (OP)
why is there an amogus flashlight

>>105801296 (OP)

>>105801296 (OP)
My phone because you don't need anything more for a midnight piss.

>>105801296 (OP)
>everyday carry
why would I carry a flashlight during the day, retard?

RovyVon A26
love that lil nigga

What I use when I actually want a flashlight. It's small enough to comfortably hold with your mouth or wear on a lanyard, and pretty reliable. Glow / lantern mode is actually useful.

>>105802681
This.

>>105802315
This
/thread

>>105802819
shut up autist

>>105801296 (OP)

>>105801296 (OP)
Nebo poplite

>>105804593
ew

>>105802315
This. I use other led lights, but I don't everyday carry them.

During a normal work day I carry a wurkkos HD20, coast pen light, olight clip and maglight AA led pro. On my off days its usually an olight I5t, wurkkos TS10 or one of those off brand rectangular keychain light.
I keep an olight seeker 4 pro on my nightstand and various other lights all over the place.

Unironically I'm completely habituated to using the flashlight on my Fenix 7 every night instead of switching on lights when I get up to take a piss, walking up the stairs or whatever. It's the most useful feature on the watch by far. It was a gift, I never would have bought it though and would be completely happy if a normal protrek came with such a light.
At work I had an old model olight mini headband light in my emergency kit but never was retarded enough to have to use it.

Someone gifted me one of those tac lights that's supposed to be super durable a few years ago. Shit broke on its own in like a year. Took 3 AAA batteries which I've never seen a flashlight take an odd number of batteries and corroded the batteries super fast. You basically had to leave the batteries outside like shotgun ammo taped to the side.

I barely even used it and kept it in storage until I finally needed it for some repair work. Shit wouldn't cut on at all. Replaced the batteries, clean all the corrosion. Work for a bit then just goes fuck all and never works again. How the fuck did flashlight quality go down? I had shit from my grandparents time that still work.

>>105805861
>Took 3 AAA batteries which I've never seen a flashlight take an odd number of batteries
That's actually a stupidly common replacement. It's the cheap alternative to an 18500 iirc (definitely matches up with some standard Li-ion cell)

Ironically the one I carry most often is missing. I can't find my SC31 Pro.

I work in the bush and I actually do use these quite a bit, I haven't used the UV torch yet and I probably will almost never, that one is the only EDCtrooning I do.

The wuben is new and is more for the stand, but I do like taking photos with my phone so I'm sure it'll come in handy once or twice.

>>105805876
>replacement
Meant configuration

Sofirn H25LR
Can't recommend enough r/flashlight and its arbitrary list of recommended lamps https://zakreviews.com/arbitrary-list.html
>hahah r*ddit!!1!
Who cares it's a nice comfy and knowledgeable community

>>105801296 (OP)
Everyone is posting torches. Surely you meant a “strobe” instead of “flashlight”.

>>105806789
On my keychains is a Sofirn SC01, really nice but now sadly discontinued for years

Didn't read the rest of the thread because I don't care, but I need to say that headlamps are great. Useful outdoors and you can hold them like an ordinary flashlight if you want. Besides rare use cases, owning a flashlight is degenerate behavior.

>>105805861
I found one of these in the dumpster a few years ago, and I've been using it without any significant issue ever since. I just had to add some grease to allow the lens to move freely, and I've also replaced the thermal paste behind the LED module as it was starting to get a bit dry. As I didn't want to use AAA batteries, I put an 18650 in it, and it seemed to work well enough after I made a thick tube out of paper to keep it well aligned, since the tube is wider than an 18650. I'm sure that a 26650 battery would fit perfectly, but I didn't have any on hand. The button developed intermittent contact issues at some point, so I opened it and cleaned out the corrosion. Ideally, I should have added some dielectric grease, but I didn't have any left.
>How the fuck did flashlight quality go down?
These flashlights literally cost 5€ on Aliexpress, with a rechargeable battery included in the package and free shipping. What were you expecting?

My phone, but I have a bunch of zebralight flashlights and headlamps for some reason.

>>105806831
>headlamps are great
>owning a flashlight is degenerate behavior
headtorches are for far reaching light and handheld torches are for wide coverage light and usually a lot brighter, unless you're an autist with one of those massive headtorches with a million bulbs on it

>>105807437
>>105805879
hs21 and other good ones have both spot and wide, and you can use both at the same time or either

>>105805861
>the zoomies they use to send you batteries by air
lol, this is shit junk

>Ctrl+f convoy
>no results
Just buy a convoy flashlight from aliexpress

>>105807719
They've been kinda mogged by Sofirn and its sister company Wurkkos, that's why

>>105807437
>wide coverage light
Lantern
Handhelds are a directional beam of light by design.

>>105801296 (OP)
ZebraLight is simply the best. Made every other 18650 light I had feel like trash in comparison.

>>105804467
nigger you're obsessing over the mundane
that IS autism

>>105807765
Can you elaborate please? I haven't really looked into them, are they better in terms of hardware (driver and LEDs), features or materials? I think convoy has good hardware for its price.

Fenix E03R

>>105801296 (OP)
I've been carrying an EDCL2T for years. It's not the latest greatest but it does the job. I am a paypig for Surefire.

>>105806789
Go back.

>>105802819
to see into dark places

>>105806789
Agreed, once I started looking for lights for work and later for daily use and family they had a ton of info that made it easy to find exactly what I needed and a lot of stuff I just wanted

>>105805861
>I had shit from my grandparents time that still work.
Like what?

>>105806827
>On my keychains
Why? Your phone has a flashlight.

>>105809512
>Your phone has a flashlight.
it's not a good enough light for many situations

>>105808145
>Made in China
Dropped.

my bike light
good form factor, also quite bright

>>105808389
niggeretard

>>105808300
For some time Convoy didn't offer USB charging on their lights and Sofirn really ate into their market-share since then.
Mind you most Convoy lights are fine, I still have my old S2+ in my bag all the time, it's just that both Sofirn/Wurkkos and Convoy are targeting the same market basically.

>>105809517
You're not in any situations that require nothing more than the flashlight app on your Google phone.

>>105801296 (OP)
original maglite 4D from the 90s. it doubles as a baton.

>>105809518
and what made in USA flashlight do you use?

>>105809806
Power outages can happen anywhere.

>>105809934
Normies experience power outages all the time, and they get buy with the flashlight app on their Google phones.

>>105809893
Good ones that've lasted me years.

>>105810070
but what brand are they?

>>105810070
>doesn't name any brand

>>105810072
>>105810078
Maglite

>>105810104
ok. I get the patriotism I guess but the chinese ones are just better, in that they do more for cheaper, and yes they work for years too. Just avoid anduril since it's a shitshow (or make sure it uses anduril 2 and keep it in easy mode)

>>105810072
>>105810078
Maglite, for starters. The rest I'm not spoon-feeding to either of you. Do your research.

>>105810122
>I guess but the chinese ones are just better, in that they do more for cheaper
cheap never means good.

>>105801296 (OP)
>What's your everyday carry flashlight, /g/?
A fucking phone boomer.

>>105809806
yes i do, and no the phone flash light is not enough, just because you personally cannot comprehend scenarios outside of your parents basement doesnt mean they dont exist

>>105810128
maglite is shit compared to the good chinese brands now

sorry to trigger your false sense of american superiority

>>105810128
>Maglite
how about you do your research, retard?

>>105810122
The main attractions with Maglite are 100 CRI and it doubles as a baton. 'maglite shampoo' is an old colloquialism in NA for getting your ass kicked by a bouncer.

It's incredible how much flashlights have improved with LEDs in the last several years
It wasn't that long ago that a decent flashlight was something you could just barely use to read something if you pointed it real close and took 2-4 D batteries.
Today I have literally the cheapest flashlight I could find on AliExpress and that bitch is bright enough illuminate the street under my balcony, AND it's rechargeable.

>>105810270
I wouldn't say they're shit, the other brands are more feature rich for sure but not as resilient.
I always keep a led maglite or at least a maglite with a drop in led bulb as a back up at work and in my car

>>105804593
There are various ways to be hurt.

>>105809809
I hate that the maglite my buddy had in scouts in the 90s shined a beam straight to the sky, and my 26k lumen costco flashlight that is bright as fuck can't do the same thing

>>105801296 (OP)
I have a metal flashlight that was sold on Drop a few years ago. It takes a single double A battery and is not much bigger than the AA. I haven't replaced the battery in probably a year and it still works great. The small size even with the clip makes it a perfect EDC flashlight. If they were still being sold I'd probably buy a second one just to have.

>>105810799
Yeah they aren't as bad as they look on the box specs because you have really good variable focus and perfect color. The lumens are quite literally worth more.

>>105810739
It's going to get even wilder with LEPs (laser excited phospher)
We are actually getting close to the edge if what LEDs can do.

>>105810739
The redpill is that because your eyes adjust to even a little light, you don't need that much

>>105801296 (OP)
Phone as well. I have a physical button on my phone just for my flashlight.

I wish phones were more utilitarian tools. Proper flashlight. Measurement laser. Maybe more extreme macro/micro lenses. Camera shields so you can use the camera for radiation detection, or just privacy. Better mics for recording audio. I saw one the other day with a built in projector, but it's massive for a phone.
Make a phone brand thats more like tricorders, I guess. Maybe with a modular hardware slot so you can slim them down.

>>105802587
I like pocket shaped flashlights for waking at night though.

>>105809510
Nta, but I was using an electric mixer my parents got as a wedding gift in the 70s until I gave it back. My mom still has old steel case flashlights from my grandparents house. I have a Bluetooth adapter hooked up to a rotary phone from the 60s. Most of the tools on my garage are from my grandparents era.

>>105810901
>ifgdesignedtheiphone.jpg

>>105810885
i assumed the fact that all of them are super focused spotlights right now that it was some limitation of the tech

in fact you can buy dual LEP/LED torches that let you switch between spot and throw

>>105801296 (OP)
The 'ol reliable.
OG Ledlenser P2 Professional which has sadly been discontinued. Best 10 euros teenager me has ever had spent.

>>105810897
Anything over 100lm is covering for suboptimal focus / color rendition.

nichia 519a is still the best for colors right? good cri r9 and such

>>105810104
>>105810128
lol

>>105811187
One of the better ones. Arguably the prettiest pig in the sty. If you're worried about color get a Maglite or other incandescent.

>>105810328
What's there to research?

>>105810270
>to the good chinese brands now
reddit consumerist thinking

>>105810257
>cannot comprehend scenarios outside of your parents basement doesnt mean they dont exist
projecting?

>>105810950
based

>>105809510
>>105806833
I remember my parents and grandparents having one of these pic related and another one that looked like a cheap plastic traffic pointer I can't seem to find on google. You could get them for like 99 cents at any local dollar store and they lasted a real long time. At worst only needed a new bulb.

My founded memories is seeing ones like pic related dirty and covered in car oil because it was used to fix cars and other stuff a lot.

>>105813908
>founded
fondest*
Damn auto correct.

>>105812529
>its only consooming if its brands i dont like

seriously why cant we have a single thread that doesn't have amerigolems seething at chinks?

>>105810971
I'm just saying some options for retards like me would be nice. That's all.

>>105814057
you can buy a bluetooth lapel mic, laser distance measurer and camera lenses if you want those features

99.9% of people dont want that so they dont include them by default

>>105801296 (OP)
Are there any good dynamo flashlight around that aren't cheap chink shit?

>>105805861
batteries leak and corrode when they're over drained
the circuit on these should stop working when the charge gets low enough to prevent that but maybe this is some plastic clone not the actual chang xh50 or whatever they're called made of aluminium

>>105814212
>dynamo flashlight
what does this even mean?

>>105802587
Why does every chinese flashlight look like this? I bought one, had a flow chart of how to make it flash SOS. Whenever I used the flowchart shit the thing would, on next powercycle, go haywire. Now I just turn it on and off. It's OK but I hate how the beam looks vs cheap flashlights 30 years ago with the twist-to-focus feature.

>>105814458
>why does every chinese flashlight look like a metal tube containing a battery connected to an LED

any hidden gem chinese viewing apparatus?
preferably smol and cute
i heard they don't do optics is it true which is also why we don't see any cameras but cameras are a dead market on the cheap spectrum

>>105814479
Answer the question, and don't give me any shit about optimal design efficiency.

>>105802587
What kind of work needs a proper flashlight every day

>>105801296 (OP)
Pens are technology, but the faggot mods kept deleting the threads.

>>105814585
security guard

>>105814557
ok, why shouldn't it be a metal tube containing a battery connected to a light?

>>105814627
No focus adjust
Small/no reflector
Stupid soft button
Belt clip only added to stop it from rolling away

>>105814689
it doesnt need focus adjust when it's bright enough to light up a wide area, and you can buy many different chinese flashlights with varied/novel ways of getting a spotlight and widebeam in one torch

every chinese light i have seen has a reflector

there are all manner of buttons on chinese lights, from soft rubber to plastic to metal

take the belt clip off if you dont like it

this entire rant sounds like you haven't spent the 2 minutes on amazon to see the actual state of chinese flashlights, they absolutely mog amerigolem shit and have for years now

>>105809796
I see, actually the luck of the charging port is a reason why I refrain from telling people to buy them. But to me personally it one of the pros - I remember how my brother's vape got into fire because of the charging circuit malfunction. So now I thing the simpler the better. But I will take a look into them now, maybe they are a good options to suggest them to my friends who won't buy a separate charger

>>105815608
im not sure if moving said fire risk onto the side of your wall is making it safer lil bro

>>105814585
Any trade where you're in a ceiling

>>105817382
bitchin fallout 3 mod

>>105814426
One that doesn't need batteries.

>>105818925
>One that doesn't need batteries.
hand crank? not as useful as you think.

>>105813923
libtards like yourself need to be reminded that cheap chink shit is always a waste of money.

Flæshlight ftw