I cant recall all the details, but the dream was in some sort of new ice age scenario. Me and a group of people were trying to navigate these dark, narrow passageways under a building looking for supplies. Of course, no one had a flashlight. And then, in the dream, I remembered I had one in my pocket.
I really hate using trendy terms like ‘EDC’ but this little guy has been rolling around in my pocket for a couple years now and the more I carry it around the more I really like it. I’ve given away a handful to friends and every single one of them has commented on what a good light it is. I won’t bore you with details like lumens, weight, runtime, etc. You can look those up yourself. I’ll simply say that I have three of these sitting on the shelf as spares and there is always one in my pocket and one lanyarded to my Bag O’ Tricks…and I’m a tough customer on flashlights.
For about twenty-five bucks this thing does everything I need in a ‘non tactical’ flashlight. But its most important and most redeeming feature is that it is always there…so much a part of my everyday routing that even my subconscious knew that I’d have it with me in the dream.
I’ve mentioned these little Fenix E-series lights before, but I’ve found them to be an excellent light for toting around in a pocket every day and figured it was worth a bump.
Nice. I have been really happy with the single battery streamlight offerings. Will think about trying one of these.
Also I really like the tie it to the bag idea. Going to have to steal that for my own use.
For a Chinese company, Fenix makes a quality product. During the last decade that I worked before retirement, it was a Fenix that sat in a holster on my belt. It got dropped, was used as an improvised impact weapon, and for all the abuse, it never let me down.
These days the flashlight that resides in my pocket is a single AAA cell Streamlight MicroStream. At 40 lumen it’s bright enough and with the simple on/off switch, it’s simple enough.
i have 3 – love em!
I have many Surefire lights as my son used to work for them. Great lights but expensive and they all use the CR123 batteries which are also expensive and hard to find outside of the US when traveling.
My new favorite is the HP1 by Coast and sold on Amazon for about 8$. It takes one AA of any kind and 14500 rechargeable. Focusing beam ,anti-roll, stands on end, and has a side clip. The best single AA light I’ve found for the price. I give them away also and keep several spares around.
“The dream is always the same…”
Thought you were going to end up in an exam with 10 minutes left to finish.
I have great luck with the MagLite XL50s. Not quite small enough to put on a laynard, but good for first responder work. Strobe function really brings the cops when I call ’em.
I have them on 3 different keychains. Wouldn’t be without my E05s.
I like the pelican 1920. The rubber cap wears out, but they will replace it. I run eneloops now because they seem to handle the high discharge more consistently than alkaline batteries did. I liked the older 1920 with only one brightness better than the new ones that have two brightnesses, but at least it doesn’t have a strobe, and you don’t have to cycle thru all the settings each time. The clip is VERY tight.
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Fenix makes some good stuff. I have their HP25R headlight. It’s a little pricey, but it will light up the neighborhood. And the battery lasts a while. And, if I remember correctly, you stock CR 123 batteries, of which it uses two.
Bought 6 x Fenixes on your advice!
My favorite small flashlight is the 9V PALight, now discontinued I think. Rarely even have to actually turn it on, the locater has enough juice to let me do or find what I need.
It is amazing how fast flashlight technology has evolved in the past 20 years. In the 1970’s, the Kel-Lite was the 1st really high quality flashlight I remember. Mag-Lite was right on its heels though. I thought I was awesome when I got my 1st Mag-Lite.
i got a 3 d cell camo maglite for the house (too big to carry) for $23 on ebay!
love, love, love Fenix stuff. gifted this light to my sheriff bil for xmas this year. I carry the aaa version daily and for a tiny light puts out. I work three stories down so when the power goes its DARK, so I need a light on my side at all times. its always a Fenix. have several others stashed around house and vehicles, one that’s been underwater, in the rapids, and still works. never had any other still work after a high pressure dousing like that.
eneloops, always eneloops.
I’ve been reading about when Chernobyl blew back in ’86 and both books I read had a couple asides about how the workers and rescuers didn’t have enough flashlights.
I have a couple of similar lights from Streamlight. One for each of my man-bags. I keep them attached to the bag via a wallet tether (it’s easy to unclip). I went with CR123a powered lights as I live in central Wisconsin and the higher voltage seems to do better in our cold winters.
I would imagine lithium AA batts would also be as effective.
Agree. Great run time and adequate lighting for size and cost! Bought 10 of these a couple of years ago…for kids, their spouses, wife and I. Have other types but these go easily in a pocket etc…on a key ring.
I’m an old nurse, worked nights most of 30 years. this one time, working nights in ICU, well, the shore power went out, and the “emergency self starting generator”, didn’t.
Ohmigawd, an ICU at night is dark! And, it turns out that the ALARMS on the ventilators are battery powered, NOT the ventilators, themselves. When your patient assignment includes two vent patients, well, thing get interesting, indeed!
Downstream of that experience, I now carry, every day, at work and at home, one Streamlight Stylus Pro, one one Surefire G2 X, one ITP C10 (gun show Chinese flashlight: like it, it works, and it was around $20.) In addition I have a Streamlight nano on my key ring. I almost have enough flashlights. Almost.
i have em everywhere too. same with reading glasses. that way you never have to look far!
I have been using fenix lanterns and camp lights almost exclusively in power out situations at the house…I own flashlights from many different brands but the one used daily is the olight baton 2 in cr123…I love that thing…second most used is coast polysteel 400 w/ lithium batteries…I keep a 600 lumen surefire tactical in the handgun safe for the literal flash bang…
Recently switched to carrying a Streamlight ProTac 1L-1AA. Rugged construction, nice output, and just about perfect size. Advertised as a “dual-fuel”, it can use CR123A or AA. I’ve found that with a little manipulation, it will also work with AAA as well. Bought 5 for myself, and 5 more for family stocking stuffers last Christmas….