EDC flashlight

[Joezilla]

Okay guys and gals,

I find myself looking for suggestions from you all about a good pocket carry EDC flashlight. Something that can clip on the pocket, has lots of lumens, doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

Ok, GO.......

Joe

 

[BladeZealot]

I like the olight baton 3 or 4.

I've read varying reviews online but I've carried olight for about a decade with no issues.

S10.baton 2,3, & 4.

I currently have 3 baton 3's, 4 baton 4's, and 2 arkfelds. All use proprietary batteries and charge via a magnetic base.

They run up to 1300 lumens.

OLIGHT Baton4 Rechargeable EDC Flashlight, LED Pocket Flashlight 1300 Lumens with Magnetic Charging Cable, Small Powerful Bright Flashlight IPX8 Waterproof for Home, Camping and Emergencies (OD Green) https://a.co/d/0nh4273


OLIGHT Baton4 Premium Edition EDC Flashlights 1300 Lumens with Type-C Charging Box, Powered By Rechargeable Battery, Small Bright Flashlight IPX8 Waterproof for Camping Emergencies Outdoors (OD Green) https://a.co/d/7G1c36D

 

[BladeZealot]

I carry 2 baton 4's daily. 1 in the charger and 1 on my belt. User gets low and I simply swap it out with the fresh one in charger base. Base recharges light up to 5 times on the baton 4.

3.7 times on the baton 3

Magnetic base is great for under the hood...etc...

 

[robertc1024]

Gonna be watching this thread. I need some advice here too.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Here's a few threads to peruse while waiting for replies...

Search results for query: Edc flashlight

www.texasguntalk.com

 

[toddnjoyce]

Gonna be watching this thread. I need some advice here too.

I’ve been happy with this one.

https://a.co/d/gkIqsYJ

 

[BladeZealot]

Another I like...

Runs off of cr123 or AA. Although not advertised it ran off of 1 AAA as well.

Streamlight 88061 ProTac 1L-1AA 350-Lumen Dual Fuel Professional Tactical Light, Black https://a.co/d/6CProQ2

 

[baboon]

Since I started carrying my fanny back holster I decided I should add a flash light. So I threw an old Surefire Lumamax in it.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

My cell light is all I carry hell I only carry my car key and house key.
Never carry coins or a pocket knife anymore. My body has that WTF were you thinking shape now and nothing works short of leaving it all behind. If I go hunting it's all in a backpack.

 

[Dred]

Presently have a Streamlight Microstream ($30 amazon) clipped in my pocket and a tiny Olight (too beat up to read model designation) on my key ring.

Both are USB chargeable. So, the designated charge cord in my truck charges either light or bluetooth hearing pro or bluetooth headphones in a pinch.

And, I've carried two lights ever since it became so easy. I've loaned the keyring olight to hundreds of friends that required a porta jon run after dark. And it is amazing how much microtext the old eyes can decipher with an abundance of light.

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[Rafe]

Presently have a Streamlight Microstream ($30 amazon) clipped in my pocket and a tiny Olight (too beat up to read model designation) on my key ring.

Both are USB chargeable. So, the designated charge cord in my truck charges either light or bluetooth hearing pro or bluetooth headphones in a pinch.

And, I've carried two lights ever since it became so easy. I've loaned the keyring olight to hundreds of friends that required a porta jon run after dark. And it is amazing how much microtext the old eyes can decipher with an abundance of light.

Wait. Why do you have my flashlights?!

I carry a fair amount of stuff; even the keyring has so much on it that I clip it to a belt loop, won't really go into a pocket comfortably (gonna be interesting with my next jury duty service next month). For what is truly EDC I want very small lights. In a pocket is a Streamlight MicroStream, just like Dred. Inexpensive, sized nicely, bright enough. On the keychain is a tiny Olight i1R 2 EOS...which could very well be the same model Dred has.

I have bigger, higher lumen lights in the center console of the SUV and at home, but I pretty much stopped trying to carry a lighthouse worth of lumens. My goal is fast and easy activation with enough output for target identification at modest urban distances. I don't carry a light as a force-multiplier or substitute yawara.

Leads me to a pet peeve. As LED lights have gotten brighter, cheaper, and more sophisticated, what I've always steered away from are lights that have any sort of complicated click-this, click-and-hold-that pattern to get what I want out of it. Sorry, but I've never been convinced that anyone is going to remember, under extreme duress, to click the darned thing four times quickly in order to get the brightest, steady light. If you're in a pitch-dark 20x30 room and unexpectedly set off a bright strobe, it's going to disorient you as much as the bad guy.

Give me a simple tailcap switch that you press only when you need the light. No constant on from pressing a little harder, no SOS signal, no changing LED colors, no Bat-signal. Just a bright instant on, instant off light.

 

[jmohme]

I don't carry one everywhere I go, but this is the one I have kept handy for several years now.

It is meant to be a bicycle headlight, Has four brightness settings, the brightest being 800 lumens. USB rechargeable and the charge lasts for longer than I have ever needed it to. I think I paid about $60 for it.

 

[craigntx]

Streamlight pro tac hlx with 1000 lumens and rechargeable 18650 was my 1st strong fleshlight. Been using it about 6 years now. Also have surefire lights that are stronger but more $.

 

[crosseyedshooter]

How many Lumens are you looking for and how much $? The Streamlight Microstream USB is my EDC but at 250 Lumens, it’s not a “tactical” light. As mentioned above, it’s under $30 so no heartbreak if you abuse or lose it.

Here it is between a lip balm and Sharpie.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

My most used flashlight at home came in a pack of 4, with batteries, for about $12.

 

[pronstar]

I’ve got one of these attached to all of our car-keychains. It seems every year or so I’ll get an email offering a free one, or one for $5.

For a light that uses a AAA battery, they’re surprisingly bright.

 

[Grumps21]

I never understood the point of EDC flashlight until I bought one a whim a short time ago on an Amazon sale. Streamlight Microstream, rechargeable version. I always just relied on my cellphone. I now see the draw of them and been carrying it daily. Handy little light and I don’t really notice it in my pocket at all.

 

[BladeZealot]

I never understood the point of EDC flashlight until I bought one a whim a short time ago on an Amazon sale. Streamlight Microstream, rechargeable version. I always just relied on my cellphone. I now see the draw of them and been carrying it daily. Handy little light and I don’t really notice it in my pocket at all.

I started carrying a light daily when I spent 9 years as a dock foreman on the night shift. Alot of checking contents in dark 48 ft trailers lol. The habit stuck.

I figure some might carry an umbrella if they think it might rain.

I know it's gonna get dark every night.

 

[Nofir55]

Coast HX5

410 lumens,
Compact package (4" long)
Very affordable, I think I got 2 for ~ $15 at the Lowe's black Friday sale (don't quote me on that, it's been a minute)
Great on Battery life (single AA battery)

 

[cycleguy2300]

Carried a Streamlight Protac 1L nearly daily for almost a decade now... its been through the washing machine and dryer a few times (broke the lens) but it still works great. Bright, small, dimable and not too expensive.

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