How Much Thought Have You Put Into Your Flashlights?

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Timberwolf

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First off I admit....I am a flashaholic. However, the majority of my lights have specific purposes such as Kelvin level, overall brightness, throw/distance, flood, battery capability etc. so they all have unique needs and purposes. Who else places a lot of thought into your flashlights?
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I think all of mine will fit on one shelf lol. I'm not list all my barn, shop, stable and house flashlights, I'll only list my preps flashlights, the important ones :)

1-Led Lenser LL7438 LED Light
1-LedLenser P6 8606 Light
2-Dorcy 41-2510 LED Flashlight
3-Coast G10
3-UltraFire 300lm mini
2-Streamlight 66118 Stylus Pro
2-Streamlight 66318 MicroStream
1-SureFire R1 Lawman
2-Fenix E01
3-Led Lenser P5R 165955
3-SureFire G2XLE
3-SureFire Defender
 
I have gone to all SK98s and SK68s using Li-ion batteries. Cheap, powerful, and long lasting. SK98s are as powerful if not more powerful than most $100 flashlights and usually run around $10. And the battery lasts longer than the $100 flashlights. They use the awesome 18650 Li-Ion battery.

SK68s can run on either a single AA or a 14500 Li-Ion, and fits nicely in your pocket. I never go anywhere without one...or two...or three. Seriously, I have so many laying around the house that I can always fine one. They usually run less than $5 each, I buy them by the dozen. Best brand I have found is Ultrafire.

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I have gone to all SK98s and SK68s using Li-ion batteries. Cheap, powerful, and long lasting. SK98s are as powerful if not more powerful than most $100 flashlights and usually run around $10. And the battery lasts longer than the $100 flashlights. They use the awesome 18650 Li-Ion battery.

SK68s can run on either a single AA or a 14400 Li-Ion, and fits nicely in your pocket. I never go anywhere without one...or two...or three. They run less than $5 usually. Best brand I have found is Ultrafire.

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I have always loved that form factor. The original Nitecore Extreme was my first one. I would love to get it modded to a brighter led and have tritium vials drilled into the cap. I have seen some of the mods available for this light and it makes it an even more amazing light.

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I have gone to all SK98s and SK68s using Li-ion batteries. Cheap, powerful, and long lasting. SK98s are as powerful if not more powerful than most $100 flashlights and usually run around $10. And the battery lasts longer than the $100 flashlights. They use the awesome 18650 Li-Ion battery.

SK68s can run on either a single AA or a 14400 Li-Ion, and fits nicely in your pocket. I never go anywhere without one...or two...or three. Seriously, I have so many laying around the house that I can always fine one. They usually run less than $5 each, I buy them by the dozen. Best brand I have found is Ultrafire.

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I have these, 2 of the 98s and about 9 of the 68s. I also have a 30 year old 5 D cell aluminum mag light/club and some led lanterns and key chain lights.
 
Wow. I feel a little inadequate in the flashlight department now. I have one flashlight and the wife has one. Both are cheap lights. I think one was a gift for renewing my NRA membership.
I do have plans to get a few more flashlights, but I don' think theres much danger of me ever becoming a flashaholic though.
 
Wow. I feel a little inadequate in the flashlight department now. I have one flashlight and the wife has one. Both are cheap lights. I think one was a gift for renewing my NRA membership.
I do have plans to get a few more flashlights, but I don' think theres much danger of me ever becoming a flashaholic though.[/QUOT


It can get very addictive and costly. I just wanted to get the brightest light possible in 2005 when I started collecting. Now I have over 150 lights and still don't have the brightest light.
 
I have a USB charger that works with both the 18650 (for the SK98) and the 14400 (for the SK68)

Anwhere I can charge a phone I can charge the batteries. Including my solar USB battery pack.

I have a selection of AA lights set aside in the garage along with several solar walkway lights that you put in your yard so if I have to I can charge the AA's during the day in the solar lights then use them in my flashlights at night...but that is just a fallback. I have about 5 years worth of batteries saved up.
 
My brother in law gave me an interesting flashlight for Christmas. A Nebo Slyde+ If you pull it apart, there is a bright flood light bar inside. If you hold the power button down when you open it, you get a red flood light.

My big gripe with it is that it uses AAA batteries, so it doesn't last long. Seriously? AAA? :rolleyes: They have another similar model called the Slyde King that uses 18650 batteries. I might get one of those.
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My brother in law gave me an interesting flashlight for Christmas. A Nebo Slyde+ If you pull it apart, there is a bright flood light bar inside. If you hold the power button down when you open it, you get a red flood light.

My big gripe with it is that it uses AAA batteries, so it doesn't last long. Seriously? AAA? :rolleyes: They have another similar model called the Slyde King that uses 18650 batteries. I might get one of those.
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Interesting light. The flood would make it useful during power outages.
 
A nice collection. You should open a flashlight museum.

When I first moved out of the city to our rural home I purchased 2 windup torches that cost about €20 for the both of them including shipping. I wasn't expecting them to last but they are both functioning perfectly 3 years later. One is small pocket sized and the other is a bigger handheld but also functions as a lantern with additional USB ports so you can charge a phone from it. In terms of brightness it is enough for our needs of walking the dog at night, camping and finding things when the power goes out. They both take about couple of minutes of winding to get about an hour of use but the bigger one can be charged via the USB. Like Bigpaul says, the main plus is I don't have to buy any batteries.

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