We've recently had threads on EDC knives, SAKs and multi-tools. But how many carry a flashlight every day?
I've found that having a flashlight within easy reach to be a very useful tool. I use mine all the time.
My current EDC flashlight is a Streamlight Micro-stream. A tiny one AAA cell light that fits easily in my pocket. It puts out a surprisingly good beam and works for most all my needs.
When I was working, I carried a Streamlight Stylus in my shirt pocket. No more intrusive that an ink pen and always handy.

Do you EDC a flashlight? If so what kind?

My everyday light is a Fenix RC05SE. Apparently the SE is a special order for REI. It has the tail cap switch as opposed to a button on the side. It also remembers the last brightness setting that you used.

It's 4 inches long, just a little bit more than 5/8 in outer diameter. It has a clip but I can't really speak one way or the other about it because I never use it I just carry it in my pocket. 350 Lumens

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I carry a little single AA cell LED light. I just bought a six pack of them and I have one at work, one at home, one in the car and the old one I've had for about 8 years or so, with a couple of spares. These are what the new ones look like, the old ones look slightly different, but are just as painful to look directly at. They cost about $6-7 each if you buy a bag of six.

For me, it's a Nebo Inspector RC (rechargeable)...can also use 2 AAA's.

3 light modes (lumens) - 360 / 120 / Strobe (@360 lumens)

All in a slim aluminum package.

Very happy with this light.

I have one I got for Christmas last year that is about 2" long and is recharged by a phone charger. Its brand name is RovyVon and has blinking capability and 3 or 4 different brightness settings. Perfect for checking the inside of a revolver barrel, too. Fits in my watch pocket and don't even know it's there. I checked their website; of course they have others and none are cheap, but this small one is perfect.

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Waiting For The Sun.

The Microstream's clip is great as it can clip to your pocket or to the bill of a ball cap to give you a hands free worklight.

I have a Streamlight Pro-tac 1L/1AA that I've carried for the past four years. Light, compact and durable it puts out plenty of light. One neat feature is that if you can't find a CR123 it will take a standard AA battery. A little bit less output and run time than the CR123.

I, too, carry a Microstream. All day, every day.

Two of my favoites are the Nitecore Tip, a great little rechargeable utility "pocket sized" light..... and the Klarus XT1A. The Klarus handheld is a true 1000 lumen light that can use a single AA, or the rechargeable 14500 lithium-ion battery.

The Surefire brand is also a great choice. All of the Surefire lights come with an unbeatable, true lifetime warranty.

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Ret. LE, FA Instr, S&W Armorer

My everyday light is a Surefire! E2L Outdoorsman

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Fenix PD 35. Been in my pocket for 8 years

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Even small ones have mega lumens these days. Like my LL Bean Moonbeam with handle which glows in the dark for dog walking. Have seen the Ever Ready now that is rechargeable with 700 lumens. No batteries.

I've had this Preon mini-flashlight for a few years, and it's always clipped in my pocket next to my pen - completely unobtrusive, but marvelously handy almost every day. It puts out lumens way above its weight class. Three power levels, easy to change with a twist of the front component. I never have to grope around in the dark. It uses one AAA battery.

John

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I have a number of easily carried flashlights. Several just lie around the house and a bright M5 rechargeable by my bed. I have a Surefire in my car and an OLIGHT Sea Baton in my truck - - but this is 2021 - if I need a flashlight I shake my Android smartphone once and I have a light! So no need to physically carry a flashlight.

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Olight Baton. Super bright. Love the magnetic charger.

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I'm another Streamlight Micro-stream guy. Not what I'd call a tactical light but a very practical light. I use them all of the time. I have two, one for my dress pants (I might have two pair) and one for my jeans, which is pretty much all I wear other than my yard work shorts.

Not tacticool but I don't generally carry a full size duty gun or a bunch of ammo either. I think my current load out is 7 plus 5 so the tiny light fits. I always carry a knife too buts it's not a big one either. I guess I'm practicool. At least I am in my own mind. Don't burst my bubble.

My everyday carry is a Fenix LD02

3", .6oz, 15mm diam.

Menard’s Home Center $3.00 “AA” Metal pocket size flashlight.

Has been handy for inspecting, fix’n Farm Tractor,
Pickup, checking buildings, Traps, and cleaning
Guns.

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Streamlight Stylus Pro, I don't leave home without it and it's come in handy a few times.

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Keep on Chooglin'

When the switch cover on my Protac 2AA got torn I replaced it with one of those in the belt scabbard. After the switch cover was replaced the the Stylus stayed in the scabbard and the Protac went on the active reserve list.

I like the magnetic end. Comes in handy when you're having car trouble at night. Just turn it on and stick it on the open hood. The perfect engine light.

I always have a flashlight on me. Either a Fenix or an Olight.

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Only a cold warrior

I've repeatedly been tempted to get a small Olight LED Flashlight with a rechargeable battery, but every time I find myself dissuaded by the fact that my cell phone has a really bright built in LED Flashlight function, and seeing as I obviously already carry it with me everywhere, getting a separate EDC Flashlight just seems sort of redundant.

That being said, I have recently found myself carrying a Ferrocerium Rod around with me inside of my Winter Coat. I doubt that I'll ever really need it or even find a practical use for it for that matter, but it seems like the sort of thing that would be a lifesaver in the unlikely event in which I should suddenly find myself needing to start a fire for warmth, so why not? I'm already carrying two guns that I'll probably never need either.

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Shooting Comfort is bilateral.

I know many have given up on EDC lights with the advent of the smart phone. But I’m in the same camp as watch wearers, which I am. I don’t like pulling out my phone to check the time or to use a light. And if my phone had a Swiss army type knife accessory, I’d still carry a separate knife.

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I have several small lights but the one I always have with me is the one I refer to as the thousand-dollar-flashlight.

My iPhone.

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Alden
Guns N' Rosés

My son gave me an O light I 5T EOS.One AA alkaline cell and 300 lumens this one makes carrying a light every day very simple.

Mine is a NEBO "Redline". Buy them at most hardware stores and some gun shops. About 1x3", 1-CR123, pocket/hat clip, 6x focus on light beam, magnetic end, end push button switch, 2 brightness settings and strobe, all for about $14. (The Redline is a "Light on" indicator if in the bulb down position too!)

I carry one as EDC (in car keys pocket) and keep one in every coat pocket! The EDC light's battery lasts me about a year. I have never replaced a coat pocket's battery; the lights are gifted before that is necessary!

For some reason my wife doesn't like small handy flashlights, so the Android phone "Tomahawk Chop" is all she carries! (She has two or three knives, a tape measure and sometimes a Glock 17 in her purse, but no flashlight!) Bullet Points, Facts, & Eternal Truths, make no difference: HER MIND IS MADE UP! (She gets more like me every year!)

Ivan

I never leave home without my Swiss Army Manager knife, and my Surefire Titan. The Titan runs on a single AAA battery, has an amazing light output, and the most durable finish I've seen on such a device...

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For all you phone light guys. Yeah, it works well and is bright. But what if you need both hands to do something? Kinda hard to stuck that phone in your mouth and point it where it needs to shine.

This has been riding in my pocket for a little over a year. It turns on by rotating the front to screw it in a little and the friction is just right - easy enough to do with one hand while holding the keys, but not so easy that it will turn on accidentally. It has two brightness levels, the first is a low light that is enough to illuminate the immediate area but not blind you. The full setting is surprisingly bright, enough to see well 50 yards or more.

It has a rechargeable battery that uses the now-universal micro USB phone charger. The charging jack is accessed by unscrewing the front until it pops forward under light spring pressure. In addition to the jack, there is an LED that goes from red to green when it's fully charged.

Very handy, very compact, about $16 on Amazon. I bought a couple more just to have in reserve in case they stop making them, or add some useless stupid feature like a strobe setting.

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Surefire Stiletto - I wear a suit almost every day, or at least cargo pants and this light has been faithfully clipped in my off side pocket every day for almost 4 years now. Multiple brightness settings, useful when used with a gun or just as a flashlight to look for the dropped chicken wing, rechargeable and I've been mega impressed with the battery life between charging. Mine is the first version. There's a newer version available currently.

Surefire G2 or an old 6Z. I do the belt mounted pouch thing cause I like the idea of it being concealable but also a little capable for an impact tool of sorts. My pockets are full of other stuff as well.

Nitecore on my keychain. Bright as I need it to be.

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I’m your Boogie Man, uh huh.

Streamlight PROTAC® 1L-1AA in FDE.

Took the clip off and it fits comfortably in my pocket.

Amazing how often I use it. (Old eyes)

Super Bright Tactical Flashlight | ProTac(R) 1L-1AA

That's the one that I keep looking at. I should probably stop procrastinating and trying to rationalize carrying a dedicated flashlight along with my phone when it's so small, so light, and obviously much cheaper and more easily replaced than my phone.

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Shooting Comfort is bilateral.

I would be lost without a Surefire E2L in my left pocket.

All day every day there is a Maratac AAA in brass or copper in my pocket.
Otherwise, it is a Malkoff product that accompanies me on my pre-dawn walks.


Buy quality.

I don't carry a flashlight on me today, but I am usually near one, home or car. Something like one flashlight per room in my house and garage and one in each car. Not too long ago I had a job in which I needed to go into a dimly lit storage room several times a day to look for parts. I kept a small nine-LED flashlight from Dollar Tree in my pocket just for that purpose and it was all I ever needed. It weighs nearly nothing.

I carry a SureFire E1D LED Defender everywhere. I believe it's an older 500/5 lumen model. (vs. the newer 600/5 lumens) At work it's a Streamlight PROTAC® 1L-1AA.

Didn’t used to carry a flashlight. Now that I do, I use it regularly.

I carry a keychain Olight, same one Tom K does, and one of my other Olights in my pocket. (Wife says I need to be in a 12 step program for Olights).

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I carried a Surefire Backup for over 10 years until I got introduced to Olight Now carry a 5T runs on AA battery. Perfect EDC in my opinion. Use it constantly along with my Leatherman Squirt P4.

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Surefire Tactician is a nice daily carry light. wide spill for wide view.

Great company with solid products. Surefire, Malkoff, and a few others made in America, well thought out designs, tough as nails, simple operation with no excessive programming to make them work at the level needed, and your heirs will be using them.

Malkoff. American made.


Shown here in 1aa config. I also have a 2aa body for it

Have been carrying a flashlight on my person since about 1998. Have a ASP belt loop light that has been hanging on my belt loop since then. Have upgraded it once under warranty. Also carry a Trustfire that uses a single 14500 LI battery that hits way above it's weight class. If I am going somewhere at night, I typically have a surefire P60 with LED dropped in my cover vest pocket.

Rosewood

Eagletac D25A. Very small and decently bright.

I keep an Olight Baton (and OBulb) on my nightstand, a Warrior X Mini and i5T in both my range bags, and a i1R on my keychain. Additionally, I keep a Baldr Mini Tactical on all my handguns. Yes, I'm an Olight fan.

Now if we want to talk about where we have lights at......I guess you could call me a flashlight nut, not sure you can stand in my house and not see one somewhere. I can stand in the kitchen and count like 10 or more....

Rosewood

I have a half dozen Streamlight Stylus Pros stashed here and there - hunting packs, vehicles, camper, EDC bag. Mighty handy.

NEBO Redline rechargable with the USB connector. Bought a dozen for Christmas presents this year for the women in my life (Secretaries, daughters, etc )

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