I recently decided I wanted a “reasonably nice flashlight”, and discovered that “nice flashlights” are objects of serious obsession. Originally I was planning to just throw something attractive in to an Amazon or DealExtreme order, but then I started reading reviews from EDCForums and CandlePower, and… uh… this happened. The important thing I leaned is a lot of lights have ridiculous tacticool features, like dazzler or SOS blink modes, or design features to improve their use as a Kubotan and damage whatever touches them in a pocket or bag, and set out to avoid such things.
Eventually I found my way to BudgetLightForum where interested people who do not think it is reasonable to drop hundreds of dollars on flashlights reside, and based on feedback there, decided to try the combo deal ThruNite had running to get a AA T10 and a AAA Ti for $30 for the pair.
They showed up today (in nice packaging) and are rather interesting, so pictures and text below.
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