looking for a defense flashlight

[Tejano Scott]

Is this flashlight pocketable for EDC?

No... BUt there is a great thread on TGT started by London about pocket sized flashlights you can build yourself with 450 lumens for approx 30$. Solarforce body with Cree drop in. I carry an extra in my EDC bag. For pocket carry I use a Fenix PD20 or PD30 depending on how the mood strikes me.

 

[matefrio]

I'd say for self defense at night only 200 lumes are needed. Every thing else is overkill.

 

[2slow]

i like over kill but then agian if it is too big to pocket carry i wouldnt like it.

 

[Robb in Austin]

Eagletac is an American company but the lights are made in China.

I have the D25C, hits 400+ lumens, fits in the coin pocket of jeans, and is $50ish. I love the thing.

 

[Shotgun Jeremy]

For anyone who's ok with the 200-300 catagory, check out these two lights. They're relatively new on the market and made by SOG. SOG generally has a great product, so I would think your money is safe with these. Don't mean to thread jack...but I did haha!
http://sogknives.com/store/DE-01.html



DarkEnergy 247. The SOG DarkEnergy 247 Flashlight From SOG Specialty Knives & Tools

 

[itchin]

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[txinvestigator]

u want a 2 battery, AA light with a button on the SIDE of the light, so that your weak hand's thumb can both hold the light ad work the button, while not changing your 2 handed grip on the pistol, at ALL. All this changing your grip/stance, just because some IDIOT put the switch on the butt end of the light is stupidity at its worst. KISS says that you will do what you have trained to do MOST, so you'd better keep your basic defensive response the SAME, light or no light.

Once again you have no idea.........

 

[Younggun]

u want a 2 battery, AA light with a button on the SIDE of the light, so that your weak hand's thumb can both hold the light ad work the button, while not changing your 2 handed grip on the pistol, at ALL. All this changing your grip/stance, just because some IDIOT put the switch on the butt end of the light is stupidity at its worst. KISS says that you will do what you have trained to do MOST, so you'd better keep your basic defensive response the SAME, light or no light.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA, may I ask where you got your training so I can never go there?

 

[M. Sage]

u want a 2 battery, AA light with a button on the SIDE of the light, so that your weak hand's thumb can both hold the light ad work the button, while not changing your 2 handed grip on the pistol, at ALL. All this changing your grip/stance, just because some IDIOT put the switch on the butt end of the light is stupidity at its worst. KISS says that you will do what you have trained to do MOST, so you'd better keep your basic defensive response the SAME, light or no light.

WTF are you talking about? Tailcap switches make more sense for handling a light the way a shooter is going to handle a light.

Have fun with your Mini Mag Lite though...

 

[Bithabus]

u want a 2 battery, AA light with a button on the SIDE of the light, so that your weak hand's thumb can both hold the light ad work the button, while not changing your 2 handed grip on the pistol, at ALL. All this changing your grip/stance, just because some IDIOT put the switch on the butt end of the light is stupidity at its worst. KISS says that you will do what you have trained to do MOST, so you'd better keep your basic defensive response the SAME, light or no light.

Gecko 45, ladies and gentlemen.

 

[matefrio]

WTF are you talking about? Tailcap switches make more sense for handling a light the way a shooter is going to handle a light.

Have fun with your Mini Mag Lite though...

guy has some interesting posts. Has a bunch to learn yet is an encyclopedia of things he'd like others to know.

 

[68blackbird]

Just to throw out another option, I got one of these for the wife....it was too cool to get just one though...


Police Force 5,000,000 Tactical Flashlight / Stungun

 

[txinvestigator]

Gecko 45, ladies and gentlemen.

Roflmao

 

[SIG_Fiend]

guy has some interesting posts. Has a bunch to learn yet is an encyclopedia of things he'd like others to know.

No offense to whatever service he may have been in the past, whatever sacrifices made. That guy sounded like someone for whom the intended life-long learning process stopped a bit too soon, with not much else learned since. We should always be worried about becoming "that guy", and keep seeking out knowledge.

There are many ways, and no one single "perfect" way. The technique he mentioned can certainly work, and it's one tool for the toolbox. May be less than optimal in quite a few situations also. That being said, to generalize entire other designs of which there has been significant study and significant development as well as training focus by a whole lot of qualified end users and trainers...that's stupid. Whether you're using neck index, harries, or any of the other techniques, the side mounted flash light button proves to be one of the most difficult to work with while still maintaining the ability to have momentary on/off.

For anyone wanting to learn more about low-light training, I'd highly recommend reading up on every article you can find from Ken J. Good, as well as buying his book:

Progressive Combat Solutions LLC - Ken J. Good

He has been one of the innovators in the realm of low-light training for many years.