Current EDC's .

[Styerman]

A look at my current faves. I have pretty much standadized on single cell CR123 lites for edc , and work . AAA lites are backups .

For work , my main carry is a Surefire E1B , plenty of power , very rugged , simple user interface . The work back up is a Streamlite Stylus Pro .

The Old Skool McLux III-PD doesn't get carried much , as it is a bit of a classic , and hard to replace .

The Novatac 120 EDC is very nice , but not anywhere near as bright as the Surefire E1B . The interface is a tad bit complicated for an old goat like me .

it rides in the jacket pocket as a spare/battery carrier . The Leatherman Serac S2 is an off duty back up . At work I usually carry the Surefird in a holster . When crawling and playing ruff , I dont trust clips .

The Strider PT is just an attention whore , and came along for the photo shoot .

Chris

[Zed]

very nice, now before i came on here i had no interest in torches , and now  ordered 3 today nothing amazing all AAA led's ali type, all from HK so will have to see , yours are sweet 

paul

[Benner]

We need more Strider pics 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Decent rig that mate

[Abe Arceo]

Awesome, thanks for the pics!

[space cowboy]

Those are all nice lights! It is way overkill for me & my humble needs. I read somewhere that cr123's can explode but, I think they were talking about the rechargeable ones. Something about hydrogen gas buildup when charging them.

[Styerman]

The explosions have mostly been the result of missmatched cells ( ie; partially discharged mixed with fully charged ) , the have often  involved cheap offshore cells . Alum. body lites are stronger and less likley to go bang . Single cell lites are even safer - only one cell ergo no missmatches . I wouldn't lose any sleep over it !

Doug Ritter has a lengthy article on his Equipped to Survive blog .

Chris

[Zed]

Those are all nice lights! It is way overkill for me & my humble needs. I read somewhere that cr123's can explode but, I think they were talking about the rechargeable ones. Something about hydrogen gas buildup when charging them.

how long to non rechargeable cr123's last out of interest , 

[NutSAK]

It's easy to upgrade the emitter in the Novatacs.  I just did mine (SSC P4 U3SVNH), and it's much brighter.  I get the same runtime on high as with the original emitter, but with greater output.

[Styerman]

Those are all nice lights! It is way overkill for me & my humble needs. I read somewhere that cr123's can explode but, I think they were talking about the rechargeable ones. Something about hydrogen gas buildup when charging them.

how long to non rechargeable cr123's last out of interest , 

I probably get about a month to a month an a half out of a cell . I mostly use low , and with hi , I mostly use it on momentary . I always carry two spare on my belt , and a second light in my jacket pocket .

I buy cells by the dozen , and buy Surefire cells for about $2.25 ea. I also have a large stock of Pentagon lite CR123's that cost far less .

Chris

[jzmtl]

It's easy to upgrade the emitter in the Novatacs.  I just did mine (SSC P4 U3SVNH), and it's much brighter.  I get the same runtime on high as with the original emitter, but with greater output.

U3 is out eh? Time to get out the iron and ditch the U2. 

[NutSAK]

It's easy to upgrade the emitter in the Novatacs.  I just did mine (SSC P4 U3SVNH), and it's much brighter.  I get the same runtime on high as with the original emitter, but with greater output.

U3 is out eh? Time to get out the iron and ditch the U2. 

Don't get in a rush....  The U3 designation seems to be just a "tightening up" of the flux bin.  What I mean is, the max possible output of the U3 bin is the same as what U2 was, but the min. spec is higher.

[jzmtl]

Ah I see, so back to wait for V bin then. U2 has been out for a long time now, guess LED efficiency is approaching peak.