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Recommendations for a simple on/off EDC light (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Looking for a quality light in a compact form factor and most importantly no extra modes. I want a single button that turns the light on and off. No brightness settings and for the love of god no strobe mode and no colors.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thank you for the recommendations. However, I just looked into these and all three have a high/low mode. I am looking for on/off and nothing else.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think the micro stream AAA might have just one mode but would have to check. It's kind of expensive for a bare bones 1aaa light

Those super cheap 3aaa Home Depot and similar lights are actually usable though crappy. You might be able to run from an 18650.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Defiant-60-Lumens-Aluminum-Flashlight-8-Pack-90652/320076174

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I think the micro stream AAA might have just one mode but would have to check.

It does. It's a bad flashlight though. Everything (LED, optics, switch, threads) is different (worse) from the USB model, which I still wouldn't class as a good flashlight.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

https://www.streamlight.com/products/detail/protac-1l-1aa

My bad, how about this one then? Yes it technically has modes but you can disable them entirely using the "ten tap" to make simple on/off and that's it. There's a few different lights with this feature but I believe this is the most compact one I know of.