I’m thinking about getting my first decent flashlight. I find that most of the time when I want a decent light, it’s when I’m walking the dog or taking out the compost, and I’m struggling to juggle a light with what I’m doing, so I’d like something I can tuck in a pocket and have it illuminate what I’m doing.
I’d prefer something with a fixed right angle; I’m not terribly interested in a swivel.
USB-C charging woul be best. I can see the appeal of magnetic charging, but I’ve got so used to having everything on USB-C that I’d rather not have another proprietary cable around.
I’m a little bit intimidated by some of the programming diagrams I’ve seen. I don’t think I need a light with over a dozen different lighting and strobe modes. On/off is fine, high-mid-low is also great, but much more than that and I worry about getting lost.
I’ve seen some with the option for a red light as well as white, and that’s appealing, but not essential. I like the idea of not having to totally lose my night vision when I turn on my flashlight. Powerbank function, similarly, is appealing but by no means essential.
Budget is $70, tops, but if there are models that are cheaper but still quality construction, I’m open to suggestion.
Thanks for the help!
Skillhunt H02 has been my go-to for years. I’ve bought several of them for myself and as gifts
A note on the skillhunt stuff, their lights with magnetic charging connectors are really poorly designed, the charging contact is a dead short to the battery making them both not waterproof and a potential explosion hazard.
It’s not a dead short; there’s a very fast acting circuit breaker when it’s shorted. It can spark and I do find that to be a significant design flaw, but it can’t drive the battery into thermal runaway or significantly heat objects other than fine wires, steel wool, and similar.
Mine got wet for an hour ish and corroded the absolute shit out of the contacts through electrolysis.
That’s unfortunate. I have seven of them and I’ve used them in the rain without problems. Maybe I need to try something more abusive to see what happens. Salt water bath? I did that with an older Olight and got spicy bubbles.