Saw a nice Streamlight at work. Thought I'd try one. Found a "discount" at Amazon, although I wonder if list price was truthful.

Bought the optional rechargeable battery pack.

Used it Sunday, pocket carry with a clip. The clip is backwards, in that the switch is down in the pocket and the lens is visible. Hard to deploy.

And, after fiddling with the programmable tail switch, several times, I still didn't know exactly what mode the light was in. Ten taps?

And, leaving church, where is my new light? Not anywhere. Trust me, I looked. After 45 minutes, I went home. Frustration. There went $50-poof.

Getting out of the car, I looked down and there it was beside the seat. Obviously the clip was not sufficiently strong to clamp down on my polyester blend trousers. And, somehow, the light had rolled under the seat when I first began looking for it, then rolled to the visible area when I took the last right turn.

So, I'm happy, I think? Smaller, lighter, and useful, I suppose. But is it better than the Fenix PD36R? I realized just how much better the Fenix is, taking it out for the dog duty. Simple, easy to change light setting, so much brighter, and a strong pocket clip.

I think I'll just leave the new light at the back door, and get a smaller Fenix.

I always found pocket clips snag on things, like seatbelts, and make losing something easier. I have always found pants with deep pockets is the way to go. I also have never had an easy time programming a Streamlite.

It's a good way to increase your light collection, happened to me.
Lost it, so distressed I immediately go buy another, then find it .... sometimes the same day.
Oh well, the more the merrier.

My kid gifted me a Powertac light. Been excellent so far. I just picked up a second one.

Fenixes are great. I have plenty over the years.
My work flashlight is a Fenix TK20R.

I just got in the new GL19 v.2. I was waiting on the streamlight tlr-1 hl-x but the GL19 v.2 was cheaper and has more candela. Going to try it out tonight when I get to work.

I'm not a fan of pocket clips on my edc flashlights. I either pocket carry them when I'm in my street clothes or on my belt in a leather holster that holds my light and a leatherman tool.

I also love when I'm going about my day and start thinking, "Why the hell is my leg sweating?"

Lo and behold, my light had gotten turned on, full blast, somehow.

This is my Streamlight Macrostream. It goes with me everywhere, clipped to my left front pocket (knife is on the other side). As you can tell from the finish, it's been through some crap. Somehow I've managed to not lose this light long enough that the rechargeable battery died and I had to buy a replacement. I lost the clip one time at the range and found it on the ground the next day. Thankfully the light just fell into my pocket.

I really like the clip. It keeps the flashlight in place and readily available in my pocket, and can be clipped to a hat brim as a makeshift headlamp if I need my hands free. The one time it got annoying was when I was working in the kitchen in Alaska, and the lip of the industrial sink was at just the right height to snag it and bend it out. I had to borrow a Leatherman a few times that week to bend it back.

The one thing I would change about this light is I'd make the tail switch recessed, or at least protected. It has a nasty habit of getting pressed against my belt or mag pouch when I sit down, and then I get the hot leg condition flesheatingvirus referred to above.

I lost my favorite Fenix, replaced it, when the box of Kleenex in my truck was empty I picked it up and it felt heavy. LOL, I had searched that truck three or four times.

I won't use a pocket clip on a light anymore. I've lost then found a number of them just like you did. I think the angle is just right to push them out of my pocket when I sit in a car seat.

I've also not found a number of them that probably popped out that way to the tune of several hundred dollars, and they're just too expensive to lose. Now I only carry deep in a pocket without a clip, or in a holster or bag.

I've lost three edc lights. One was one of those original small Surefire pocket lights that took one CR123. It was green, but I don't remember the model. It was given to me as a gift. Pretty sure I lost it on a fly out while fishing with my dad in Alaska. I suspect, as some have eluded to that it slipped out of my pocket. I'm sure someone found it and enjoyed it.

I also lost two 4Sevens Quark 2AA lights. They were excellent. I don't remember how I lost the first one, but the second one I left at my dad's place in California in 2019. He kept meaning to send it back to me, but forgot where it was. last year while visiting for Thanksgiving I found it. I was super excited. I'm pretty sure I lost it about three months later in an LA Fitness in Northern Virginia.

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One was one of those original small Surefire pocket lights that took one CR123. It was green, but I don't remember the model.

Was it an E1E Executive Elite? I used to have one.

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One was one of those original small Surefire pocket lights that took one CR123. It was green, but I don't remember the model.

Was it an E1E Executive Elite? I used to have one.

I just looked it up, and it was an E2E Executive Elite that took two CR123 batteries. Like I said it was a gift from a friend. Initially I didn't care for the color, but it really started to grow on me. I really liked that light.

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Originally posted by flesheatingvirus:
I also love when I'm going about my day and start thinking, "Why the hell is my leg sweating?"

Lo and behold, my light had gotten turned on, full blast, somehow.

When I pocket mine, I loosen the tailcap 1/4-1/2 turn, which is usually enough to break the connection so that doesn't happen!

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Originally posted by Voshterkoff:
I always found pocket clips snag on things, like seatbelts, and make losing something easier. I have always found pants with deep pockets is the way to go. I also have never had an easy time programming a Streamlite.

I agree for both flashlights and knives. Maybe I am more situationally aware than the average thug, but if I see a light and or knife clipped to someone’s pocket my next question is logically- what gun are you carrying with those!?

Surefire Stiletto stolen a couple weeks ago now, as well as a bunch of other stuff and phone with my “purse”. My daily carry demands more than just pockets

I love that little light, stupid expensive but it really does everything I want, the way I want it done. Missed it for the 4 days it took to get the replacement.

CRAZY! I FINALLY found my EDC light last night. I bought it and had it only 2 weeks until it was just GONE! Last night I found it in a boot below my work bench in the garage. Guess it just fell off the bench and into the boot. Nice lil' rechargeable light - Check it out! Fenix E18R V2.0

Y'all gonna need to put some Apple AirTags on those things!

I was working on my boat and my fenix light dropped and rolled back under the floor, couldn't reach it and taking the floor up was next to impossible, took 2 days to fish it out and it was still on.