Best Flashlight/Knife Combo EDC

I used to not carry a flashlight either, until I realized how much I needed one, and also how powerful white light can be. That's when I went and bought a $30 S&W light 100 lumens, etc and it served me well. I carried it every day, but then my EDC began to grow larger and I started realizing that the light lost it's place among my EDC because I wasn't out at night enough. Now, I only carry a light when I'm going out at night or plan to be out long enough for it to turn to night. The S&W light has a lifetime warranty, but for around the same price you could get a Surefire G2 and it would be more reliable. Sure, the G2 isn't LED nor near 100 lumens, but it's alot tougher light. Nowadays, I have a G2, the S&W light, and another cheapy that runs on CR123s, but still most of the time the S&W sees time as my EDC than the G2.

Edit:Good thing about the S&W, it runs on AA's. The G2 is a CR123 light.

Knives, is a different story. I can never pick which one I want to carry that day. Here lately, I've even went as far as carrying up to 3 knives on me as EDC. My advice though is to get a very small light. Try a Streamlight Stylus. I heard they are pretty bright, and the main factor is weight. Once you start carrying around alot of items, you really start to notice it and it begins to get uncomfortable. The Stylus is thin and light, take a look at it.
 
4sevens aatactical w/14500 and kershaw skyline in my right front, solarforce w/thrunite xml in my tool holster.
 
In the office I carry a Fenix E01 AAA LED flashlight and a SOG Flash I plain edge. I barely notice either are in my pockets.
 
I am typically EDC'ing my ZT0350 and comparatively a much smaller flash-light; either my Fenix E05 or a LED Lenser P3. Probably shows my typical focus...
 
i always have a flashlight and knife on me. for my EDC i keep an ITP A3 eos flashlight hooked to my key chain and whatever knife i feel like carrying, at work i have a Jetbeam BA20 and i usually have two knives on me (my EDC and a beater knife).

here's my EDC knife and work flashlight (last night):

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here's today's EDC set up:

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p.s. i power my flashlights on AAA and AA sanyo eneloop's.

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I always have a high powered light on me, nowadays though, many keychain lights put out well over 100 lumens, some close to 200 lumens which give more than enough light for most any situation, and more than any old mag light.

I usually have a 4Sevens Mini CR2 on my keychain which pumps out as per the 4sevens website

Low: 3 OTF lumens, 1.2 days
Medium: 40 OTF lumens, 4.4 hours
High: 180 OTF lumens, 40 minutes

And then a small keychain knife, and whatever bigger knife is in my pocket, but for me a flashlight is just as important.

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For EDC, I pack a Streamlight Microstream along with a Leatherman Skeletool CX. Not only do they compliment each other very well, but also appear "non-threatening" to the sheeple who owuld be otherwise "offended" by anything else remotely resembling the dreaded "T" word..

Cheers,
Serge
 
I have a few to chose from.
Buck Vantage pro & Zerbra light Sc51
Spyderco Endura4 & 4sevens MiniAA
Today it is My DQG II & Benchmade griptilian
I also like Kershaw Skyline & Nightcore D10
Mix and match as you like.
 
Knives and lights are similar in that most people can survive without them generally speaking, but if you choose to carry one regularly, you're likely to find either one highly useful in you day to day life. And both can be priceless in a emergency. They're like cell-phones, but less popular/socially acceptable.

As of late my EDC knife has been a Benchmade Rift occationally switched up with a Coldsteel Rajah-2. I always have a Fenix E01 on my keys. If I'm around the house after dark I generally have a Fenix L2D with me. If I know I'm going to be spending time outside at night I like to step up to my Surefire 6P with a cheap (but very bright) R2 single mode drop-in in it.
 
My usual EDC at work has been a Leatherman (original or WAVE), either a Gerber FAST or Buck Crosslock, and a StreamLight, or Mini Mag Light. They have served me well.
 
I carry a Nitecore Extreme 1CR123 in my LFP. Love the pocket clip! 220 lumens with 3.7 volt rechargeables. User settable low, and strobe mode.
 
For my knife I carry my Chris Reeve Sebenza Insingo. I always have a flashlight also, but they seem to vary. Usually it is my Sunwayman V10A or my Quark AA tactical that I swapped the LED to a 90 CRI LED, or a ZebraLight SC51c. The CRK is always in my pocket though.
 
Regardless of what my edc knife is, last three weeks either a Spyderco Vallotton or Lion Steel SR-1 V, I always carry my 4Sevens Preon I clipped to my shirt pocket. Runs on 1 AAA with three settings of 1.8, 8.5, and 70 lumens. Though I don't end up using it everyday, I use it enough to warrant carrying it. Sometimes I carry an Olight T-10, as it comes with a very neat and small belt sheath that makes it very easy to carry, and very easy to forget you have it, until you need it. Runs on 1 CR123A and produces from 5--100--210 lumens, with strobe capability. Very nice little light!
 
Spyderco Military/Fenix LD10
Kershaw Skyline/Maratac AAA
ZT0303/Surefire 6P or a Fenix TK10

There are too many choices out there. I was happy with my Lowes brand 3 watt Cree Led that uses 2 C cell batteries. I was not into flashlights initially, but a friend of mine gave me a Fenix E01 Led and then I bought a Surefire, then another Surefire, then a Fenix, then a Maratac, then a Novatac, then.....
 
I have no interest in flashlights whatsoever.
Feel sometimes strange reading about them in knife forums. Is there anything in common? Why people interested in knives so often turn to flashlights?
Sometimes I get quite enthusiastic about watches, or shoes... but flashlights... Why so many?
 
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