If you EDC a gun then two things should go with you; a spare magazine and a flashlight. For me, these three items are indispensible. In an effort to keep the items I carry on my person to a minimum of both size and weight, I CCW a sub-compact Glock 26. And, up until approximately four months ago, I was carrying a flashlight that was large, bulky, and that just felt out of place banging around inside my pockets.
While perusing CountyComm.com one day, salivating and debating how much money I could justifiably spend, I came across a little flashlight made by a company named Maratac. When I say little, I really mean little. As in less than three inches long, a half-inch in diameter, and weighing less than an ounce. Maratac makes a few different flavors of flashlight, but the differences basically boil down to either their AA models or their AAA models. As I only own their basic AAA model, I will imit this thread to that specific light. If you wish to know more about the AA models just visit their website, but I'm warning you; they have some pretty mantastic gadgets over there. Give yourself a good hour to browse their site, and having some privacy wouldn't hurt either. The ability to type one-handed oft times comes into play while looking through their wares.
The light I have is the Maratac AAA Flashlight Rev 2, in the natural hard anodized finish. I'd liken the actual color of the finish to a high quality galvanization. It's a nice, subdued, dull gray that blends in well without being a nightmare to find if dropped in some brush or grass.
The light takes a single AAA battery and has two output modes; 115 lumens for up to 65 minutes, or 1.5 lumens for up to 50 hours. Twisting the lens housing once (i.e. the front of the light where the blinding shinyness comes from) causes the light to come on at the high setting while twisting again or just twisting twice in quick succession turns on the low mode. Pretty nifty.
Included with the flashlight are a small pastic case, a diffuser, spare o-rings, a pocket clip, and a single AAA battery. The price is $24.95 as of today (05/18/12). I'll include a link at the bottom of the page for those of you out there similarly inflicted with my interwebs laziness or who's google-fu is weak and girly.
As previously mentioned, I've had this light since around February-ish. I EDC it religiously and use it constantly for important tasks such as shining it in my buddies faces while asking if it's still bright and also lighting my way through my house late at night so I don't trip over the dog and impale myself on a cat. And, after four months of carry and use, it shows no signs of wear and I'm still on the same battery.
I can't say enough about this little light and how awesome it is. Having a flashlight always handy, one small enough to be practical yet still bright enough to be tactical, is just a damned good idea. Whether you CCW or not you should check them out and give the idea of adding a flashlight to your EDC some serious thought.
Thanks for reading, and best of luck.
http://countycomm.com/aaa.html
While perusing CountyComm.com one day, salivating and debating how much money I could justifiably spend, I came across a little flashlight made by a company named Maratac. When I say little, I really mean little. As in less than three inches long, a half-inch in diameter, and weighing less than an ounce. Maratac makes a few different flavors of flashlight, but the differences basically boil down to either their AA models or their AAA models. As I only own their basic AAA model, I will imit this thread to that specific light. If you wish to know more about the AA models just visit their website, but I'm warning you; they have some pretty mantastic gadgets over there. Give yourself a good hour to browse their site, and having some privacy wouldn't hurt either. The ability to type one-handed oft times comes into play while looking through their wares.
The light I have is the Maratac AAA Flashlight Rev 2, in the natural hard anodized finish. I'd liken the actual color of the finish to a high quality galvanization. It's a nice, subdued, dull gray that blends in well without being a nightmare to find if dropped in some brush or grass.
The light takes a single AAA battery and has two output modes; 115 lumens for up to 65 minutes, or 1.5 lumens for up to 50 hours. Twisting the lens housing once (i.e. the front of the light where the blinding shinyness comes from) causes the light to come on at the high setting while twisting again or just twisting twice in quick succession turns on the low mode. Pretty nifty.
Included with the flashlight are a small pastic case, a diffuser, spare o-rings, a pocket clip, and a single AAA battery. The price is $24.95 as of today (05/18/12). I'll include a link at the bottom of the page for those of you out there similarly inflicted with my interwebs laziness or who's google-fu is weak and girly.
As previously mentioned, I've had this light since around February-ish. I EDC it religiously and use it constantly for important tasks such as shining it in my buddies faces while asking if it's still bright and also lighting my way through my house late at night so I don't trip over the dog and impale myself on a cat. And, after four months of carry and use, it shows no signs of wear and I'm still on the same battery.
I can't say enough about this little light and how awesome it is. Having a flashlight always handy, one small enough to be practical yet still bright enough to be tactical, is just a damned good idea. Whether you CCW or not you should check them out and give the idea of adding a flashlight to your EDC some serious thought.
Thanks for reading, and best of luck.
http://countycomm.com/aaa.html
