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Whats todays edc and led/tint combo?

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[โ€“] thirdBreakfast 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The RovyVon Aurora A5 (G3) in my pocket with an SD. Love this little guy. I've actually killed one with the washing machine (I lost the USB plug after I'd pulled it out to dry it after a previous washing machine incident, and so it got washed without the plug which I don't recommend) and replaced with a Fenix E05R.

That Fenix has a very cool screwed in with an o-ring deal for waterproofing and WILL survive the washing machine, but, I didn't love it the same, and gave it away so I could buy another Aurora A5.

There's a few variants of the A5 - mine is glow in the dark - strong enough that if you charge it with the inbuilt UV led you can still find it in your tent all night, simple interface, good choices for brightness, which it remembers between cycles, and standard USB C charging. Great stuff.

On my keys, the Olight i1R 2 - Mine does not look like that picture! It's been jingling against my keys going on three years. You can still see it's desert tan around the barrel, but the knurled parts (it's a twisty with two brightness levels) have a delicious tan/aluminum patina that makes me smile every time I dump my keys in the bowl. 150 lumens out of something the size of a pinky on a band saw is the sort of thing that satisfyingly impresses little kids.

I know these seem commercial and simple to real lightheads who know about led/tint combos (my A5 rocks a Nichia 219C), but these things give me pleasure every day and cost very little. They are both great choices as gifts for any muggles in your life.

[โ€“] D45 2 points 2 days ago

My buisness partner loves his rovy von i keep an angeleyes e3 on my keys for emergencies the swappable aaa makes it so handy