“A man should have a blade and a light available to him at all times.” To that end, every place that you sit, work, sleep, drive, or go, you should have a flashlight within arm’s reach. 

I have a lot of flashlights. At least 16 and counting, because, well, I sit, work, sleep, drive, or go in a lot of different places.  I use #4 and/or #2 every single night when I walk the dog. #16 is on my keychain and can kick out 90 lumens (which means my keychain beats most people’s primary flashlight). #12 is on my truck’s visor. #11 doesn’t get a lot of real use, because, well, it’s a fireman’s “Search & Rescue” model and can illuminate a whole tree from more than a mile away or even turn off a street light after dark – there just aren’t many times that I need to do either of those.

I’ve actually heard the term “flashaholic” on a Discovery Channel special on the making of flashlights.  I prefer “flashlight fetish”.  Fetish derived from Latin (facticius, “artificial” and facere “to make”) and defined as an object believed to have powers, or in particular a man-made object that has powers over others - so it’s not what you were thinking, perv.  But I suppose there’s a video of that out there in the tubes somewhere…

Jay’s flashlights: 

  1. Surefire D3 Defender
  2. Surefire 9P, w/ a #3
  3. KL3 Conversion LED head
  4. Surefire G2 Nitrolon
  5. Coast 3-in-1 Write Light
  6. Petzl Zipka
  7. Inova X5 (1st generation)
  8. Pelican 3600 “Little Ed”
  9. Mini Maglite 2 Cell AA (red) w/ LED Conversion head
  10. Battery spares carrier
  11. SR-2000 500,000 Candle Power Search Light
  12. Eternalight 4x “EliteXRay”
  13. Streamlight Scorpion
  14. Photon Micro Light 1
  15. Pelican 2600
  16. Fenix P1
  17. Fenix E1