r/flashlight • u/Spardasa • 8h ago
Recommendation Help with EDC
I work as an on call engineer for a power utility. I do have my vehicle equipped with the usual go light for riding lines + stream light spot.
At times, I do need something more EDC. I don't really want to go down the line of Hank lights or complicated UIs because I just need a light that works, whether being called out in the night or having to troubleshoot something in a substation or POP site.
I have the oclip2 ultra right now and it's just kinda blocky / not really good for EDC.
Any suggestions on a flat light that I can carry with magnetic base and usb-c charging? I have tried the TS 10 as well but hated the complicated UI.
I don't need UV or laser pointer. Just a good in between for when I don't grab my stream light spot light or can't use my vehicles go light.
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u/Darkest_HourEDC 6h ago
For a flat light with out any of that extra stuff, just a straight forward lighting tool in an edc format, with a very simple UI , regulated buck driver with excellent run times, and a proper moonlight mode, i can highly recommend the sofirn st1. The only thing, is it is a cooler cct light, the main led being 6000-6500k and you have 4 smaller led’s at a more neutral 5000k temp that gives a lovely soft spill which helps, the beam profile is actually very versatile and optimized for edc using a tir lens that gives a nicely diffused hotspot which blends nicely into the spill, that being said is still capable of reaching out to 215m if needed. It is priced very budget friendly as well. The only thing that may be a deal breaker for you is that it doesn’t have magnetic tail feature, and i probably should have led with that. However they did upgrade it recently with a two way pocket clip which can clip to the brim of your hat if you need to go hands free.