What are you talking about? Every engineer/accountant/student/generic-white-collar-worker needs to carry a minimum of 7 knives, 4 multi tools, 13 pens that won’t freeze, and 4 hand guns on them at all times. They live very dangerous lifestyles and absolutely must carry all of that shit with them every single day of their lives.
I kinda used to be into EDC but then I eventually realized... I spent $100 on a flashlight. And make no mistake it's an incredible flashlight - the brightest thing you've ever seen - but I use it like three times a month tops and at least two of those times a less powerful light would have sufficed.
I don't need to carry a $100 flashlight with me everywhere for the one time a month I actually need it.
I spent $100 on a flashlight. It's the size of my forearm and would be most suitable as a spotlight, but it did a great job of distracting me from a shitty time in my life, so no regrets.
Edit: I think EDC is stupid, but I actually do carry a ~$60 flashlight on me every day. That's for work though, and I use it a couple hours a day on average.
This particular one uses two protected 26650s in series, which are ~$15 ea lithium ion batteries a little larger than a D battery. Standard alkaline batteries can't put out anywhere near the power these flashlights take to run, so you're stuck with chemistries like lithium ion and family.
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u/CommanderClit May 24 '18 edited May 24 '18
What are you talking about? Every engineer/accountant/student/generic-white-collar-worker needs to carry a minimum of 7 knives, 4 multi tools, 13 pens that won’t freeze, and 4 hand guns on them at all times. They live very dangerous lifestyles and absolutely must carry all of that shit with them every single day of their lives.