a picture of a dead horse and a bag that’s had cake in it.
Shirley, a pic of a dead horse and a whip or riding crop would be better?
Anyway, back to the matter at hand;
In the EDC vein – a really nice metal pocket torch? Fenix or Olight are popular choices
Good idea, might I suggest one of these:
https://www.reylight.net/product/reylight-titanium-lan/
I’ve got a couple of these, bought through Drop, formerly Massdrop. Got the first one, really happy with it, then it disappeared, to my intense annoyance, so when they came up again on Drop, I ordered another one. Fairly predictably, the first one turned up in a jacket pocket that I hadn’t worn in ages…
Really handy little light, flush tail-switch so it’ll tailstand easily, the Nichida emitter has a nice warm daylight quality, and using 14500 Li-ion rechargeable cells bumps the brightness up significantly.
A nice touch is the addition of little recesses around the bezel, and holes in the tailcap, and a slot in the tail switch that allow 6×1.5mm Tritium vials to be inserted, so the torch is really easy to find in the dark when camping, or even in a dark bedroom or wherever. A small dab of clear adhesive holds them in place neatly. They add to the cost, that size vial are roughly £5-6, and there are ten places for them, but it’s easy to order a couple at a time, and there’s a wide range of colours available.
If you want to go completely mental on the lumens front, Heinnie do a range of Imalent flashlights which chuck out a fair amount of light, there’s a 3-emitter light that maxes out at 13,000 lumens, but only in short bursts, and it does get hot!
They do another with 25,000 lumens! 😳
https://heinnie.com/imalent-ms03/
https://heinnie.com/imalent-ms06/
A cheaper idea might be a U.K. legal pocket knife – Heinnie now have their own version of the ever-popular CRKT Pilar, without a frame lock; it has red G10 scales, so is very light, but still has the very sturdy sheepsfoot blade of the original. The blade has a finger choil under the blade to help prevent accidental closure in use. Really lovely little knife…
https://heinnie.com/crkt-pilar-heinnie-haynes-uk-edition/
Oh, btw, those Imalent lights use a high-drain proprietary Li-ion cell with a USB-C port at the top, so the battery can be popped out and plugged in to charge, no separate charger needed. There are quite a few lights with a magnetic contact on the side for charging as well, no need to remove the battery at all – Heinnie have a wide range of all makes to check out.