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  It's best to use the flashlight on your phone to find your flashlight when you really need it.
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  I keep a flashlight in my pocket anyway, it's way better than the one on the phone. Streamlight microstream, get you one and help the flashlight industry. You won't regret. >
  
  Good choice, perfect EDC light.
  Shameless gearslut for life. Nothing comes close to dedicated hardware. >
  
  Being a gearslut is the best.  Sure it's rare, but few things feel better than when someone goes "Shit I need a knife/screwdriver/flashlight/jump/patch/medkit/etc" and you're just like "Ope, I gotcha. Here." >
  
  For sure. >
  
  Flashlights on phones are a nice feature to get a little extra light in a pinch but they really don't come close to doing what a flashlight is good at >
  
  Agreed. I love my lightsaber that can light up an entire forest. >
  
  Horror movie but the protag has a 100k watt flashlight 
  Mc is walking through woods, hears a branch crunch behind him, whips around and permanently blinds the killer while also signaling his location to the police >
  
  click 3 times for the tactical strobe >
  
  Mine has a dedicated button on the side for this >
  
  And a skull cracker rim? >
  
  X on phones are hurting the X industry.
  Just learned yesterday that in 1981 Kodak was the 7th largest company in America, above most oil companies. >
  
  And alarm clocks, calculators. You're right, this can be said about so many phone features. >
  
  And MP3 players >
  
  And calendars and rolodexes >
  
  English is not my first language, but I'm 24 and I've never heard about a Rolodex. Looking it up on Google I think I've seen this device in some older movies, but I definitely didn't know its name in any language. >
  
  Another name might be a "Contacts List" or "Address Book", a Rolodex is a contacts list in circular form. >
  
  I still refer to my brain as a Rolodex >
  
  In all seriousness the flashlight industry is in a golden age right now. It used to be that a Maglight was one of the best and coolest flashlights you could easily buy. Now we have all sorts of high quality, innovative flashlights based largely around LEDs and rechargeable batteries that are cheap and easily accessible. >
  
  Yeah I have the first LED maglite that came out. Its a joke now
  I have headlamps that are 40 times as bright >
  
  Have you seen r/flashlight ? The flashlight industry is fine >
  
  It's a small subset of enthusiasts (of which I am one).  Not really something that is representative of an industry. >
  
  I just love that flashlight enthusiasts are a thing lol. >
  
  Me too >
  
  They’re such a bright light in a dark world. >
  
  Probably not much. The camera light on my phone is hardly enough for anything but finding my keys in the dark. For working on my car, or crawling around under my house I prefer considerably more output, and more directionality. >
  
  It's handy for sure but have you ever played with a dual channel, 18650 powered flashlight, with high CRI Nichia 519a 4500k on one channel and a Osram W1 thrower on the other, with a beautiful pattern of aux lights, running Anduril v2?
  The flashlight industry is kinda wild right now.