10 Best EDC Keychain Flashlights | Everyday Carry
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Keychain lights are incredibly useful and there are hundreds to choose from. From the smallest to the brightest, these are the best keychain flashlights for EDC today.
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hey Taylor love the show. I dont know if this was just me but there where frames of just black that flashed every so often and it thru me off. Made hard to watch. @ 6:20 is one. I think it happened like 14 times. I did scroll down to see if anyone else noticed. Any who keep up the good work. Plus do a show on pens and pads. Ilike the telescoping Zebra SL-F1 Mini Ballpoint Pen, 0.7 mm, Black Ink (BA55-BK)
That is really strange -- it must be on RUclips's end because it's not happening in Premiere or in the file I rendered and uploaded. I double- and triple-checked both the editing software and the video I uploaded. That's never happened before.
@@BestDamnEDC mind control marketing lol
@@BestDamnEDC Maybe some strange issue with RUclips's compression? Just a guess tbh.
Today's Project List Hey Taylor is awesome ,being a EDC guy before it had a name ,and people thought I was nuts and by the way I am 67 yrs old and I think that Zebra is great and like you want to hear about pads ,as a salesman on the road selling office equipment my girlfriend who is still my friend got me a Sterling silver and gold Parker gold pen the year 1973,just thought you would like that
@@BestDamnEDC Can I suggest you put up a comparison chart of all the products and key features as your summary, and then perhaps highlight the features that are most important to you, leading to why you chose a specific flashlight? That would be really useful for us viewers. Many thanks!
32:30 is where the important stuff is
Thanks
YOU'RE THE BEST!
Because of your great videos I bought a Rovyvon and love it! Thanks for all your good work Taylor!
My i1R 2 has been through the washing machine 3 times to date and is still going brilliantly, such a great flashlight in such a small package
I just received my O-light i1R after really liking the look of it in this video and holy crap, this little thing is amazing!
This is what I was waiting for. Thank you!
Haven't been through the vide yet. But one thing I don't see in torch reviews, is - ability to use while on charge, and what modes are available if so. Great video. I'm a bit late but 🤷♂️
Huh. I’ve never thought of using them that way. For me, I use all these for a moment or two, until the battery is dead and I have to resort to my phone LED until I get home (if I need a light). Recharging is fast, and I can’t think of a time when I needed a light immediately the same time I had access to power.
With that said, I suppose you might be thinking about hooking one up to a battery bank as a sort of long-term lantern? Most of the micro ones have to have the LED “head” unscrewed from the body, so they wouldn’t be able to be charged and used simultaneously. For the NiteCore and other all-in-one lights, they may be able to use low and medium modes while on a charger. You wouldn’t want to keep turbo going for long… it’s not just a question of power, but also heat and strain on the LED. They might make for nice impromptu lanterns or night lights though, especially the glow-in-the-dark versions of the Rovyvon lights with the side LEDs designed for maximum spill.
If you’re really curious, I could try recharging my Rovyvon while the light is on, and make a video on it. Just ask in a reply.
Excellent and thorough review. Well informed and articulate. Keep up the work.
I use the Lumitop aaa tool flashlight with a eneloop batteries and love it! Had for several years with no problems, looks cool too.
Pretty nice list. I have the Jetbeam mini-1 and Mini-1 Ti. The Ti version has a reversible pocket clip, allowing it to be clipped to the bill of a cap. I also think the Cooyoo Fermion deserves a look. Rechargeable 10180 battery w/ deep carry pocket clip, stainless steel body, magnetic base, push button operation AND right angle head design w/ head strap. Available for under $35.
My choice is the MecArmy SNG3, had about 3 years. The zinc body with red led and uv are extra nice.
Have several TIPs and a Tini but the SNG3 sees more pocket time. USB rechargeable and I believe was available about 6 months before the Nitecore Tube came out.
Very in depth and some good points. I like that rovi
Awesome video. These comparisons are fantastic
After watching your video on the RovyVon I bought one. Bright little light charge last for a good while and it even made it though the washing machine and dryer
Manker LAD. USB rechargeable. Had it for a couple years on my keys. Love it.
Thanks !!!! - best mini light review I’ve watched ...... I’m going for Claris
Great video thanks.
Where do you get the metal bead, as shown on the MecArmy light?
Well done! The info is solid and adding your personal opinions really rounds it off! I didnt know all these options were out there! The reason I went looking into very useful lights in a small form factor is because a few years ago I ran into the "SuperRay Ultrasteel LED Mini Pen Light Cree hid led Streamlight" or atleast thats the only way I ended up finding a replacement, after far too long searching. Anyway, I was gifted mine by a friend in the shop, as I do Autobody work and need to get light into very tiny places and hate having to crawl out of the vehicle while I'm upside down and have my feet out of a window just to be in position for a look.. only to realize I didnt bring a flashlight. I used it for 2 years, found it a permanent fixture right next to my "free" snap-on tiny magnetic common screwdriver clipped on the neck cuff of my shirt. The whole two years I never recharged, just became dependent. This light isnt the most impressive but I think you should look at it! I'd love to see a review! its much different than what I saw in this video alone.. but I'm just so impressed with the amount of light, ambient light and overall need for these kinds of lights; specifically for people with the exact same "but the flashlight is across the garage" needs as I find myself in ALL the time! Please and thankyou! (before I invest in another!) Best wishes!
I love flashlights. Great show for today
I have the Maratac Peanut but in plain steel which they no longer carry on my keychain as we speak! Also keep the Olight S1RBaton2 on my person as well for backup!
Great video man. I have used the Nitecore TIP and Tube. You can see them in my EDC pocket dump videos. The Nitecore Tube for the price can't be beat. I will probably pick up a RovyVon light next.
Great video , I personally love the Nitecore products . I own the Tip and the Tup and can’t go nowhere without them
javier venegas just got a rip and loving it! Getting a bunch of the cheaper ones for family
T y for taking the time. I bought an EverBright Mini. It has about 4 light modes. It's "ok" but I hate the twist switch to go from featured mode to mode (which ties up both hands). This was very informative. Thanks again.
taylor been binging your content lol, a quick question for you, which edc flashlight would you recommend to put into one of those caddy wallets? like the hitch and timber wallets
The Tup is great! I love it.
Hey Taylor I noticed some of them also had the nice clip on them to put on your hat to make it hands free which is nice great video love flashlights Thanks for sharing God bless
I like the Surefire sidekick. It has been the best performing EDC keychain flashlight I have owned!!
The mecarmy x3s where did you get the bead? and is it a brass bead? I wanna get the same flash light but a brass bead for it.
Really like this type of video keep them coming!
I have all three Nitecore products and I love them all.
Great review. Thank you.
Have had my WUBEN (mini) G341 for a couple of years now, and still very pleased with it. (Low-high, max runtime 6 hrs, high 130 lumens - keep recharging once in every 2 weeks.) Wearing it on a necklace all the time while at work aboard ship. You just gotta have a light with you all the time there. On my work key chain, I have a Nitecore TINI, because it has suitable higher max output, for like checking the drafts or something. At home, I carry Olight i1R EOS on my key chain. Previously I had Fenix UC02 on it. - I have several other models as well, but somehow I keep liking the WUBEN best. - Of course I use that at home, too.
Huh, I’ve never heard of the WUBEN before. Could you try to put into words what you like about the WUBEN mini over all the others?
I have or had a Rovyvon Aurora (glow in the dark version with the lantern mode), the Fenix UC02, and I bought a whole bunch of oLight i1R and i2R for my family. I prefer the size and LED color of the i1R over the i2R, but the Rovyvon with Nichia 219C LED has replaced it for every use situation.
I’m not cool enough to be a sailor, but I used to work at an Apple Genius Bar. Apple issued all of us some coin-cell thumb flashlights, for looking inside ports and cleaning stuff, but when I realized how handy they were for keyholes and casting light in hard to reach places, I decided to get my own once the thumblight batteries wore out. I love the Nichia 219C bulb in the Rovyvon so much… in addition to normal uses, I also use it instead of my phone’s built-in flash because the color and sense of 3D depth was so much better with the flashlight (and less plasticy washed-out).
I carry the Surefire sidekick have for over a year its a little big but a great flashlight. Have you tried it out if so what opions do you have on it?
Love my TUP. Best pocket flashlight I've had so far as far as features for the size. Definitely not the prettiest but best bang for the buck right now. I don't bother with tiny keychain lights as that's been replaced with my phone.
Great review Taylor. Thank you. I wish the Klarus Mini One was still available. The link in the description does not work.
My favorite is the Astrolux A01 because of it's amazing Nichia 219b LED
Hay Guy ! Damn good vid. Very informative and interesting. I personally don't worry about disposable cells in key chain flashlights, but totally get your point.
I carry my old S1 as a keychain ever since I replaced it as my EDC light with the M2T. Zero problems whatsoever.
I really like the Olight I1r 2 which has low mode of 10 lumens, high of 150 and the cap stays on by a spring loaded system.
I really like the Olight s2r Batton 2 which has low mode of 5 lumens, high 400 and the cap stays in by spring loaded system.
just got my rovyvon a1 and im pretty sure its brighter than my snap on flashlight. little salty about that but im loving the rovyvon
Excellent video!! I was leaning toward the MecArmy for the same reason. Let’s see a wallet roundup!
Hey Taylor, love the videos, I'm curious, what kind of stand by times will you get from a charge? I'm assuming you don't need to charge them every night.
Honestly, I charge the one I'm actively using once per week or so. I've left the RovyVon in my Maxpedition pouch for over a month and it was still fine when I needed it. But I'd say it's best to give it a little juice every month or so if you've got one sitting dormant.
Hey Taylor, just in case you weren't aware, County Comm has a Rev. 2 of the peanut light that has a built in charging port. The battery is the same 10180. It has a same diameter and weight at 0.52 inch and 3.4 grams respectively, but the Rev. 2 is a little longer at 1.43 inches compared to the old 1.29 inches. Lumens are also upgraded: 8/150 versus the 12/145. There's some new knurling on the body and cap, as well. Hope you can do a review on this new one. I personally have the Olight i1R EOS on my keychain and love it.
I love the nitecore tup. I was gonna get the t4k but the tup was cheaper and 1k lumen is fine for turbo. I have it in my pocket all the time. Its great to know when i work at night if there's a blackout i have a strong flashlight to walk around with.
Which wristwatch are you using in this video? Looks awesome!
Great video, thank you.
I have the Maglite solitaire LED and I always use a high-quality rechargeable AAA battery. In total it lasts about 4 hours of use I guess, which isn't that long, but I'm happy with the Maglite LED solitaire, in my opinion it gives a great light and the size is slim.
Greetings!
One thing about the Nitecore TIP. When they released their 2017 model of this torch they also released a stainless steel cased model. I bought one of these and found that the detachable clip is extremely slippery and never engages correctly in the grooves on the flashlight. Since I nonetheless liked the actual light I bought one of the regular 2017 model as a gift, and upon comparing them we found that the clip on the 2017 model fits on both of them, and works decently well, but the one from the Stainless model slips off either one.
I don't know if this is bad quality control or if it's one of the things they supposedly fixed with the 2017 release?
I'm kinda getting into EDC rn and I was thinking that a flashlight might not be necessary but I just remembered how I used to carry a keychain one (it was an incredibly cheap advertising one I got from a family friend) and how goddamn practical it was. I'm definitely going to buy one again.
Thanks for the overview of all these lights!
I find the Rovyvon Aurora A8 UV the best keychain light! No strobes, 4 modes (ML-L-M-H) with direct acess to ML and High! And then the side emitters: UV + Red + White!! And it has the Nichia 219C - 5000K / 90 CRI - as front emitter 😍
Love it ;) I now have 3 Rovyvon Aurora (and also the E300s) and I can "blame" you for that since your video some months ago! 😉
Thanks for all your work here 👍
Wait… are you sure yours has BOTH a UV and a Red LED? I thought they all came with a white LED and then the option of either a red or UV tertiary light.
I absolutely love mine with the red (and two white) LED and Nichia 219C… it’s hard to think of a better EDC light, except I know the LED will long outlive the battery so I wish that could be replaceable.
Great video. Thank you.
I know I'm late to the party, but when you compare the cost of a replacement battery to that of a replacement light, it's a wash. As you noted, there were upgrades in the works for many of these light manufacturers. Olight has the upgraded i1R2 with higher lums and the cap that doesn't come off to expose the micro-usb charge port (one of your requested features on your initial review). If this vid took several months, I'll look forward to an updated vid around December 2020. Thanks for posting and keep 'em comin'.
I just bought the mecarmy x3s what do I have on the brown string is it a ring?.
Some nice lights! I love some olight.
That Olight looks like mine...worn from getting so much pocket time on the key ring! I love it.
My SAK “Manager” rides on my key ring, too (my key ring is the minimum EDC I can get along with when I leave the house).
Important question: can you use the NiteCore TUP while on charge from powerbank?
nice review. Cool lighting options we have nowadays, but might be unsafe around my Mogwai.
Nice video, very professional. I actually recently bought the olight at 150 lumens and inseparable twist.
Off topic: I'm saddened to have missed out on the Olight I3T EOS in Copper, what a beauty. I'm trying to upgrade my EDC to a Copper/Titanium mix with some Whiskey leather accents
Does any (respectable) EDC flashlights have a normal On/Off setting with a good battery run time?....no need to be tiny like the Rovyvons,just a pocket clip,either battery or usb rechargable,small enought to fit in a pocket and (ofcourse) plain ON/OFF settings.
Good round up brother
Put my keys in a Northwall Thorkey brown 100% genuine leather organizer and clipped an olight i3e eos to it along with my home alarm fob. The key organizer came with a nice Northwall stainless pry tool, one corner is sharpened to open boxes and has a bottle opener/wrench. $30 on Amazon.
Im looking for a new 14500 edc flashlight. It would be awesome to see some compared if possible.
Rovy Von has glow in the dark micro lights!!
Hello, excellent review. Could you tell us what brand and model is your watch? Thanks!
Great video!!!!
Best damn keychain flashlights
Auroa is a must I use it all time
Led Lenser K1 is literally a simple tiny light, but the perfect choose for my keychain :-D
Will these flashlights work during an emp?
Im excited for the best damn pocket flashlight because i like the cr123 size lights like the olight baton.
what make is your watch i like it
Sorry out of the topics, what's the brand of your cap?
The TUP and the arura a5u? I believe (the glow in the dark case with the uv and white side light.) Are the combination of lights I feel will be my last lights I will ever need. I don't mind the TUP size and bulkiness. I personally dont feel I would ever need anything brighter than what both of these lights offer. The run time both of these lights offer is great too in my opinion. I also keep a battery pack handy in case of power outages (10000mah) these batteries can both be charged many times from that. I keep the a5 around my neck always. ( I have your channel to thank for leading me to this light). And the TUP I keep close not always on me at all time but always within reach. After I get a new flashlight. I always find myself looking for my next. Not any more. Great video and this is just my opinion. And my needs may be different than others. But I feel I have a very picky when it comes to lights.
I was looking at the Olight EOS and you sold me on the Klarus Mini One (Green).
I cant make up my mind on which one to get I really like the aurora but dont like the on/off mechanism, it would be for my keychain suggestions would be awesome!
cosa141 I use the i1r eos for my keys its minuscule and lightweight and very bright, I forget its there half the time.
What if my main concern is QUALITY of light? The only spec I can find is high cri and color temp but that can’t be the only parameters that make a light look and show details better, do any keychain lights stand out in the quality of light they produce rather than just brightness?
Never really been into keychain lights but the eagtac d25c ti with a cree xpl-hi dome less in neutral has been my favorite.. the led and specifically, the tint are most important to me. I think I have a 2014 or 15 model. I bought a newer one that was supposed to have the same led a year or two ago but the tint wasn’t right so I just have it as a spare. It also has a delay between modes which the older ones didn’t. Meh.
Is it the smallest or brightest? Definitely not.. but I’ve yet to find one that I like better. At least without spending a couple hundred dollars..
Any Keychain flashlight recommendations that use USB C?
Anyone know where to find the maratac peanut in 2020? I don't see it for sale anywhere.
Do a review on the Rofis TC1 keychain flashlight 🔦
Interesting watch, what brand, model?
The copper MecArmy’s been on my keychain for almost a year, and its great. Hasn’t patina’d much though.
Yeah, it's coated. Wish it came raw.
I’d pretty much come to that conclusion. I keep rubbing it in my fingers, but more in hope than expectation!
I have had an Astrolux K1 for over a year now, beats the Tip imho. Don’t really need replacement yet, but looking at the Nitecore Tiki (the UV+CRI, not the LE version) or the Tip 2, love the magnets on that
I have the nitecore tip, it always gets turned on by accident in my pocket the buttons are too easy to accidentally turn on in your pocket
TIP fits nicely in watch pocket of jeans.
So, where do we buy the littlt light?
My very first MecArmy X3S light was just light the Fenix light, the cap came off and list it.
Hey Taylor, appreciate the metric system addition and the attention to detail in that aspect (as an Australian viewer). I may not represent everyone but instead of saying 23mm 2.3cm? just a small change and I feel like it would be easier for us to imagine it in cm rather than mm thanks! Just a suggestion though!
I have an i1R 2 Eos that has 150 lumens. Removable battery is not of concern. It only cost 15 bucks, so if you have batter problems, just buy a new one. The replacement batteries cost like 10-12 bucks on the other ones anyway, so really not that great of a feature. The i1R 2 also improved the cap and charging so that the cap does not come off now and it pops up to revel the micro USB port.
Great light overall and I use it all the time. Just keep it on the key chain and it is there when you need it. Best EDC choice I have seen for a keychain light.
Love the watch too lol
I use a True Utility Lifelite and attached the Olight I1r Eos, great combo. Both small enough in the jeanspocket. Next i'll get the mecarmy SGN 7 with 550LM and alarm mode, for crowded places.
I have been eyeballing keychain flash lights haha,i get home from practice and my parents keep forgetting to have the light on😂
Nice review.
I bought me wun a them flesh lights and I reckon it’s on all the time. Can’t really tell how many lumens it’s got but the ones it does have feel real good.
EverBrite Keychain Flashlight is alsa known as Nicron B10 ;) I'm happy with it.
Todays my tup by nitecore was come i am amazed
Hi Taylor love the show, only thing which is really frustrating is the fact that I live all the way in Cape Town South Africa and a lot of the items that you review we can’t get here. I have gone on Amazon but most of the sellers do not ship here and if they do it’s extremely expensive.
Hey EDC what would it take to get that I1R Olight from you? I love that company and need that light for my collection. I don't care that it is used.
nichia or cree which is better?
Thanks a lot for this video, it comes in a perfect time since I am building a shopping list to build a EDC kit carrying items in either a Maxpedtion or Vanquest pouch... but also I am including some extra bits an pieces to have in keychain based kit, consisting on keysmart type organizer, a keychain flashlight and not to bulky multitool. I was thinking of the RovyVon A3 since I was impressed with the 550 lumens, but with your tips saying it only lasts about 2 minutes in that setting and the other option in the very low end of the spectrum of 10 lumens it sort of drives me away from it. I wanted something that I could use more in the 100 to 150 lumens range... definetely then the MecArmy is not only awesome looking but also has lumen capility. If the RovyVon could have and extra middle brightness setting of around 150 lumens with about a 20min runtime it would be a perfect option... do you know if any of their other models have it ???
I’ve been using a Rovyvon for two years, and it absolutely meets and exceeds all my needs, and I love it. Are you sure you need the 550 lumens?
@@evshrug yes I do, actually I find myself often in situations where I need good lighting in a compact size. I already bought it and I'm completely satisfied