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Pro tip: my $12 flashlight died on the walk home and made me rethink cheap vs pricey EDC
Last Tuesday my $12 pocket light quit on me halfway home from the bus stop in the rain. I had to use my phone to find my keys, and the screen lit up the whole street while I fumbled for 3 minutes. Then a buddy said he's carried the same $70 light for 4 years with zero issues and thinks cheap ones are a false savings. But honestly my old one lasted 2 years, so that's like $6 a year. Where do you all land on cheap EDC that dies versus paying more up front?
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wade_hall19d ago
The "screen lit up the whole street" part got me because I've absolutely been that guy, standing on my porch at 11pm holding my phone like a tiny floodlight while my dog judges me from the window. Two years out of a $12 light is honestly not bad, that's a couple of coffees per year for the privilege of seeing your own keys. My problem is I lose the cheap ones before they ever get a chance to die, so the math never works out in my favor. The real question is whether you want to gamble on the light dying at a bad moment or just pay once and forget about it. Dying at the bus stop in the rain is pretty much the worst case, so maybe your buddy has a point even if he's annoying about it.
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