I love to find flashlight bargains. My own bargain flashlight for EDC is a small rayovac LED keychain light I found at Wal-Mart (no affiliations) for about 5 bucks (that was what I paid for mine over a year ago before they lowered the price to $3 ). Not sure what the price is on these now. It's the one with the black rubber grippy thing in the middle, about 3 inches long, 1/2 inch diameter flaring to a 3/4 inch diameter at the light end. I've been carrying it around since about October of 2009. Even though there are O-ring seals at both ends, I haven't tested to see how watertight it is but otherwise it has held up amazingly well. Initially, I hooked it on my keychain but the ring that attached the flashlight to a fairly sturdy keychain clip pulled apart, so instead of being carried on my keyring it has been carried in my pocket. Other than that the only other thing is the normal wear and tear of the paint being abraded off on certain points by riding in my pocket with my office keys and my swiss army knife with attached mini plier tool. It used to be hardly noticeable at a glance, but now it is becoming quite worn and more shiny looking in lots of spots. There are also a few tiny nicks and scratches in the metal here or there which hasn't affected the function of the light at all. An easy fix for the ring is to replace it right away with a swiss army knife split ring, although the light has done VERY well riding in my pocket for about a year now. It continues to provide excellent utility at a bargain of a price point. YMMV