Wow - second only to candlepowerforums.com folks, I would have expected everybody here to have a fully charged ready-to-go flashlight on their bodies at all times.

Dead batteries when you need them? I'm shocked ETS'ers!

I've always got about a dozen Eneloop NiNH's in various sizes charged and ready to go and a small handful of Li-Ion 14500's ready to go as well (for the devices that can take these batteries). And the fallback is several dozen alkalines in every size imaginable. And just in case my flashlight itself fails, I've got about two dozen (or more) spares.

Yes. "My name is Dave, and I'm a flashaholic."