For a keychain or even an EDC pocket light, I really think the photon freedom is unrivaled. It's tiny, bright, very durable, long lasting, and has dimming and other modes that can be useful without being too complicated to use. For less than $20, I don't think you'll find a better value for an EDC light.

You can get them here for $20 with shipping: http://www.photonlight.com/

Or here for $13 plus shipping, I think it comes to about $17: http://alphanet.zoovy.com/category/photon_microlights_by_lri.photonfreedom/

I'm not sure its the Arc AA but it looks just like the Arc AAA but bigger and with a AA battery.

You must mean the Gerber Infinity Ultra. It's another very good light, but definitely bigger than either of the 1xAAA models.

Thanks to everyone who posted, there were some good ideas. I have decided to buy one of the new Inova X1s, and see how I like that. I still am very interested in the new Fenix L1T, but will wait on that. Again, thanks. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Nice light. The run-time sucks but that's the price you pay for the brightness of a Luxeon III LED.

Here's a photo showing some relative sizes, and you can see the ARC AA next to the black Minimag.

Arc with Miller Mods? Must have missed that over on CPF - what's Miller Mods?

Well, I'm sitting here contemplating the pocket flashlights.

I just finished replacing the CR2016 batteries in my Ritter-yellow Photon Freedom microlight whose batteries had died. I'm assuming that the light got flipped on by accident while in my pocket.

First, changing the batteries was really a pain. Opening up the case was easy, but getting the top button battery out was like pulling teeth. I whacked it on my palm, then on the desk, then tried using tape to pull it out, then tried using a small screwdriver to pry it out. I finally got it out using the screwdriver.

I have a Arc AAA-P that has been sitting on my dresser for a few months. I chose to use the Photon instead since it was so tiny, but now I worry that it will accidently turn on again and it will not be working when needed most. I tried to put the lanyard clip on like describe by Doug on ETS, but it interferes with the split ring and hangs at an odd angle.

I suppose I could put the Photon into demo mode - also described on ETS, but then it won't be available for regular use. Sigh.

It may be time to start carrying the Arc AAA-P. I'm thinking trying to slip a plastic 1/2" end cap over the lens to protect it (if I can find such a cap at Ace Hardware).

Ken K.

I have many Photon IIIs, but none are (is ?) carried in my pant pockets.
They are either in kits, packaged against a hard flat surface, or hanging from my belt pouch. One is clipped to my keys ring (this one doesnot go into a pocket either).
Other are hanging from backpacks and so on ....
And I get no pb with battery discharge...

I just pulled the batteries in my photon light. Wanted to reset it to demo mode. I actually find the difficult battery extraction reassuring. It mean that the batteries wont drop out if the cover pops off for some reason.