EDC Flashlights for Self Defense

EDC Light Builder Features & Benefits

The Best EDC Flashlight for Situational Awareness & Self Defense

Selecting an EDC Flashlight

We’ve all been there. Walking alone through a dimly-lit parking lot, we suddenly become aware of our vulnerability.  The chill on the back of our neck warns us of an unseen danger lurking in the shadows. We do our best to hold the creeping panic at bay. 
It’s an unsettling experience we’re not likely to forget, but more importantly, a true learning experience that we should take to heart. Avoiding low-light settings as part of our daily activities is not always an option, but we can better prepare ourselves to deal with those occasions.  
EDC Light Builder specializes in powerful, no-nonsense 18350 EDC flashlights and 18650 EDC flashlights for situational awareness and self defense. We've taken the lessons learned from seasoned law enforcement officers and other subject matter experts to identify the key features needed, and eschewed those that only complicate the use and operation of the light when under stress;

A simple user interface (UI) that is easy to use under stress. 

Under the stress of imminent danger, fine motor skills are often degraded. Our “processing bandwidth” becomes focused on the threat, sometimes including tunnel vision and auditory exclusion.  

The last thing we need under those circumstances is to be fumbling with our EDC flashlight, trying to remember which mode it’s in or which button we have to press. EDC Light Builder personal security flashlights feature a single on/off switch located on a semi-shrouded tailcap that EDC Light Builder modifies for optimum momentary operation. Press the switch to turn the light on, let it go to turn the light off. The switch can also be latched to constant-on operation with a deep, deliberate press.

Maximum light output with every press of the switch. 

When we need to see deep into the shadows, or into the far corners of a dimly-lit parking lot , we need all the light the flashlight can produce. We need the flashlight's maximum output, and we'll usually need it now. 

For this reason EDC Light Builder personal security flashlights are non-programmable, single mode only.  They provide maximum output with every press of the switch.  No programming that can left in the wrong mode.  No guessing what the light will do when you turn it on. 

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Hand-friendly ergonomics.  

Over the decades, LEOs and SMEs have established the best techniques for holding and operating a flashlight for law enforcement and civilian self defense applications with the use of a pistol.  

These same techniques are also ideal for using a flashlight for situational awareness and self protection when unarmed.

EDC Light Builder flashlights are optimized for use with these techniques that provide a secure yet comfortable grip of the flashlight, and ideally position the thumb to operate the light switch.

The Best EDC Flashlight for Situational Awareness & Self Defense

A simple user interface (UI) that is easy to use under stress.

Maximum light output with every press of the switch.

Hand-friendly ergonomics.

Compact, lightweight and easy to carry.

EDC Light Builder

Bedford | NH | 03110 | USA