Fenix LD09 LED Compact Tactical Flashlight
Rob PincusDescription
Compelling reasons to make a tactical flashlight part of your everyday-carry gear, whether you’re carrying a firearm or not, include using it to find and identify a threat, as well as startle and possibly deter a threat. And of course a flashlight can execute many mundane tasks.
Fenix Flashlights
For several months, Rob Pincus has been carrying a light he considers an excellent candidate for an everyday-carry tactical flashlight and one of your self-defense tools: the Fenix LD09 LED Flashlight. People talk about integrating flashlights with firearms, and Rob thinks it’s a great idea to have a backup light on your defensive-carry firearm and home-defense firearm.
But your primary flashlight should be one that is easy to carry around with you regardless of how you’re dressed, and the Fenix LD09 Compact fits the bill.
Fenix LD Series Flashlights are designed for outdoor use and are ideal for search and rescue teams, outdoor adventurers, tactical users, and defensive-minded individuals.
Tactical Flashlight Duties
The Fenix LD09 gives you all the light you need to find and identify threats. It comes with a lanyard that you can put around your wrist so you can drop the flashlight from your hand if you need to put two hands on a firearm or do something else, and you can then quickly retrieve the flashlight when you need it.
The Fenix LD09 is an LED, which means it’s rugged. The one Rob’s been carrying has held up really well through months of rough handling. It has a clip for attaching to a pocket, and that clip has not come off either.
Operation is via pushbutton, and the LD09 has two modes: momentary and constant on.
Rob is surprised by how much he likes the Fenix LD09 and highly recommends it to anyone looking for a compact tactical flashlight.
For the last several months, I've been carrying around one of these Fenix LD09, compact flashlights. Now everybody knows you should carry a flashlight with you regardless of whether you're carrying a firearm or not. But a lot of people talk about integrating firearms with their flashlights. I think it may be a great idea to have a backup light on your defensive carry firearm, and certainly your home defense firearm. But your primary light should be one that's easy to carry around with you regardless of how you're dressed, regardless of what you're wearing. And the Phoenix LD09 is a compact flashlight. That's been very easy to carry around whether I'm wearing jeans, whether I'm out on the range in cargo pants or even when I'm wearing a suit at a trade show or out for a night with my wife. This light gives you all the light that you're going to need to find and identify threats. it comes with a lanyard, so I can keep it on my wrist in case I need to let go. Maybe to put two hands on a firearm or to do something else with my hands and then quickly retrieve the light when I need it. The light also obviously is an LED which means it's rugged. And as you can see, it's held up very well for being carried non-stop basically for about 90 to 120 days. While I'm out in the busiest time of the year on a lot of different ranges in a lot of different weather and putting this through a lot of different conditions. It's also got a clip that's been very good. The light hasn't popped off the clip and the clip hasn't popped off in my pocket. You can see this pockets been used with a lot of different clips over the years. This one certainly is doing exactly what I need it to do. It's got a push button that I can push and get a momentary or a constant on use of the light. The Phoenix LD09 is a light that I absolutely am surprised at how much I like. And it's one that I recommend to you. If you're looking for a compact light that'll help you find and identify threats or that you can use for various tasks as you go about your day.
Rob, that's OK, but all the manufacturers have released new models in the last 10 years.