Yea, actually I am looking at a small one looking at my upcoming trip.

I'm considering the ThruNite T01 and the Olight I3E but both looks similar and reviews don't say much. What would you recommend?

t01 n i3e basically the same performance... almost same price.
but i3e is smaller...and i prefer its keychain attachment better.

never use thrunite before

but olight warranty here is great

they'll replace your faulty unit on the spot

Got the Olight i3e just before I left for my trip...

my gear for today

smash watch a gift from my gf

olight s1a the one and only flashlight i would ever need lol

kershaw injection 3.0

lamy pico 2016 laser orange

kershaw k tool a free gift from thomas tools

how did u get a free gift from Thomas tools tho?

they'll sometimes send you a random gift with your purchase

is there any tnc applied for that to be handed out? like minimum purchase amount or something?

i really dont know honestly

but i bought three times from them and got free gifts for all

hmm so i saw mr.diy now has almost the full range of copies of those gerber gdc.
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so my itchy hands decided to try out some of the mr.diy copies.
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the badly named hotak...from the packaging appears to be a mr.diy brand that they make in china...
and like the gerber it's damn hard to open due to the frame lock putting too much side pressure on the blade.
theres also no way for me to use this as part of my edc...
i also wonder what are the chances of the factory being the oem for gerber...
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Just wondering how did you managed to get past that bloody frame lock on the Hotak blade. Hands got itchy during my last DIY shopping trip and got one. Only to realize its nearly impossible to use as you can't get the blade out.

On the flipside, the quality and feel is really good. Maybe too good. Going to have to disassemble it and see if I can bend out the frame lock.

Pity, fits perfectly as a EDC keychain accessory. Missing a small knife/cutter.

first few tries i used a coin instead of breaking my fingernail
i loosen the frame already...just stick a flat head screwdriver between frame and blade and twist...no need to disassemble anything.

I think I am going to dremel down that nub/catch so I can get the blade out without messing up the frame lock by bending it out (the frame lock still needs to hold the blade in the open position). There is enough side pressure from the frame itself to prevent the blade from unintended opening...so no idea why they need the extra catch.

ya, more than enough side pressure.
i bent the frame so that its almost at the edge of the blade, still locks fine...and wont be using it hard so not like its going to fold over and cut off my fingers...
but in the end i still rather carry around a sak classic with a kershaw cinder which at least can be opened with 1 hand.

actually if u dremel away the ball detent, there is gonna be more frame pushing against the blade...wouldnt that make it even harder to open?

Don't think so. The ball (on Frame) sits inside a detent machined onto the blade itself. This is what makes it so difficult to open. Not only you have to overcome the friction of the frame lock, you have to exert enough force to push the frame lock out of the detent, in which you have no leverage.

Anybody interested in CRKT GSD? Plan to let go mine cheap cheap

crkt gsd