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Icon Flashlights

By Rain Noe - May 11, 2011

in Object Culture

Right now the trend in flashlight design is to go with the "tactical" aesthetic, with everyone skewing towards that rugged I'm-a-Navy-SEAL look. But it's nice to see at least one company, Icon, doing something different. The Solo, up top, is a pen-sized flashlight designed to clip into a pocket. The Link flashlight, below, has an integrated carabiner and comes in bright orange so that a) you can always keep it clipped to you and b) if you do happen to set the thing down, it should be easy to spot amidst the clutter of your other tools during a job.

There's video of Icon designer Paul Kim explaining some of the decisions he's made at this link. English is not his first language, but those with linguistic patience will hear him discussing the trade-off designers face between manufacturability and getting the ergonomic form you want.

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Ian Mackay

13 years ago

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Funnily enough, Paul Kim is also VP of Engineering at SureFire, who are probably the best-known proponents of the tactical-style flashlight.
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emanster provolone

13 years ago

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They still look pretty tactical to me. Not that theres ANYTHING wrong with that!
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