CandlePowerForums Announces 2005 'Flashlight of the Year' Award
FlashlightNews.org - 01/05/2006
CandlePowerForums 2005 'Flashlight of the Year' Award voting has concluded, with over 200 members voicing their flashlight preference in this year's contest.
The internet's largest and oldest flashlight-oriented message board, members confined their voting to a single, all-encompassing category this year, after failing to conduct an awards vote in 2004.
Prior to last year, the site had awarded a 'Lummie' (short for luminescence) in a number of different categories.
Final vote results are listed below:
Flashlight of the Year: -- Fenix L1P
- 1st -- Fenix L1P - 76 (includes two votes for L1)
- 2nd -- HDS - 32 (includes all models)
- 3rd -- McLux III PD - 24
- 4th -- Streamlight ProPoly AA Luxeon - 22
- 5th -- Surefire U2 - 14
- 6th -- JIL DD - 9
- 7th -- Lioncub - 8
- 8th -- ARC AAA - 6
- 9th -- Night Ops Gladius - 4
- 10th -- VB-16 - 4 (all models)
- 11th -- River Rock AAA - 2
- 12th --CPF Katokichi - 2
A total of 203 votes were cast in this year's tally.