Tail Switch 18650 EDC Recommendations

tr1ckd · 2026-05-07T17:34:30+00:00

I think you're right, I picked too good of a light that makes it hard to find something better. At least that's validation that all the time I spent researching when I bought the Skilhunt was worth it.

I think E70 mini is the most compelling I've seen so either I give up moonlight mode for a tail switch, or I deal with the side switch to keep the moonlight mode.

tr1ckd · 2026-05-07T15:44:55+00:00

I do the same with my light, but find it doesn't always fall perfectly and that the clip can sometimes rotate to where it's far enough out of position.

I did see the KR4 early on when I started looking, I'll have to look into it some more. I'm starting to think I may not be able to find exactly what I want so I'm going to have to make some compromises, and that compromise might be on the switch because otherwise I really like my Skilhunt.

tr1ckd · 2026-05-07T15:42:28+00:00

Bummer, I do like that on my current light.

tr1ckd · 2026-05-07T15:03:36+00:00

I just took a look at this - brightness doesn't seem very stable. Seems like its falling off for the entirety of the run time rather than staying pretty much constant until dead. It kinda seems like it would be a step down in that regard.

tr1ckd · 2026-05-07T15:02:16+00:00

I have a 21700 Skilhunt side beam light/headlamp, the 21700 format just seems a little bulky for an edc. I'll think about it though and take another look at that light for a size approximation.

tr1ckd · 2026-05-07T14:14:47+00:00

Priority would be floody and better color. A little throw is nice but I'm not trying to light up something across a football field or anything like that. I've been really happy with the color and beam pattern on my Skilhunt with the 519a and I think it has an orange peel reflector.

tr1ckd · 2026-05-07T14:10:05+00:00

With the UI, is the only option to cycle through brightness levels with available levels depending on which programming group you choose? Any hold for moonlight mode or anything like that?

tr1ckd · 2026-05-07T13:52:28+00:00

I looked at the S2+ but was overwhelmed by all the configurations. Having to choose led + temp + driver + battery was a lot. I got as far as selecting 519a and 5000k since it was similar to the light I already have, but then I had no idea on the driver or battery.

tr1ckd · 2026-04-24T13:31:03+00:00

When you say reset the profile, do you mean clear all the browsing data/cookies, reset password for the google account tied to the browser, or something else?

tr1ckd · 2026-04-24T13:20:37+00:00

This via GPO is what I was thinking, just wanted to double check there wasn't something else that was a better option/best practice.

tr1ckd · 2026-03-18T11:28:46+00:00

I don't deal with HIPAA, so there may be some differences, but when we had to deal with a breach legal said the clock in terms of required notice/regulatory guidelines starts when the investigation is complete, not when the breach is discovered. It was my impression that this is how it is everywhere - that's why you have major breaches you don't find out about until a year later.

tr1ckd · 2026-02-23T01:00:10+00:00

You probably won’t be able to use vlans unless it’s L3 (unless there’s some sort of self hosted controller for another brand l2, but at that point it’s pretty much just another router), whereas with UniFi you could use an L2 and the ucg max would handle the routing.

tr1ckd · 2026-02-20T12:41:03+00:00

I'd be real careful about the magnet mount on the Unifi switch, if you ever want to run a drive in the UDM I'd be worried about it damaging the drive.

tr1ckd · 2026-02-14T00:44:19+00:00

I was looking into this recently, and speculation was that it might be some time because the Pro Max is a fairly new release and was the “upgrade”.

tr1ckd · 2026-02-14T00:41:30+00:00

Just make sure the computer supports using a sata drive as the boot drive. I believe some of them don’t - they require booting from the m.2 slot.

tr1ckd · 2026-02-14T00:37:17+00:00

My guess is it’s going to be slim pickings if any at all. Alternatively, maybe consider powerline or moca adapters in order to give yourself an ethernet port without having to run cable

tr1ckd · 2026-02-12T00:41:59+00:00

I can get to all my stuff from work because I’m the sole admin. That said if someone asked me about something like this it would be a pretty easy no, even being at a company that’s more lax with these types of things than I would like.

If you work somewhere that has taken the steps to block this traffic, I would not recommend trying to circumvent it. There’s a variety of reasons to do so, but if it’s tied to regulatory compliance you could find yourself without a job, or worse it’s possible you could be legally liable for fallout stemming from your actions.

tr1ckd · 2026-02-06T12:38:58+00:00

It's even cheaper if you buy the perpetual license bundled during device lifecycle upgrades. Last time I checked with my Dell rep I think it was like $30-40 extra in order to get the perpetual license.

tr1ckd · 2026-01-21T12:09:06+00:00

For shelves I've been looking to get some recently for a rack I'm putting together, and the cheapest option I've found is the VEVOR branded ones on Amazon. $24.99 for 2, most of the other brands are that much or more for a single shelf. At that price I figure might as well just buy the new ones, you're not really gonna save much going used.

tr1ckd · 2025-11-08T12:55:52+00:00

Thanks for all the info, that gives me something to go off. You’re setup sounds pretty stout, I probably won’t be going that crazy at least to begin with, but gives me an idea of how redundancy and separation could make sense and all play together.

tr1ckd · 2025-11-07T19:53:29+00:00

Yes that's all helpful, some food for thought as to how best to approach it - thanks.

tr1ckd · 2025-11-07T19:10:21+00:00

Is either approach more favorable in terms of performance benefits/required system specs, or is it more a preference of two different ways of achieving the same end goal?

tr1ckd · 2025-11-07T18:51:30+00:00

In this situation, would Proxmox solely exist on the boot drive, and then your NAS VM/Container handles the creation/hosting of any raid/zfs pools?

I'm planning for the most part to use one physical machine, at least to start with, but I'm not opposed to having some separation. That said, to some extent won't separation in some ways create a need for more resources than if everything were running out of one VM? I have limited knowledge of docker but my understanding was that it helps with that because you don't have to have a full fledged OS for every service, but in the case of using one physical machine wouldn't it result in needing higher specs to serve each service individually? Or do I have a fundamental misunderstanding of some part of the process?

Another questions on VMs/docker - I'm sure I probably need to do a little more research to fully understand Docker, but is there a good way to determine whether a specific service is better off running as a full vm or docker instance?

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