Torch Holder

Let me ask the reader this.  Right now, do you know right away where your handy, little flash light is when you need it?  Or, what my UK and British Commonwealth readers call, "torch". To digress, the flashlight is what most folks in the U.S. call it and in other countries where American influence is strongest. I must admit, torch is probably closer to describing what the flashlight does if we go by utility.  I'll avoid any argument by quoting below: 

"As the word for a photographer's light-emitting preparation, 1892 ( flash-lamp in this sense is by 1890). From 1905 as as a handheld, pocket-sized electric illumination device, the American English word for what the British might call an electric torch".

Back to why we're here talking about the "torch" holder.  Decades before 1890 this whole conversation would have been about candle holders.  We're in the 21st century.  Electrification is wide spread.  Our households (in developed and developing countries) rely on instantaneous night lighting at the flick of a switch.  However, inevitably and as to be expected, power failure does occur from time to time, rarely or often, depending on where you are.  There are places in some parts of the world where black outs or the more common rolling brown outs are a way of life.

Anyhow, when it does happen, are you going to be fumbling your way around when the lights go out and you can't remember where you last put your handy little flashlight or your reliable torch?  Was it in a drawer by the kitchen?  Or, do you have it by your bedside?  As often, power failure occurs while you are having dinner, watching TV or during moments you least expect it, of course, and suddenly the whole house is pitch black and you can't remember where you last saw or used the now not-so-handy portable light source.  And then you find it but the battery is all drained of its energy to be useful.

TIP: Keep one at the same place that you will easily remember. And return it there after each use.  Soon your brain will get so used to where it is, you can get to it blind folded. An exaggeration,  but it must come to that to avoid what we all dread - manage your way around when you're in the dark.

Ideas vary.  I've seen folks put their standby torch in a glass jar or coffee mug on the kitchen counter table or desk or any place they'll always remember.

I made a little stand a while back that my wife now has on her desk in the library

What I find personally helpful is a quick access to a flashlight or even a penlight and then perhaps at a later moment get to my more robust light source like the one shown below (next photo) 

Now, since my wife took my little handy flashlight, I bought a new one that is a little bit bigger for which a woodworking project inevitably became another reason to, what else...

Make use of some scrap wood and although some of you may see this as overkill, I hope more of you will find inspiration to create their own own version.

As discussed earlier, a coffee mug will work just as well but hey, this was more fun to do.

A flashlight holder in the following photos below allow for an immediate practical use. The  up-light's indirect glow create a wide swath of light for one to move about, hands free.

The key naturally is that next to finding your flash light is for it to be working.  Keeping it in view at all times gives you constant opportunity to check it from time to time, which is unlikely for anyone to do if it is hidden in drawers or just simply out of sight.  Remember, "Out of sight, out of mind".

I hope this was a good tip.