I totally agree Phil⌠:+1:
That is why I am waging the âSend âteacherâ to Chinaâ campaign.
A totally selfless endeavor (for the most part⌠⌠) on my behalf to be present as a liaison at TF in China when these are produced. To insure, my very own feet on the ground there; that all goes as smooth as a babyâs butt with the Q8 production.
I even have a Passport, engineering drawing skills, blueprint skills - both drawing & reading, some machining knowledge & experience, and I am very fluent in using pictures - drawings - facial expressions - sign language - grunts & other guttural sounds to communicate.
And the best of allâŚâŚâŚâŚ I know Kung Fu, as well as a few other Chinese words.
What more could we ask for Iâd be a naturalâŚâŚâŚ.
So come on manâŚâŚ get behind this âselflessâ campaign of mine and support it.
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Hahahahaha, Teacher, you probably know General Tsao and his chicken army too! We could end up with little packets of soy sauce and concentrated chili pepper oil in the square to-go box our lights come inâŚ
Captain Morgan and I have been telling tales all afternoon, so let me pontificate.
The average guy doesnât have a clue about flashlights⌠especially if they grew up thinking Dads trusty 2D Maglite was âreally brightâ. I love whipping out my EagleTac D25C to one of my unsuspecting âgear guyâ buddies and throwing down 700lm from a torch the size of a Chapstick. Bewilderment followed by disgust followed by envy followed by, âWhere can I get one?â
Iâve got some other lights that have some âwowâ factor, but I donât think Iâm really ready for sparking up 6000lm. My brain just isnât able to get there. Itâll be like learning that Iâm strong with the Force⌠that some Heavenly power to bring illumination to the depths of the Universe resides under my thumb⌠even Jesus took some time to find his groove.
And I have a feeling that when Iâm not gonna be able to own just one⌠and that when I reveal the pricepoint to my before-mentioned âgear guyâ friends, we will test the limits of the Chinese postal system.
Profound thanks to all who are making this happen, take as long as is needed to get it right⌠but remember that Iâm freaking dying out here right now without one.
Sam, you an the Capân just carry on with the pontification while these lights are being perfected, once you see it you wonât believe it anyway. I mean, when level 3 or 4 lights up the room with ceiling bounce youâre gonna be trippin. When level 5 and 6 blow forceful illumination youâll be drooling yourself, but when you finally reach Turbo youâll hear the Nirvana Choir kick in with the Angelic rythmâs that will certify you a complete and total flashaholic to the core.
Yes, I know, default is ramping, but youâll be tempted to ease into it and creep your way up to Turbo, when all along itâs a quick double tap away from off⌠once you experience it and learn the rythm of it, youâll delight in showing your buds the low mode then blasting them with an eye searing Turbo and hearing their quick intake of breath as they too delve into the depths of flashaholism.
Just remember, bear it and share it my friend, bear it and share it. Welcome aboard!
Slight tangent here but since the eagletac d25c was mentioned, I now need to buy it. Which one are yâall referring to? I see a couple, one titanium version and one clicky? Can anyone point me the right direction? Thanks, and thanks for making me a poorer man.
The regular black anodized one is fine for most, Ti fanatics like me really love the Ti version. It runs on a little 16340 cell, does an amazing job really for such a small light. I donât have one but have modified two of my friends, one of each variation. I think he lost his black one, or someone lost it for him no doubt. lol
Try BanggoodâŚ. or GearBest is having a lot of flash sales for the next few days, if you can find one there you might get it at a substantial savings.
I know how much you like ramping⌠but itâs mostly only available on e-switch lights. So Iâve been making a ramping UI for clicky lights. Itâs not quite done yet, but all the basics work already and on a FET+1 with tiny25 itâs almost as smooth as Narsilâs default UI. Itâll never be quite as nice without an e-switch, but I think it gets reasonably close considering the simpler hardware.
(also works on tiny13, but itâs not as smooth or as fancy due to space limitations)
WOW indeedâŚ. almost 1100 lights⌠I fear the production process of the group buy lights alone could take weeks or even months, since ThorFire is not such a big player in the market yet and the production capacities will probably not be so high⌠and if they rush QC could suffer⌠so maybe TF should think about producing several batches around 200 to 300 each batch with extensive QC⌠so if there is a design flaw or production error the next batch could be corrected and not all 1100 lights will be âlostâŚâ