Need recommendation for my first general purpose 18650 flashlight (Zanflare F1, Eagle Eye X6R, Convoy C8)

toddcshoe · May 29, 2018, 6:21am

Oh hell, that’s just damn funny right there.

Finnno · May 29, 2018, 6:22am

Go bigly

toddcshoe · May 29, 2018, 6:27am

Mic Drop……………………….

toddcshoe · May 29, 2018, 7:21am

I am giving this guy a SF36 with a 30Q cell and a single cell charger and cable just for putting up with us. I even took off the crappy OEM pocket clip and put a A6 one on there. Just PM me with an address and it will be on the way.

radioshaq · May 29, 2018, 7:35am

I keep saying- this is the coolest, most generous, tolerant forum of them all; another fine example to keep my faith. Hurry up rhymeguy!

Finnno · May 29, 2018, 7:35am

Finnno · May 29, 2018, 7:36am

The man

Agro · May 29, 2018, 7:45am

The topic has gone slightly offtopic recently.

This picture is wrong, the perspective greatly exaggerates the differences.
F1 is larger. Whether it’s much or a little larger - that’s personal taste.
But it’s not nearly that much larger.

Robowski · May 29, 2018, 8:04am

I always say that a bit of humor can help diffuse a situation…
If you’re standing before a firing squad, a little joke or two can help relieve the tension on both sides as they fill you full of lead.

Finnno · May 29, 2018, 9:45am

As I said it is a bit anfortunate angle, and we can also discuss how one defines “big”, i.e. what is big for you or me, but F1 definitely is larger relative to F1, if its say 50% extra volume-wise, which is roughky the case here

Finnno · May 29, 2018, 9:48am

Noone getting fired at, I hope

And also, the guy could have heard a few good pieces of advice

old4570 · May 29, 2018, 9:54am

Zanflare F1 > A very nice light .
Yeah , charging - a decent dedicated charger should be on the shopping list if you plan to run 18650 .

Everyone is going to have personal preferences , but if you see the Zanflare F1 on special , it’s worth owning …
I got some F3’s when they were on special , and If I see the F1 on special again for $19.99 I will get another .

pennzy · May 29, 2018, 12:35pm

:+1: Some of the most entertaining dialogue happens when threads go astray.

Finnno · May 29, 2018, 1:42pm

Agree. While on the car itself… to a non-American eye, the car probably looks much more acceptable, and not weird at all

d_t_a · May 29, 2018, 1:43pm

ZanFlare F1 vs Eagle Eye X2R:

actual weight without battery:

Ocelot · May 29, 2018, 2:20pm

Cheers rhymeguy,

Can't say enough wonderful things about the BLF A6 flashlight from Banggood.com, bundled with the excellent Samsung 30Q (pink) 3000mah 18650 battery for $29USD ($26USD without the battery). Simply the finest EDC flashlight I've used, and a reflection of the community sourcing achievement of the members here. Best of luck to you..

:-)

Ocelot · May 29, 2018, 2:25pm

Lightbringer:

Finnno:

Lightbringer:

Considering how things lately have been shrinking (vs raising prices), I don’t think this applies anymore.

Btw, getting less for a given amount of currency units…that’s normal, that’s how fiat money (money printing) works

Wellp, take paper-towels. A roll used to be so huge that it’d not even fit on a wall-dispenser until you used up a good part of it. Now, it’s like you’re buying rolls that were already half used-up. Big fat rolls that are still smaller what they used to be are called “bonus rolls”, as if you’re getting some kind of “bonus”. Yogurt, 8oz was always the norm. Then some sneaky genius invented “whips”, whipped with air like mousse that only held 6oz in an 8oz-size container. Then they just dispensed with that and went to 6oz containers, and now I’ve even seen 4oz containers coming into vogue. (“Diet” portions?) Coffee cans? Always held 16oz, so densely packed that if you opened it to remove the included scoop, you’d never get the lid back on 'til you again used up a portion of it. Then, they shrunk to the same size cans, but only loosely packed with 14oz. Then there was a gap at the top… 13oz? Then 12oz, and lower, and I’ve seen something like 10¾oz or so. Soon, they’ll be shipping empty cans. Yankee Doodle cupcakes? They were real cupcakes, about as tall as was their diameter. After a while, they got shorter, and shorter, and shorter, that they’re like tall pancakes instead. Stella Doro anisette toast (zweibachs), used to completely fill the crackly tray they were always packed in. Now, they’re so… small, that they rattle around in the tray with lots of room to spare, and even the wrapping sinks in because the height of the 2-stacked cookies doesn’t even reach to the top of the tray. And so on, and so on, and so on. You go to the market, come home, look at what you bought, and feel cheated. Anyway… I wish we’d go back to bigger…

a little bit OT, but hilarious Lightbringer, thanks for the smiles!

Finnno · May 29, 2018, 5:38pm

Amusing, have to admit :laughing:
Although, coffee out of a can made me think again. I’d pass can coffee, packed toast and such anyway, sorry

Finnno · May 29, 2018, 5:40pm

That’s it

Zulumoose · May 29, 2018, 6:05pm

Absolutely, still my favourite. Just this evening I was passing throuh a small town far from home and noticed a huge warehouse with a WE BUY AND SELL ANYTHING sign, it was about 4:30 and getting dark, they had no lighting inside but were open until 5. Out came the trusty A6 and I had to turn it down to output 5 of 7 to explore a building as large as an airplane hanger without blinding myself on the closer things. On turbo it lit up the whole place.

Magnificent light.

Zanflare on the other hand, I have ordered 4 on separate occasions, 3 were delivered and only one worked ( an F1).