Your wife might be able to clear out a curtain aisle, but the day she has friends over and busts out of the closet going off about her new swiff-a-sweeper 5000 plus black edition with carbon fibre handle, synthetic horse hair bristles, rear view mirrors, active personal cooling fan and a patented trigger fire personal misting system for keeping you cool even in the most gruelling sweeping situations._. Well that’s the day her friends contact the local asylum instead of book marking the link to her latest and greatest homer depot find!!
I can count on one hand how many women I know personally that care about flashlights. Yep. None. Putting Flashlight and Enthusiast together in an attempt at a pick up line would get your man card revoked in my neighborhood. You save that stuff for the stuff you tell them about after the first year of marriage. They might run too fast to catch before that.
Well, can you imagine going up to a woman a the local Home Depot, and telling her “I’m a Flashlight Enthusiast!” Oh… Wait… Sorry Spartan, had to throw a good ribbing in there How she did not think you were a high-functioning autistic person, I will never know…
But no, not even after the first year. This is for when they don’t know why yo sneak down to the basement at night, then they catch you in your makeshift lab, putting a light into you home-made integrating sphere, when you told her you were changing the p-trap to the kitchen sink when you bought those PVC fittings.
I swear on my life THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK! Well, what is it then!? Its a hommade integrating sphere imade to measure lux so I can post detailed flashlight reviews that impress and inform all my friends on my secret flashlight enthusiast forum._. Wife gives blank stare and says “I’m not sure what’s worse”
Second funniest thing I have heard so far in 2019.
First place is held by my daughter (13) she caught my son (11) saying a cuss word, at which point I over hear my daughter say, “Alex, you better stop cussing, you know dad won’t put up with that s#!t”.
You have no problem spouting your opinion about my opinion and…neither will I.
Save the nonsense. Changing a flat tire on the side of a dark road with a phone light is suicide. Period. End of story.
Having someone spouting that and telling others that they don’t need a flashllight doesn’t make them adults.
As for muggles, that term has been used a million times in here with nothing more derogatory intent then to define those who do not know much about flashlights.
Yes if it’s stupidity, it’s their stupidity. That you’ve appointed yourself the judge, jury, and executioner of these people is hilarious at best. Did he specifically state that he’d use his cellphone light in a dark alley or to change his tire, or did you impose the question?
The FACT is people that are otherwise smart do stupid things. Everyone does at some point and time. Almost everone carries their phone. Not everone carries their light all the time. Even you as a flashlight enthusiast don’t carry a light all the time - otherwise you could have shown the lady what a real flashlight is. So if you don’t even carry a flashlight all the time, how do you expect a kid with a cellphone to?
I see a lot of long winded posts in here. Let me sum up how I took this: You took what she was saying the wrong way. She was probably a bit shocked with your product knowledge. People don’t usually come up out of nowhere and say, “hey, hey you, not that one, THIS ONE!” Lol. You did the right thing just don’t expect a normal answer to a not so normal conversation.
Whoa there big fellas…………….Simmer down my friends.
I think it is fair to say everyone has strong opinions on this subject. Spartan, I see you as very enthusiastic new flashlight guy. I was too not that long ago. This bunch on here are good for allowing you to form and express your opinion but, you kinda have to take the criticism that comes with it. You mention changing a tire on a dark road without a flashlight suicide. Not true really. People have been doing it long before flashlights and, car headlights were useless at best. I also seem to remember a certain someone rushing out the door with their newly acquired Q8 to confront a conceived threat to an empty home. Probably more suicidal than using a cellphone light for changing a tire.
Nobody here means you any harm. They would really like to see you happy in this lighting interest we all share. There are options and opinions to keep all of us happy. When you make a poor decision or get butt hurt for the wrong reason what would you rather have. Everyone here sugar coat it or tell ya the truth. We wouldn’t do you any justice by blowing smoke up your bum.
Louie means well. Everyone does. Relax, learn, teach, breathe, repeat. 73 my friend.
I carry an Olight on my keychain and the Q8 plus VG10s in the car. None of them would suit someone who is judging a light by the amount of led’s.
As for the phone light, after I brought up the suicide level of danger in using a phone light as an emergency light to change a tire, he disappeared. And so did his post.
As for judge, jury and executioner, that is EXACTLY what you are doing with your opinion of my opinion. Your high horse has the same legs as my high horse.
Most people just don’t care about flashlights. Fact. It’s a hobby that usually just isn’t worth broadcasting. Even a cheap Amazon light is perfectly adequate for most peoples’ needs in the grand scheme of things.
I have one friend who is into tech and he loves it when I take a new light over to his house and he proceeds to blind everything around him, but that’s it. Nobody else cares and I don’t bother them with it unless they ask. Even then it’s usually just “is that another new torch?” to which I just reply “yep, new toy”.
Did you show your keychain light to your lady friend? Is it brighter than a cellphone light? Hardly an EDC - not exactly what I’d carry in a dark alley way.
As to opinions, that’s where our differences lie. I merely stated how I felt you treated two fellow human beings. You believe they’re stupid as a matter of fact. That’s the issue I have. You seemingly believe that anyone that doesn’t agree with you or take your advice is stupid. Probably think I’m stupid too. I’m just sticking up for all the muggles - myself included.
