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.
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I hadn’t read that copypasta before and I can imagine the world wide eruption that would’ve taken place! Makes me wonder if it was written originally by an ultimate troll who knew how to make the world burn!
I side 100% with the woman in this story. 30 seconds of advice is helpful. Spending 15 minutes with a stranger buying a flashlight is creepy. You were just trying to help, but she probably saw it as weird. I don’t blame her for being suspicious.
Frankly, you are probably lucky she only saw it as you being a shill. I would have pepper-sprayed you after 5 minutes.
Standing in Wally’s World looking at lites; this lady walks up to me and asks, what’s a good lite for hurricane season?
I replied, with me it would be blind lead the blind and we’d both end up in the dark; nevertheless I would guess that this (picking it up) 2c mag lite would be OK. Just then the guy working there walked up and said, Yes that’s a good one, I’ve had one for 5 years.
I usually only offer that advice to the guys who work with me. I hand over a thrower and a floody tube light both around 1K lumens. They use them for a day or two, tell me what they like about the light(s) and I tell them what kind of options there are.
I’ve put together a group buy when there was a good deal as well but those guys had already seen the lights compared to the stuff our department issues.
I started hiking again after about 2 decades. Brought my BLF GT70 on my backpack. Talk about conversation starter! Next week I brought my X80. An ice-breaker in more ways than one…
“Oh, I’d say a BLF Q8 with bypassed springs and some ’351Ds in there, with unprotected 30Q button-tops, and, uhh, oh!, and don’t forget a decent charger like an Opus or Miboxer…”
I have posted on forums for a couple of decades and do have a pretty thick skin but what I thought would be “it’s a good idea, not a good idea” or the limits of what you can recommend to a non-enthusiast turned personal. That’s when I respond in kind. And will also easily drop it.
As for tire changes……way back, about 40 years ago, I was changing tires on a lit, repeat, lit suburban road and felt the car pass so close that it made my skin crawl. It’s one of those events that I can tell you the car, the wheels, the place, the time of night and the weather and the amount of fear. Was it by accident or intent? I will never know. From there on in, two flashlights and a yellow vest are always in my cars. In fact, my very first post here was about emergency flashlights. Why?? To upgrade. Now there is a Q8 and a VG10s in the car.
Fast forward to me taking exception to a phone light. It’s not suicide, it’s suicidal. The risk is not worth a lousy dirt cheap 20 dollar flashlight.
BTW……if many European countries, you have to have flares and a yellow jacket in the car for the same reason I am concerned and associated danger.
spartan… m8… you can lead a horse to water but you cant make it drink.
as the IQ approach’s the retarded end of the scale you have to realise that it is in fact you and your fault alone, the whole world knows it… you get the drift. (time for a polite exit and polite mam’s n madoms lol).
