Very well done! Sticky’d.
Awesome post!! 
What?
hm, seems i wrote it in to complex way and use some russian idiomas
to have straight hands, to have have groing from shoulders, not from butt - all that means being able having tech skills of doing things well with your hands. like soldering, repairing, wood-woriing
i mean, in other words, “if you want and if you can - you may play around with installing TIR optic”
i will read my text couple of times more, to add some new ideas and to pick proper words for them
i plan to add some thought about UI. problems is that UI is quite subjective. what is good for one, is bad for another…
Thank you for doing this. As a noob, most of it was over my head. Still good reading though.
I am curious, in the Convoy series, let’s say the S2, what combo would be your choice for the average, common guy that is not into lights? ….
if you are not really limited with size, i would vote for convoy s11 or m3
they are bigger than s2+, but fully stabilized and way brighter
u can check my accoumt for my reviews of these models, cannot leave direct links as i use smartphone right now
Probably the 4000K SST-20 WITH 4*7135
Nice intro. I can see a page based on this writeup being a summary for new enthusiasts and each section having links into a deep dive on that topic.
Awesome! Great read, not so many questions from me (hopefully) 
thank you very interesting read
Too late. Those pics of the flashaholic bookcases are from my house. If I only read this 10 years ago. The only thing missing is size matters. The noob won’t know what they’re looking at unless you put something alongside those lights they can compare it to, so they can better gauge how big the light is.
lots of people here can say the same, me as well )
i’d just say get a good cheap one and see what else you need or you want to change
blf a6 or astrolux s1 - same thing
convoy s2+
plus a battery and a $2 charger
after that you will have a good light and know a LOT more about what you like and need, than just from reading
wle
Thank you very much for doing this for the sake of the flashlight community. Very nice introduction and I was able to get some gaps in flashlight understanding filled in .
Excellent write up. Bookmarked.
Sorry for s dumb question : how does one bookmark a post? Thanks
That is one heck of a writeup.
Thanks for taking the time to assemble the information and make it presentable.
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Thanks for this. Its very informative