A long overdue hello to everyone.

Hi everybody.

I recently read on some thread that blf has only been up for two and a half years and that made me feel kind of guilty for being a lurker for almost that long.

Let me say at this point i find BLF is the friendliest place around

and a big thank you to all you guys for all the information and entertainment.

I’ve been into flashlights for 3-4 years.

My first contact was through DX, i got 2 xr-e 16340 lights and a 18650 P7.

I wasn’t very impressed with the beam profile and light increase of the quad emitter so i stuck with small lights.

I soon became addicted to DX’s flashlight porn and found myself spending more and more time viewing flashlights and specs.

At this time $50-$60 flashlights seemed unreasonably expensive and not an option to buy but soon my curiosity/addiction overcame that decision and i got a quark 123 tactical neutral white XP-E 5A.

I was mesmerized by the clean beautiful beam profile, soft neutral color and the playful quality of the forward clicky.

Very quickly my addiction became almost an obsession reading about flashlights for hours every day.

I now have about 30 lights and more than half are budget lights.

I haven’t bought a lot of lights the past couple of years, instead i moded some of my lights with neutral / hi-cri emitters and nanj drivers.

Well recently i felt some sort of flashlight shortage, (i’m sure you guys know what i’m talking about) and pulled the trigger on a few.

My latest arrival has been the” Small Sun ZY-T13 from manafont”:http://www.manafont.com/product_info.php/small-sun-zyt13-t6-5mode-1200lumen-led-flashlight-black-218650-p-10728

and i love this light (even though driven at only 1.8 A) i find it very good value for only $24.24

although i have nothing to compare it to, this is my first big head 2×18650 light.

I am also waiting to receive (hopefully any day now) a:

Jacob A60

UniqueFire UF-2220

(and 9 sipiks but those are for gifts)

and Small Sun ZY-T13 in a couple of weeks

also a few 2400 and 3000 trustfire flames from MF.

Welcome to BLF!

Welcome!!! I am addicted as well, and it’s only been a couple months for me. I need help. Or a brighter effing light.

Thanks scaru. Oh and congrats on your first sst-90 light.

Thanks JaffoAZ. The honeymoon period is the best, enjoy.

Welcome to the BLF, Johm !

Thanks, you certainly weren’t lying when you said you read a lot. :stuck_out_tongue:

How - D!

Welcome to the forum Johm. I think I’m addicted to squinting as I like modding lights.

Welcome to the club Johm :wink:

Thank you guys for the welcome, it feels good to finaly be ‘one of us’.

The postman must be on a slow recovery from his holidays, I was really expecting (hoping) to receive something today but no.

Welcome to the family, Johm!! You’ll fit right in and feel at home. :slight_smile:

Glad you decided to participate, welcome. @Fishinfool, I like that one.

I always suspected you were lurking around somewhere here, Johm... you lurky McLurker...

Start posting...you have some catching up to do!

Welcome to BLF!

I sure hope you have as much fun here as I do. I can also spend hours a day reading about this stuff ;-)

Welcome to BLF! Now start posting and sharing the vast amount of knowledge gathered during your lurking period. :)

From a fellow former long term lurker, welcome to the forum, Johm.

Thanks for joining, Johm!

Thank you guys.

@raccoon city
I did an image search myself prior to registering but found nothing this interesting…
Well done.