… You hear people talking about their new LED light, and curious you ask to check it out and find it to be mere 10*5mm white LEDs. You try as hard as you can to stifle your laughs as your EDC can wipe the floor with his.
… Every time you hear people misuse the words such as lumens, lux and Cree you rage a little on the inside.
… You want to educate everybody about your lights.
… Everybody who knows you turns to you for a torch when the lights go out or it’s dark outside.
… You’re constantly fumbling and fidgeting with a torch in your hands (even right now).
EDIT: I just did the impossible. First time for me anyway. I resisted buying a new EDC. I guess I’m sticking to my trusty (hah) TF R5-A3.
you might be a flashaholic if you find you spend longer on edc decisions when heading out than your mrs does on clothes options and your choices exceed your footwear options……
instead of buying prescriptions buy a new ligh drop in race to mail box and try to intercept mail man to get lights parts batteries etc… or hide creditcard receipts
You might be a flashaholic if you end us buying more than one of any single light because you like it so much and because you don’t want to be without one if the one you already have breaks even though one of the main reasons you bought and like this light so much in the first place is because it is so reliable.
You might be a flashaholic if you take a flashlight with you when you take a nap just in case it happens to be dark when you wake up.
you might be a flashaholic if upon getting hold of any electrical gadget, you first investigate its power source, then get nervous if you find its li-ion in the hands of the uninformed.
Your also likely a flashaholic if you check out the shelves of any store you walk into for both cells and potential mod hosts.
…you stop at an intersection and try to count the leds in the traffic signal and wonder how hard they’re driving them…then a hybrid car pulls up next to you -and you wonder
does it use 18650s2. how many could you get out of it__3. would that be enough?
So we are getting the house and yard put together today for our big 4th July get together tonight.
The wifey informs me that we will have some extra help as her sister is sending her 18 y.o. and 15 y.o. daughters to help with the cleaning and preparations.
She goes on to explain, “it seems your 15 y.o. niece took it upon herself to sneak out the house last night……and didn’t come home until 2:00am in the morning”
“She was able to get back into the house by shining a flashlight and sneaking back into the 18 y.o. niece’s room……So let’s just say she is in deep trouble”.
Being the concerned uncle that I am,…quickly replied…
“Hey, I just have one question”……
………………………………………………
“What kind of flashlight was she using?”
Yeah,…you saw it coming. Needless to say, wifey wasnt too happy with my response….
But hey, there could be a teaching opportunity and intervention into upgrading to a proper lighting source,…right?