What did you use your flashlight for today?

I used my EagleTac D25C mini to locate stock in a walk in cooler with very dim lighting. I use it daily (at least days that I am working). The D25C or the D25C2 are my EDC lights.

I was hiking on a “usually”desolate trail the other night like I always do with my Siberian.

Some lunatic was drunk and my Siberian Wolf Dog did not like him too much! He then came after me and instead of turning into Bruce Lee[well 40% of Bruce!], I clubbed him over the head with my TK-75, then waited for the Police to arrive! :open_mouth:

ok,that was fiction! :wink:

I have so many lights, 15 of them for just 11 months of this hobby/obsession/addiction!. A lot of times I use them to navigate my house instead of turning on the lights. that way the 5 or 5 that i rarely use anymore get some use! :wink:

Today I crawled around inside a 8600 KW 2 stroke MAN diesel engine and measured piston ring gaps, piston ring vertical clearance and looking if anything was out of order.

I used my Palight M6-2 modded with a warm white Cree XR-E led running a IMR battery on the original driver. Gets toasty after some minutes but gives wonderful working light and clips right on the hearing protection with the original clip.

Dirty work but someone's got to do it. And I kind of like it.

i use them the same, helps extend the life of CFLs by not using up the starter (i have CFLs that have lasted more then twice their rated lifetime)

Also as a nightlight in low mode, should last several days non stop at 5 lumens, but i recharge the slightly discharged battery every day

Today I finished up my TR-J19 mod and took it out with me on tonight's walk with the dog. Gobs and gobs of throw! Replaced the driver with one from the DRY and replaced the emitters with dedomed XM-L2 U2-1C Crees on Noctigons along with some resistance mods. Whoowheee! I'm also watching the Walking Dead marathon in the dark right now and shining my Convoy L4 about the room.

I also use my flashlights a lot to navigate the house in the evening instead of switching on the main lights. Makes life much more fun! :)

Yesterday I again used my Sipik SK73 to find something I dropped on the floor, by the long shadow.
My most recent major use was to help clean up a flood in a neighbor’s condominium unit, before it reached ours. The power had been turned off in case the water got to the circuits, and there is no window in the bathroom.

I used my Zebralight H600F headlight to cook hamburgers on the grill tonight. Works like a charm..

Five of us went on a Night Geocaching run for a couple hours in the back country trails and used a handful of my lights ! :slight_smile:

Looked for my keys in my backpack at 4am in the morning after I closed up the bar.

i wish xm-l existed back when i used to night cache

Zebralight SC52 to conduct various nighttime ventures.

I own over a dozen Geocaches in my area, and a fiew of them are Night/UV-Caches. :slight_smile: we love going out in the local trails around here Geocaching and taking lots of lights !

I have not cached quite in your neighbourhood, but if i make it to your neck of the woods i am certainly up for it :beer:

We usually do a couple runs a month. ( and at least one night-run with the lights !

I like that idea! :wink:

I used my Convoy S5 to identify a large house spider (!!!), and also provide nice ceiling-bounced light for Skype chat.

Today I used my Explorer E82 modded with xml T6 to inspect the inside of the crankcase of a cooling compressor for our meat freezer room and our vegetable cooler room. Looks like I'll be overhauling a compressor in the near future as the crankshaft can move about 1mm lengthwise.

Even though my deck has decent lighting, you still can't see clearly what your cooking. Nothing worse than an over cooked hamburger, steak, etc. Am I right, or am I right? lol!

To show off. Really. 8)

I used four lights this evening.

First of all, I used my wonderful $17 Ultrafire XM-L headlamp to help see my way while starting a small bonfire of debris, and finish tidying up my outdoor work areas after the day’s jobs.

Then I grabbed my warm white Convoy M1 to go looking in an unlit shed for some tools I hadn’t found earlier; the high CRI makes it ideal for figuring out a glance what is what.

Once that was done, I pocketed the M1 and grabbed the XinTD C8 to go hunting for some livestock which had strayed onto my land earlier in the day. The headlamp pointing down on low power to illuminate my path, and the C8 as a searchlight. The headlight is usually enough to see all round the field I am in but the C8 is wonderful for searching the next field, which may save a bit of walking if the contours allow me to do enough of a sweep over the hedges.

Then when I got back home, I took out the very floody SkyRay King to do a final scan of my outdoor work areas.

Then I went inside, and dumped the XM-L headlamp, because it’s a bit big and heavy. I put on my little $7 XP-G headlamp, because it’s more than powerful enough for looking in cupboards while I tidy up, and I fit it more relaxing to wear than the big headlamp.

That’s pretty much the usual mix for a dry autumn evening. No shelf queens in my collection!