What did you use your flashlight for today?

Call this post ^ “why I don’t have a dog.”

But thanks, VERY funny! :smiley:

Nothing really. Which feels weird in hindsight. Sigh.

I built myself an 80cri xm-l2 trustfire a8 clone (think its an aleto, its an ebay special) it uses a qlite driver.

This is my toolbox light at work and its perfect, small enough to drop in an overall top pocket, with a 26650 it gives enough run time by a long stretch, I used it today to check pipe and belt runs under sone refrigerated vehicles.

Tonight I took my stepson to rugby training, I took my 18sixfifty modded trj19 with me to “test out” I used it to give sone hapless innocent walker carrying sone aa torch a sun tan……

Finally got to use the strobe mode in real life.

After visiting a friend I Had to catch the last bus late night last night. This particular bus stop is in a bottom of a long hill and hardly anyone is ever there. Bus drivers tend to just speed down the hill and not pay attention and just keep going. During the day I can catch their attention but at night its almost impossible.

So I used strobe mode on my EDC, pointed to the ground. Bus driver saw me and I was able to catch the last bus. He commented on how he was able to notice me from about a mile away. :cowboy_hat_face:

My DQG 26650 was pointed down the hole of a boiler room pit to see if the pump was working.

And it was!

I’ve been trying to find a missing squirrel but it seems my lights aren’t bright enough. :_(

Between Christmas and New Year in Australia we have a 5-day, 404 km (250 mile) canoe marathon race on the Murray River. (Sadly after 45 years 2013 was the last one in this time slot).

Each team needs a "land crew" at designated checkpoints to bring in food/drink/sunscreen/extra clothing/etc. As a competitor, it can be difficult to find your land crew among the many people lining the river at the checkpoints.

I acted as land crew for a couple of friends in a double canoe and used my Armytek Predator in strobe mode to "signal" them from the bank. According to my team, they could quickly spot me from several hundred meters (yards) away, making it easy to paddle in to exactly the right point.

I usually have little use for strobes but apparently the Predator's long-throw beam profile was particularly well-suited in this case.

Often though, like others here have said, my lights are used indoors at night just navigating about the house or making pretty patterns on the wall while watching TV.

I let a two year old play with my new super cheap 18650 XM-L.

Checked out my new 6*10.5m shed for leaks last night during a storm, with my MTG2 modded C8.

No leaks :slight_smile:

Very humid here because of cylcone, so mould start to creep everywhere. Used SKR to lightup inside and clean the wooden cupboard where the white stuff have started an invasion. I don’t know what you use to stop this mould from developing, but I have the idea that they don’t really like pure alcohol. looks like it kinda work better than just cleaning with a dry cloth.

they apparently don’t like tri sodium phosphate, this stuff claims to keep it from forming

Today i have used my lights for so many things that you should be asking what don’t i use it for, it would be a far shorter list

I have used chlorine bleach, but am thinking alcohol would leave less residue. Since it is white you don’t need to bleach the color out.

Used a Roche F6 to move a dirt bike from an uninsuleted barn to an insulated barn, temp supposed to be 11 F tonight. It’s water cooled and didn’t put any antifreeze in it during last change.

I used 15 xenon bulb in fake solarforce l2 extended to find my zebra sc52 which has fallen behind shelf :slight_smile:

I had volunteered to deliver some food to a few families about 30 min. drive from the city. I was given this old big heavy V10 van to drive since I don’t have a vehicle suitable for delivery. Fuel tank was empty so I stopped to get some gas. After spending a XinTD C8 V4 worth of money on gas (what can I say, I think in terms of flashlights when it comes to money :nerd_face: ) The beast wouldn’t start.

In the next hour or so having a flashlight was very helpful. I finally was able to diagnose a loose battery connection. I was very late making the deliveries.

Lessons learned:

-Seniors go to bed early and don’t really appreciate being woken up at midnight even if its for free grocery and prepared meals. :frowning:

-a few hundred lumens might seem like a lot when indoors, but outside of town with no street lights one needs a lot more power. A throwy light helps to see all those street signs and numbers in the distance.

-V10 powered vans use a lot more gas than you think. I might need a part time job just so I can keep up with this volunteer work. :bigsmile:

I used an SK68 with a neutral white XM-L2 to check a sore. Gook color rendering helps for this.

Eeeew, gross…

Thats funny, i think in 100km of gas (40mpg)

Yeah, this van I think get 10-12mpg. One can watch the gas gauge in real time. :bigsmile: At nearly $4 per gallon it really ads up.

I used my new BTU Shocker to light up a well lit room.