Going BROKE collecting flashlights? HA HA

Hey guys, I was wondering if any of you guys sometimes getting overwhelmed with the amount of lights being released?

1. Sometimes funding is not readily available for purchase of lights.

2. Reading BST thread too late and missing out on good deals.

3.Trying to collect all the ” NEW ” must have lights.

4. Trying to back track and pick up lights no longer made or were limited edition.

5. Overspending budget because of light being an impulse buy.

6. Hiding or sneaking lights into to avoid trouble with relatives, girlfriends, etc…

7. Not using them as some sit still in packages due to time constraints with work, etc….

8. Using lights already ready to go as opposed to getting or waiting for charge up time of newer lights.

Feel free to chime in with your personal experiences. Thanks.

7. Not using them as some sit still in packages due to time constraints with work, etc….

7.5 Not using them simply because you have too many

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4. Trying to back track and pick up lights no longer made or were limited edition.

4.5 You buy at least two Pcs if light is limited edition and/or to avoid waiting time if DOA or as a spare.

9. Waiting for the new BLF headlamp so I can spend even more.

I almost paid 2k dollars for a flashlight. I did end up asking for a refund but did end up paying $600 for a TN42vn90. A wise man once said “dont buy lights you have to make payments on” lucky I paid cash.

6. Hiding or sneaking lights into to avoid trouble with relatives, girlfriends, etc…

No probs, all deliveries to work.

6. Hiding or sneaking lights into to avoid trouble with relatives, girlfriends, etc…

6.1 Accumulating a wishlist of lights, then ordering them all at once from the same dealer, so that you avoid arousing suspicion by only receiving one package.

See I tend to think of it like this — we all spend our fun-money on something. For most of us its flashlights (currently), but it could just as easily be knives, or guns, fishing, golf, cars, shoes, beer, whatever. Some of us have more fun-money than others, no matter what our hobby is. In fact there’s somebody out there with more fun-money than all of us, except for that one person at the top. So there’s no reason to get all worked up trying to snag them all — you can’t do it. Be smart with your fun money, ONLY spend your fun money, and learn to enjoy what you have.

By the way I notice you’re still pretty new here, 10ish months or so into this. I remember those days, when everything looked appealing because you’ve never had or seen anything like it. The truth is, once you’ve had and played with a lot of lights, maybe started building a few of your own, it suddenly takes a lot more to really grab your “gotta-have-it” attention. In time you find a comfortable spot in the hobby, and its often not right on the bleeding edge where you’ve gotta have every new thing that comes along. Find your spot and enjoy it.

That is some very cool advice emarkd has for us! I noticed he is spot on, initially I had to buy a load of lights, just to see new models every week. Then I started building my own lights and then it finally made sense.

I think I have all the points plus these:

+1: Need to sell some really rarely used lights to save money for new ones
+2: Need to mod some lights for people and sell to buy new ones

That was me that said that. The only way I CAN buy a light these days is if I make payments, so erase that quote from your memory.

Don’t know why I didn’t think of it before. I should be spending someone else’s money to buy lights.

But in all seriousness, I think when you have 8 lights laying around still in the package that haven’t been opened in months you might have a problem. The other 8 I’m selling so that’s ok

11. Need to build new shelves to hold the growing collection, which in turn takes money out of the budget. (not the flashlight budget though)

My biggest problem is I spend as much on upgrading flashlights as I do flashlights. If you added up all my tools and parts and pieces, I would think flashlights vs tools they’ed be close to even. I could have just purchased a nicer or more lumen light to begin with but sometimes modding is the only way to achieve what I want. I just spent around $125 on Lab power supply a DPS5015 with all the parts to put it together myself. In the mail yesterday came a triple 20mm Seoul Viosys Z5 UV board from KD with a H1-A boost driver and a few other parts. Should be here today, SMD rework Amtech NC-559-V2-TF solder flux (authentic not cheap). Nobody makes a S2 sized single 18650 triple UV light with that much mw output. I spend way to much. :person_facepalming:
Once I do these little mods to lights, I just don’t want to let them go (sale), so they end up setting somewhere only to receive a click now and then.
I feel your pain but this is a great hobby that keeps me out of trouble. You only live once. :wink:

Ah, therein lies the rub… once you put all the effort into the mods you truly don’t want to part with them, even though they don’t get used often. I have sold a few and then missed them, wondered what I was thinking… have even bought one back on occasion! lol

Always. I end up kicking myself if I get a good one (emphasis on “one”), and then either the price skyrockets, or it’s discontinued, etc.

…that weighs 40lbs.

true. I forgot to account for all the tools and materials I purchased because of this hobby. That is a huge chunk.

Great input guys. At least I now know that I am not alone in my observations. So many great lights out there. Very hard to chose.

forgetting the UI of a light cuz u own so many.

Lol, i recently made a new shelf in the power cabinet space for my flashlights.
The following day more then half of the newly created space was gone and it was stuffed with purses :person_facepalming: