(I’ve said this before)
When the PWM from natural sunlight is noticable and annoying.
11. you got light for review because the sellers contact and ask you
Great post, thank for sharing. I like it
damn, I bought more than 10 within the last 3 months and on the list for 2 Q8s.
Here is one: Secretly hoping the power goes out so I can show my wife all the powers of those flashlights I’ve been purchasing.
Or not so secretly.
A few years back, we had water pouring into the basement where I work, and there was danger of that shorting out the mains, so FD cut the power to the whole building. Of course, it was still morning, and the company wasn’t about to send everyone home if the power might be back on in an hour or two, so we were kinda stranded at work ’til either quitting time or ’til the power’d be flicked back on.
Wellp, the Pb-acid powered emergency lights did an admirable job lighting up the hallways… for a coupla hours. Then, it was black. No windows, no glimmer of light from the outside, nothing.
Back then, I was the only one who had any flashlight at all, my 2×AA modded Taskforce light. Everyone had his paw out wanting to borrow my light to go to the can down the hallway, and nfw was I going to let anyone take my light in there and sully it. I was amazed, that in a company full of techies, not a single one had ANY light.
Seriously, I want another blackout, just to be able to light up the whole hallway with 1000lm of goodness.
(Even our IT dept, NO ONE has a flashlight. They borrowed mine to look into a drop-ceiling a week or so ago. I pointed ’em at a few lights I have but no longer use, either to buy for the dep’t or personally, practically half what I paid for ’em, or was willing to point ’em to a supplier if they wanted new. Not a word. Just crickets in the background.)
I want blackness. Darkness. Citywide, middle of winter, sundown at 16:30 dark by 17:00, black. That’ll learn ’em…
You don’t want just one flashlight in a scenario like that. You should have every flashlight you’ve ever considered selling and a few that you don’t think you’d ever consider, in case someone wants to make you an offer you can’t refuse. Then, don’t let anyone borrow any flashlights. It’s buy or stay in the dark! :smiling_imp:
when you EDC 1 light and think”what if this light has trobule” than you carry 1 more, and then you keep thinking” what if this light has trouble too”. then you carry another new one, and so on…
Until you carry your whole collection of your lights
• You sleep with a small torch (1xAA or smaller) clipped to your shirt or bottoms (or if you’re that kind, a bigger one like 1x18650) in case you have to get up at “rooster coffee” AM.
Definitely don’t want your EDC torch flagged:
I think on my floor there’s one guy who carries a mini maglite, but with a LARGE number of windows, and the generators, it would take a lot more than a blackout to show off my lights. Even though I use it and loan it periodically for finding things under desks and cubicles.
It’s always the same: expect 98% of the “peasants” where you work or study to not have a dedicated light on them. At best they’ll have phone flashes to eat up their batteries. I know for a fact only one person where I work has a light, and it’s one of those cheapo zoomies with a terrible blue tint.
The only other concession in the place is one of those emergency LED wall lamps (that usually stay, you know, plugged on the wall and turn on when they’re not being fed power through the outlet) used as a lantern – and even that much is only because the big boss of the place (agreeable but ignorant lady) paid out of pocket after a blackout come dusk time led us to close early because of security concerns (books are valuable!), and the total murk inside led to MUCH criticism. The front entrance/exit that evening was only lit up because I lent my own lights to the co-workers there, which was something that I’m not forced at all to do and I made it very clear that day; don’t want some small time sycophant boss wannabe thinking that courtesy was an obligation. :cowboy_hat_face:
(And even that one was following another, shorter blackout in full daylight a week or two before that plunged the inside of the place into the murk, despite the translucid skylight in the middle of the building and the windows all around the walls.)
On a nicer note, I don’t hear any teasing over carrying 3+ torches on me, and I convinced a workmate to buy a Lumintop Tool CRI on a US$10 sale 
Next item I’m gonna promote is the Zanflare F2, because AA’s 
Back on topic - You might be a flashaholic if:
- Even though biking home from work after dark is 15°F cooler, the really exciting thing is getting to use your lights.
- Your 3-year-old nephew is already picky about clicky vs. twisty and knows how not to get burned using an S41.
I normally have a few in my bag, but yeah, I don’t want anyone taking any of mine into the can with them, so it’s buy or go all Helen Keller down the hallway.
Nope, no way.
You also compile a mental list of who hits the can and doesn’t even come near the sinks on the way out.
When you play the XBox 360 game Alan Wake (highly recommended for a flashaholic) and afterward, build a light to specifically replicate the beam pattern and performance of the titular character’s flashlight.
I did.
And for those who haven’t played the game, your flashlight is your most valuable weapon. Throughout the ENTIRE game. Other than some gratuitous product placement, that game was extremely atmospheric and very fun.
I think it should only have several uses.
Now imagine you have a DX80 in game.
Omg
Since all applies, i can’t deny it anymore…
Excellent ! I like it
You’re a Flashaholic when you know when the national holidays of China are.
(And it ain’t fun for us… 
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I am in Vietnam and always have to buy low quality goods from China. Right now, I still do not know where to buy genuine