Flashaholics Anonymous: The Flashlight Purchase Refusal Kudos Thread

Does this count? I just deleted a flashlight from my KD shopping cart… (It was a cheap AA-sized host)

(of course, the only reason I removed it was because it’s become not-available since I added it so I can’t purchase it anyway…) :blush:

If I go a month without buying a flashlight… What do i Win??

I hope it’s a Flashlight.

I sold ONE, does that cancel out One purchase?
If I buy them as Hosts do they count? It’s not a working light….

I need the the rule book on this so I can find loop holes.

From the OP:

Looks like all you win after a month of not making any flashlight related purchases is… another month of not making any flashlight related purchases! :partying_face:

Here’s the “loophole” I’d suggest making for yourself: after every consecutive month of not buying anything flashlight related, give your self $$$ credit to spend when you inevitably do make a flashlight related purchase again. So, it’s like the lottery. Each time around that nobody gets the jackpot, the prize amount goes up! :money_mouth_face:

Excellent solutions David.
So if I skip 2 months and have more to spend on the third month I am getting cured, right?
Now to figure out what months have the best sales and to get the MOST out of my Quarterly Spending Bonanza.

I can refrain from buying lights longer than anybody!
Current offerings make it so easy to do, given my preferences and requirements.
If you can’t resist buying a light, try me, and I’ll tell you why I think you shouldn’t buy it.

I failed again this month. Just received today what I order four days ago…a Lumintop T5 tactical thrower. I just could taste it. Before I knew it, I was pouncing on that PP button!

That’s the spirit! :partying_face:

…and now an Ultrafire UF-L5!

I haven’t made a single purchase in March yet

I tried to buy a Convoy L6 in clear finish but they are out of stock. So I guess I’ll wait and see what comes next that is bigger and badder. :>)

Well it seems I didn’t have to wait long. I have wanted a big boomer flashlight for a couple of years. I had been looking at a couple of the Trustfire J series and couldn’t quite pull the trigger. Then I saw the Convoy L6 Clear and fell in love. But they were out of stock. But after a few months of not even thinking about flashlights (well that’s not true since I pick up a flashlight and take it with me every time I get up and walk away from my desk) but I didn’t think of buying any flashlights for a few months. Then for some reason it just hit me and I started to order parts from Kaidomain, Fasttech, etc. Spent more on parts than if I bought a couple of boomers. And while looking around for parts I found out the L6 Clear is available from Simon and so I bought one. I could go on and on for hours about how beautiful this flashlight is but I don’t want to knock anyone else off the wagon. Just to say it is beautiful, well balanced and bright.

I also bought a couple of very cheap Ultrafire XML-T6 zoom flashlights that can work from either an 18650 or 3 AAA batteries. Not really a great flashlight but works on AAA’s which are plentiful so I can loan them to people looking for a flashlight and not have to give up/out any of my good P60’s to people who don’t understand flashlights.

But now that I have plenty of P60’s and I have the most beautiful boomer ever made in the Convoy L6 I have no other choice but to start buying drop in parts and building my own drop-ins. I own XM-L2, XP-L & XP-L HI drop-ins and I have to say the XM-L2 is my favorite. Just the right balance of throw and bright so I will try to build a couple of 3A XM-L2 drop-ins. Maybe one of those triple XP-G3 triples for the P60 that looks very interesting.

I want to wish all the flashaholics a happy holiday season, and a very prosperous and flashlight filled new year. Every day I see more and more LED based lights being used by society so our LED flashlights seem more common than ever before.

They won’t let me stop. They keep sending me new lights.





(half of which don’t even work!)

Ouch, this thread hurts… I feel guilty now with all the bestsellers I bought this year :

- Nitecore TIP (though I resisted longer than I thought)

- Lumintop Tool AA (well, I regretted this one… nothing fancy)

- Emisars… all three models

- X2R’s… for resale, I still don’t own one because they sell so fast to coworkers :smiley:

  • same for Nitecore Tube’s

I didn’t buy :

- BLF Q8 (I’m not so much fond of soda can lights…)

- BLF GT (I love throwers, but 8*18650 is really too much)

- Astrolux MF01/MF02 (really, too much weight because of multiple 18650…

  • Utorch UT01 and UT02 (I LOVE the form factor and performances of both, but that UI isn’t for me… long press for OFF is a no-no for me)

I’d like to support a BLF special edition, but I’m more in EDC form factor than mega perfomers…
I WILL buy a FW3A, and I would LOVE to see a single AA/14500 slim BLF flashlight in 2018.
We really lack a good AA driver with simple UI and good spacing.
An inspiration could be th L3 L10C, but with memory (only thing missing to me on this one)

I hope the Schoki’s driver will be upscaled to UT02 size eventually, so we’ll have a $50-60 UT02 with twice the turbo output and BLF UI. :slight_smile:

I received an email from Battery Junction on Dec 21st wishing me a happy National Flashlight Day. !!! I didn’t know the U.S. had a national flashlight day. I apologize for not wishing everyone a Happy National Flashlight day on the 21st and getting all you flashaholics a present (of a flashlight, of course). My bad. I will try to do better next year.

Wait. That’s for real? My birthday is National Flashlight Day?

That sounds about right.

I spent $400 in lights this past month. I’ve done TERRIBLE at staving off alluring purchases!