I guess the problem was not about the preparedness. It’s the sentiment from XHP70 sentence.
What if those non intelligent people are your kids, relatives, or any of your loved ones?
My hands are deadly weapons, not super-efficient against rocks but can chop off dozen of heads per second.
(N.B. : Tested against an army of snowmem in antartica)
As a few around here have said. Do not rely on a single point of failure.
One is none, two is one. Always have one backup. So have 3 lights if it is critical and your life depends on it. Find the ones you like and use them. I agree with a few around here that the Surefire lights are waaaaaay over priced, along with Eltza (sp).
The last large earthquake we had (7.1) all my lights and batteries mystically appeared on the dinning room table when I made it home. The wife did not care what it was designed for, along as it had a working batteries and she could turn it on and provided light. Now when I mention a light or batteries, she comes over and has a quick lesson on how to use and change the batteries. She also says “At least you do not collect watches, as it would be hard to climb under the house trying to make sure all the pipes are ok using a watch face.” One of her friends husband collects watches and his wife could not find a flashlight and came over to see if she could barrow one. She was surprised when my wife just handed her a plastic one that used C sized batteries.
As a side note I have picked up a few more Emisar D4S lights and batteries because of the secondary indicators, run time and ramping. Also have a stash of AA lights and a few Costco bricks of batteries just in case. To hand out to those that might need a little light.
Everyone says end of the world ect. I just say in case of natural disasters, floods, fires, earthquakes, hurricanes, rainstorms (ever have 8 inches when the record for the last 100 years was only 3 inches?) and what have ya. It is funny how fast darkness falls.
Surefire better be. I spend $1000’s on flashlights. From all companies listed above. Surefire is a JOKE claiming durability. SF FAILED on BASIC impact resistance test. While others PASSED with FLYING COLORS!!! Ha Ha.
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Put the light you want in your cart and send him a message with any special requests. I believe he sells TIR optics on his AliExpress store too (I was dumb and forgot to look for/order any when I bought my last S2+) and they are VERY simple to swap out.
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Unless you do something really, really dumb you aren’t going to cause any issues by reflowing an LED or swapping in a new MCPCB. The worst I’ve ever done is fry a driver by shorting a light by having the reflector touch and short the contacts on the board.