new member - I have seen the light

Introduce Yourself
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Welcome, Beanie.

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welcome to the illumin naughty. we are all bringers of light here. i hope you get a warm welcome!
Show us that DX80!

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Thanks Rusty & Perpetual

The DX80 is still enroute and will likely arrive early next week. I’m happy for the DX80 to arrive last after i’ve found my senses again.
I can already tell this hobby is going to get out of hand hehe

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A fool and his money are soon parted. I sure miss those guys…Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson. They were replaced by niwalker, armytek, Olight and such Years ago

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hi and welcome to BLF!

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I was in recovery, but a couple weeks ago I fell off the wagon. A dozen lights are incoming… :beer:

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Thank you all ^ :slight_smile:

Rexlion thats quite a trigger finger you have there :beer:

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I fell off the wagon too! I swore no more flashlights and then I lost my EDC Jetbeam-1 MK and now i’ve ordered 2 new lights and want more.

Wait, I ordered 3 lights.

My wife is going to kill me.

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P10pablo 3 is an odd number you’ll need one more (don’t tell the wife) i’m snooping around for an EDC as I write.
So many choices it boggles my mind!

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umm… so I added to the stable :smiley:

1 x LUMINTOP FW3A XPL HI 2800LM 6500k
1 x Astrolux S41 4x Nichia 219B
1 x Sofirn SP36 6000LM

:person_facepalming:

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It has begun :smiling_imp:
:smiley:

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I can’t resist a good reccomendation :partying_face:

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Welcome to the forum!

About 2½ years ago I became addicted to flashlights too, and I bought about 30 within the period of a year. I wanted to have as many lumens as possible, and among my acquisitions were both the Imalent DX80 and the Acebeam X80. Even though I found the two aforementioned lights extremely impressive, I realised that I didn’t get on with cold white tints, and I sold most of my lights again. After that I lost interest until the Emisar D4S came out, and now I’m hooked on small lights. Another recent purchase was the FW3A, and now I’m eyeing a number of lights including the Fireflies E07, Astrolux FT03 and GT micro (if I can find it at a decent price in a neutral white tint).

I guess once you’re hooked that’s it - I definitely can’t seeing myself going without this obsessoin for an indefinite period of time! Not been able to get into modding though, as I’ve found that it’s something that my autistic brain can’t handle. So at least I’ve got time to focus on my other interests.

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Thanks Flying Luminosity it’s good to be here amongst a wealth of knowledge.
I’m still a rookie to the world of flashlights but they’ve certainly captured my interest. I expect to be super entertained sometime soon when they all arrive on my doorstep!

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This is where I say “I wasn’t even drunk buying!” But don’t get me started cause i’ll just start in again about my thoughts on what the perfect EDC light for dress slacks is, (spoiler, I suspect the Jetbeam-1 MK is the strong contender,) but then I went down this terrible rabbit hole of not liking my options which would have improved on the Jetbeam-1 MK traits. It lacks true moonlight, which I don’t need in daytime EDC, it also has a twisty interface which is great for not accidentally firing in pants pockets but not so much for going through settings, though the twist to change method isn’t terrible, so I should be quiet about that also. And the whole thing about small flashlights having small buttons you can’t find by touch is bewildering, though I get it is just a result of less surface area to work with.

Next thing I knew I started researching 16340 flashlights (too little energy, right?) and 18350 (great power, thick flashlights though,) and then I said &^ it. I bought a Sofirn SP10S, cause it was a deal and addressed my wishlist and i figured worse came to worse it was a good cheapie to have till I “invested” in another light and could not possibly be worse than my Thorfire TG06S Which is bright, chews through batteries. steps down hard, has about 3/4 inch that sticks out of your pocket; and PWM, but all said isn’t a terrible torch :person_facepalming:

I love flashlights, but this forum is terrible, it puts too many ideas in ones head about other flashlights. There needs to be a support group for buying flashlights.

Hi i’m Paul and I bought too many flashlights this week.

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G’day Paul, I had no need to understand batteries just recently and now I need to know all about them. This hobby is taking on a life of its own. I totally understand what recommendations can do ( please add 1 x Lumintop GT Mini to my inventory) I knew I wouldn’t last a day :person_facepalming: but I really need to stop buying now or find myself a wife to stop me :laughing: Sofirn SP10S you say? excuse me i’ll be back in a minute hehe

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Maybe hold off for a while purchasing that SP10S until you hear updates on the BLF edition

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@Beanie, instead of buying the S41, why not buy the S43:

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BlueSwordM I already pulled the trigger on the S41 and advice taken mitsuki08.
In other news the Imalent DT70 arrived today which should keep me out of trigger mode for a while. Oh boy it sure is dazzling bright and oh boy it sure gets hot at 16,000 lumens.
It’s charging as I type preparing for the night.

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so I have some knowledge to now impart to this forum, being with the Imalent DT70. I have watched many reviews pointing out the huge jump in lumen selection from 1000 straight to 8000 lumens with no middle ground to be had. Quite a jump indeed. The documentation also states this and has printed the lumens selections as follows: 80 - 1000 - 8000 - 16000.

I can vouch that my freshly purchased DT70 has now a 3000 lumens selection slotted in with the lumens selections as follows when I cycle throught it: 80 - 1000 - 3000 - 8000 - 16000, the instruction sheet included with it however neglects to make this distinction (probably old stock documentation). All in all i’m very happy with it and this extra 3000 selection is icing on the cake :slight_smile: