You might be a Flashaholic ……
…when your friends think you are a nerd and don’t understand your hobby.
Not many (of my friends!) are into electronics or lights.
You might be a Flashaholic ……
…when your friends think you are a nerd and don’t understand your hobby.
Not many (of my friends!) are into electronics or lights.
- you can name LED’s by just looking at them
- you ask “did the power go out?” with enthusiasm and excitement
- get personally offended at the neolithic flashlights people use on TV
- don’t think twice about buying a $15 flashlight, then putting $40 worth of parts into it just to get a slightly warmer tint and a slightly different UI
When you know Q8 GT Fw3a Ft03 are not just random characters…
When you mod a flashlight so you can use it to mod some flashlights :
Many of these mentioned signs are well beyond the line of already being a Flashaholic, and are closer to Flashamaniac .
I think you need only 1 sign that says you’re a flashaholic. You own more than you need and keep looking for more! Sure, a couple in the house for power outage (with one of them in the kitchen for immediate tasks and one in the bedroom for safety), one on your person that fits inside your pocket (within AA or smaller size), and maybe one in the car plus a couple for camping / backpacking / hiking… but if you’ve got duplicates for the same purposes? And despite having all the light you need, you still check on-line to see what’s new and worth buying? Definitely a flashaholic.
If you know all the battery types, can recognize an LED type just by looking at it, have modified flashlights, or know a programmable UI? Then you’re headed for mania, if not already there.
When your table looks like that in the night
Well…
When you spend more time modding lights than actually using them…
THIS^^^^^^^^
I'm crying cause it's true LOOOOOL
The overflow from your collection has taken over your job work space and you start doing simple mods by just moving the keyboard out of the way.
On the one hand, this can be pretty legit sometimes. Like, I gave my father a light and he carried it with him pretty much all the time until literally the moment he died. So I’m definitely keeping that one.
On the other hand, I have at least 100 lights which are “sentimental” or have some sort of story behind them. So… I might have a problem.
When you sleep with your top 5 right by ya.
:person_facepalming:
Guilty.
Okay, maybe not top 5…
Airpro DC7, Cometa, bobofett Inland R22, Wurkkos WK30, Ultratac A7, Luxpro 2×D (actually 6×AA), so 6.
BLF Q8, Sofirn C8F, coupla others within throwing distance.
I try to sleep with a different one every night. Although lately Lady Reylight TI LAN has been getting most of the attention. A smallish AA but a very nice moonlight and useful trits!
Ummm, we are talking flashlights, right?
Of course!
When you make sure your wife has packed a Tool AA with magnetic tail cap, BLF Q8 with Sofirn diffuser & Zanflare T1 when she goes away for a girls weekend to Phillip Island.
This. :cry:
The last text my dad sent me was him asking me to bring him a fresh battery and all the lights that I gave him that he left in his truck. So now I have an SRT7, D25A, and Wizard XHP50 that I’ll never part with.
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When your 3yr old son anxiously asks your wife “Why is papa buying so many torches. There won’t be any torches left in the shop.”
Man, this topic is the most hilarious thing I've came across in years.. :))
Ok, so..
And ofc, there should be many more.. Likely they've already been mentioned tho.. :))
Well, just came up with some estra's.. :))
11. When this topic was the funniest stuff you've came across in5a looong while..
12. And.. speaking of looong, "long and thin" was not that thing that your ex was teasing you on with, but the beam pattern of a thrower ;)