there are two primary ambient light sources in my day and evening
daylight and electric light bulbs
I tend to use flashlights closer to daylight, as daytime EDC
I use warmer lights primarily in the evening, or on the nightstand for when I wake in the dark, and for camping, where there is natural darkness.
daylight is nominally 5600k, by buying a 5000k light you have adressed that niche of the cooler end of the spectrum. Day like light is suitable for high energy activity. The higher blue content suppresses melatonin and keeps us alert.
Incandescent light bulbs are nominally 3000k. That warmer end of the spectrum is good for relaxing, has less blue light, helps support higher melatonin levels that promote restful sleep. By choosing 3500k as an evening light, I am finessing the color temperature to be just slightly cooler than my house lights. This makes the beam stand out as slightly “brighter” (actually cooler,) or as some would say “whiter” (actually bluer), than the ambient light.
enjoy the quest for your grail light(s)
there can Not be only one… Lol!
At first I was planning on getting only one light, just good enough to cover a majority of future/unanticipated use cases. But as I get further along on this journey, I realize where’d be the fun in that. Variety is the very spice of life
My side gig is as a bouncer at pubs and clubs and I have used a flashlight defensively a few times. Now if the Hell’s Angeles are all methed up and angry that you won’t let them in a flashlight is not going to save you on its own but a large dose of candela to the eyeballs in a dark environment usually gets you a startl response and takes people a few seconds to get their vision back and those seconds can be very useful. I don’t do it much anymore but I used to do over night static security and a high candela light was awesome for prevention light someone up for a few seconds a 100 metres away and they would turn around and jump the fence and go away saving me possible confrontation and paperwork.
Additionally in my country perper spray in illegal except for the police and so is “carrying tools for self-defence” but a flashlight as long as it’s not the size odlf a batton and doesn’t have huge spikes coming out raises no questions as well as if I light someone up who didn’t need to be lit up they can complain to the police but the police are very unlikely to do anything about if if no one was hurt/no physical contact was made.
imho, one of the best ways to deter a dog is to have a walking stick, which IS legal in most places
(except in California if it is a straight cane, that does not have a crook neck, it can be considered an illegal billy club)
although that article suggest Not carrying a crook neck cane, there is a whole school of self defense that uses a weaponized crook neck cane (but any cane is better than no cane, against a dog)
I had a dog charge me, at the beach during the day, when a flashlight is useless.
Before he reached me, I picked up a stick and prepared to engage. He immediately stopped the charge, and ran. I made sure to keep hold of that stick until I was out of the area. The dog never attempted to reengage.
A separate problem with out of control dogs, is they have out of control owners… there is no reasoning with them either… The owner will get angry, will become abusive and claim their dog is friendly. In both cases, the stick sends a clear and silent message to define my physical boundary.
many of the USA members here, immediately assume they can use a gun… This is not an option in California, nor most other countries. (see what I did there? )
Agreed, using a gun is not always possible or the best option on a dog. A good strong heavy stick or staff, with or without crook at top; does make a very good deterrent / weapon.
You will need a flashlight of about 3000 lumens, but not in strobe mode, since it must be constantly held to disorient the enemy. If the enemy does not have a more powerful flashlight with him than yours, then the turbo mode will blind him for half a minute. I know this because I accidentally blinded a friend of amutorch e3s in complete darkness and for a long time he could not find where to run.
This beauty sports a Rubber-grip handle with handguard that features an oversized trigger for reduced fatigue and ease of use, and a snap-on battery pack
Of course these can be modded to a 50,000 volt pulse, but usually not necessary
and better know how to keep control of whatever you deploy.
nothing worse than getting your weapon taken and used against you.
awareness and preparedness is worth more than weapons.
looking like bigfoot keeps most of the flies away too.
i get called that all the time.
the few that even acted like they wanted trouble from me were intox or mental.
btw trying to blind me with a flashlight will simply add said flashlight to my collection.
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