So I can't sleep...for a change. So what's better to do during the night than taking photos of flashlights :P
Actually it's quite fitting since my insomnia is pretty much the reason I started buying them in the first place.
When I can't sleep I go for a walk through the park behind my house and down to the local river, so I needed a decent torch.
The problem is that when I'm overly tired I'm very week willed and just start buying anything shiny of eBay :P
Anyway heres about half of my collection, pretty much everything that was on or in my desk.
I picked up the lantern of eBay about a month ago, it was £7.99 including batterys (3xD). I expected it to be pretty rubbish for that price, but it's amazingly well made and gives off a good amount of light. I hadn't intended to leave that battery box in shot, but couldn't be bothered to stand everything back up after what I was doing because too intresting.
Lillyzilla's devistating attack on Torchio :P
I might as well put these here as well - my charging setup.
I bought the little black charger on the right as it was much cheaper than buying a suitable 18650 battery holder. I gutted it of all it's insides and attached suitable leads. As I wouldn't be using it to charge two cells at once I then soldered in a AA sized holder.
Very nice charging set-up, Pook. Do you have trouble removing the AA's from that modded holder? I wonder if two part epoxy would help. This reminds me I need to get a decent charging set up some day.
9 months, huh? So you gave up before the XML-U2 emitters became widely available?
Well, I don't usually do this, but seeing as you've given up on this hobby, and I like you, I'm willing to make you a one-time-only special offer. I'll buy the whole lot off you for the ridiculous sum of TWENTY (20) American dollars.
That might not seem like a fair amount of money, but I'll throw in a photographic montage of my girlfriend clubbing me into a coma for bringing even more lights into the house. Once you figure in the medical bills, I think you'll see it's pretty fair. :P
Seriously, that's a serious whack of lights. My first thought was "what's with all the little ones" until I realized they're generally 18650 hosts. Good job, and here's hoping you don't make it past 10 months!
Here is my collection that was in the bedroom at the time.. Not strictly budget, I guess it is budget by size?? Regardless, this "hobby" no longer remains budget given enough time. Theres more parts and bits here and there that doesn't get pictured.
These have been arranged from silver to black and shades in-between. Just remembered there are another 2 D10s in the living room.
The second Novatac is just a shell, the driver is currently being incorporated into my headlamp battery pack. Drives an XP-G at only 400mA max :((
