Do you loan friends your top lights?

I gave a really expensive light to one of the female deacons at our church to use for a project……when it was time to return it, her response was “I don’t know where it is, I must have laid it down somewhere”. On another occasion, I gave an Inova T3 (several years ago, cost: $70)) to the (female) security guard at our office building. Since it used CR123 batteries, I figured she would tell me when she needed batteries, as I told her to….so a few weeks later, I asked her if she needed batteries. “I threw it away when the batteries died; I thought it was disposable”. ??? So now, I only give lights, never loan them……and, with rare exceptions, I only give low-to-mid priced lights……
but I did give our youth pastor a Trustfire TR3-T6, several 18650s and a charger- he’s a budding flashaholic :slight_smile:

The stupidity of some people just goes beyond my comprehension...

Most expensive lights I've let others use are

zebralight h51,xeno f8v6

I usually hand out stuff i won't care if they beat it up ..like a 20$ Xiaozhi or convoy S2...and only for the evening .

It's easy to hand people AA lights the hard part is knowing some percentage of my Duraloops will be thrown away ...that's the only reason I ever wished I had colorful eneloops

Nope…

Simple, I don’t lend anybody anything that I wouldn’t be prepared to give them.

i realized this is the only time having crappy and primary batteries is useful, i would not loan eneloops to anyone who doesn’t already own nimh rechargeables and preferably not a charger (i don’t want them put in a dumb charger and heated to over 60ºC)

Good plan, i like

I’d like to understand why people have no respect for others property, it has happened to me enough times that i will not loan anything i care about or that can be damaged, it would be nice to have insight into why people ignore care instructions and treat the item like its invincible or not valuable or “drive it like they stole it”?

I loan friends and family any lights except multi-celled lights.

This is exactly the problem that concerns me the most in lending nice lights. Most people think of flashlights as cheapo throwaway items, and losing one is no different than losing $5-$10.

Bar I used to frequent, manager there asked me to borrow a flashlight so he could help another customer find a wallet. An hour later I asked if they found the wallet, manager says no. Asked for my light... "oh sorry guy must've walked out with it, I'll buy you a drink." Flashlight was a surefire 6p...

I gave my brother an EA4 as a present... was dog sitting over 4th of july. Saw the light... alkaline batteries in there...

Aside from the BIG lights, there is zero appreciation for the fact that flashlights can be sensitive equipment, and not cheap toys.

I don’t get that either. If I borrow something, I will give it back as soon as I can in the best condition I can.
Doesn’t matter to me if it’s something expensive or an 1€ pen.
Stuff sometimes breaks or gets lost, that just might happen even if you give your best to protect it. But if that happens I will replace the item without the need of the owner to ask me . . .

I do when we are with a larger group on a night cache or in a cave or in the woods grilling and chilling :slight_smile:
even my beloved h600w to my girlfriend so she can take some nice pictures
but they have to give it back after the event and I will charge it afterwards

Ditto!

The only time I loan out flashlights is if I’m frog gigging with some boys. And these aren’t lights that I’m gonna get mad about if something happens.

Why dont u just tell the person how much the light costs, and that if they lose it/break it, that’s what it will cost them?

unless you get a deposit upfront you will never see that money

asking for money upfront does not friendship make

The next time a friend asks to borrow your expensive flashlight, ask them if you can borrow their girlfriend

By definition, a friend is someone for whom you will always have time, and to whom you will lend anything you own.

Otherwise, they are an acquaintance.

I am blessed to have 2 friends, and many acquaintances with whom I am friendly.

Might consider loaning my Close Mate, or perhaps a Bird or two. My Penis, a bit more picky, I would think. But a Torch — the very thought of it makes me cringe. How would they treat it, I mean, after all, it requires great appreciation for the electronic arts, to handle such a beast — just a mere heartbeat away from a light saber of sorts. Well, in second thought on the subject, perhaps an old beater: a Q5, C8, I could let go of should even if it were it to befall to some great disaster, of sorts. On whole, I guess that I would be very reluctant to lend such, now a fellow BLFer — no that would be another story. I could polish my beastly thing, put in my best at 4.35 volt (hoping to impress) and my custom driver with a 2x Turbo mode (paralleled with a taser circuit to the switch [in a hidden mode, of course]). Ahem, well say, back to reality, here, would have to give an unqualified: No, except to the latter scenario, of course… J) J)

My best friend has no interest in lights other than using them when needed. So since he wont even listen to me about li-ions and their intricacies….AAA/AA for him too.

Very true. Asking a good friend for a “deposit” on a “flashlight” would not be good. :slight_smile:

i doubt he/she would quite understand the point your trying to make and would argue that they are in a different category (them thinking you mean something different then your actual point)

though i would enjoy watching two people having this discussion, i prefer buttered popcorn :party:

Ummmm.... I was joking...