What did you use your flashlight for today?

i use them the same, helps extend the life of CFLs by not using up the starter (i have CFLs that have lasted more then twice their rated lifetime)

Also as a nightlight in low mode, should last several days non stop at 5 lumens, but i recharge the slightly discharged battery every day

Today I finished up my TR-J19 mod and took it out with me on tonight's walk with the dog. Gobs and gobs of throw! Replaced the driver with one from the DRY and replaced the emitters with dedomed XM-L2 U2-1C Crees on Noctigons along with some resistance mods. Whoowheee! I'm also watching the Walking Dead marathon in the dark right now and shining my Convoy L4 about the room.

I also use my flashlights a lot to navigate the house in the evening instead of switching on the main lights. Makes life much more fun! :)

Yesterday I again used my Sipik SK73 to find something I dropped on the floor, by the long shadow.
My most recent major use was to help clean up a flood in a neighbor’s condominium unit, before it reached ours. The power had been turned off in case the water got to the circuits, and there is no window in the bathroom.

I used my Zebralight H600F headlight to cook hamburgers on the grill tonight. Works like a charm..

Five of us went on a Night Geocaching run for a couple hours in the back country trails and used a handful of my lights ! :slight_smile:

Looked for my keys in my backpack at 4am in the morning after I closed up the bar.

i wish xm-l existed back when i used to night cache

Zebralight SC52 to conduct various nighttime ventures.

I own over a dozen Geocaches in my area, and a fiew of them are Night/UV-Caches. :slight_smile: we love going out in the local trails around here Geocaching and taking lots of lights !

I have not cached quite in your neighbourhood, but if i make it to your neck of the woods i am certainly up for it :beer:

We usually do a couple runs a month. ( and at least one night-run with the lights !

I like that idea! :wink:

I used my Convoy S5 to identify a large house spider (!!!), and also provide nice ceiling-bounced light for Skype chat.

Today I used my Explorer E82 modded with xml T6 to inspect the inside of the crankcase of a cooling compressor for our meat freezer room and our vegetable cooler room. Looks like I'll be overhauling a compressor in the near future as the crankshaft can move about 1mm lengthwise.

Even though my deck has decent lighting, you still can't see clearly what your cooking. Nothing worse than an over cooked hamburger, steak, etc. Am I right, or am I right? lol!

To show off. Really. 8)

I used four lights this evening.

First of all, I used my wonderful $17 Ultrafire XM-L headlamp to help see my way while starting a small bonfire of debris, and finish tidying up my outdoor work areas after the day’s jobs.

Then I grabbed my warm white Convoy M1 to go looking in an unlit shed for some tools I hadn’t found earlier; the high CRI makes it ideal for figuring out a glance what is what.

Once that was done, I pocketed the M1 and grabbed the XinTD C8 to go hunting for some livestock which had strayed onto my land earlier in the day. The headlamp pointing down on low power to illuminate my path, and the C8 as a searchlight. The headlight is usually enough to see all round the field I am in but the C8 is wonderful for searching the next field, which may save a bit of walking if the contours allow me to do enough of a sweep over the hedges.

Then when I got back home, I took out the very floody SkyRay King to do a final scan of my outdoor work areas.

Then I went inside, and dumped the XM-L headlamp, because it’s a bit big and heavy. I put on my little $7 XP-G headlamp, because it’s more than powerful enough for looking in cupboards while I tidy up, and I fit it more relaxing to wear than the big headlamp.

That’s pretty much the usual mix for a dry autumn evening. No shelf queens in my collection!

I had a sprinkler head blow off… we have insanely high (over 100 PSI) water pressure around here The head would not screw back on to the coupler. Threaded coupler was down a narrow 8” deep hole. Used a Nichia 219 mod’d Sprit to look down the hole to find the coupler, auger it out with the sprinkler tool, fish out gunk with long tweezers, replace it, and get it all back together.

Also used the TV-B-Gone flashlight to nuke off a couple of really annoying TVs at an eatery.

Most of all I carry Armytek Predator. Today is not an exception :slight_smile:

I have a warm-white XR-E P60 build I use for that purpose exactly!

My EDC is a modded TrustFire F20 (https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/13006) which is always in my pocket. I just realized that I have been carrying this for nearly a year now.

I typically keep my lights around my nightstand and always carry the F20 so it is always in my pocket, while at home, work, out shopping, or at church. It sees daily use. Last use this morning was looking for socks for work in my dresser. Nothing fun yet, but the day's not over! In fact, it just started... Frown

Only four more days, then for a week and a half vacation at the gulf coast! A lot more uses for light there... Walking on the beach at night looking for shark teeth...