007? You don’t shower with your EDC? But, how do you keep it clean? That AR lens can only perform at it’s max with zero dirt and fingerprints!
And some of us know that UFO’s no longer have the brightest beam, ask Tom E.
I can remember when certain lights, in stock form, were some kind of Holy Grail, not to be tampered with. Now EVERY light has potential that can only be achieved by cracking it open…
Copper? Did someone say copper? {drooling salivating insatiable bug eyed smiley inserted here}
For 19 years, my Sears rotary tool was a semi-prized possession, enabling me to create and re-create to my hearts desire. Now, just the other day, it got retired due to the delivery of this new upstart…The Proxxon IBS/E which is, ironically, even sold at Sears!
Everyone in your family and most of your friends has at least one light that was specifically chosen for their needs . If a commercially available flashlight wasn't perfect for them , you modded it until it was .
A very angry friend (police captain) calls me to complain. His wife just called him from her car to say that she was completely blinded by the mega light I have on the font of my bicycle, and she needed to stop immediately till she could regain her vision (I ride with a SRK mod). My response: “it wasnt me… I havent been out all day.” They just assumed it was me because Im “the crazy local flashlight guy.”
Ummm... How about when you DON'T do this because you know ALL your lights would blind you?
And when you go to the guy who sells the $150 502b and C8 lights at your local gun show and just laugh, then pull out your $12 pocket EDC that outshines them all 'to compare'.
When the mail lady says “your house gets more packages than anyone else in your zip code—we checked.”
And the UPS guy says the same thing.
And the FedEx guy says the same thing.
When your neighbor who is 110 yards from your barn and 320 yards from your house calls and says he saw someone with a flashlight looking around your barn at 3:00AM and you were actually at your home shinning the light out the back door.
At Christmas time when your friends and family say they like the light but don’t need anymore lights because of all the ones you have given them in past years.
When you know the difference between lumens and OTF lumens
You have committed to memory the lumen drops of typical flashlight materials (or their thermal conductivities)
You have to bite your tongue when you see what other people call ‘flashlights’
When deciding which light to EDC or take on a hike becomes AT LEAST as big of a decision as deciding what pair of shoes to wear or purse to carry is to the average 17 year old girl.