You have a Flashlight addiction when:

the 4 bigger ones came from Costco and HomeHardware, and the smaller one to the left is the case that came with the Olight SR90, ( i use it for batteries & Chargers atm. )

When your next camping trip is planned around when the SUN ISN’T SHINING!…

When you wake up in the morning next to your latest and greatest flashlight. I'm guilty as all hell. Please don't tell anybody!

Crikey, thought we all did that!

When beginning to develop a strong, unnerving feeling of insecurity and helplessness whenever not carrying a light on your person.

When your self esteem totally depends on the number of torches you are carrying at any given time.

When starting to look upon lights as a fetish - an object believed to have spiritual powers; an object of excessive attention, or referance… fixation…

When torches that had been lost or misplaced suddenly and unexpectedly turn up again - in your nightly dreams. Bonus freak points when you wake up in a sweat (no matter whether cold or warm - it’s the sweat which counts)

When relatives and/or coworkers find you talking soothingly to the light you are disassembling and reassembling just to clean the contacts and threads - on the toilet.

Take an extra bathroom break to read this forum.

When you see a picture like that, a warning of the abyss you may be falling into, and you don’t go and cancel your pending purchases.

I figure, as long as my collection can still mostly fit in my sig, it still counts as a hobby instead of a problem.

…when your thrower is found running on turbo inside the fridge !

when you have flashlight dreams

when your children are named Lumen and Lux and you have a dog named Candela

I have a peculiar affliction

And it's certain I need interdiction

I am in a sad plight

I just need one more light

To live up to my flashlight addiction

To my loved ones it causes some friction

My wife mumbles sometimes of eviction

But I just love to shop

And I can't seem to stop

And I swear it's no willful infliction

I tell myself with firm conviction

That my habit will get some constriction

Then I see a new light

And think this one just might

Put an end to my flashlight addiction

I look forward to Daylight Savings Time so I can ride my MTB in complete darkness from 7 to 10pm.

When you have long discussions with people at church about batteries

+1

now that i think about it, i have forgotten to carry my edc light only once during 2013.
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When your 20 months old daughter brings you your edc light whenever she sees you getting ready for work.

When your 20 months old daughter is “flashlight trained” before she is potty trained. (i taught her how to use a zoomie, change mode, and NEVER look into the light. took me about two weeks. basically i put in 3 weak AAA into the light, whenever she tried to look into the light, i stopped her and told her no no.)

When ric-cn comes to the forum asking for improvements, and you actually have some ideas :stuck_out_tongue:

That is a good one

When you are doing things (especially away from home) and think if i only had one of my brightest lights on me right now…

When you wonder how to dedome the sun.

Tmack, we’ve decided to leave the sun alone. If we de-domed it the apparent lumens loss would cause an appearnce of daylight to having cloud cover even on clear days, plants would start to suffer and as much as we like our lights we DO love to eat! Also, with the narrower beam profile the moon’s brightness would also suffer and our wave action would surely cause surfers to go into withdrawal. So, it’s been decided to allow the sun to continue on it’s present course until such time as Cree can build us more powerful emitters to offset the differences, then it will be a no-holds-barred race to improve the sun. :slight_smile:

When you go on a hike, not only is it usually at night, but the greatest proportion of the weight you are carrying is in lights and batteries…

When you don’t replace house lights anymore, just use various flashlights until a certain someone gets annoyed and spoils it and changes the bulb…

… when you find a way to EDC a Skyray King, despite living in a city where such things are probably considered rude and generally illegal near roads (in addition to the usual “bulky and impractical”).

… when you use social gatherings as an excuse to play with your new UV torch by inspecting the embarrassing details of your friends’ restrooms. Anybody wanna play CSI tonight? :slight_smile: