I ordered some emitters yesterday..And a nice light the day before. I have not bought anything today either..
I see a nice deal coming. Ultrafire F13, only 10$. I sure am glad Im not refusing to buy any flashlights with all these great deals and group buys lately.
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Oh, noooo. Though this was the flashlight purchase kudos thread.. my fault..
I don’t think I have this issue since I have already splurged over $450 in one month on lasers and flashlights.
And being in my final year in High School without a job I basically don’t have any money left to spend.
I do however waste an enormous amount of time window shopping and adding things to my cart in Fasttech
when I know full well I don’t have the money to pay for it I suppose it’s just wishful thinking.
I reordered a xml-colour that I ruined during a test, replacing things does not count, does it? (oh, and a few tiny springs, that is too little to count either )
ive been buying a bunch of stuff the past few weeks - nothing horribly excessive - as in its all within my financial means and what not
my wife today asked me - honey how many flashlights and related items did you buy this week and how much… after i told her 3 lights and a charger and about $190 she said ” oh thats not bad ”
shes not helping lol
on the bright side there was an extra $175 from overtime in my check this week
So, I really don’t need more lights. That’s not what this is about for me.
This is a hobby, a form of entertainment. Something I enjoy doing.
With that in mind, I made kind of a decision a while ago that buying stock lights cheats me out of a large part of the experience. It’s a lot more entertaining and time-consuming to make what I want instead of trying to find one already built. And thus I can easily justify buying parts and tools when I have a good idea to improve a light in my collection. And then not only do I get the pleasure of making it, but also the pleasure of using something of my own creation, and the fun of writing up a post about it.
But brand new lights which won’t get modded? Nope, it has to be something really special for me to justify that.
Funny you mention that ToyKeeper, just yesterday the first new “expensive” light I’ve bought in 2014 got here (an SR51), I was supposed to leave it alone and just use it. Know how long that lasted? 8 hours from the time it got here, one 30 minute walk with it. Then it got a complete tear down and resistor mod, dedome and direct bond MCPCB and now even more (driver swap, series -> parallel conversion, possibly even an SBT-90) is in the works.
I need serious intervention. :bigsmile:
Hopefully my vacation will help me curb my buying habit… Then again, I might see nice stores in Hong Kong that sell cheap flashlight that’s not available in US :weary: