I was hunting this month like a yooper in northen michigan. All I can say is, everyone loves a light saber. We saw so many deer 200 to 300 yards out with the light I made for my inlaw. One of my cousins kid had a $50 bushnell light and while it was pretty cool for stock, The U2 1A dedomed @~6a in a yezl was kicking it’s butt all over the place. I was coming in one night from the stand and my cousin shined it from the house and I was probably about 250 yards away and blinded me that ass.
The deer don’t seem to mind it either. We saw a big buck walking with some doe too one night. There was deer everywhere Too bad it’s illegal to light them up at night. Who needs night vision. I had a good profile the first day on a big doe but I couldn’t get myself to take the shot with my compound bow lol Sat back and drank my pumpkin beer. See that’s the secret, beer… Most necks know this but most hunters don’t. If you drink enough beer, you smell like beer. Leave the no scent and all that showering for the newbs :bigsmile:
i bought the BLF extra-special-everybody-wants-it flashlight some minutes ago. and i bought some batteries earlier today. otherwise it’s going fine not buying flashlights for a while!
I don’t own many flashlights. I don’t like having too many of anything, except money. But I have the urge to buy a Solarforce fake flashlight. I like the real Solarforce flashlights and own a few of them. They fit my needs, but the fake is a silver color and I would like one. I am afraid the fake just won’t measure up quality wise and I will shun the flashlight after it arrives. More than disliking having too many I dislike having spent money on something that is lower quality than the others. So I have been resisting buying this fake Solarforce, but I may not be able to hold out too much longer.
Well I’ve been saved by fate. Tried to order the silver L2M But they are now out of stock and the dealer says the manufactorer will not be making more!! I guess I have been saved and should feel grateful, but I’m kicking myself by not ordering it before when I wanted to.
That’s okay, you’ll probably see something like it again eventually. And you’ll remember how much you regretted not getting it the first time. So you’ll probably buy it then, for five times as much. After that, it’s a 50-50 chance you’ll decide you were right the first time and really don’t need it.
The mean part was telling you about it, knowing you’re going to do it anyway. Now, there is one more possible regret added to the growing pile associated with your not buying the L2M earlier. J)
“This light is a great deal for the _ (insert one or more of: price/size/body shape/output/modes/beam shape/throwiness/floody beam/tint), I’ll just order one more and then I’ll be happy and can stop buying lights!”
I think I’ve just about exhausted the possibilities of what I can do or build with lights… but then I always think of a dozen more things.
Today I made a compact EDC light (~102mm x 24mm) with as much output as my souped-up Skyray King. Or, about 3000 lumens from a 1x18650 that is smaller than any of the Convoy S line.
Later this week the plan is to build my first MT-G2 light, in a relatively compact host (Convoy M1). Should be fun.
And then I have some extremely compact 1xAA lights on the way which I think will be highly moddable and can take custom firmware. Finally some fancy firmware on a genuinely small light!
Then I have a zoomie to juice up for maximum throw. I think I can get about 200kcd to 250kcd from it, in a laser-like beam.
But then I’m done forever! Really!
Oh, except I still have a few different firmwares to write… and some interior lighting to build… and I could use a better light box… and I haven’t finished my steampunk light gun… and I haven’t played with RGBW emitters yet… and my BST still needs its driver reverse-engineered so I can reflash it… and I haven’t rainbow-anodized titanium yet… and … and… and…
Ahhhh, guys. I’m having a really really hard time trying to hold off on a JAX Z1 host. I’ve had it in my cart at Mtn the last 3 orders I placed. I don’t like zoomies and don’t want to spend $50 on one but it looks so good in shortie mode zoomed out and I have so many 26650’s.
Do we get a pass for the holidays? I just ordered 2 Solarforce Z-1’s as christmas gifts. (Can there be a better christmas gift than a flashlight) Also ordered some CR123’s batteries to go with. No one has CR123’s on the shelf to make the toys work on Christmas morning! So do I get a pass or am I just using it as an excuse to buy more flashlights???
I guess we are cured. There haven’t been any posts in a while about members buying flashlights, so I guess we are all being good and resisting the urge……just barely. ;>)
I guess we are actually too cured. I haven’t bought any flashlights since Christmas presents. But although it is good to be cured of the flashlight on our backs, we are letting down the economy’s of both the United States and China. Now I understand why China’s GDP is shrinking. We better make the sacrifice and buy some flashlights and save teh world’s economy’s. :>)
Too bad it’s illegal to light them up at night. Who needs night vision. I had a good profile the first day on a big doe but I couldn’t get myself to take the shot with my compound bow lol Sat back and drank my pumpkin beer. See that’s the secret, beer… Most necks know this but most hunters don’t. If you drink enough beer, you smell like beer. Leave the no scent and all that showering for the newbs :bigsmile:
