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Sure it is. There are tons of “germs” at HD’s. I’m with you Dim. Germs provide exercise for my immune system. Gotta it keep in shape too.
I have to disagree. The overuse of any antibacterial product selects for resistant strains while killing off the nonresistant strains. The entire population of bacteria compete and the nonresistant strains keep the resistant strains in check. Once you wipe put the competing nonresistant strains, completely resistant bacteria like MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) and the resistant TB bacteria are a matter of time. As soon as genes for resistance become prevalent, they are shared among different bacterial species by conjunction and hospitals are the prime locations where lots of sick people go. Pharmaceutical companies are not developing new antibacterial drugs because of cost and ROI. The entire antibacterial age may last only about 100 years and we’ll be back to dying from infections. Correctly washing with regular soap is what I was promoting. I have insulin-dependent diabetes and live in fear of drug resistant e. coli (bladder infections). This seems to have gone the way of arguing about global warming and I apologize for disrupting the purpose of the thread. So, please, back to the Home Depot Deals!
This useful and popular thread seems to go off-topic frequently into interesting discussions and I think I should suggest my suggestion now…
The Home Depot Deal Alerts and related threads are very useful and can help people save money, and it is kind-of not very nice that it is buried somewhere in a flashlight forum… what do you think if we had our own website, or at least section of this site, devoted to Deal Alerts and Discussions of Home Depot, Lowe’s, Harbor Freight, etc, where the community of “deal sniffers” (I suppose you could call it) can live, and post their deal alerts and have their discussions, as well as go off-topic into interesting topics such as mice and antibiotics (lol) :laughing:
It would be a lot nicer instead of having all this useful stuff jammed in a few threads buried in a flashlight forum…
Just a suggestion; this probably won’t happen; I think some people would argue that this stuff belongs to BLF and makes BLF great. But I think that these deal alerts are not related much to flashlights, and I am not really interested in flashlights.
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For such a move to be successful, you would need dchoman. Where he goes, his minions (I’m one), will follow.
Personally, this thread is typical BLF in that is shoots off in tangents. Part of what makes BLF, BLF.
LOL,
This all got started because of you and your mouse traps :confounded:
Apparently Home Depot has been carrying the Maglite 3C, I have never paid attention. This store had 2 at the clearance endcap with no price. I had to take it up to price check.
$18.06, not a bad price. These usually are between $25 and $35 online plus the shipping. At another Home Depot I saw that they were not yet reduced, HD’s regular price is $21.97
This was a one of deal. I found this 56 piece DeWalt bit set over by the contractors desk buried under a bunch of newer sets. Had a 1/4 inch of dust on it. Rang up for a penny.
Not a deal yet, but this store has started to clearance the Husky 3D light that is regularly priced at $34.97 to $33.00. Not much of a discount but the “00” price means that it has just started the 00 to 06 to 03 run.
Lately I am noticing that stores are not in sync as well as they used to be with the clearance prices.
This light just went from $28.00 ( “00” price) to $23.06.
I could have bought that at one store at 50% off the $28.00 price. Glad I didn’t because right now Lowes beats even that!
That same light at Lowes
Another Maglite
Who will pay and administrate such a website and how will it attract visitors?
The current off topic will fizzle out, just give it time. I stopped replying to a few and avoided the germ one so it would end faster.
I was at home depot again today and could not find even one $x.03 priced item. I did see a few $x.04 including Mag 2xD xeon and Defiant indestrectible 3xC. There were a few defiant models with tags on the shelves indicating they were ‘NEW’. I wonder if they’re being produced by a different manufacturer now. I did pick up a 3xAAA 130 lumen defiant for $5.97 that they also had in a 2 pack. I couldn’t find it on the website but it is the same one as in this amazon listing . It has a tiny emitter (xp-e2 or xp-g2?) that isn’t centered very well but if I can defeat the adhesive holding the head it might be a decent host. It has a faceted reflector and produces a hot spot similar in size to my ea41w on low but smoother and a much cooler tint and may be worth a dedome attempt if I can get the head off.
edit: photos
Thanks! I was guessing at what it might be based on size. Based on the size of the die vs size of the dome XT-E is also a possibility. I won’t know for sure until I get the head off and measure it.
defiant used a xt-e in their 2x AA light. with 2x 14500 it went DD and lost modes. $17 was too much so i returned it
With 2x14500, you’re lucky you didn’t lose more than modes! :person_facepalming:
I bought my first “baseball bat” light yesterday while browsing through HD. I purchased the indestructible Defiant 3C for $15. Any links to what I can do with this light?
The one I posted about is single mode.Even so I think it would make a decent host with a driver up to about 1.5A with a 3p battery holder and 10440s. Unfortunately the tube’s too short for an 18650. Oddly enough the tailcap fits a cheap ultrafire zoomie I have here so if I can get the head off I can put the head on the ultrafire tube and I’ll have an 18650, 3x aaa or 3p 10440 light with a decent beam and side and tail switches.
edit: plastic reflector suffered damage from heat gun in an attempt to remove the head.
It can cost nothing and anyone can administrate it. Visitors can find the site through searching or by being redirected from these threads (the site would be a replacement of these threads). Why do you want the current off-topic to fizzle out? That’s not the point.
Don’t tell SB that, i think the forum upgrade shortened his life expectancy
If you build it they don’t always come, look at the budget android tablet forum
Well we won’t be doing it from scratch of course! Ever heard of Google Sites or Google Groups or Proboards or anything like that?
They will certainly come if this thread is closed and redirected to it.
Your convinced so it must be true 
I scored a fluorescent fixture!!! :laughing: :money_mouth_face:
It even comes with genuine Thomas&Betts Marettes!
Also at that home depot I saw something stupid they did… you know the LED bulb display with the LED bulbs in plastic boxes? Well one of the displays was for a Philips warm glow bulb (the one that changes color as it is dimmed). But they put a Philips basic bulb in there, which are not dimmable! Poor thing was flickering. 
Was it a penny? Or just a good price?
So glad you didn’t score more of the mouse traps for a penny :money_mouth_face: