Hey there forum amigos!

My name is Henry (aka Mac_theknife). I’m just recently enjoying the whole flashlight/knife world though can’t afford to buy most of the good (but pricey) items I keep eyeing.

I’m joining this on a suggestion from a fellow Olight Facebook page member in hopes of broadening my horizon to more than just Olight (the only lights I’ve had experience with so far). In the two days I’ve been a member I’m a bit overwhelmed on the variety of (apparently quality) flashlights coming out of Asia these days. I thought that most of the things floating over in the Maersk freighters were disposable, barely working, wastes of money. Boy, am I finding that is so incorrect.

I needed a hobby this winter and I think this will be it. But I need so much education, I have no background in electronics, batteries or chargers. I hope to get accustomed to how the forum is laid out in short order. Some of the posts I’ve opened, then Googled for the flashlights price, only to find out there is no such creature. Then I look back to the date and it’s from 2016. So I suppose I must be careful of the dates before committing to reading for beneficial info.

Anyway, I’m on the coast in Virginia near Yorktown if anyone else is in the vicinity.

I guess that’s all for now, hopefully I can get up to speed in short order. This whole modding thing seems like it would fills some time voids for me during the cold winter evenings.

Thanks for letting me into the group.

Henry

Welcome to BLF Mac_theknife! Flashlight modding is a fun hobby and there’s a lot of great info here.

Welcome. All the info here can be overwhelming at first. But it comes around eventually.
Never be afraid to ask questions here. We are (mostly) a friendly group.
All the Best,
Jeff

Please enjoy your time here, Mac_theknife!

What type of knives do you like?

Welcome to BLF, ‘Mac_theknife’ :sunglasses:

Hundreds of good videos and articles.

If you are interested, I watched this , this morning. Its a good description of Lumens, vs. LUX, vs. Candela

Here is another, she is a bit better looking.

Yeah, but I got lost, right after the bit when she said: read my lips. :person_facepalming: