Hi from New Zealand

Hi everyone, fairly new flashaholic here from the land down under the land down under :). I currently only have a small collection of lights since I started collecting last year and my wife won’t let me buy any more lights this year (she didn’t say I can’t buy any hosts though which I can put together…). Maybe I need an LEP next.

Convoy M3-C 5000K XHP70.2
Convoy S2+ (Nichia UV, CSLNM1, SFT40, SST40, 219B SW45K)
Convoy Z1 SST40 5000K
Sofirn SP36 Pro SST40 5000K
Sofirn SP36 BLF LHD351 2700K and 4000K
Sofirn IF25A SST20 4000K
Sofirn IF25 SST20 2700K + 6500K
Convoy C8+ CSLNM1
Convoy M21B SFT40
Convoy 3X21A SBT90.2
Convoy S21D 519A 4500K
Lumintop FW21 X9L COPPER SBT90.2
Lumintop GT Nano CSLNM1
Lumintop FW21 Pro XHP50.2 6500K
Lumintop FWAA SST20 4000K
Convoy L21A CULPM1
Mateminco PD90S SFH55
Convoy S21A SST40 5000K
Convoy SFT40
Astrolux FT02S XHP50.2 6500K
Several P60 501B’s in various states of disrepair

That is an excellent collection.

Welcome to BLF Smokeu.

@SMOKEU

Hello, and welcome to BLF.

I don’t want to be a party pooper, but I do think your wife may have a point :stuck_out_tongue:

Restrict yourself to creation, IE to modding for now.

whats your top 5 and worst 5

Hello and welcome.

It's good to have you here, SMOKEU!

You have about as many nice flashlights as I do, and I have 18,000 posts on a flashlight forum.

Do you smoke Mary Jane?

Welcome to BLF SMOKEU!

“I currently only have a small collection of lights…” - sorry to say, but that’s not small. :smiley:

Out of these, which ones are your favorite at the moment?

Welcome to BLF!

Some very good questions there - my favourites in no particular order (sorry, have to be a party pooper!)

  • Convoy M3-C - not especially powerful compared to some of my others, but it feels like it would survive a war as it’s that solid and can hold a substantial brightness without thermal throttling and with that nice boost converter holding a steady brightness, I use it a lot.
    *Convoy 3x21A SBT90.2 - I don’t use it as much as I would like to being a thrower, but it’s ridiculous fun outdoors with a great run time and doesn’t feel like it will melt my face off like the Lumintop X9L after 15 seconds on turbo. I need to find more excuses to get out and use this one more.
    *Mateminco PD90S - For a single emitter light, it is insanely bright. Tint and CRI are not too bad for what it is. Very fun to play with.
  • Sofirn SP36BLF 4000K - Awful build quality compared to the rest (I have 2 and both have either 1 or 2 screws holding the board in at the bottom of the tube that will not unscrew no matter how much heat or soaking in WD40 I give them). General feel is just cheap, and they overheat like crazy compared to the light they give out. Still, run time is very good and the 4000K one is my most used light due to the nice tint and high CRI. I built a mount for it so I use it as a bike light. Anduril is great for quickly ramping down when I see oncoming traffic.
    *Convoy S2+ 219B SW45K. I mean, who doesn’t love this beautiful rosy tint?

Welcome from down under!

Welcome. See you’re missing the Lumintop F21 9XL, but if you’re just doing builds, then tell the wife to order some leather so she can make her own shoes and bags. :wink:

High there!

I missed that one before - yeah I blaze up pretty hard (no smoking, only vaping with a Dynavap).

Well, I have smoked a few MOSFETs on those cheap ZVS induction heaters while heating the Dynavap, if that counts…

I used to vape, but I only vaped marijuana and nothing else added.

It's one of the safest ways to consume marijuana.

Welcome to BLF Smokeu.

Welcome,always nice to see another kiwi here!

“Small collection” lol
I started in 2019. and im only up to 11 flashlights so far.
Many more in my future though.

I think the safest way to consume it, is to just eat it raw.
Sadly, no fun effects this way though.