Collection has serious organization problems

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I'd like to hear from some of you more organized folks. How do you keep your flashlight stuff organized?

Small lights, medium, large ones, charged batteries, uncharged batteries, chargers, PARTS, Lanyards, etc etc.

How do you keep your stuff somewhat organized? I have an Ultrafire TH-T60 that I really like. I haven't seen it for 2 months, and have no idea where it is... This is getting serious.

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I use large compartment boxes that you can get at Walmart.....

Do the same with batteries and have another one for spare switches, orings, split rings and stuff like that.

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Alfred I believe I have that same Inova light. Do you like your and is there anyway to modify so that it doesn't suck.

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god alfred ya got some batteries there man Surprised

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It is very hard to mod indeed......i like it the way it is because it is my car light, Don sent me some 17500's that he was not using so i used it for the X0......very long runtime. If you want you can also use the 3volt (comes off the charger at or around 3.2-3.4v) rcr's like the Tenergy's and it will make it brighter. Sorry that time of the year where we get alot of power outages.....happens in the winter too.....

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That's a pretty nice organizer. Where do you stow them in your house? Drawers? Under the bed?

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Mine is a well thought out 3-part system:

Part one is the one half of my collection that does not suck, on a shelf next to my desk . . .

Part 2 is a go-to box full of much needed crap . . .

I'm not sure what part three is but it's definitely flashlight related.

organizedFoy

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My collection is kind of small just one or two...I keep them on top of the fridge, LOL.

But Id like to get a nice case like you guys. Its fun to store your gear in a nice way.

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Totally agree!! I love organizing all of my gear. The flashlights, knives, multitools, batteries, lasers etc. etc. I am liking those wal mart cases!

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Id like to get this bag to store my stuff, its the coolest looking bag I have seen to date. Its too expensive for me, its like 100USD, but basically I like the colors and its all USA made.

Honestly though buying expensive stuff and it just sits around doing nothing is not my thing, those clear walmart cases are great, easier to stack, you can see your stuff etc.

HomeDepot had some awesome cases, they were clear "shoe box" size gear cases, clear thick plastic with a snap lid for 99cents. I bought 2 of those.

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@ Alfred, AMAZING cases and organization there...!!!

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stashed in my naughty box

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My wife would be so happy when she sees this part 3

but I shouldn't show Alfred's pic - or I'll get the "see it can be done!?" stare

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I don't consider that I have a "collection" but my system is closer to the Foy system than to the Alfred system :)

Actually, some of the lights are spread around to where they would be used (car, nightstand, etc) and the rest of the lights/parts/batteries are laying on and around my desk at home.

The lights I don't like anymore are on the credenza part of the desk behind some doors so I don't have to look at them :)

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Arranged on my shelf in 2 main groups.

Group 1 = EDC sized

  • Arranged by body colour
  • Now I've had to expand it to 2 rows, Front row for the more commonly used one
  • Head standing to allow the GITD stuff to show themselves at night

Group 2 = Larger

  • Arranged by height/size
Parts/lanyards/o-rings, they tend to live in a small box, With emitters, drivers, optics spread among smaller boxes.
I don't have a huge stock of batteries for torches left (all my torches are loaded, and the recent rate of torchlight acquisition has reduced my spare batteries.... anyway, this is the drawer that slides from my table, and batteries go there, with the charged ones pointing toward the wall, the discharged pointing away. All of these are charged.
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My system is similar to what Foy is doing, only less well thought out and less organized. :D

Stuff that I carry or need on a regular basis lives on a shelf next to my books. This includes smallish EDC-type flashlights, as well as lights I grab when I hear a noise in the back yard, plus two chargers and my current rotation of EDC knives. That way, I can easily grab what I need when I need it.

Stuff I need less frequently sits on a storage rack in the garage or in my hobby room. I keep small parts in one of three of those plastic pull-out drawer organizers you mount on the wall. Large parts are in shoe boxes. And there's at least one flashlight stashed away in every car, motorcycle or other vehicle we regularly use.

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I'm surprised I'm not seeing more Charged/needs charged battery organization...

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I have those battery holders from DX, with which I draw arrows for the orientation of charged cells, however with just a few cells loose now, my drawer does that for me and I no longer actually use those boxes anymore.

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I keep my lights and batts in a drawer...and as for my charging station here is a pic.....i like to keep it all in one spot, no need to keep taking things out and then plugging them all in again. I hope to get the new charger by Jetbeam or the Xtar 6 cell charger.

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Awesome thread, troop.

whodathunkitFoy

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This is my new favorite thread of the day! I was just thinking about this the other day. My current collection looks similar to Foys plastic box, just all piled in.

I've been thinking about different organizer boxes or shelves that I could use.

I'll have to get some pics up when I get it sorted out.

Oh, and I totally agree about having batteries seperated into "charged" & "needs charging" boxes. I was scrambling the other day to figure out which batteries were ready to go as I needed them for a night ride.