I believe I’ve seen a general topic in the past to introduce yourself, but after some searching and a lot of scrolling in the “Introduce yourself” sub-forum, I can’t seem to find that specific topic, so (somewhat reluctantly) I will start a new topic “about myself”!
Let me introduce myself: my name is Michel, I’m in my mid thirties and I live in the center of the Netherlands. Living in the center of the Netherlands also (partially) explains my nickname here; I grew up next to a (now former) airbase and was already fascinated by aviation. We even had an American Fighter Squadron stationed here for 40 years, but unfortunately they left/were relocated when I was still quite young, so most of what I know about the squadron is learned by the internet, videos and books.
I have been a longtime reader here on the forum (certainly for the past 3+ years, and (with a gap) even a short period even longer ago), but I never took the step to create an account here, until a couple of weeks ago.
Even though I wasn’t participating actively, I was learning a lot here on the forum, which gave me confidence in starting to do some minor ‘modding’ on flashlights. It started with simple spring bypasses and driver and “complete LED” (=already soldered LED’s) to the point that I’m now also reflowing LED’s myself.
In terms of my ‘collection’ of flashlights: I keep true to the name of this forum; almost all of my lights fully comply to the budget-category! I own a couple of Sofirn, Wurkkos, Convoy and Astrolux lights, aswell as some other (small) flashlights from other brands.
Currently I’m working on my Astrolux FT03, which came with an SST-40, but I’ve swapped it to a SFT-40 (from Kaidomain), but I’m not completely happy with the beam profile and by the looks of it, it could be reflowed even (slightly) closer to the MPCB, so I’m going to attempt that. (There is not much to be gained though, so I’m not having high hopes it will make enough difference to create a beam profile that I’m completely happy with, but we will see!)
Let’s finish with which flashlights I’m currently having (high) on my wishlist:
-Convoy L21B with SFT-40; I don’t really need another thrower with an SFT-40, but on the other hand; it seems like a really well performing flashlight with that LED and would like to compare it against my FT03 with SFT-40
-A flashlight with an SBT-90.2. I don’t have a specific flashlight in mind, I just want one with this LED. I have to admit though that I really like the Wurkkos TS30S PRO, but to be honest; it’s more than I would like to spend on a flashlight right now!
-A (nice) LEP. Again, as stated above: I don’t have a specific brand/model in mind, I just would like to add a LEP to my collection, but again (as stated above) at this moment they are still in a price range that is a bit more than I would like to spend on a single flashlight.
For now I think I’ve talked/typed more than enough, so lets keep it at this for now! 
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