Understand yet why I/we do? I’m sure many more examples will come in this thread. And the aforementioned you can’t talk about blf on cpf or you would see it there. Please let me know if you need anymore assistance if your still not sure. More then happy to help
Looks like it hasn’t changed a bit from when I left 6 years ago.
Well put!
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Back in 2011 I found BLF first, then read CPF for a while and there was a lot of talk about Surefire at the time so got the impression it was mainly about the real expensive lights, I was interested in low cost lights so I stayed away. I also read quite a few comments and replies that to me sounded condescending and somewhat narcissistic, including by some of the mods, and was even more put off, I wasn’t getting that impression at all from anyone here so I’ve been on BLF ever since.
I’m not upset with CPF, there’s good people there too, I’ve made very few posts but have found some good information, Occasionally by doing a web search I’ll find a review or something over there, (that’s how I found it was 404 recently and started the other thread) as someone else pointed out knowledge is power and CPF has some reference material too, but I feel like I couldn’t post about a real budget light over there, kinda afraid of what I would be told 
Also didn’t know you couldn’t mention BLF there, what would happen would they delete your post?
I agree.
Haven’t post at cpf in a looong time. I do miss several people there most are nice people. I dont missed CPF though. I wonder why i haven’t met prominent cpf members here? Are they still active at all?
In the interests of balance, I would like to note that I never had trouble discussing BLF or budget lights on CPF. The discussion of the BLF A6 on CPF was actually the thing that prompted me to take a look at BLF and eventually sign up here.
As for budget lights, I have a fairly substantial set of posts on how to decide what specification to order when buying an old model Convoy S2+ or related light:
Never been a problem. A decent number of CPF members took the time to say “thank you” as well. Some of you are here too 
More thoughts on CPF versus BLF here on the other thread.
I’m still a cpf member. I’m not on much but that’s mostly because I’m more into spinners now. Still like lights though.
You’re the reason I’m a member here! It took a while but I finally got it.
When you’re on a special interest board for long enough you notice patterns and changes and eventually it may not feel like it used to. Change happens.
Gunga sold or traded me the SC62 that really killed my interest in other flashlights for at least 2 years, took his advice to come here just to stay in the hobby.
A truly generous, thoughtful person. I’ve seen the amazing things he has done with flashlights, I can’t imagine the wild spinners he’s modding.
These forums are awesome. I’ve made a purchase from a member, I’ve learned valuable information from CRX and other member’s posts. I’ve taken part in group buys, and I never would have known about or bought the lights I have today. The members here are great. I definitely appreciate these forums.
Thanks Bansuri! My interest in new lights has slowed a lot, but I did just get an Emisar D4 ti. Nice light. Not super practical, nicely blingy, and pretty damn heavy.
In any case, BLF renewed my interest in lights too, but in my years at CPF I’ve seen, received, and given much kindness. There are a lot of quirks and obviously it’s heavily moderated, but I have enjoyed my time there (and here!).
No spinner mods here, just bearing swaps and minor refinishing…
I know a lot of good folks on CPF that are also here. Gunga, bansuri, standardbattery and many others. Beside cash and politics, it’s still a great place for flashlights enthusiasts. I still like drooling on $1000 custom titanium flashlight porn on CPF but I now prefer building a $30 pocket light that can be seen from the moon…
Yeah, about all that rude stuff being said about CPF….
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It is all true.
I started this hobby over there about 8ish years ago and it took all of 10 posts to make me realize there has to be a better group that doesn’t require you to worship exotic lights that cost more than a car payment, or two. I do respect all the rare and craftsmanship that goes in to them. I just don’t have the disposable income to get them and all the other things I Like to buy, (Camera Lens, Firearms, Knives, Drones) And high end custom lights.
I've been a member of CPF since last September. As a relatively new member, it's been mostly a positive experience. EXCEPT I learned very quickly that it's an unwritten rule that you can NEVER, EVER mention that the forum runs slow. If you dare, Greta's homies moderators will try and convince you it's your problem, not theirs. You could even post a screen capture of a message directly from the CPF server, proving the problem is on their end. Greta never acknowledges the problem, you are only pointed to other threads on the subject that lead to no further explanation. Eventually, any talk of a slow forum gets your thread closed/locked/deleted.
Yes, I’ve noticed either avoidance or denial about the poor forum performance. I still enjoy the place.
CPF was great and helpful when people started to mod maglites, minimags, Lambda drivers etc. Than down the slope.
Mike
On the upside CPF is now back up and running and the new server seems to have improved performance.
IMO, slow performance was a minor CPF problem. The real problem is over-moderation of threads, and, well…. an “attitude” of the owner. It’s a good resource site to be sure, but participation can sometimes be tricky.
After writing my previous post in this thread, I received a couple of examples - via polite PM - on why some of us were driven away from CPF.
I have to say that some of the behaviour I was referred to is quite shocking. Although I was fortunate enough not to encounter it personally, I bear witness that there are people with legitimate views and real experience on both sides of this question.
I remember those days. I joined in 2006. Kind of near the peak according to the graph ToyKeeper showed of post volume. Even today total volume of BLF + CPF volume isn’t equal to the hay day of late 2000’s. My very first LED flashlight was a Streamlight 4AA Propolymer. There was excitement over a River Rock from Target. There just wasn’t a lot of choice. I was into the Mini MagLite upgrades….LOL. Even went as far as to make my own driver and a 3 LED, 2 D cell custom light. Modifying a Princeton Tec EOS headlamp to a SS P4 LED was the thing to do. Those guys are all mostly gone now.
Even David Chow is gone. I helped work his booth in Shot Show 2012. CPF seems in a downward spiral. I’ve noticed it for the last couple of years. The slow server definitely didn’t help. I was chastised a couple of times for what I thought were meaningless things, but I just let it roll off my back. I use to sell on the marketplace. It got hard to sell stuff and then there was a cost to list. Not as much talk anymore on basic lights. The main LED forum seems geared to high end lights which haven’t interested me. And pretty much all you see for sale anymore are high end lights or Surefires.
Part of it may just be the evolution of it all. The LED flashlight market is getting more saturated all the time. I remember the Streamlight Rep telling me in 2012. “there are so many light companies and competition is getting stiffer”. I wonder what he thinks now.
I spoke too soon when I said "mostly a positive experience". I've abandoned my CPF account. No need to rehash details. Greta threw one of her epic temper tantrums (April 2018). With zero respect for that woman, I left - and here I am.
FlashPilot prophetically wrote; [quote] I wouldn’t be at all surprised if at least 250 BLF members had appeared in this forum after being banned from CPF. It happens all the time. Many of those refugees have become great contributors to this forum, with gracious personalities that we have all grown to love and respect. As we say, being banned from CPF is a distinguished badge of honor. [/quote] .