Yeah, good luck with that…
Last week I just got a light I don’t even recall ordering.
At first I thought GB made a mistake, send a duplicate I didn’t even order. I go look, yeah, I got the order in there, even the tracking #s match. Lemme check… yep, Paypal, too, they got the record of the transaction. ???
Then I remembered it had a code to get it at a Nice Price, and figured, yeah, I probably went’n’ordered another while the code was still good.
:person_facepalming:
. /\ . . Yep, I can relate to that…… . . :person_facepalming:
Wow……and i thought i already have too many lights with about 60 of them. Managed to sell about 10 of them……
I keep saying when I’m dead and gone people will go thru my stuff and each will take a handful of lights ... Months later they will be standing in a field with a dumb look on their faces thinking “ this is really one hell of a good light.”
timing is everything
Bro, you are still in biz, nice to see ya again! Not sure if you remember me. I stopped the hobby a few years ago and here i am again!
Good to know it's not only me then 
What I need to do is stop making a fool of myself every time I say " this is my last light for the year". It never seems to work and then I just turn around and purchase even more.
Another bad habit I have is dropping a light in the shopping cart and then running away only to come back days later hypnotized by it until I finally give in and hit the buy button.
When I got my rot66 a few days ago, I liked it, but said to myself "no way will I get a second one, enough's enough".... then ff fires off an email to me and says they sent me a second one by mistake and if I want it, they would give me a deal on it 
Of course I couldn't resist and took their deal.
Oh no… you are definitely not alone!!
And as far as the 2nd rot66…. that is one of those times you just can’t pass the ‘deal’ up. 
. . Especially if they really made it worth your while…… 
Started years ago with a fake sipik, then started collecting, buying hosts, parts, modding tools, and so on - now I have reached a point where I own about 20 lights. This is still a small collection, but I only ever use 1 light - my Convoy S2+. I could get rid of 19 lights and still be happy.
That’s good to hear. Now an then I ask myself why I have two each of Sofirn & BLF Q8, 1 of each unused apart form turn on once to check it works.
BTW, those Q8s are not mine.
I made an excel with all my flashlights, and I try to stay under 20, so usually I sell my lesser used ones so I have room to buy more
Haha, at least collecting flashlights is harmless compared to other hobbies! Yes, ff made me a deal I couldn't refuse.
you had me fooled there for a second.
Thankfully that’s not a problem for me. I try my best to not buy torches that overlap much with others I already have - UI, beam pattern, tint, at least something has to be very distinct. Both because I don’t like the idea of “jewelry” lights and because money is critically short.
As a result, my collection is at a grand total of 9 at the moment. Only two of those (a Thrunite TN12 2014 and a slightly defective Olight S30, both cool whites) see little use.
I hope you haven’t found the Cacoward-winning fan-made WADs then, for your own good
Well said Nev!! :+1: . Spoken like a true flashlight addict……
I like this thread .. Downsizing is a wonderful idea ... For all those that need to unburden their weary souls there is a slot under the window in the confessional for lightly used shelf queens .
Downsize lol find another shelf. Just went through 2 hurricanes in a month. All those lights need batteries. So I have a littokala 2 bay charger. This saved my life what batteries I had . It can be used as a USB charger also. So it ran my USB fan and kept my phone charged for a week with no powe. So my wife,neighbors ,church members are now believers in my hobby. At night my queen’s like the dx80 and blf gt keep looters away as I could see them coming from a mile away lol.
I also did the same thing. I put in every flashlight (and batteries) that I’ve kept since belonging to BLF, including mods and parts into a spreadsheet. I did it more to keep track of the various parts I used in my mods and current measurements. I didn’t include the tools I acquired, like a soldering iron, since I figured they are used for other repairs around the house.
I was quite shocked with the total costs! It seemed like a lot of money for mere flashlights. More than I would’ve ever imagined spending on flashlights. But I guess it’s a hobby and I’ve learned a lot and had a bunch of fun over the years.
Downsizing? Hmm, that would be hard. I’m not sure which one I could give up. They all get used or serve a purpose.
So my dilemma now is to figure out which flashlight I want to build next. I’ve been patient, but I’ve also started a shopping cart at Mountain Electronics. :person_facepalming: