Flashlight dumb questions

I suggest taking the lights you have and testing them inside and outside at night, try the different levels, test the throwers vs flooders, presumably you have a few different tints. Just spend time using your lights in different situations to get a feel for the hobby.

I have done some interesting and crazy stuff, i have gone in to the woods on trails at night without streetlights to test my flashlights, i have done nighttime geocaching, i have used lights to light up rooms instead of lightbulbs in the house, i have tested runtimes for emergency uses in case of power outage (i’m also a bit of a survivalist), i have gone into the wilderness with a few lights, i have done car repairs, house repairs with the lights, i have given away lights to others (1AA is great for the average person), i have helped people do things like cover pools or do construction work at night, i have figured out what lights need to be kept in strategic places, the car has 5 lights, one in the house can be found in patch black by feel (which i have needed once), and so on. Heck i have come up with new ideas for lights, in my family photo (link) the bulbs with wire and inverter lives in the car, i can change a tire or do repair work in the middle of nowhere.,
Heck, i once shined my Cyclone C88 at Niagara Falls at night (wasn’t enough throw but i didn’t know till i tried).

In one case someone posted on BLF that they used their high lumen light to help firefighters during a house fire while they were a spectator and the firefighter said point it higher to where they needed light.

So there is a lot to enjoy in this hobby. But the longest journey begins with a single step.