Hi everyone, I am Ray (raynman in this forum) and I live in southern Maine (where it is dark a LOT in the winter!)
I just signed up for BLF forums - I kinda jumped into this light thing with both feet recently (can’t say I’ve ever NOT gone totally in on ANYTHING!)
it all started with my son acquiring a Lumentop Tool AAA, and when he showed it to me, my thought was, WOW! that thing is WAY brighter than my huge MagLite that eats batteries and takes up a huge amount of space in my drawer - and FORGET about EDC carrying it!
So, in short order I was reading everything I could find on LED lights (including here on BLF)
I ordered my first light, a used Sunwayman M11R, off eBay (which has not arrived yet - slow boat from China apparently) and a AA adapter tube (which HAS arrived, how frustrating!) My son gave me a gift certificate to Mountain Electronics for father’s day, so I have ordered a Convoy S2 host, Cree noctigon, and moonlight driver, and will build that light when it gets here - always loved soldering and putting stuff together. AND, when my wife asked me what I’d like for my birthday (!) I told her I’d love to have an Astrolux S41 with Nichia emitters, and even though she cannot believe a “flashlight” could cost nearly $50, I think I might get that one for my birthday.
I am really excited about building more lights, even though I have not even handled one yet, other than my son’s Lumentop. Looking forward to building a triple with parts from MtE, and I messaged Hoop to see if I could still get one of his beautiful S2+ triple heatsinks for that…
….Dreaming of the day I might have the space and time to try doing some machine work (a dream for some time, only recently directed at flashlights)
looking forward to lots of great information here - thanks to all, and Hello!
Ray
raynman
