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Thanks everyone. I guess I really do need a thrower! 
I am not sure what my fascination is with flashlights but I guess I could have worse hobbies. I guess I just like having the brightest flashlights in the group or campground and seeing what I can light up. I was shining my 3-XML Trustfire one evening and I heard the camper next to me said "Geezus...look at that light!" and then his wife said something about him being cheap or something.
One thing that always loses me is when everyone starts talking amps and draws. I have no working knowledge of electronics so you will need to bear with me on some of those things. I just buy the flashlights and hope they work as advertised.
Don't get one! Listen to me! Do. NOT. Get. One!
Just go ahead and get yourself two instead. :D
Why 3 XM-L now that 5 XM-L are available? If you get one be sure to also get this:
Its for you own good when your wife finds out...
Still not made your mind?
Here is another picture that might help you:
Welcome, maybe you can make coincide your new flashlight with a gift or favor for for your wife
should works until your economy will not collapse xD
omg budgeter she have a so sadistic shining smile! Scaring me! xD
...and intriguing me 0:)
If he eventually buys one he will probably get some good BANG for the bucks.
Go for the "I could be addicted to crack and pr0n! Flashlights aren't that bad!" argument. You can start buying parts instead. "I haven't bought a new flashlight in months!" "But why are there 50 flashlights here?"
Answer: Simple, because hosts and drop-ins, if purchased separately, count as 'parts'!
How about a spare empty p60 pill? Maybe a spare reflector; two really, then you can have an OP and a SMO for your parts box. Then you need a couple of spare drivers to keep handy in case one fails. Some spare emitters for the same reason: at least a couple of XR-Es and XMLs. Then maybe purchase a cheap new host to have in case anything happens to your current light. Mix parts around, assemble, and suddenly, you have a new flashlight that wasn't there before. Lather, Rinse, Repeat.
A real woman could stop you . A real big woman.
Apart from the few folks who already knew this stuff - most of us learned it along the way. Once upon a time I taught high school physics (years 8-9 mostly) but most of what I know now I learned along the way with playing with lights. Most of the electrical stuff here is actually pretty straightforward. Unlike the electronic stuff or the writing minuscule code to fit in about three bytes for programmable chips which is so far above me, I can't see the bottom of it. You will learn what you need to know pretty quickly. It isn't actually all that hard.
All you really need to know is roughly what current is getting pulled out of the cells - for lithium cells if it is more than double the capacity of the cell, say 4A for a 2000mAh cell then you are asking for trouble - spelt Kaboom with a side order of extremely noxious gases.
The LEDs can only handle so much current - usually a lot more if you stick them to ten pounds of copper as a heatsink. After that amount of current they tend to get too hot, turn a distressing blue colour and die.
For an XP-G LED the maximum current is around 1500mA, for an XM-L 3000mA for an XR-E officially 1500mA (or is it 1200, can't remember). So if a light with a single lithium cell (maximum voltage around 4.2V - the LED needs somewhere from 3.3 to 3.7V to light up at all) is pulling 4000mA (4 amps) from the battery neither it or the battery are likely to live long. For single cell lights, the current pulled out of the battery is close to the current the LED is getting fed.
Convince her it's for her own good. Remind her that it's your responsibility to protect her and you never know when or where harm might come from. It's always better to be able to see bad things coming at a longer distance in order to give you time to react and time to get her out of harms way. Remember, you're doing it for her. If that fails, just buy her something.
A male grizzly can cover over 109 yards in 6 seconds! But its not just grizzlies that have pace; even the slowest bears can run at 30mph. You really do need to see an angry one coming from a l...o...n...g way off and you can only do that at night with a powerful thrower. Q.E.D. 
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Well, somehow I justified my purchase and went ahead and got that FandyFire thrower.
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I will give you a bit of advice my girlfriend unknowingly told me she couldn't tell one flashlight from another. First thing keep them in different places so she can't count them and second hide the packaging when a new one shows up and she will never know the difference......hopefully.
Good idea. It's funny I'm not the only one hiding these purchases...LOL!
I don't know about your wife, but mine buys plenty of things she doesn't need! Shoes, purses, etc. . . Why don't you try reasoning (ie. arguing) with her that she buys things she doesn't need so therefore you should be able to buy things you don't need.
By the way, after you've done this let me know the outcome so I know whether or not to try this with my wife!
Didn't you see this thread: More help sneaking flashlights home.
-Garry
Go for it!
You could still buy her a silken negligee, as well; genuine silk tends to mellow a woman's temper.
Shouldn't be like that, though. Interestingly enough, some females tend to be quite stubborn and materialistic, too- which proves to be a bad combination.
I also had a similar problem with my wife, but I was very clear, I said to her: buy only ONE flashlight! ......
..... only one flashlight for each family member, and only one for each room we have in our house.
So I bought my first 25 flashlights.
Then I told my wife that I bought a flashlight only to backup the only flashlight that had each of us and only for the flashlight that is in every room. So I had 25 other flashlights.
Now I'm buying the spare parts for each flashlight; only all the parts.
I've used that one before...."Just buying a few parts, luv."
She doesn't need to know that the parts just happen to be attached to other parts, conveniently shaped like a whole torch for, uh, ease of shipping.
FandyFire STL-V6 is an excellent thrower.
Children sometimes get lost.
A good thrower helps when looking for lost children.
THEREFORE, failure to own an STL-V6 is child abuse.
It's only logical 
I just did that first time this week, lol.
I feel so dirty… 
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