My meteor burnt a hole in my bed...

So I was using my meteor as a night light and left it on the bed, as I raised one of the pillows and laid my back on it about a minute later some strange smell started to come out of nowhere, I got up to check the kitchen and when I got back to my room I saw light coming out behind one of the pillows… my first thought was oh sh*t and indeed it was a nasty surprise: :open_mouth:

The light was found like this with the switch pointing out:

I’m glad these were microfiber bed sheets, had they been cotton this could’ve been a serious fire. It didn’t just burnt through the bed sheets but the mattress as well.

As bizarre as they sound these things DO happen! I liked the meteor as night light because of the illuminated switch, and even though it melt a hole in my bed I won’t be replacing it with a lower power light I’ll just be more careful next time :smiley:

Giggling

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A joy to flashlight world haha

High powered lights are as dangerous as a candle that falls over. I wonder how many house fires start because of a flashlight…

Same thing happened to my jacket pocket. Just wanted to see if it could shine through on turbo. Took all of ten seconds.

This thing will melt every soft material especially if it is black, me and DB Custom burnt the holsters from accidental activation on turbo. After that mishap i am especially careful when using this flashlight on the higher settings.

Oh man that is nasty. One day BLF A6 accidentally started on turbo in my jeans pocket while I was in a grocery store with my kids…. Suddenly I was jumping all around, while others look at me like I’m crazy :smiley:

Maybe we need a proximity sensor or some sort, to prevent high powered flashlights from switching on at close distance in future.

And make it impossible to use diffusers at the same time :slight_smile:

Many times my EDC, a lowly SK68, has turned on in my pocket. Even though it’s not powerful enough to melt anything, it can sting.
Sometimes for a couple of minutes I would notice a sensation but not really be aware of what or where exactly it is. Eventually though it becomes apparent and I shut it off. The biggest negative is that the battery is now almost depleted and I may have to go the rest of the day with little or no power.

Anytime I turn off a high powered light, I try to remember to lock it out by unscrewing the tail cap a little. I have read to many stories on BLF where someone placed a light on a piece of furniture and it turned on and marred the wood, or worse.

What will34 here describes is something even more concerning, damage occurring while using a light. Now I realize that I have for watch out for that too!

LUX-RC Labs has a solution.

Haha !
Another lithium battery fire !

And too think that people thought I was weird for showering with my flashlights. At least I’m not sleeping with them

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Personally, I have bedside ‘touch’ lamps that go nightlight-medium-high when you, well, touch them, by the side of my bed!

If I used a high powered torch/flashlight as a nightlight, especially on high, or high enough to melt sheets, my missus would A) twat (smack) me, and B) I wouldn’t sleep!

If you’ve seen PS: I Love You……Gerard Butler insisted Hilary Swank buy a bedside lamp in one of his letters!!

Just an idea.

Oh my how I cried at that movie, laughed too!!

> LUX-RC Labs has a solution. (link is external)

I really like that design!

Not budget though: Lux-RC Labs - Products - Artifact Flashlight - Artifact 2023 - On Sale

But it is not the batteries fault. High output flashlights are known to generate heat and every soft object that comes point blank to the business end of the flashlight will suffer burns especially if its black and non transparent.

Here is a video of a S2+ with three xpl v6 led’s, burns the electrical tape with no effort.

Now imagine what would twelve led’s will do at full blast :slight_smile:

Right Bobby, and imagine what 12 LED’s fed 33.7A of power will do at full blast. This is why I like a mechanical lock out switch. They’re much harder to activate and have no parasitic drain.

Yup, Giving the tail cap a twist to lock it out before putting it in your pocket. Can’t burn a hole in your pocket without electrical contact

That is over 120 watts of power. Mind blown! You don’t want that thing activated in your pocked or elsewhere by mistake.

My Olight R50 sits in a pouch on the floor of my truck under the edge of the drivers seat. It never rolls around, but it did the other day. I reached down and slid it back to where it catches on the floor mat and thought I felt a click… Sure did, check as soon as I felt it. Bad situation avoided, but still if I had not trusted my tactile senses it could have gotten ugly!