of the same light is I’m starting to forget what frickin’ mod I did to which light. H)
I pick up one A60 for instance and I go………“Ok, I think I modded the paper disk thingy on this one, and IIRC I put a red Sharpie mark on the ‘e’ of the ‘Cree’ to tell me its been modded. Ok, what does that mean again?”
Either that or I think I’m going senile.
Solution: I’m gonna start ‘serializing’ each of my torches with an engraved (but discrete number code). I’m thinking inside the tail cap somewhere, like the tighten-down ring. Then write that number down in a journal that tells me, “A60/00012. Modded driver to single mode, paper disk replaced with copper base @.33mm. Tailcap reading XYZ. 10/16/12.”
How do you guys keep track of all the stuff ya did to your torches? I know ya may not have multiples but ya defnitely got a crapload of lights nonetheless. It’s gotta be a honkin’ memory test to remember all the mods, man.
very good quality too. It’s small enough that it’s very maneuverable to get into tight spots unlike the AC powered units that can be a bit bulky, hard to handle, and frankly, overkill.
On sale I’ve them for as low as $6.99. Made in Taiwan, and if ya know nowadays Taiwan doesn’t equate to junk any longer. In fact, whenever I see a tool or something that’s from Taiwan and it’s priced right, I buy it.
Well, this little very portable engraver is one of those things. Highly recommended. Hint. Hint.
Oh btw, it’s also handy for modding stuff in general. Like when ya want to grind off an annoying little burr off a driver disk or something like that. Or cleaning up a small hole real fast and easy. Lots of flashlight uses besides just engraving.
I’d forget which color means what. Ok let’s say your method works. So how do ya remember every little thing ya did to it so next time ya can replicate the results? Ya know, in case I sent ya $$$ someday and asked ya to give me what ya got?
See, I’m not Rain Man. I mean some folks may differ with me on that. 8) I can barely remember what today is. And what if you’re color blind?
I gotta have a journal. I know it prolly sounds anal but sheesh these things are proliferating like Tribbles.
Engraving is a great way to visibly id. I like the tailcap idea too. You could also use lanyards, tape, or even baking to color the bodies.
I have duplicates of a generic cree zoomie. The zoom ring on one busted and doesn’t adjust right anymore. I baked that one cause I figured if I botched it, no big loss. Now it is really easy to tell the bronze baked busted one from the functioning black one.
The bad part of buying multiples you will find is that you have spent X amount of dollars and have only been thru x amount of lights .. once you hit your max and look back you'll be sad that you never bought a balder or a xeno or a nitecore ..you will instead have 27 c-8s or 16 504b's.
Three or four of any light is probably too many unless it's something rare or was stupidly priced .
I use different colored rubber bands on lights to identify them ,different lanyard shapes or colors ,and colored tailcaps
after I go through them. The hobby part of this for me is prolly moreso the ‘going through them’ part and then the thrill of the bargain hunt.
The rest of the deal then gets into disaster preparedness and having enough for family, friends, and neighbors, who aren’t so prepared in lights and batteries.
So my bulk buys have some rationale behind the apparent hoarding insanity. 8)
“Three or four of any light is probably too many unless it’s something rare or was stupidly priced”
Said the man with 6 or 7 D-10’s which i lust after greatly. wish i had bought a dozen Ultrafire RL-168 two modes when they were 12usd.
but mostly i just give away a lot of lights, couldnt tell you how many AA s-1’s i have gifted, i used to order them 10 at a time. have one left. same with trustfire R5-A3’s.
