What is your favorite thread on BLF

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Mine is:

What light did you edc today.
What you got today.
Amazon deals

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Off the top of my head, I like the Amazon Deal thread, as well as the AliExpress Super Deals thread.
I also like the Which movie did you watch last thread, and Simon’s Convoy thread. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Lotta good ones, probably too many to pick.

Deals, Stoopit Questions, Movies, Teevee, etc., which are ironically not flashlight-related.

Dunno if there’s bias against necrothreads, but I miss people chiming in about, say, dedoming XP-Gs, years after the fact and getting a resurgence in those threads, even if only for a short time.

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Well… I’m biased. The “Box of Lights” thread allowed me to own the finest light I’ve ever held or seen in person.

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Favorite of all time:

Official BLF GT Group Buy thread. Group buy officially closed! Lights shipping.

Current favorite:
Amazon deals

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At first, I considered the question yet another in a long line of ‘silly question’ threads asked out of boredom and/or recent lack of forum activity. But when actually giving the question some thought, the answer quickly came to mind, which is…
“The BLF Modding Links Thread. Looking for a mod that’s been done at BLF? Try here for a link.”

This thread not only provides new and accomplished modders with project ideas and a wealth of techniques from which to learn and further develop one’s skills, to me the thread also embodies what I find is special about BLF, and which separates it from CPF and Reddit as a resource about illumination products.

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right now…this one.
gave me threads
to check out.

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Hands-down the “What did you mod today?”
thread, I feel a hobby is more than continually amassing stuff by purchasing; the modifications on the thread have a huge range from free or low cost to big projects with custom MCPCBs and or custom firmware - I feel like this is the most accessible part of the hobby, you don’t need deep pockets to “keep up” with the hobby by purchasing the latest and greatest Hank/ZL/wurkkos light.

The market is fairly saturated with size/format/emitter compared to when I joined the flashlight forums- I feel like modifications of lights still gives that uniqueness that keeps it interesting.

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This one

and this one

… and this one

I like it when people give it their own personal touch

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Do you not have drawer-after-drawer full of modding parts you’ve purchased but never used? :grimacing:

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Convoy
What movie did you just watch
What TV show did you just watch

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Convoy:

What did you mod today?:

Koef3’s LED Tests:

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These would be exactly my top 3 pick as well!

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I’ve managed to keep it to 1 of those large multi-compartment organisers, LEDs and drivers don’t take up that much room, afterall. I need to go through and make a little bit more space/tidy it, but this is the modding box at the moment:

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Top row left to right: O-rings, emitters/MCPCBs/TIR optics, more TIR optics and emitters, drivers, clips/lanyard hardware

Second row: misc bits/USB lithium chargers, solder/braid/small tube grease, more soldering wire/solder suckers/tweezers/LED gaskets in the small plastic box

Third row: Roisin flux/small spool of lead solder/more drivers/pocket clips, misc hardware/18650>21700 o rings/USB ASP(?) things, diffusers and mini carabiners, larger diffusers nested/wire cutters, headlamp clips for hard hats

Lowermost row is misc bits I’ve not got space in the compartments for and a couple of AAA hosts.

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Nice! Good organization is important but often easier said than done.