Let there be light
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greatbearHullo, I'm, uh, Phil, and I, um, I'm addicted to flashlights (Hiii Phiiiiil!).
Well, not so much addicted, more like a mini-hobby as I keep finding better and better ones over the years, and as my eyesight enters its second half century, I need more light to see the increasingly smaller pieces that make up my major hobbies these days. LED lights keep getting better, brighter and (sometimes) cheaper. I keep at least one flashlight in each of our vehicles, there is most likely a flashlight or two in every room of the house, and the workshop, lab and garage have plenty to choose from. This pic shows most of the "better" lights I have. I decided to gather them together, check and replace the batteries (I've lost a few good ones from prematurely leaking alkaline cells), lube the seals and threads, and gave them a good cleaning. All the lights in the pic are equipped with lithium primary or rechargeable cells, or NiMH rechargeables. No more alkalines.
The brightest of the bunch is the Kobalt 500 lumen LED light to the far right. The second brightest is, amazingly enough, the tiny Nitecore EC1 in the middle, almost tied with the big rechargeable Maglite "cop light" on the upper left. The big Maglite was just treated to a new battery pack and some repair work on the charger/holder. It normally resides in my old Dodge pickup. The little Nitecore is my everyday carry light, it has five brightness levels, a tiny red locator LED that also doubles as a low-level illumination that will last for days if not weeks on a fresh charge. The tiny light has so many features crammed into its tiny shell it ends up being a fun toy to play with.
Jeff rolls his eyes at my little addiction of flashlights, but he sure does expect one to be handy everywhere in the house. His eyes are aging along with mine. ;-)
Well, not so much addicted, more like a mini-hobby as I keep finding better and better ones over the years, and as my eyesight enters its second half century, I need more light to see the increasingly smaller pieces that make up my major hobbies these days. LED lights keep getting better, brighter and (sometimes) cheaper. I keep at least one flashlight in each of our vehicles, there is most likely a flashlight or two in every room of the house, and the workshop, lab and garage have plenty to choose from. This pic shows most of the "better" lights I have. I decided to gather them together, check and replace the batteries (I've lost a few good ones from prematurely leaking alkaline cells), lube the seals and threads, and gave them a good cleaning. All the lights in the pic are equipped with lithium primary or rechargeable cells, or NiMH rechargeables. No more alkalines.
The brightest of the bunch is the Kobalt 500 lumen LED light to the far right. The second brightest is, amazingly enough, the tiny Nitecore EC1 in the middle, almost tied with the big rechargeable Maglite "cop light" on the upper left. The big Maglite was just treated to a new battery pack and some repair work on the charger/holder. It normally resides in my old Dodge pickup. The little Nitecore is my everyday carry light, it has five brightness levels, a tiny red locator LED that also doubles as a low-level illumination that will last for days if not weeks on a fresh charge. The tiny light has so many features crammed into its tiny shell it ends up being a fun toy to play with.
Jeff rolls his eyes at my little addiction of flashlights, but he sure does expect one to be handy everywhere in the house. His eyes are aging along with mine. ;-)
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Date: 2013-02-07 07:36 am (UTC)*cough*
Sorry. Wrong script...
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Date: 2013-02-07 10:34 am (UTC)When I was scrolling down the LJ feed, and before I saw the picture, I read the first line as "Fleshlights". I admit I got something of a anticipatory thrill.....
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Date: 2013-02-07 10:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-02-07 01:33 pm (UTC)thingies that looks like a cap with a flashlight
on the front-those look mighty convienent with their "no hands" design.
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Date: 2013-02-07 02:33 pm (UTC)I have the regular Maglite, but it currently has no batteries in it however.
I had an LED flashlight in the car, but it was one of the things that was taken last May when I was car prowled. :-(
However, I DO have a very bright halogen spotlight that plugs into the cigarette lighter that I've had over 30 years myself that does stay in the car.
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Date: 2013-02-07 03:45 pm (UTC)I've heard the EC1 is a great torch. Seems fairly inexpensive as well as (obviously) compact. I'll have to check it out and get one next year (as I've decided to 'buy nothing' this year).
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Date: 2013-02-08 12:32 am (UTC)Thank you for shopping Lowe's. Last year, they moved my
solitary confinementcubicle, where I sit and countclamsmoney all day, right adjacent to the flashlights. Oooooo, shiny!I've just discovered the Light Mine, made by Striker, which is a plastic
French ticklerround magnetic spiked LED light ball, which will stick to metals so that it makes a very handy worklight for working under cars or in other tight spaces. One of them has a red LED as well, so I plan to use it as a photographic safelight if I ever have to do any on-location print developing!no subject
Date: 2013-02-08 04:42 am (UTC)