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    What's new on the McGizmo horizon?

    How about a XPG 3S Sapphire? Any new pocketable 1xCR123 light would be great. I'd also go for an aesthetic update to the Haiku head and 1xCR123 McClickie pack.
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    Titanium Makai

    That is indeed very beautiful. I've always been a fan of the flutes over the ribs. Looking forward to the wave.
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    35mm photographic film extinct?

    Wow, calm down please. I was just lamenting about the difference in experience looking at the original slide through a loupe and then at the digital version of the same slide on a LCD monitor. I agree that film is largely about processing. I used to use the Slideprinter in Denver for...
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    35mm photographic film extinct?

    The other day, I took out some of my old Velvia slides to share with a friend. It's been a while since I've broken out the slides, light panel, and loupe, but hands down, there is no purer way to experience an image than a slide through a Rodenstock loupe. It's a world of difference looking at...
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    Are you ready for the zombies?

    Milla Jovovich for everything.
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    expensive flashlights Vrs knives.

    It's just a matter of what every person enjoys. It doesn't make sense to try to make any kind of economic justification for high-end items. People that believe in some kind of positive ROI on premium knives such as Sebenzas or Hinderes vs normal good quality knives such as Benchmades or...
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    Ti PD-XP-G ! Will the dream come true Don???

    I'd go for a 2-level Ti PD-XPG optimized for the greater efficiency. Low level around 30 lumens and high at around 120 lumens for 2hrs would be nice. O-ring retained window is fine. $520 sounds good, or actually, whatever price it takes to make it happen. That goes for any other PD light...
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    To serrate or to not serrate?

    If you have to saw your way through a steak, you've cooked it too long. :laughing: Back to the OP, I like plain edge. Serrated edges get gunked up and sticky pretty quickly when used on packing tape. Serrated edges are also not very good at fruit. I have a Spyderco with a 4" combo edge that...
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    Best flashlight app for iPhone?

    I know using a phone as a flashlight might be heresy, but has anyone found a good iPhone flashlight app, free or paid? There are quite a few out there that look pretty cool.
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    List your McGizmo flashlights

    Hi CRI McClickie Mule Ti PD-S LS20 Sundrop 3S Haiku I'm waiting for the Hi CRI reflectored Sapphire to come to fruition or a multi-mode Sapphire...
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    Sea Shepherd crew using green lasers as weapons

    Non-LEOs purchasing and using "photonic disruptors" to pick a fight with other mariners in the Antarctic ocean is ridiculous. Deliberately setting lines to entangle the props of other ships should be financially and/or criminally penalized. Intentionally positioning a small boat in front of a...
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    How to carry a tent in Mt hikking...

    I use an internal frame pack and if it is a smaller tent, I pack the body and poles right in the middle against the spine (on top of the sleeping bag in the bottom) and then pack the stakes and ground cloth in a separate bag lashed to the outside somewhere to keep it from getting everything else...
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    Haiku XP-G

    The new light looks good! I have two questions. -Is the tint of the XP-G as cool as the Osram in the LS20 or is it somewhere between the XR-E Haiku and the LS20? -Any thoughts for doing a mizer version? I'm not sure if I need a 30% increase in lumens since the XR-E is bright enough for me...
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    What languages do you speak/understand?

    Re: How many of you are multilingual? Born and raised in the US of Chinese descent, my native tongue is English. I can also speak Mandarin Chinese at a business level and Japanese at a conversational level. I can read subway billboard Spanish pretty well, but am rusty at actually speaking it...
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    Preon impressions

    My impressions of the Preon... Preon 1 Ti -very nice finish, but too smooth and tight for me to use as a twistie -the clicky I ordered with it works well and feels solid although time will tell -whine on low and med -clicky is kind of loud when clicking Preon Red kit -grippy enough to use as a...
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