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    Novatac Classic Vs. EDC-120P (long review, initial impressions)

    I just got one of the NT Classic flashlights from the Battery Junction clearance sale, so I figured I'd do a quick comparison between it and my trusty old NT EDC-120-P, the ol' 120P may look battered and worn (I think I got one with the subpar HA), but it's merely a cosmetic issue and therefore...
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    MagLED XL100, are you *trying* to make me hate you?

    Last night, on a whim, I decided to give the Mag Instrument XL100 a try, as the motion control interface looked intriguing.... Pop the light out of the package (a pox on the evil clampacks, thank Og for my Spyderco Spyderhawk hawkbill knife, no clampack stands a chance!) and unscrew the...
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    Bringing my Eternalight out of retirement...

    Yes, the Eternalight is old technology, 5mm LED, heck, they're not even Nichia DS, why would any flashaholic still use such a dinosaur? Well, there are still things it does better than any other light in my collection, long runtime, dimmable (then again, my NT120-P is also dimmable), and more...
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    Flashlights on a Plane (which to bring?)

    I *might* be getting a job offer at an Apple store in NH, the Genius (technician) position, I stopped off at the Salem NH store to look around and get a feel for things, while I was there, I talked to a few employees about the work environment and such, one thing I found out was people hired for...
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    A Non-Flashaholic Gave me a Light

    I was gifted a cheap plastic 3 LED "taplight", 3 5mm LED's, cheap plastic reflector, a simple resistor dropping the voltage to the emitters and a simple click switch, from my nephew, he's 6 years old, and was quite proud of his gift, so, obviously, I couldn't disparage his gift, it's actually...
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    The importance of multiple backups....

    We're in the midst of yet another snowstorm here in New England, we had a storm yesterday that dumped about 8-10 inches of light fluffy powder, champagne powder in fact Today, we're in the depths of another snowstorm, this one's dropping wet, heavy snow, perfect snowball snow, we now have...
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    PT EOS (Luxeon) Vs. EOS (Rebel)

    I absolutely love my old Luxeon PT EOS, it's just so incredibly useful, just the right amount of light on low for navigating inside, a decent throw outside on high, and there's the luxury of having both hands free that the headlamp design is well known for the only thing I didn't like about the...
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    Pine Mountain Firelog review (hey, it *IS* incandescent...)

    Nope, one at a time, the flames are pretty tall well, you *could*, I suppose, but it'd be heavy, bulky and inconvenient... You'd have to DIY one, but you'd better have a bloody strong belt, as it's guaranteed to pull your pants down, not the best thing to have happen in a cold, snowy...
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    The New England ice storm of 2008

    Okay, now that I've had time to settle down and calm myself, I'll detail the lighting instruments used during this five day outage.... 1; Novatac 120P - the 120P was used on it's two lowest levels (0.8 Lumens and 10 Lumens) for 98% of the time, I did step up to level 3 (30 Lumens) whenever I...
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    The New England ice storm of 2008

    We used the lights for a good 3 to 4 hours after it got dark, getting wood from the cellar, getting water out to the horses (my sister has a boarding stable on the property with 16+ horses), just general use I have used this outage as a learning experience, I learned a great deal about the...
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    The New England ice storm of 2008

    12/17/08; Power is back on at home, the next question is for how long, last powerup only ran for about an hour before dying again.... I'm not holding my breath.... We *WILL* be contacting the State Utilities Commision over this, I want heads to roll! some CMP "Suits" need to lose their jobs...
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    The New England ice storm of 2008

    I spoke too soon, no less than THREE minutes after I posted my last update, the power went out *AGAIN!!!* Two tripped breakers on the Eliot side... We called CMP immediately after the second outage, they said they'd "try to send the trucks back, Frost Hill is not listed as "closed" yet" And...
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    The New England ice storm of 2008

    Three words..... ABOUT FRAKKING TIME!!! Power was restored on 12/16/08 at approx. 7:50 PM, FIVE DAYS after the storm CMP overall grade; F MINUS MINUS!, or -273 Farenheit, ABSOLUTE ZERO! I need to type up my final observations about the experience and sum them up in the next post or so
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    The New England ice storm of 2008

    None of these roads feed any emergency facilities, yes it's possible the family at the intersection had medical issues, but it's still inexcusable that they didn't even check our road, they could see the houses were dark.... and this morning, when driving around the block, I saw a CMP truck...
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    The New England ice storm of 2008

    Here's a graphic of the situation and why we're frustrated;
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