Dr. Tweedbucket
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Well, the real question is, who here has accidently ironed their EDC ? :touche:
Has anyone washed there EDC light in the Washing Machine?
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lightlover
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Illum, another great CPF story!!
Timothybil
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Not since a Photon II many, many moons ago when the wife washed my pants without checking all the pockets. I just dried it off, reassembled it, and it worked fine.
This would be a great Elzetta torture test.
Yessssss!!
Yessssss!!
ncgrass
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Not sure it would be worth your time... They're overbuilt those things. My ld09 survived an industrial wash and dryer cycle. I'm guessing elzetta's will be totally fine.
But it's kinda fun torture testing so do it anyway!
More times then I care to talk about!
NonSenCe
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lights thru washing cycle. yes. several. its almost like: if it havent gone thru the washingmachine atleast once by accident it really has not been my edc or user light. 
the ones i remember outright: Quark Taa. Few itp Eos. preon2 (i think 2 out of 4 have been there) Lummi Raw (few times as it was in my car keychain), DQG hobi and spy (same thing.. car keys or house keys), zebralight (h501 and sc52, probably atleast one more zebralight too.), fenix tk11, shiningbeam Lmini2.
they all worked after the washing cycle. (most often only 40c temperature water)
the ones i remember outright: Quark Taa. Few itp Eos. preon2 (i think 2 out of 4 have been there) Lummi Raw (few times as it was in my car keychain), DQG hobi and spy (same thing.. car keys or house keys), zebralight (h501 and sc52, probably atleast one more zebralight too.), fenix tk11, shiningbeam Lmini2.
they all worked after the washing cycle. (most often only 40c temperature water)
NoNotAgain
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Mini MagLights, too many to count, none worked after the cycle.
DQG Spy, once, made it to the dryer where it made all kinds of racket. It survived because of me lubing the o-ring religiously.
Surefire 6P into the washer when I asked where my works pants were? Oh I put them in the wash. No leaks.
DQG Spy, once, made it to the dryer where it made all kinds of racket. It survived because of me lubing the o-ring religiously.
Surefire 6P into the washer when I asked where my works pants were? Oh I put them in the wash. No leaks.
The one that keeps surprising me is the Photon Freedom... not nearly waterproof (IPX4 at best), yet it comes out of the dryer in functioning order. Even came out ON, still inside my pant pocket once, else I might have lost it in the clothes basket again the same day.
Actually, it happened to me. The light (Q123 tactical) was still in a cargo pant pocket and I wanted to iron the flap to keep it from opening up when I walk. I immediately felt something was keeping me from moving the iron and took it out. It then rolled right under the iron, now in direct contact. The iron touched it for maybe a half second so it wasn't even hot. I gave it a sermon about not sabotaging my efforts to iron my pants and put it on the counter instead.
Actually, it happened to me. The light (Q123 tactical) was still in a cargo pant pocket and I wanted to iron the flap to keep it from opening up when I walk. I immediately felt something was keeping me from moving the iron and took it out. It then rolled right under the iron, now in direct contact. The iron touched it for maybe a half second so it wasn't even hot. I gave it a sermon about not sabotaging my efforts to iron my pants and put it on the counter instead.
If I don't stop carrying this....
in the watch pocket of my jeans...it'll be washed at some point.
Streamlight key mate.
in the watch pocket of my jeans...it'll be washed at some point.
Streamlight key mate.
Alaric Darconville
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My Maratac AAA has gone through a washing and part of a drying-- it made quite a racket in the dryer but I heard not a peep from the washing machine. My Olight S10 has been washed and put INTO the dryer-- the first clunk after the throwing the wad of wet clothes into the dryer spared it any heating action. Both went through without issue.
I also had a USB 3.0 flash drive that got washed and dried-- drive went through just fine despite all that issue. Whew!
NoNotAgain
Flashlight Enthusiast
If you're prone to leaving items in your pockets, get yourself the Corsair Survivor Stealth. Sealed aluminum tube with o-ring seal. Lube o-ring on receipt as they're dry.
Fireclaw18
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I have never accidentally washed my EDC light.
Good thing too as most of my EDC lights are modded and aren't waterproof.
Good thing too as most of my EDC lights are modded and aren't waterproof.
saypat
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I had an Apple MP3 player go thru the wash, bummer. I remembered a story about a photographer whose DSLR camera fell into the ocean :laughing: Take it out of salt water, put it into a bucket of freshwater. Do not turn it on!!! After it has been in fresh water for a while you need to get it DRY! He tied it to his windshield wipers and went for a drive in the sun. Get it dry. I took a hair dryer to my MP3 player. I let it dry out for 2 days. Charged it up, turned it on, and it works great! Amazing.
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