What light made you a flashaholic?

[Arkiv N]

I bought a Maglite 4D LED about seven mounths ago, the Maglite really got me intrested in quality flashlights. Dreaming about getting a Surefire E2DL someday.

 

[sappyg]

back in the day i did'nt think there were any other flashlights but m@glites. i never really was interested in them. i mean... a light is a light right?........ until i stumbled in here looking, some months gone by now, for information. about that same time i bought a g2 and was absolutely floored by it.

 

[Kestrel]

back in the day i did'nt think there were any other flashlights but m@glites. i never really was interested in them. i mean... a light is a light right?........ until i stumbled in here looking, some months gone by now, for information. about that same time i bought a g2 and was absolutely floored by it.

+1, This was sort of my experience. Kicked around the occasional mini-maglite for years (especially for outside chores in AK winter), but the poor performance and lack of reliability (fragile/shortlifetime bulb and inconsistent head contacts) resulted in pretty much ho-hum emotions. Only when I ran into the substantial quality of SF LED's ~1.5 years ago did I finally get a sustaining interest.

 

[AMRaider]

Would you believe I was a beta tester? No. As my uncle with ahlzheimers once said, "Who cares what year it is?". You caught me. I missed it by one lousy year. I said "about 1983". Give me a break. Half this board was not even born in 1983. Those young wipper snappers don't know how good they have it now. You might even be one of them. So, GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!

I apologize, sir. My only intent was to provide correct and accurate information, not to get under your skin. I should have written my reply with a bit more tact. Again, I'm sorry. :candle:

 

[The Light!]

The light that made me love flashlights was an old 1900?s rear car lantern running on 2 AA batteries that I found at my grandmother's house in England when I was 4-5yrs old. It put out a nice red light, and I used to play with it all the time when I was over there. Unfortunately, my parents wouldn't let me take it back to Aus because it wouldnt fit in the suitcase... :mecry:

I hold it against them to this day!

 

[Owen]

Well, the mighty Photon II got me into flashlights, but it was the Arc LSH-P that made me a flashaholic

 

[haley1]

Xtreamspeed, Big Beam still makes this type. But they're the only ones I know of.

 

[lukestephens777]

I remember as a kid, dad came home with a Arlec MyLite 2AA, and from the moment i saw it i needed one too.. He got me one and my addiction has been getting steadily worse each year...

 

[Tec40]

I got a Streamlight Scorpion at Bass Pro Shop,took it out of the package and---WOW!!! That's what got me me hooked. That was in early 2003. Flashlights have come a long way in 5 years.

 

[cy]

Arc LSH-P

 

[Bullzeyebill]

MiniMag, then Streamlight's two AA version that you could charge up using a tailcap that plugged into a little standup charger. Thinking about it more, it was probably my first full sized mag, many years ago.

Bill

 

[ugrey]

AMRaider, I was kidding.

 

[TaschenlampeMann]

I hadn't realized it yet but it started about 30 years ago with a KelLite 4D. My more recent addiction began with a Surefire L4.

 

[AMRaider]

AMRaider, I was kidding.

:grouphug: .....

 

[dtsoll]

It was an Arc LSH-P, I remember shelling out 130 dollars for it and being like shellshocked for a week or so after getting it and realizing how much I had spent on it. After a week of having it I was caught up, hook, line and sinker to the world of flashaholism. I couldn't even tell you how many Arc LS's I bought and sold and had modded after that one fateful encounter. That was quite a few years ago now and I'm still at it. Doug My love for flashlights actually began as a young lad with a cheapo single AA incandescent but full blown addiction never kicked in until the LSH-P.

 

[ozner1991]

10 years ago when i was 7 i got my first "good" flashlight an red 2d maglite. i still have it and it made me want better quality ones instead of the cheapos i bought before i had that mag

 

[22hornet]

In 1991: My Maglite Solitaire and, shortly afterwards, the Maglite 6C.
I remember the 6C had an awesome output and really threw very far. It was a light that impressed onlookers.
I still have and use both.

Kind regards,
Joris

 

[jabe1]

AA minimag... waaay back sometime.

 

[iapyx]

What made me a flashaholic?
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More seriously: I've stayed in Boston for some time around 2000 and discovered that the maglights were so much cheaper than overhere in the NL. Got myself a mag3D and a magcharger. I didn't consider myself a flashaholic then. Then around two years ago I saw a website where I ordered a Surefire L2. One day after the order I changed it into a U2 (very wise decision imho). Shortly after, January 2007, I became a member of CPF. That moment one could say made me a flashaholic. I started reading, modding, buying reflectors for my mags D, bulbs, li-ion batteries, build my own Mag85 and then a Mag5761. For now it's been quiet for half a year as I am waiting for SF's UA2/UB2. Wallet closed

edit: bought my magcharger in the NL around 1998/1999 which lead all they way to flashaholism

 

[BravoFoxtrot]

I posted a month or so about which Surefire to get. I figured it was time for a premium flashlight for outdoor use and EDC. I started reading post after post and next thing you know I have 4 new torches. In the last month I went from cheapo flashlight to being a proud owner of an E1B, E2L, E2DL, and a Fenix LD01. I didn't anticipate the allure of quality lights.