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Hi All

Currently I am attending a two week Equal Opportunity Leaders Course. As a ice breaker we all have to tell everyone in the class about ourselves. When it was my turn I mentioned I am a flashaholic and of course it generated lots of questions. I was surprised none of the comments and questions was negative. It might be because we were in an EO course environment but I still felt good because for once I did not once have to justify to them why I own so many flashlights. Did any of y'all have any positive experiences similar to mine?


Gimmy

I work with a woman who is an electronics technician like me. I get the same flack about my lights(see sigline) from many people, especially the cost of them. But when I happened to show her my HDS U60 GT, she liked it quite a bit. I explained it and showed her what it can do and she didn't seem negative at all. When she asked how much it was and I told her (about $200.00), she said "I can see spending that for a light like that." I just about fell off my chair. A non-flashoholic saying that to me? WOW!!! SWEET!!!

LOL socom, even as a flashaholic, I can't see myself spending $200US on a light!

Well, there are rich flashoholics and some who are not so rich!

eebowler said:

LOL socom, even as a flashaholic, I can't see myself spending $200US on a light!

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I started that way too. :nana:

socom1970 said:

I work with a woman who is an electronics technician like me. I get the same flack about my lights(see sigline) from many people, especially the cost of them. But when I happened to show her my HDS U60 GT, she liked it quite a bit. I explained it and showed her what it can do and she didn't seem negative at all. When she asked how much it was and I told her (about $200.00), she said "I can see spending that for a light like that." I just about fell off my chair. A non-flashoholic saying that to me? WOW!!! SWEET!!!

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Is she single? :naughty:

Unfortunately, she is taken. And as for those who think I am rich, I am definately not. I have to save up for what I buy. I am married with four children and flashlights is my only hobby. I buy maybe one high dollar light a year, that's about it. There are MANY people here on CPF who spend WAY MORE than that on a light who are also not rich. I might ask if some of you guys play golf. I bet some people spend at least that much for ONE club, and you need a bagful of them to play. Plus a bag or two, possibly a bag cart, a bunch of decent golf balls, greens fees, cart fees, golf clothes, golf shoes, etc.. THOSE are the people I wonder about...

eebowler said:

LOL socom, even as a flashaholic, I can't see myself spending $200US on a light!

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Neither could I until I did it. Nor could I imagine paying $1000 for a knife.

jsw4178 said:

Neither could I until I did it. Nor could I imagine paying $1000 for a knife.

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No fair bringing up knife purchases.

Danbo said:

No fair bringing up knife purchases.

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Knives are easy, they don't see drastic changes in sharpness from year to year. My EDC knife is a Boker WharCom folder (the single AA of knives)

I find clipping my small knife to my belt (and Leatherman Charge) to go along with my 2AA light dilutes the obviousness of my flashaholism. Now I am known as the nut that has a plastic card in my wallet that is wrapped with about a meter of duct tape.

The term is "preperationist" I think

socom1970 said:

she said "I can see spending that for a light like that." I just about fell off my chair.

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Just take her out to dinner.

Grox said:

I started that way too. :nana:

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same here. i bought a u2 in a store in cash. i would have never bought it had i not seen it there and tested it. the sales clerk was like "wtf?"- i was only maybe... 14 at the time. also, you guys think its hard explaining this stuff to your wives, but i had to hide the u2 the first few weeks in fear that my pops might ask the dreadful question "who much did it cost?"- as a matter of fact, my pops went to the store and saw a 200 buck light and talked to the salesclerk and he was like "jeez, my kids better not buy a light for 200 dollars."- i walked away... quickly. LOL

socom1970 said:

Unfortunately, she is taken. And as for those who think I am rich, I am definately not. I have to save up for what I buy. I am married with four children and flashlights is my only hobby. I buy maybe one high dollar light a year, that's about it. There are MANY people here on CPF who spend WAY MORE than that on a light who are also not rich. I might ask if some of you guys play golf. I bet some people spend at least that much for ONE club, and you need a bagful of them to play. Plus a bag or two, possibly a bag cart, a bunch of decent golf balls, greens fees, cart fees, golf clothes, golf shoes, etc.. THOSE are the people I wonder about...

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Good one!

A buddy doesn't "get" my hobbies. He just spent $500 on one golf club. Told him I can at least cut a baloney sandwich with my custom knife.

eebowler said:

LOL socom, even as a flashaholic, I can't see myself spending $200US on a light!

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then you're not truly a flashaholic (which is probably a good thing). Have you ever heard of an alcoholic who spends wisely on drinks?

socom1970 said:

I work with a woman who is an electronics technician like me. I get the same flack about my lights(see sigline) from many people, especially the cost of them. But when I happened to show her my HDS U60 GT, she liked it quite a bit. I explained it and showed her what it can do and she didn't seem negative at all. When she asked how much it was and I told her (about $200.00), she said "I can see spending that for a light like that." I just about fell off my chair. A non-flashoholic saying that to me? WOW!!! SWEET!!!

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It's probably because she's a Tech, the technically minded people usually see the value in any form of technology, and the HDS is definitely a technologically advanced light

It's basically a tiny computer that makes light, and that's just plain cool

people with a more mundane.....err...."normal" mindset (sales, marketing, etc...) don't see the value in our favorite gizmos, their loss, more toys for us then

currently, my most technologically advanced light is a Eternalight ErgoMarine 3, it's just a plain fun light, especially the variable strobe mode, great for "freezing" fanblades on a spinning fan.... and the ultralong low-beam runtime makes it a great addition to EDC

liteboy said:

then you're not truly a flashaholic (which is probably a good thing). Have you ever heard of an alcoholic who spends wisely on drinks?

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just about any alcoholic buys the most alcohol for the least amount of money.
skip the beers, bring out the cheap whisky!
oh wait, maybe thats just the bums.