webley445
Flashlight Enthusiast
The recent "light of your dreams" post got me to thinking about something.
Do any of the major producers of flashlights know about CPF? I truly wonder. I mean, this site was big when I first joined, then went about 8-9 months without visiting and now, WOW. This site is truly international now, and the membership has boomed. And think about the cash flow that is generated here. I mean really, there are some companies that I remember that were only fledgling ideas from someone operating out of their garage making a product and now there are a legitimate business.
Wouldn't you think that the big companies would lurk here to get ideas? Could this be behind the recent surge of leds in the so called "mainstream" market?
And what I was really wondering about is how much mention was made in reference to good and bad points of m*g lites. Honestly, they are the big boys right now, and I say so because everyone knows what a m*g lite is, it's practically a house hold name. And you don't get to that position with limited sales.
Do you think they would read our posts and come up with some other ideas/products. Maybe not necessarily making 3 and 5 watt Lux lights, but alter the design or make a few new ones or improvements to what they have. Or is it that so many out there keep shelling out the bucks for the same old thing because that is all they have seen or know or won't pay more for "just a flashlight"?
Alas, it is probably cheaper for them in the long run to keep up the same route, no need to upgrade or change their machining tools and dies, no extra R&D costs. We may not be fond of them, but the general public is what's keeping them alive.
There has always been talk that their day will be ending soon and that there are changes on the horizon that they will eventually have to heed but I do not see it coming for a long time.
Do any of the major producers of flashlights know about CPF? I truly wonder. I mean, this site was big when I first joined, then went about 8-9 months without visiting and now, WOW. This site is truly international now, and the membership has boomed. And think about the cash flow that is generated here. I mean really, there are some companies that I remember that were only fledgling ideas from someone operating out of their garage making a product and now there are a legitimate business.
Wouldn't you think that the big companies would lurk here to get ideas? Could this be behind the recent surge of leds in the so called "mainstream" market?
And what I was really wondering about is how much mention was made in reference to good and bad points of m*g lites. Honestly, they are the big boys right now, and I say so because everyone knows what a m*g lite is, it's practically a house hold name. And you don't get to that position with limited sales.
Do you think they would read our posts and come up with some other ideas/products. Maybe not necessarily making 3 and 5 watt Lux lights, but alter the design or make a few new ones or improvements to what they have. Or is it that so many out there keep shelling out the bucks for the same old thing because that is all they have seen or know or won't pay more for "just a flashlight"?
Alas, it is probably cheaper for them in the long run to keep up the same route, no need to upgrade or change their machining tools and dies, no extra R&D costs. We may not be fond of them, but the general public is what's keeping them alive.
There has always been talk that their day will be ending soon and that there are changes on the horizon that they will eventually have to heed but I do not see it coming for a long time.