Hey Peter -- Your company made fantastic stuff! I am almost never without my LSH-P. My children know they can count on it, and as an IT consultant I've needed it countless times to track things down in dark places. (Networking gear and connection lines are always relegated to dimly-lit, neglected places).
My children use the light to find their favorite toys before heading off to bed. (I should have gotten them their own LSH's before it was too late) They also like to turn off all the basement lights and go adventuring with it. And it has survived drops into the tub, off counters, out of my fumbling hands, and keeps on shining. Oh, and Disney sent it back to me after it fell off my luggage in the room at the Wilderness Lodge (Ironically, I had been using it to search around the room to be sure we'd gotten everything before leaving very early in the morning).
Now, lest we become too remorseful may we look to the future and imagine how great the things will be when you take your next new direction? Whatever it is I'm sure it'll be of highest quality and its form will follow function rather than the other way around as is usually found in the marketplace. It may not be a flashlight, but I'm sure everyone here is eager to hear news of what you're tinkering with lately!
Go man go!
[edit] I meant to express that my Arc light is absolutely invaluable to me in my profession (and the above are only a couple of innumerable examples), and "on the lighter side" there's all that other stuff that makes it fun to play with. I usually cannot get through my day without using some sort of flashlight, and since the LSH is so pocketable it's always with me and provides a fabulous quality beam to boot. I want to be sure I'm clear that it's not being viewed as just an expensive toy but that for me (and I'm sure many others) it has become a completely necessary tool used throughout my day and night that does what no other light can do.
More examples:
- serial numbers and ports and cables behind equipment
- check on the children when I hear a cry or a bump at night
- trace whether a client's modem is plugged to the DSL jack (above false ceiling, down the wall, in the closet, beneath a fish tank of all places)
- that one last check of the swingset area & closer part of the yard for toys before calling it a night
- popping some brightness down the side of the garage when heading out to my garage office after dark (esp for one of those darned skunks that I don't want to startle)
... and truly countless others.
If the light's not with me, it's not helping me. And the LSH is so pocketable it's always with me.
Thank you Peter!
