Ever run into non-CPF'ers using premium lights?
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Superdave
Enlightened
"Now see shine your G2 over at that tree, niiiiice, but hold on check this out...
" Actually on second thought the guy might have written you a citation for light pollution or disturbing the peace. :candle: :devil:
Sgt. LED
Flashaholic
Sounds like a nightmare I had once! There were all these opportunities popping up to use a flashlight that would be perfect for a particular light and I'd open my case to find that one gone. Then it'd be a different scene with another light missing! Just awful. I always had lights with me but just not the perfect one for the job, that one was always gone.
😱
I was in the subway last week coming home from a 4x12 shift.
I noticed a guy sitting across from me with some type of Fenix
in a nylon holster hooked up to his belt.
When I looked up at the guy, he was smiling at me and actually winked 😱
Needless to say, I moved to a different car at the next stop 😳
I noticed a guy sitting across from me with some type of Fenix
in a nylon holster hooked up to his belt.
When I looked up at the guy, he was smiling at me and actually winked 😱
Needless to say, I moved to a different car at the next stop 😳
At least im not the only one dreaming of lights. I have a recurring dream that i'll be doing something fairly important or dangerous and I will go to turn my light on and its almost dead and I dont have a backup (And that weird cuz I ALWAYS have at least 3 lights on me and I top off my battery's pretty regularly) Also goes along the same lines of my dreams that i'll go to use my EDC 45ACP and it'll jam up?
Ohh well the fiance thinks im weird enough for dreaming of lights. :nana:
Hmm, were you noticeably carrying any lights? Perhaps he just noticed that you also carried lights... maybe the guy is on CPF :candle:
Sgt. LED
Flashaholic
He thought you were looking at his wanger
M@elstrom
Flashlight Enthusiast
A low output mini-mag is absolutely perfect for checking pupil reactions whilst conducting head injury observations... 40+ lumen is seriously too much! :thumbsup:
Hmmmm... a Fenix EO1 would require less 'real estate' than a minimag however and still be within required output tolerances... but so would a Jet-III M on it's lowest setting :thinking:
My wife uses a maglite solitaire for checking pupil reactions. She doen't want a nicer flashlight because she thinks she'll lose it (for as often as she loses the pens out of her white coat, this is a valid concern).
Anyone have any recommendations on a pretty necklace light that wouldn't blind patients from 6 inches?
Echo63
Flashlight Enthusiast
i have run into a couple of cops carrying surefires, one carrying an inova (and he recognised my U2 - he must have been a member here)
i used to work as a security guard, the contract we were doing was more confrontational than most, so the guys "tooled up" a bit better than most guards, quite a few had SL Stingers, and there was a few Surefires too, thats how i found this place (looking for advice on good lights)
i used to work as a security guard, the contract we were doing was more confrontational than most, so the guys "tooled up" a bit better than most guards, quite a few had SL Stingers, and there was a few Surefires too, thats how i found this place (looking for advice on good lights)
houtex
Enlightened
I worked a club awhile back and helped search patrons on the way in. One guy had a Long Bow light in his pocket. It was kinda beat up and he did't know much aboput it. He said it was his dad's light.
I spent an hour with a Dremel polishing the blades on my Case the day before yesterday. Don't feel bad, Stillphoto. 😛
To get back on topic, I'd like to add something that I already posted on before in this thread...
I recently installed a printer for a local Sheriff friend, and the space behind his desk was dark, so he hands me a light. Turns out to be a SureFire! Took me by surprise, I always knew him to carry a Mag with him on duty.
Chrontius
Flashlight Enthusiast
Come to think of it, I've seen a lot of Streamlights (mostly Microstreams) at the university I work at.
ninjaboigt
Enlightened
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I've seen local plain clothes cop had a stinger in his hand.
This one guy i've seen around in a shopping center he has a bunch of gadgets and stuff on his belt, and he had a surefire clipped to his pouch. i didnt get a good look at which model, but he probably knows his gadgets...
This one guy i've seen around in a shopping center he has a bunch of gadgets and stuff on his belt, and he had a surefire clipped to his pouch. i didnt get a good look at which model, but he probably knows his gadgets...
Metatron
Banned
the New South Wales police force in Australia use wolfeyes, paramedics use them too here...but ur correct, i go into an average of 6 houses a day, and it seems the average house only has the Dolfin torch:shakehead
boosterboy
Enlightened
I just tested the low mode "10 lumens" on my nitecore EzAA warm tint, 6 inches from my eyes.
seems very tolerable (i'm sitting in very low ambient light right now, so my pupils are dilated). if you hold the light high up, angle it downwards, and hit the eyes with just the corona of the beam, the patient should be fine
You can wear this light around your neck, it's slightly larger than a pendant
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Big_Ed
Flashlight Enthusiast
What about a Photon Freedom? It's small, so it can be put on a necklace, and it can ramp up from off, gradually getting brighter, (just press and hold the button and it starts very dim and gets brighter and brighter) so it can be set at an appropriate brightness. Then with another press of the button, it goes off.
That looks like an excellent suggestion. I just ordered her a Liteflux LF2XT for her birthday (since it's a birthday gift, she's not allowed to ask how much it was), but if for some reason she decides not to carry it at work, maybe I'll try putting a Photon Freedom on her keychain.
I chose the the LF2XT since it has a super simple ramp up/down interface like the D10 and she can use either the hot spot at low setting or the spill at a higher setting, whichever she finds more convenient/useful. Also, the natural colored one is just a pretty flashlight to look at. She'll appreciate that (as long as she doesn't know how expensive it was).
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