Found another GREAT use for my Draco!

Strauss

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Well, I can thank fellow CPF member Aepoc for this idea :wave:

Last night, I was having a few glasses of wine with the old lady. After having a few glasses, I had a brilliant idea. I switched the Draco onto it's default "low" level, and dropped it into my wine glass. The results were awesome! :grin2: The shape of the glass allowed the Draco to rest bezel down, providing a wonderful floody flow of light erupting from the base of the glass.

Of course what is a post like this without pics :)

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I continued drinking throughout the evening, never taking the Draco out of my glass. 3 bottles of wine later, the Draco was still shooting out lumens just as is was before I dropped it in. A quick rinse under warm running water, and back in my pocket it went.
 
Good job you didn't swallow it, or it could have been shining out of somewhere else! :eek:
 
Strauss said:
3 bottles of wine later, the Draco was still shooting out lumens just as is was before I dropped it in.
So around 15 minutes of testing and runtime? Big deal!
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I like it!

I had just cleaned and lubed my new LOD-CE w/10440(nice for the price), so turned on strobe and used it to mix a drink. rinse off and back into pocket.
 
This was my favorite trick with the HDS EDC Ultimate 60. I wanted to do this with the PD but recent water-tight related issues have come to my attention and I believe that this would not be a good idea... At least not for the two hours that Strauss had the Draco submerged.
 
Aepoc said:
At least not for the two hours that Strauss had the Draco submerged.

Suprisingly after the ~2hrs. of being constant on, the light had barely dropped in output. Output on a previously fresh cell went from ~10 down to ~7 lumens. On low the Draco is very usable.
 
Cool, I guess this means the Draco is definitely waterproof--something I seemed to have overlooked. One more thing I can brag about when justifying the cost of my keychain light. My boss was shocked how much I spent on my Draco, but he now wants one. Maybe, if I mention it's waterproofness, he'll splurge. After all, he carries a Gucci messenger bag, wears expensive pre-ripped jeans, and walks in Coach (Vans style) slip ons--I think he can afford it.
 
Great story Strauss :party:...:crackup:...:twothumbs

So your Draco needs no heatsink, it has a winesink :grin2:

Don't to forget: red wine preserves your night vision adaption:whistle:

Very best regards

____
Tom:wave:
 
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