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I'm camping for one night tomorrow. I'm intending to take:
- A L0D-CE with LiIon 10440
- A Romisen RC-G5 modified for direct drive of an SSC P4 from LiIon 14500
- A Coleman folding lantern modified with a Cree M*G drop-in
- A Romisen RC-T4 Quad-Cree
- A Romisen RC-C3
- Two modified DeWalt Snake Lights, 1 with 3 x Q5 (14.4v flood) and one with 4 x R2 (18v spot)
- A fauxton
- Plus a couple of extra lights in the car.

Question: Am I unbelievably sad, or just very, very sad?
 
No, you are not sad enough. You are not taking enough lights.
 
No, you're not sad at all. You're prepared.

Personally, I would bring the requisite hot-wire for when a situation calls for a massive photon-blast. :faint:

Cheers,
Gary
 
Depends, what is the purpose of the trip? Is it to get back to nature and enjoy the great outdoors and whole camping experience? If so, that is probably too many lights. Will there be other people along or nearby who are not flashaholics and who want to enjoy the darkness and the night sky? If so, that is way too many lights, and you could make a few enemies. Are you going by yourself as a way of testing your lights out in a dark outdoors environment and there won't be anyone else around? If so, you probably don't have enough.

As much as I enjoy many of the dozens of lights I own, when I go camping, I typically keep it to 3-4 lights. These include a multi-LED/incan headlamp with red and white LEDs for hands free tasks, a really bright light with good throw as a "bump in the night light" like my SF M4 or 9P, a small low-powered single 5mm LED light like an ARC, and often a multi-purpose light like a SF L1 or A2. Most of the times the really bright lights never get used at all, just the headlamp and the ARC AAA. When camping I prefer to use as little light as possible and let my eyes adapt to the light of the moon and stars.
 
NeonLights said:
Will there be other people along or nearby who are not flashaholics and who want to enjoy the darkness and the night sky? If so, that is way too many lights, and you could make a few enemies. Are you going by yourself as a way of testing your lights out in a dark outdoors environment and there won't be anyone else around? If so, you probably don't have enough.
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Well said and thoughtful of others. :twothumbs:

Pack all of your favorites and steal away an hour by yourself, when the rest of the camp settles down for bed or nothing is happening in camp a short hike from camp is all you need to enjoy the darkness and your lights.


Bill
 
Wow, go Team Romisen! :thumbsup: Those are good lights. But a headlamp is a good one to have when spending long periods outdoors. Definitely take some time to enjoy your favorite lights in the deep darkness of the woods!
 
How sad you are depends on more than just what lights you are taking with you. It also depends on what lights you are leaving behind. If you are taking ALL of your lights with you.....that could be considered a little sad.
 
I went camping for a week during archery season in Michigan, I took a MagLED 2 AA Minimag for my belt, and a Brinkman headlamp. I didn't even go through a set of batteries for each.

Go, enjoy the outdoors, and dont take so much gear. It just gets in the way. My gear excluding my bow and the food we took fit into a backpack.
 
No this is the most reasonable thing to do:twothumbs! If you didn't bring all you uselessly powerful flashlights then what would be the point to have them in the first place. Not doing any thing with them at all is much more depressing then at lest trying to find a roll for them to fill. If you don't indulge now you will only regret it in the future.:mecry:
 
Half the fun of the camping trip is getting to pull out the lights! That's what I itch for as a flashaholic is a chance to justifiably use my kick *** lights. That being said, they are a bit annoying when you're trying to put up a tent or cook in the dark. Holding them in your mouth is tough on the jaw. Bring a headlamp. I'm definitely getting a zebra light this year.

Bring a zebra light!
 
Dodge said:
I'm camping for one night tomorrow. I'm intending to take:
- A L0D-CE with LiIon 10440
- A Romisen RC-G5 modified for direct drive of an SSC P4 from LiIon 14500
- A Coleman folding lantern modified with a Cree M*G drop-in
- A Romisen RC-T4 Quad-Cree
- A Romisen RC-C3
- Two modified DeWalt Snake Lights, 1 with 3 x Q5 (14.4v flood) and one with 4 x R2 (18v spot)
- A fauxton
- Plus a couple of extra lights in the car.

Question: Am I unbelievably sad, or just very, very sad?
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I'd have only taken 4 or 5 lights. Thank you for making me feel normal :D
 
NeonLights said:
Depends, what is the purpose of the trip? Is it to get back to nature and enjoy the great outdoors and whole camping experience?
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No, not reallty. I race cars for my "proper" hobby, and I'm just camping at the circuit the night before a testing day. So it's far from "back to nature", and I don't suppose there will be anyone to upset.

It wasn't even a conscious effort to take all those. Some got packed automatically as part of the (mammoth) Race Car Tools and Supplies Kit, some were with the camping gear, the rest were what I might reasonably expect to have about my person.

When I go camping properly, with the family, I'll be sure to take a wider selection. :eek:oo:

Oh, I forgot the 20W flourescent built into car-battery boost box.
 
Well, that qualifies it as "not sad" - you grabbed a couple different kits - the race tools kit, with the lights for that task, the camping kit, with the lights appropriate for the task, and the EDC kit, with the lights appropriate for whatever task you feel necessary to go about prepared for. In that context, it's like saying "I've got 17 wrenches, does that make me sad or really sad?" or ... actually, I don't know what other overlap a race kit and camping supplies would have.
 
This is what I took with me last time I went camping for a week.

  • LF2x w/ 4 spare charged 10440s in a plastic case.
  • 2C ROP fully charged
  • 20 DX "Fauxtons" to give as loaners to others

Of those, the LF2x on its lowest setting of about ~1/3rd lumen got the most use. That may not sound like much, but it's enough light to illuminate a wide pathway to half-moon intensity, which is sufficient for dark adapted eyes to see clearly with.

While high output like the ROP was ultimately only used for showing off on my last trip, it has come in handy before as a flood light helping people find small valuables dropped/lost in the dark. I've also shined it UP, or aimed it at trees etc as a beacon/signal light.

I consider the fauxtons as an "insurance policy". I could afford to give away 200 fauxtons for the price of an LF2x or ROP. So anytime anyone asks to borrow one of my lights, even momentarily, I actually give them a fauxton and tell them they can keep it. Oddly enough, people always return them, even after several days... yet people who borrow items clearly meaning to return them often forget :shrug:
 
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Braddah_Bill said:
Well said and thoughtful of others. :twothumbs:

Pack all of your favorites and steal away an hour by yourself, when the rest of the camp settles down for bed or nothing is happening in camp a short hike from camp is all you need to enjoy the darkness and your lights.


Bill
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take all the lights to the woods like he said. point them all at the campsite and come out in an alien outfit:crazy:
 
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