How to introduce a NOOB in to our comminuity?

[MiniMag_Crazy_Greg]

So, I gave my best friend a Fenix L1D and he's now completely hooked!! A single AA with 6 modes!! WHOOHOO He's the type that he won't use something unless it just works, and the L1D is serving him well. He even EDC's it on his belt!! Christmas and a prior b-day last year, I gave him a Niteze modded 2AA minim@g and an RC-G2, BUT he's still clinging on to his M@g 4-6 D cell incan mags!! What can I do to "break" him gently into our community? Should I let him see the great mod's some of us have done to D cell mags? Let him drool over beam shots? Ask him to do a run time test on his incans VS. a modded D-cell mag? He has been very sarcastic about my flashaholism and he needs to see the light. I keep my WF-400 18650 hidden from him for the day he wants more "light," and then, and only then I'll allow him to play, but may just wait for him to "come around." Thanks for any tips y'all can give me, g'nite.

 

[csshih]

beamshots

too bad I dont have any 4-6D mag shots in there.

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=235171

 

[MiniMag_Crazy_Greg]

beamshots

too bad I dont have any 4-6D mag shots in there.

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=235171

Thanks csshis!!! great set of b-shots!! thanks!!

 

[HoopleHead]

Why gently? Trial by fire! He'll be fine, just like everyone else

Compare a new small high lumen single cell light against his Mag.

 

[R@ndom]

Steal his mag, 623 it. Make sure he has blindness and 3rd degree burn insurance.

 

[lolzertank]

Steal his mag, 623 it. Make sure he has blindness and 3rd degree burn insurance.

You mean '663 it? You could bi bore the 6D and stick 10 18650s in... That'd get him hooked for sure, as long as you tell him the price tag AFTER he turns it on.

 

[M@elstrom]

Skip straight to a HID light... he'll never look at an incandescent Maglite the same way ever again!

 

[linty]

Maybe just give him one of those malkoff dropins as a starter?

 

[Chrontius]

Maybe just give him one of those malkoff dropins as a starter?

Quoted for truth. He may not notice it... until he turns it on. And it's still cheaper than some of the quad-bored regulated hotwires you people are discussing.

 

[HKJ]

BUT he's still clinging on to his M@g 4-6 D cell incan mags!! What can I do to "break" him gently into our community?

Give him a thrower or a MC-E/P7 light.
Here is the light from a Mag 6D:

From a JetBeam RRT-1:

OLight M30:

There are more beamshots here: http://www.lygte-info.dk/review/12 beamshoots UK.html

 

[R@ndom]

Skip straight to a HID light... he'll never look at an incandescent Maglite the same way ever again!

Not this incan Mag.

 

[jankj]

There are more beamshots here: http://www.lygte-info.dk/review/12 beamshoots UK.html

WOW! Impressive!

Do you know the distance to the different trees we're seeing?

 

[HKJ]

WOW! Impressive!

Do you know the distance to the different trees we're seeing?

I believe, that the trees that goes over the dig and I am aiming at, is about 100 meters away. These beamshots are not new, I have published them on cpf: http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=232369

 

[MiniMag_Crazy_Greg]

Give him a thrower or a MC-E/P7 light.
Here is the light from a Mag 6D:

From a JetBeam RRT-1:

OLight M30:

There are more beamshots here: http://www.lygte-info.dk/review/12%20beamshoots%20UK.html

All I can say WOW o WOW o WOW, I think my next purchase might be a Jetbeam or an OLite! Thanks to all that replied!! Maybe I'll send this thread link him. Oh yeah, I also introduced him to TRITIUM!!! I guess he'll have to meet B@rt down the road now, lol

 

[HKJ]

I think my next purchase might be a Jetbeam or an OLite!

The two lights are very different, the JetBeam RRT-1 concentrates the light in a small beam, the OLight M30 just fills everything with light (It has about 3 times the light output or RRT-1).
At longer distances the RRT-1 is best, but at shorter distances I prefer the M30 (Look at the trees closets to the light, M30 is lightning them, RRT-1 is not).