I went on a flashlight buying binge this weekend

[lightwave1209]

Just bought:

Dorcy Super 1 watt ---- $19.99 @ Target

River Rock 1 watt 1AA ---- $22.99 @ Target

Eddie Bauer Nano Tec keychain LED (uses 4 AG4 button cell batteries) ---- $10.29 @ Target

Rayovac Sportsman Extreme 3 watt 2AA LED ---- $24.99 @ Walmart


Total spent today: $140.00 incl sales tax


Wow - it sure adds up.


Of them all, I like the Rayovac the best. BRIGHT and white.

 

[Nitro]

Just bought:

Dorcy Super 1 watt ---- $19.99 @ Target

River Rock 1 watt 1AA ---- $22.99 @ Target

Eddie Bauer Nano Tec keychain LED (uses 4 AG4 button cell batteries) ---- $10.29 @ Target

Rayovac Sportsman Extreme 3 watt 2AA LED ---- $24.99 @ Walmart


Total spent today: $140.00 incl sales tax


Wow - it sure adds up.


Of them all, I like the Rayovac the best. BRIGHT and white.

$140 for 4 lights? You're not a true flashaholic until you pay that much for 1 light.

 

[lightwave1209]

I do have other lights.

I have a Fenix P1D CE, an old Surefire C3 with LED head, a Surefire LED gunlight, and various other LED lights here and there.

 

[Nitro]

I do have other lights.

I have a Fenix P1D CE, an old Surefire C3 with LED head, a Surefire LED gunlight, and various other LED lights here and there.

Ok, consider yourself

Actually, I know the feeling. I just purchased a Maxa Beam which has no practical purpose to me. I think I went from to

 

[woodrow]

$140 for 4 lights? You're not a true flashaholic until you pay that much for 1 light.

I am not sure that is true. I think you are a flashaholic when you have to stop and look everytime you see flashlights being sold. I have had several expensive lights over the $150 level. I am sure I will have several more. But they are often not my favorites. Buying 4 lights in one day, let alone in one month qualifies as far as I am concerned.

 

[Nitro]

I am not sure that is true. I think you are a flashaholic when you have to stop and look everytime you see flashlights being sold. I have had several expensive lights over the $150 level. I am sure I will have several more. But they are often not my favorites. Buying 4 lights in one day, let alone in one month qualifies as far as I am concerned.

IMHO, stopping and looking at lights is not flashaholism, but buying a light you don't need is.

 

[Monocrom]

$140 for 4 lights? You're not a true flashaholic until you pay that much for 1 light.

I bought a Surefire L5 over the weekend. Cost me over $200 w/ tax.
Am I cool now??

 

[scottaw]

Every time i end up w/ 3-4 lights in the 150-200 range i wish i'd just bought my novatac already. Oh well, soon enough.

 

[Khaytsus]

Just bought:

Dorcy Super 1 watt ---- $19.99 @ Target

River Rock 1 watt 1AA ---- $22.99 @ Target

Eddie Bauer Nano Tec keychain LED (uses 4 AG4 button cell batteries) ---- $10.29 @ Target

Rayovac Sportsman Extreme 3 watt 2AA LED ---- $24.99 @ Walmart


Total spent today: $140.00 incl sales tax


Wow - it sure adds up.


Of them all, I like the Rayovac the best. BRIGHT and white.

The ROV I can sort of see to play with since it apparently is a decent thrower, but the rest, honestly, junk.. Every time I go to Wal Mart I look at the light selection and ponder it but then I think that two of those lights would be the price of a Fenix and the Fenix would be 4x the light. Much better, much better regulation, better engineering, and much more durable.

 

[Phaetos]

I am not sure that is true. I think you are a flashaholic when you have to stop and look everytime you see flashlights being sold. I have had several expensive lights over the $150 level. I am sure I will have several more. But they are often not my favorites. Buying 4 lights in one day, let alone in one month qualifies as far as I am concerned.

Exactly. This is my new fascination and my wife hates going to the store with me, or should I say me going with her. I HAVE to stop and find the flashlight section in any store we go to just to see what they carry. If they don't carry any worth really bothering, I actually get kinda upset and cuss the store for carrying such crap products Yeh .. I'm :sick2:

 

[Phaetos]

IMHO, stopping and looking at lights is not flashaholism, but buying a light you don't need is.

I do that too.. "oh it's only a $6 LED .. I'll give it a shot". I'm sick. Someone help.

 

[Max Brightness]

That's awesome Lightwave1209.

Glad you're excited about your purchases. I hope you enjoy them.

 

[sORe-EyEz]

any1 suffered from post binge depression?

sometimes i give my older lights away to justify my new purchases.:shakehead

 

[lightemup]

Lightwave, sounds like you had a great time, good on you

 

[luigi]

I get around $78 adding up the lights you bought why $140 ?

Just bought:

Dorcy Super 1 watt ---- $19.99 @ Target

River Rock 1 watt 1AA ---- $22.99 @ Target

Eddie Bauer Nano Tec keychain LED (uses 4 AG4 button cell batteries) ---- $10.29 @ Target

Rayovac Sportsman Extreme 3 watt 2AA LED ---- $24.99 @ Walmart


Total spent today: $140.00 incl sales tax


Wow - it sure adds up.


Of them all, I like the Rayovac the best. BRIGHT and white.

 

[Nitro]

I bought a Surefire L5 over the weekend. Cost me over $200 w/ tax.
Am I cool now??

Not cool, just

 

[lightwave1209]

I get around $78 adding up the lights you bought why $140 ?

Hah! I added the sales tax wrong. It comes to $84.52 tax included.


Thanks for making me feel better! LOL

 

[Mandog]

any1 suffered from post binge depression?

sometimes i give my older lights away to justify my new purchases.:shakehead

 

[Phaetos]

Hah! I added the sales tax wrong. It comes to $84.52 tax included.


Thanks for making me feel better! LOL

Good thing you're not a CPA, right?

 

[BlackDecker]

lol I wasn't the only one adding up the 4 lights and coming up with $78.26. I was thinking omg what kind of sales tax are you paying there?