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Flashlight Enthusiast
This is kind of a kooky thread, but I've been thinking about this idea for a long time, about flashlights and about other things too.
A tiny bit of background... In mathematics (differential calculus, to be precise), there is the concept of inflection point: "a point on a curve at which the curvature changes sign." Like the horizontal line at 0 here:
In my head it has always been a point of alignment--where things converge briefly, come together in a powerful way. It always calls to mind a synergy, things coming together and being greater than the sum of their parts. That moment when you are folding the origami paper and one of them comes out JUST RIGHT... that instant that you realize the trick to getting the washer seated correctly and then boom--the project goes forward... the way they must have felt when the Honda Accord came together for the first time in a way that made everyone say: wow!
That out of the way, what I want to explore here are LED lights (ah! relevance finally!) that represent "inflection points" or, in short, greater than the sum of their parts. The special ones that just converge to be something great. It can be in design, function or both. Ideally both.
Okay, that was too long an introduction, so I'll start:
1. Fenix LD01 (SS in particular):
Simple design, elegant UI, insane efficiency, tiny size--it is something special when it comes together and really rises above the rest.
2. Chip's TiFli (see here: https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/231143):
Ultra-tiny, durable, dead-simple UI, beautiful--it's a wearable piece of art that doubles as a tool. (the original FireFli is also in the category though I fear it's durability is less)
Those are my top two... but what lights do you guys feel have this special twist of magic?
A few lights that might have it from what I've read but that I haven't personally experienced:
-The Legion II (with an insanely efficient system that gets more bang for buck and a wonderful control-ring)
-The Proton Pro (gets wonderful consistent love over many years despite not being the "best" in any one category)
-the Arc lights
What else? :thinking:
p.s. I know this is kooky and has been done in other forms before, but I just thought it was cool to think about this stuff and it hasn't come up in awhile. Also: Kevin Kelly who is a writer for Wired, keeps up a collection of "Cool Tools" that is very similar to this idea spiritually. Very cool to check it out, by the way.
A tiny bit of background... In mathematics (differential calculus, to be precise), there is the concept of inflection point: "a point on a curve at which the curvature changes sign." Like the horizontal line at 0 here:
In my head it has always been a point of alignment--where things converge briefly, come together in a powerful way. It always calls to mind a synergy, things coming together and being greater than the sum of their parts. That moment when you are folding the origami paper and one of them comes out JUST RIGHT... that instant that you realize the trick to getting the washer seated correctly and then boom--the project goes forward... the way they must have felt when the Honda Accord came together for the first time in a way that made everyone say: wow!
That out of the way, what I want to explore here are LED lights (ah! relevance finally!) that represent "inflection points" or, in short, greater than the sum of their parts. The special ones that just converge to be something great. It can be in design, function or both. Ideally both.
Okay, that was too long an introduction, so I'll start:
1. Fenix LD01 (SS in particular):
Simple design, elegant UI, insane efficiency, tiny size--it is something special when it comes together and really rises above the rest.
2. Chip's TiFli (see here: https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/231143):
Ultra-tiny, durable, dead-simple UI, beautiful--it's a wearable piece of art that doubles as a tool. (the original FireFli is also in the category though I fear it's durability is less)
Those are my top two... but what lights do you guys feel have this special twist of magic?
A few lights that might have it from what I've read but that I haven't personally experienced:
-The Legion II (with an insanely efficient system that gets more bang for buck and a wonderful control-ring)
-The Proton Pro (gets wonderful consistent love over many years despite not being the "best" in any one category)
-the Arc lights
What else? :thinking:
p.s. I know this is kooky and has been done in other forms before, but I just thought it was cool to think about this stuff and it hasn't come up in awhile. Also: Kevin Kelly who is a writer for Wired, keeps up a collection of "Cool Tools" that is very similar to this idea spiritually. Very cool to check it out, by the way.