"points" of light??????

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Bushman5

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is "points" another term for light output?

today while in the coffee shop, I was grabbing my java when i noticed two LEO's comparing flashlights. I could'nt resist saying hi, mentioning CPF, and showing my TA30.

one of the officers pulled out a TK11 and flashed it, saying, "it was rated by the dept as having 6 points of light"

anyone heard of the term "points" in reference to light output?

:confused::thinking:
 
no, a few minutes before i introduced myself (they know one of my family, LEO) they were comparing lights between them, and mentioning each lights "points" on a brightness scale. One light was only 4 points, the other was 6.......
 
Sounds like an internal grading sort of thing.

We have that here too...

Enlightened, Flashaholic, Flashaholic*, * Flashaholic*, Mods, Serving Wench. :laughing:
 
yea, he probably meant "6 points light" instead of "6 points of light" like an internal rating of different lights... like a "5 stars hotel"...
 
You should have had a flashlight "pissing contest" :poke: Anyway, something important that needs to be asked, how do LEO's know about brands like fenix? i dont see anyone in the states that sells anything more than an e01. So how do a non-flashohalic have a high end like, that was desigined to run off of 18650 cells? :candle: perhaps he is acctualy a flashohalic but does not know that there are thousands of us. He might think that cpf is a joke of something.
 
SilentK said:
You should have had a flashlight "pissing contest" :poke: Anyway, something important that needs to be asked, how do LEO's know about brands like fenix? i dont see anyone in the states that sells anything more than an e01. So how do a non-flashohalic have a high end like, that was desigined to run off of 18650 cells? :candle: perhaps he is acctualy a flashohalic but does not know that there are thousands of us. He might think that cpf is a joke of something.
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Nay... he might be a member here. :whistle:
Or some member here trying to, erm, get him over to the dark side? :duh2:
 
SilentK said:
You should have had a flashlight "pissing contest" :poke: Anyway, something important that needs to be asked, how do LEO's know about brands like fenix? i dont see anyone in the states that sells anything more than an e01. So how do a non-flashohalic have a high end like, that was desigined to run off of 18650 cells? :candle: perhaps he is acctualy a flashohalic but does not know that there are thousands of us. He might think that cpf is a joke of something.
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Fenix is readily available here in Canada, and all three of our police supply shops locally in BC carry all the Fenix models.

he was running SF primaries in it.

arowana said:
yea, he probably meant "6 points light" instead of "6 points of light" like an internal rating of different lights... like a "5 stars hotel"...
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he clearly said "this light is rated at 6 points" and later asked how mainy "points" my TA30 was rated at.
 
i've heard the phrase but only in fraternal association. :whistle:
i would'nt read much into this. if you see them again ask them what it means.
 
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