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Newly Enlightened
I can't believe I have to waste my precious time posting about this... There seem to be some people (mostly I notice when lurking on BLF or hanging out on r/flashlight) who are bragging about giving multi-hundred lumen lights to their kids. This practice is not safe and I honestly won't be surprised if there is an increase in childhood visual impairment among the children of flashlight enthusiasts. If I were a parent, I would just do what my parents did with me and give kids weak grocery store lights (they sometimes even make ones for kids). Sorry, little children do not need modified Convoy lights with <insert number less than stock people think will prevent eye damaging light levels> AMC7135 regulators and such, and as an added bonus growing up with weak lights will give kids that dreamy lumen hunger that will make them like me super addicted to high power lights when they grow up...
One of the less problematic examples of a child with something that is weak by our standards but IMO too strong for a kid:
https://www.reddit.com/r/flashlight...member_as_a_kid_never_getting_to_play_with_a/
Not to mention some people also think kids are ok with Li-ion lights... ummm no. Kids and 18650s do NOT mix.
TL;DR, don't give your kids strong lights, and just give em a cheap light with safe Ni-MH batteries and call it a day. We don't want anyone getting eye damage here. If you want your kid to see a high power light in action, show it to them in a safe manner and tell them that's what they'll get when they grow up.
One of the less problematic examples of a child with something that is weak by our standards but IMO too strong for a kid:
https://www.reddit.com/r/flashlight...member_as_a_kid_never_getting_to_play_with_a/
Not to mention some people also think kids are ok with Li-ion lights... ummm no. Kids and 18650s do NOT mix.
TL;DR, don't give your kids strong lights, and just give em a cheap light with safe Ni-MH batteries and call it a day. We don't want anyone getting eye damage here. If you want your kid to see a high power light in action, show it to them in a safe manner and tell them that's what they'll get when they grow up.