BuddTX
Flashlight Enthusiast
I was driving home this evening after putting in a long day at the office, and it was about 10:45, and I was driving home, on a lane feeder just off the beltway. It was a fairly rural area, with no stores or homes or structres around, and the traffic was fairly light, and the average speed was 50 - 65 MPH.
I passed by an accident that just happened, there were no police or rescue there yet, and it looked liked the two drivers had not even talked yet.
I parked my truck to help them, anxious to use my two Surge's with new batteries in them, and, I hate to say it, but was a little excited to use my lights, even though it was a serious, somber situation.
As I searched for my Surge's, I almost tossed aside my 2,000,000 CP Optronics flood light. Well, I grabed my Spotlight and one Surge and my phone, and I was really glad that I had the Spotlight.
Vehicles SAW ME. I did not shine the lights at the vehicles, rather shot the beam to the side or in front of the vehicles. I knew that if a vehicle did not slow down, I would be able to get the driver attention very easily with the Optronics. I felt much safer than having the two Surge's.
BTY, the two people in the accident were either in shock or just plain dumb! One car severely rear ended another car, but how this happened I do not know! There were no stop signs or even any place to turn, and there was no lights or any reason to slow down (no rain, no fog very light traffic.)
The lady in the front car, stopped her car in the center lane, and turned off her lights (yes her lights did work). She just sat in her car and talked on the phone. I told her to turn her lights on and get out of her car because she had the potential to get rear ended again!
The guy that hit her, appeared to me like he was faking being injured. If I remember correctly, your body does not ache right after an accident, it is a day or two later that you ache.
After about 10 minutes, I realized that this guy started to have smoke coming out of his hood (it was not smoking when I got there). I asked him if he had his engine running, and HE DID! There was the smell of gas all over the place, and a couple of minutes later a constable showed up, and he called in the fire dept.
Anyway, I really felt more secure with that Optronics 2,000,000 CP light as opposed to two Surges or two of almost anything else. And the Lights are not all that expensive.
I really like the Optronics. It has a nice, even, wide, solid white beam.
I had a Vector 1 mil CP light that did not have as even and wide a light as my 2 mil CP light.
Anyway, I just wanted to post this for all the people (like me) that want MORE POWER, MORE LIGHT, BRIGHTER LIGHT, etc.
While not something that you would want to carry all day, it is not too heavy. And the charge of the light is 30-40 minutes.
I don't see a lot of posts here about these huge relatively inexpensive lights, so I thought I would post this here.
(And if you want to have real "light beam envy" you have to get one of these lights!)
I passed by an accident that just happened, there were no police or rescue there yet, and it looked liked the two drivers had not even talked yet.
I parked my truck to help them, anxious to use my two Surge's with new batteries in them, and, I hate to say it, but was a little excited to use my lights, even though it was a serious, somber situation.
As I searched for my Surge's, I almost tossed aside my 2,000,000 CP Optronics flood light. Well, I grabed my Spotlight and one Surge and my phone, and I was really glad that I had the Spotlight.
Vehicles SAW ME. I did not shine the lights at the vehicles, rather shot the beam to the side or in front of the vehicles. I knew that if a vehicle did not slow down, I would be able to get the driver attention very easily with the Optronics. I felt much safer than having the two Surge's.
BTY, the two people in the accident were either in shock or just plain dumb! One car severely rear ended another car, but how this happened I do not know! There were no stop signs or even any place to turn, and there was no lights or any reason to slow down (no rain, no fog very light traffic.)
The lady in the front car, stopped her car in the center lane, and turned off her lights (yes her lights did work). She just sat in her car and talked on the phone. I told her to turn her lights on and get out of her car because she had the potential to get rear ended again!
The guy that hit her, appeared to me like he was faking being injured. If I remember correctly, your body does not ache right after an accident, it is a day or two later that you ache.
After about 10 minutes, I realized that this guy started to have smoke coming out of his hood (it was not smoking when I got there). I asked him if he had his engine running, and HE DID! There was the smell of gas all over the place, and a couple of minutes later a constable showed up, and he called in the fire dept.
Anyway, I really felt more secure with that Optronics 2,000,000 CP light as opposed to two Surges or two of almost anything else. And the Lights are not all that expensive.
I really like the Optronics. It has a nice, even, wide, solid white beam.
I had a Vector 1 mil CP light that did not have as even and wide a light as my 2 mil CP light.
Anyway, I just wanted to post this for all the people (like me) that want MORE POWER, MORE LIGHT, BRIGHTER LIGHT, etc.
While not something that you would want to carry all day, it is not too heavy. And the charge of the light is 30-40 minutes.
I don't see a lot of posts here about these huge relatively inexpensive lights, so I thought I would post this here.
(And if you want to have real "light beam envy" you have to get one of these lights!)
