LEDagent
Flashlight Enthusiast
I have two stories i want to share. Don't expect these stories to be long...because they aren't. I am SOOOOoo burnt out after taking my last final this week.
Story 1:
I was hanging Christmas lights with my dad last week. I just came home from school and didn't bother to change into appropriate, Christmas light hanging attire, so i just stayed in my regular school clothes. It wasn't until i was on top of roof until i realized i should have worn cargo pants or something.
My dad had me go up on the roof first so that he can hand me tools before he started climbing. Even though i was only 18 feet above "comfort-level", my knees were shaking and my palms were sweating - i realized i'm afraid of heights. This was my first time up on the roof so i was quite scared...but i got over it in a couple of minutes.
So anyway...my dad started handing me tools. First was a hammer, then it was some extension cords. Still scarred stiff (literally) i had one hand on a support beam and the other on the hammer he just gave me. Trying to hurry up and look stable in front of my dad, i stuffed the hammer down my pocket and quickly grabbed the extenstion cords. After everything was handed to me, and my dad finally on the roof, i grabbed for the hammer and gave it to my dad. But as soon as it came out of my pocket...so did my Surefire E2!!!
OH S#!t! I said (actually thought) as it dropped 18 feet to the concrete driveway - BEZEL FIRST! How do i know? Because my brother saw it drop from my pocket and onto the ground...that and i have the dent on the bezel to prove it.
Anyway...to make a long story short, my brother picked it up and started laughing, not because i dropped it, but because it still worked. I don't know any other flashlight that could sustain such a shock. I've dropped many a maglight waist high and they ALL have busted a bulb as soon as i dropped em.
Story 2:
Do you remember when the UKE Light Cannon 100 was such a big item on the CPF? There were many concerns about it's ability to absorb shock.
Well...i experienced first hand "SHOCK" when i dropped my Light Cannon for the first time.
It was about 3 weeks ago when i went East from San Diego to the mountains. After enduring many hours at my school library, and being inspired by Kenshiro's Superlights test, I decided to drive 40 miles east...just for the hell of it. I took 5 of my favorite lights up to the mountains and played for about 2 hours in the dark.
To make a long story short, i was playing with my Light Cannon and decided to put it on the hood of my car to "simulate" HID headlights. Even though it was only a 10w HID i was surprised it's ability to illuminate my surroundings in the pitch black night. I decided to leave it there for a while as i was awe struck. I opened the door of my car and attempted to enter and sit down to see what it would look like from a driver's point of view. As soon as i sat down, i guess i caused so much of a commosion that the light lost it's balance on top of my hood and slid of my CAR!!
The drop was about 3.5 feet and HARD! I watched it slip from my hood and land...once again...BEZEL first with a loud CRACK on the gravel roadside.
Guess what i said after that....it wasn't the same word in story 1.
ANyway, when it landed, the light turned off. I got scared. The only thing that ran through my mind was "180 dollars...180 dollars...180 dollars."
I inpected the light, the lens was okay, the bezel and body were ok, but i couldn't see the bulb adequetly. I turned the switch to it's off position and turned it back on it again. Guess what....IT TURNED ON! WHEW!!! I guess the shock of it's impact momentarily jolted the batteries to lose connection with the ballast's terminals. With the light requiring at least 3 seconds before re-strike, i could understand why it didn't just come back on again.
I was very lucky and very happy that night to know that my UKE Light Cannon survived, and could possibly survive another fall like that.
Okay..that's the end of my stories.
Story 1:
I was hanging Christmas lights with my dad last week. I just came home from school and didn't bother to change into appropriate, Christmas light hanging attire, so i just stayed in my regular school clothes. It wasn't until i was on top of roof until i realized i should have worn cargo pants or something.
My dad had me go up on the roof first so that he can hand me tools before he started climbing. Even though i was only 18 feet above "comfort-level", my knees were shaking and my palms were sweating - i realized i'm afraid of heights. This was my first time up on the roof so i was quite scared...but i got over it in a couple of minutes.
So anyway...my dad started handing me tools. First was a hammer, then it was some extension cords. Still scarred stiff (literally) i had one hand on a support beam and the other on the hammer he just gave me. Trying to hurry up and look stable in front of my dad, i stuffed the hammer down my pocket and quickly grabbed the extenstion cords. After everything was handed to me, and my dad finally on the roof, i grabbed for the hammer and gave it to my dad. But as soon as it came out of my pocket...so did my Surefire E2!!!
OH S#!t! I said (actually thought) as it dropped 18 feet to the concrete driveway - BEZEL FIRST! How do i know? Because my brother saw it drop from my pocket and onto the ground...that and i have the dent on the bezel to prove it.
Anyway...to make a long story short, my brother picked it up and started laughing, not because i dropped it, but because it still worked. I don't know any other flashlight that could sustain such a shock. I've dropped many a maglight waist high and they ALL have busted a bulb as soon as i dropped em.
Story 2:
Do you remember when the UKE Light Cannon 100 was such a big item on the CPF? There were many concerns about it's ability to absorb shock.
Well...i experienced first hand "SHOCK" when i dropped my Light Cannon for the first time.
It was about 3 weeks ago when i went East from San Diego to the mountains. After enduring many hours at my school library, and being inspired by Kenshiro's Superlights test, I decided to drive 40 miles east...just for the hell of it. I took 5 of my favorite lights up to the mountains and played for about 2 hours in the dark.
To make a long story short, i was playing with my Light Cannon and decided to put it on the hood of my car to "simulate" HID headlights. Even though it was only a 10w HID i was surprised it's ability to illuminate my surroundings in the pitch black night. I decided to leave it there for a while as i was awe struck. I opened the door of my car and attempted to enter and sit down to see what it would look like from a driver's point of view. As soon as i sat down, i guess i caused so much of a commosion that the light lost it's balance on top of my hood and slid of my CAR!!
The drop was about 3.5 feet and HARD! I watched it slip from my hood and land...once again...BEZEL first with a loud CRACK on the gravel roadside.
Guess what i said after that....it wasn't the same word in story 1.
I inpected the light, the lens was okay, the bezel and body were ok, but i couldn't see the bulb adequetly. I turned the switch to it's off position and turned it back on it again. Guess what....IT TURNED ON! WHEW!!! I guess the shock of it's impact momentarily jolted the batteries to lose connection with the ballast's terminals. With the light requiring at least 3 seconds before re-strike, i could understand why it didn't just come back on again.
I was very lucky and very happy that night to know that my UKE Light Cannon survived, and could possibly survive another fall like that.
Okay..that's the end of my stories.
