EV_007
Enlightened
A whole year has passed since my introduction to CPF. And in that time I've spent more time and money than I thought I would on a seemingly passing infatuation of the luminary kind.
Prior to joining CPF, I always knew that I wanted a "good quality" flashlight. Seeing SureFire ads in hunting and outdoors magazines over the years spurred on my interest which eventually brought me to CandlePower Forums. I've seen this site once or twice in the past, but thought it way over my head for me to spend any time here. After joining, I felt a kindred spirit amongst all of you. Fellows commiserating in a mass addiction gotta love it.
My experience has been something like this: Log into CPF, read about new light, investigate new light, read other opinions/advertisemnts about new light, read strong opinions and biased reviews of new light, acquire some for myself, add my own opinions of new light, sell off some new light, later regret selling of new light, get more new lights…. Read praises of new lights to help justify my purchase. And so the cycle(illness) continues.
Around the time of joining CPF a year ago, I had acquired a Dorcy Metal Gear LED and a SureFire Z2 Combat light. Those were my introduction into real flashlights as apposed to the .99 cent drugstore variety.
First I wanted the brightest light I can get my hands on. I spent hours online comparing models and tried to determine the best bang for the buck. Then I wanted one with longer runtime. Then I wanted smallest, brightest, longest running possible. Then I saw the LEDs and wanted the same.
I've quickly found out that no one light will do all, but all the lights can at least do one thing well- light up the darkness.
The incan vs. LED argument still rages on in my head, but I've resigned myself to realizing the usefulness of both technologies. For me the incans suit my needs best outdoors for throw and color rendition and the LEDs for indoor or long lasting light requirements in terms of overall runtime. The "CREvolution" holds much promise.
I've gone from having a Dorcy 1AAA on my key chain just after joining CPF to now having the Fenix L0D CE. My brightest incan at that time was the SF Z2 with P61 and now the M6 holds that title. I still consider myself a newbie but have leaned a lot and enjoyed all of your contributions to this unique watering hole on the net for those of us afflicted with the light and all things luminous to gather. I especially like the flashlight stories. I hope to have some interesting ones of my own to contribute.
Thanks for the memories and look forward to more to come.
Prior to joining CPF, I always knew that I wanted a "good quality" flashlight. Seeing SureFire ads in hunting and outdoors magazines over the years spurred on my interest which eventually brought me to CandlePower Forums. I've seen this site once or twice in the past, but thought it way over my head for me to spend any time here. After joining, I felt a kindred spirit amongst all of you. Fellows commiserating in a mass addiction gotta love it.
My experience has been something like this: Log into CPF, read about new light, investigate new light, read other opinions/advertisemnts about new light, read strong opinions and biased reviews of new light, acquire some for myself, add my own opinions of new light, sell off some new light, later regret selling of new light, get more new lights…. Read praises of new lights to help justify my purchase. And so the cycle(illness) continues.
Around the time of joining CPF a year ago, I had acquired a Dorcy Metal Gear LED and a SureFire Z2 Combat light. Those were my introduction into real flashlights as apposed to the .99 cent drugstore variety.
First I wanted the brightest light I can get my hands on. I spent hours online comparing models and tried to determine the best bang for the buck. Then I wanted one with longer runtime. Then I wanted smallest, brightest, longest running possible. Then I saw the LEDs and wanted the same.
I've quickly found out that no one light will do all, but all the lights can at least do one thing well- light up the darkness.
The incan vs. LED argument still rages on in my head, but I've resigned myself to realizing the usefulness of both technologies. For me the incans suit my needs best outdoors for throw and color rendition and the LEDs for indoor or long lasting light requirements in terms of overall runtime. The "CREvolution" holds much promise.
I've gone from having a Dorcy 1AAA on my key chain just after joining CPF to now having the Fenix L0D CE. My brightest incan at that time was the SF Z2 with P61 and now the M6 holds that title. I still consider myself a newbie but have leaned a lot and enjoyed all of your contributions to this unique watering hole on the net for those of us afflicted with the light and all things luminous to gather. I especially like the flashlight stories. I hope to have some interesting ones of my own to contribute.
Thanks for the memories and look forward to more to come.
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