What did you use your flashlight for today?

[JohnnyBravo]

Used the brother label maker to date my latest Eneloops. Didn't have enough lumens in the loft/office w/ the desk lamp and overhead ceiling light, so I fired up the Nitecore EC4SW and ceiling bounced it. Worked fine; labels are nice and straight...

 

[Crazyeddiethefirst]

Hey JohnnyBravo, if you are not going to use your EC4SW for a while a small piece of label tape over the positive terminal makes a great physical lockout to prevent parasitic drain....

 

[ven]

Stay safe mr and mrs fixer,damn you have had some bad luck with weather and heating.

 

[bykfixer]

Grand total here was 14" of snow with a nice cap of ice where it turned to rain after sundown.

Had my E01 on the nightstand in tailstand mode using a 1+ year old new light sampler battery to vampire it to zero. Light was still on at daylight. So far that's about 10 hours on a used cell. Wife's Solitaire went dark at about 9pm so I hooked her up with a Fenix E12 from mr gurds.

I'm looking online for one of those whisper quiet Honda generators and see my local Home Depot had 2 in stock. Another online search showed most of my city was out so I made a beeline there and got the last one.

So I'm shoveling a pad for it when I see a snow plow making a path for a power crew. Nice. Sun pops out, power is on and the lizard had made it through the night after we put him in a portable cage setting next to the simmering pot of water. The Mrs and I took 2 hour shifts all night guarding the pot of water.

When the heat came back on the house was 54 degrees and falling. We had a thick comforter on the bed and were both sweating under that thing.

I put a new cell in the E01 since it was dimming. Yes it does dim some, I'm supposing the regulation cuts off at a point and gives you a Malkoff-esque nice long taper to dim.

One of our fish was laying on the bottom of the aquarium at sunrise. When the bubbler started up it began swimming again. This was the third time he was presumed dead. Later I boiled some water to warm up it's home and he's all swimming happily. (I keep spare water prepared for these times.)

So tonight we'll tailstand some Maglites in celebration....

Edit:
FYI for folks opting to buy a Honda generator; they do not have oil in the crank case from the factory and do not come with any so you also need to purchase oil if you don't have any in stock at your home.
End edit.

 

[gurdygurds]

Please tell me the fish that won’t die is named E01.

Grand total here was 14" of snow with a nice cap of ice where it turned to rain after sundown.Had my E01 on the nightstand in tailstand mode using a 1+ year old new light sampler battery to vampire it to zero. Light was still on at daylight. So far that's about 10 hours on a used cell. Wife's Solitaire went dark at about 9pm so I hooked her up with a Fenix E12 from mr gurds. I'm looking online for one of those whisper quiet Honda generators and see my local Home Depot had 2 in stock. Another online search showed most of my city was out so I made a beeline there and got the last one. So I'm shoveling a pad for it when I see a snow plow making a path for a power crew. Nice. Sun pops out, power is on and the lizard had made it through the night after we put him in a portable cage setting next to the simmering pot of water. The Mrs and I took 2 hour shifts all night guarding the pot of water. When the heat came back on the house was 54 degrees and falling. We had a thick comforter on the bed and were both sweating under that thing. I put a new cell in the E01 since it was dimming. Yes it does dim some, I'm supposing the regulation cuts off at a point and gives you a Malkoff-esque nice long taper to dim. One of our fish was laying on the bottom of the aquarium at sunrise. When the bubbler started up it began swimming again. This was the third time he was presumed dead. Later I boiled some water to warm up it's home and he's all swimming happily. (I keep spare water prepared for these times.)So tonight we'll tailstand some Maglites in celebration....Edit:FYI for folks opting to buy a Honda generator; they do not have oil in the crank case from the factory and do not come with any so you also need to purchase oil if you don't have any in stock at your home.End edit.

 

[ven]

Fenix the fish!

 

[knucklegary]

+1 for Fenix🐡

 

[bykfixer]

Sold!!!

I'm supposing it's thinking it's a cat fish (9 lives and all). It's a sail fish whose name is now officially "Fenix" the E01 fish (formerly known as sail fish #1)

 

[ven]

:laughing:

Dont get another and call it nitecore, it will drain the tank slowly....................

 

[Monocrom]

Sold!!!

I'm supposing it's thinking it's a cat fish (9 lives and all). It's a sail fish whose name is now officially "Fenix" the E01 fish (formerly known as sail fish #1)

LOL ! Good to hear that everything is mostly back to normal.

 

[Monocrom]

:laughing:

Dont get another and call it nitecore, it will drain the tank slowly....................

:thumbsup: It's funny 'cause it's true!

 

[bykfixer]

Told the wife about 2 years ago, when sail fish 1 and 2 die the aquarium gets emptied.... Both still hanging in there.

Used my E01 (toothold mode) to pull a part from my old furnace blower motor the contractor had stashed under my deck. The blower motor only has a few hours on it and that particular one is hard to find. I had it made to order by another manufacturer so it's about in demand about like a SF porcupine. Everybodys Tempstar/ICE/Kenmore systems like mine are now failing so it's a popular part on eBay.

 

[Monocrom]

Told the wife about 2 years ago, when sail fish 1 and 2 die the aquarium gets emptied.... Both still hanging in there.

No offense, your luck is terrible. I think "Fenix" is intentionally messing with you. You think he's dead, he comes back to life. Multiple times!

 

[Treeguy]

Just back from a couple of miles on the ski trails. Just walking, not skiing. Had my Thrunite T20 Headlamp on moonlight, and with the reflection off the snow it's perfect for walking and still enjoying the stars and the darkness.

 

[bykfixer]

Finally some good luck:
Went to adjust the shower head while showering and "sssspppeeee" water starts shooting out of the connection.
A 1/4 turn of the threaded collar and it stopped.
Phew.
Tooth held a PL2 on low for shadowless plumbing.

 

[knucklegary]

I can see where a PL2's gnarly knurling would dangle nicely from a canine tooth🐵

 

[blah9]

I just had ACL and meniscus surgery two days ago. Thankfully things are going pretty well so far. But I'm using crutches, so my Armytek Wizard Pro Warm headlamp is getting a good amount of use. It sure makes going to the bathroom in the dark easier than trying to hold a flashlight and walk with crutches or turn on the lights and wake up my wife.

 

[ven]

Glad for an easy mr fixer fix Mike, about time some luck turned. Hope for a speedy recovery blah, good job you have a lamp for the head! Crutches and holding a flashlight does not sound fun!

Used these 3 comparing beam/tints
Mr fixer E2e tana tripLED 219b 5k/haiku tripLED 219b 4500k and BOSS frosted ti xpl HI 4k

BOSS used in work, cheeky beam pic up the 21 metre level above 40t silos

 

[Monocrom]

I just had ACL and meniscus surgery two days ago. Thankfully things are going pretty well so far. But I'm using crutches, so my Armytek Wizard Pro Warm headlamp is getting a good amount of use. It sure makes going to the bathroom in the dark easier than trying to hold a flashlight and walk with crutches or turn on the lights and wake up my wife.

Hope you're off of those crutches much sooner than the doctor predicted.

 

[Repsol600rr]

Sold!!!

I'm supposing it's thinking it's a cat fish (9 lives and all). It's a sail fish whose name is now officially "Fenix" the E01 fish (formerly known as sail fish #1)

Ive got a 13 (maybe 14 now that I think about) year old goldfish like that. Just floats around sometimes upside down getting pushed around by the filter pump. Then all of a sudden perks up and starts going normally. Always knows when foods coming too and that'll usually get him going.
Edit. Right, this place is about lights. Used my s1r turbo s at work. One of the buildings I work in has really poor lighting. Not an issue for me though.