Jean-Luc Descarte
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Something like that, yeah
What did you use your flashlight for today?
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I was cycling yesterday in the evening (already dark). Bicycle path was not lit very well, but no problem for me naturally. Then I saw a man kneeling on the ground in the grass with his phone light on, learned that he was looking for a lost wireless earbud (black). I stopped and pulled out my CSTEBOKE SC231T on high to help light the area. Unfortunately he did not find his earbud, but did find someone else's lost airpod.
Off from work tonight.
Used my Thrunite TT20 to look for my warm Wrangler cargo pants in the closet. Mission Failed, but not due to the light. Now I get to enjoy methodically tearing up my apartment, looking for my Winter cargo pants. Of which I have two pairs. Oh goody....
Used my Thrunite TT20 to look for my warm Wrangler cargo pants in the closet. Mission Failed, but not due to the light. Now I get to enjoy methodically tearing up my apartment, looking for my Winter cargo pants. Of which I have two pairs. Oh goody....
PhotonWrangler
Flashaholic
I suspected that one of our CO monitors had expired. To confirm this I had to read a really tiny manufacturing date sticker on the bottom of the unit. My PD36R made it possible to read it and determine that it was indeed past it's freshness date and needed to be replaced.
You just reminded me that I used my TK22 TAC to help me replace the batteries on a CO detector at my home as well! It started to beep and I figured I needed to get rid of it, but it actually uses 2AA batteries. It was tough to see behind it without my light to figure out how to unmount it from the wall.
Used a Streamlight Stinger at work and a corporate guy said it was like a paramedic light.
Used a Mag5C to turn water off and on as needed during freezing conditions, see pic.
Took a Philips torch outside and the bulb burned out so had to get a Barbolight penlite and a back up 3xAAA Maglite to go do my laundry after sundown.
Used a Mag5C to turn water off and on as needed during freezing conditions, see pic.
Took a Philips torch outside and the bulb burned out so had to get a Barbolight penlite and a back up 3xAAA Maglite to go do my laundry after sundown.
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Major fog fall at my 3rd shift job. So, my Nitecore MH12S turned into a light-saber as I did my foot-patrol of the parking lot. It was fun for a few seconds, but despite a good combination of both flood and throw, I couldn't see more than a few feet in front of me. Oh, the beam was definitely reaching out there! My eye-sight sure as heck wasn't.
PhotonWrangler
Flashaholic
We had a lot of fog last night also. I've got to try out my LEP on a foggy night.
Sadly my Lumintop Thor3 got left behind at home.
Fuzzywuzzies
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Remember how a while back I said I'd get a bunch of (Gasp) 0light i1Rs on special for "give away to stranger" lights? Well, I've only got two left, and one found its way into (bigger gasp) my pocket as a backup light.
Well, I needed it…
I was pulling a late one at work to get the shed tidied up, and the very last thing I forklifted back inside was a pile of steel column covers that I had put 'round the back to make space for manoeuvring. It was light when I put them there, but pitch black when I went to get them. The forklift doesn't have lights, so of course I just pulled out my trusty Elzetta Bravo, and lit the way.
I had loaded up with the covers, and just begun reversing when the forklift hit a pothole, and the Elzetta, which I was holding against the frame of the forklift, was knocked out of my hand out of sight to the ground. I instinctively braked, and that combined with the pothole jolt dislodged the covers, which came crashing down off one side of the forklift forks in a giant pile everywhere.
When the din subsided, I realised that I was in the pitch dark. The Elzetta has taken a lot of drops, and never flinches; but as chance would have it tonight, it had hit the ground exactly on its tail switch and turned off!
And the handbrake on this forklift is broken. Dodgy, I know. And I was on a slope, with a dislodged load, in the pitch dark. Hooray.
So what did I do? (Dramatic drumroll)
I smiled wryly to myself, reached into my pocket and pulled out the Olight i1R; lit up the Elzetta to make sure I wouldn't run over it, (it probably wouldn't have minded, but still…) and disentangled the forklift from the mess.
I reloaded the covers and packed down for the night. (Morning?)
Two is one, and one is none.
Well, I needed it…
I was pulling a late one at work to get the shed tidied up, and the very last thing I forklifted back inside was a pile of steel column covers that I had put 'round the back to make space for manoeuvring. It was light when I put them there, but pitch black when I went to get them. The forklift doesn't have lights, so of course I just pulled out my trusty Elzetta Bravo, and lit the way.
I had loaded up with the covers, and just begun reversing when the forklift hit a pothole, and the Elzetta, which I was holding against the frame of the forklift, was knocked out of my hand out of sight to the ground. I instinctively braked, and that combined with the pothole jolt dislodged the covers, which came crashing down off one side of the forklift forks in a giant pile everywhere.
When the din subsided, I realised that I was in the pitch dark. The Elzetta has taken a lot of drops, and never flinches; but as chance would have it tonight, it had hit the ground exactly on its tail switch and turned off!
And the handbrake on this forklift is broken. Dodgy, I know. And I was on a slope, with a dislodged load, in the pitch dark. Hooray.
So what did I do? (Dramatic drumroll)
I smiled wryly to myself, reached into my pocket and pulled out the Olight i1R; lit up the Elzetta to make sure I wouldn't run over it, (it probably wouldn't have minded, but still…) and disentangled the forklift from the mess.
I reloaded the covers and packed down for the night. (Morning?)
Two is one, and one is none.
PhotonWrangler
Flashaholic
Glad you weren't hurt! I'm also a little surprised that the forklift doesn't have any lights.Remember how a while back I said I'd get a bunch of (Gasp) 0light i1Rs on special for "give away to stranger" lights? Well, I've only got two left, and one found its way into (bigger gasp) my pocket as a backup light.
Well, I needed it…
I was pulling a late one at work to get the shed tidied up, and the very last thing I forklifted back inside was a pile of steel column covers that I had put 'round the back to make space for manoeuvring. It was light when I put them there, but pitch black when I went to get them. The forklift doesn't have lights, so of course I just pulled out my trusty Elzetta Bravo, and lit the way.
I had loaded up with the covers, and just begun reversing when the forklift hit a pothole, and the Elzetta, which I was holding against the frame of the forklift, was knocked out of my hand out of sight to the ground. I instinctively braked, and that combined with the pothole jolt dislodged the covers, which came crashing down off one side of the forklift forks in a giant pile everywhere.
When the din subsided, I realised that I was in the pitch dark. The Elzetta has taken a lot of drops, and never flinches; but as chance would have it tonight, it had hit the ground exactly on its tail switch and turned off!
And the handbrake on this forklift is broken. Dodgy, I know. And I was on a slope, with a dislodged load, in the pitch dark. Hooray.
So what did I do? (Dramatic drumroll)
I smiled wryly to myself, reached into my pocket and pulled out the Olight i1R; lit up the Elzetta to make sure I wouldn't run over it, (it probably wouldn't have minded, but still…) and disentangled the forklift from the mess.
I reloaded the covers and packed down for the night. (Morning?)
Two is one, and one is none.
Fuzzywuzzies
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Yeah, we don't usually do night work, so lights aren't really needed. I'd still like to have some, but hey, it's just a yard forklift…. The main thing I'd like is the handbrake to get fixed ASAP. Chocking the wheels has been a pain!
I guess no harm, no foul, but I sure was glad to have the second torch.
IMA SOL MAN
Flashlight Enthusiast
When you do, photos, PLEASE! 🙏
PhotonWrangler
Flashaholic
Will do!
today I used three different lights.
A maglite solitaire to see what the thermostat was set at.
A convoy S2+ to check the pantry for spare boxes of 1 gallon zip lock baggies (there's only one left)
Sofirn D25L headlamp to go up into the attic to turn OFF the ceiling lights (left on after getting some Christmas stuff down)
A maglite solitaire to see what the thermostat was set at.
A convoy S2+ to check the pantry for spare boxes of 1 gallon zip lock baggies (there's only one left)
Sofirn D25L headlamp to go up into the attic to turn OFF the ceiling lights (left on after getting some Christmas stuff down)
