What did you use your flashlight for today?

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Today, for the first time in almost a year and a half, we've had an overcast rainy morning around here where it was dark even past 6AM and to turn on all the lights and HVAC machinery at work, I had to use my torch. So I used my good old workhorse S2+ 219C.
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Love this ol' gal, especially now that I've put this two-way clip on it. It widens the effective diameter up to ~21700 size like an S21B, so it fits my hand perfectly.
 
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Last night, went out on foot in my neighborhood for some Middle Eastern BBQ. Great place, go there once a week. Well, since Daylight Savings Time ended a few days ago, it was dark as Hell when I went out. Got my food, but don't recall the main dish getting put in the paper bag. Though I was horribly exhausted from work. Placed the bag down used my LUXPRO 2AA LED flashlight for a quick peek inside. Yeah, it was in there.

Far from the greatest. But at around just over $11.oo, it has a surprisingly decent level of quality. Only flashlight model I know that you can buy in packs of 6 at one time. I guess that would be ideal under certain Industrial, Maintenance, or Security settings.
 
11:30pmEST tonight. Just about to doze off to sleep in the sween1911 HQ. Just one last trip to the facilities before slumber. Wash hands. Bathroom sink clogged. Like, the water just sits there clogged. It was slow for a few days, but chooses NOW for the final act.

Get drip pan, get snake from garage, enter battle with all kinds of various liquids and solids. I'll spare you the details, but the sink drains faster than water can go in it now. Here's my battle scarred trusty 6P which has since been cleansed with rubbing alcohol after the fracas.

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Dog walk this evening……SC53c n Zebralight. Dark garage to grab a Topo Chico……Zebralight. Check on one of two dogs going nutty in the backyard…..Zebralight. Super low level on the nightstand as I type…yes the Zebralight.
 
So I'm parking my car at work last night. I see a White Audi sedan drive past me in the parking lot at a slow rate of speed. Stops in an out of the way area. Lights turn off. No one gets out. Seriously?? I just pulled in. I'm not even done parking yet. Finished parking. Go inside. Relieve my co-worker. Take off my jacket (uniform underneath). Go back out. Approach the car. (Literally no one who works in the building drives a White Audi.)

Out comes my Thrunite TT20 on Turbo. Sleeping Beauty is passed out with a grin on his face. Driver's seat flat as he could get it. Young guy. Takes awhile to wake him up. I politely inform him he's trespassing, the building is closed, and he needs to leave. He's very apologetic. Leaves right away.

I go back inside. Co-worker hasn't left yet. I see a small, black, badly torn up backpack on the chair inside the Security desk. I grab it, bring it over to him. He tells me it's not his. Been there since before the start of his shift. He heads out. I didn't bother to ask him if he inventoried the contents like we're supposed to do. (And of course, the individual who worked before his shift, didn't do it either.) So, I stand in front of the security camera that's pointed behind the lobby desk to make sure my inventory of the bag is recorded. ("Oh, you had $2,000 in cash in your bag when it was turned in to Lost & Found at the Security desk? Well, let's check the video tape. Looks like you're a filthy liar, Sir.")

For anyone wondering why we do inventory, two reasons. One, packs tend to contain expensive electronics. Two, sometimes they contain guns! This one contained several paper-notebooks, several unopened letters addressed to the very same person. Including what was blatantly a bank statement. And, a 12" Mac Book. Wonderful.... who leaves their Mac Book behind? In a dirty, disgusting, old, mini-backpack torn to shreds. I didn't even want to touch the thing. The lining inside was black too. Out came my 2AAA Powertac Sabre penlight. Lit up the inside pockets before reaching in.

I'm glad I didn't find a handgun in there. Do you realize how much extra paper-work that would be? Having to call my manager, wake him up. Having to call the NYPD. Only silver lining there is that they show up in the blink of an eye regarding any call having to do with a gun. Call them up, some dude being stomped to death outside on the street by a gang of guys. They'll show up eventually that night to look into it.
 
FWIW, "dirty and disgusting" parts notwithstanding, it's not a terrible idea to store valuable objects (expensive tools, electronics, etc.) inside ratty old bags in case you have to keep them in view, like, say, inside a car without a boot. Much less likely to draw the eye of the kind of social element willing to break the window to get at the contents.
 
Jean-Luc Descarte said:
FWIW, "dirty and disgusting" parts notwithstanding, it's not a terrible idea to store valuable objects (expensive tools, electronics, etc.) inside ratty old bags in case you have to keep them in view, like, say, inside a car without a boot. Much less likely to draw the eye of the kind of social element willing to break the window to get at the contents.
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This wasn't one of those situations where a person was storing something like Milwaukee power-tools inside a Wal-Mart HART bag. This thing was so badly ripped up, it's a miracle the Mac Book hadn't torn through the flimsy pack.
 
Used my E2E with Tana module to light up dark parts of the engine bay while changing the motor oil on my car. Also lit up the cabin air filter compartment beautifully.
 
I watered the yard at night and used my Klarus HM3 headlamp for that. There are dark parts where the yard lights don't reach.

gurdygurds: Ha ha ha, I've had to do the same thing in various places when there are power outages.
 
So at the Security desk at my 3rd shift job, we have a small trash can. Besides myself, no one empties it out at the end of their shift besides my older co-worker who has been there for the past 25 years. (Probably should have retired over a decade ago, but he lives for that job. Everyone knows him. All the older ladies greet him, bring him home-cooked food. He's likely going to pass away from natural causes at the desk.)

Everyone else thinks the Garbage Fairy comes by to empty the trash bin. Or, the cleaning staff. Nope! Normally I empty out a full bin at the start of my shift. Why? Because if I try to have an adult conversation with the others I work with, they'll likely just get upset and defensive. Don't need that headache. The other night, the bin was nearly empty. But I saw something weird inside. Out came my Powertac Sabre 2AAA penlight. Quick click. Quick I.D., and it was a piece of paper that fell at a weird angle inside. Emptied the bin, back to my normal Start-of-shift routine before I settled in for another night.
 
This past weekend was open studio weekend for participating artists in the Tucson area. I used a McGizmo Mule to add extra light on some of my wife's compositions for visitors who stopped by.
 
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This past weekend was open studio weekend for participating artists in the Tucson area. I used a McGizmo Mule to add extra light on some of my wife's compositions for visitors who stopped by.
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Wish I could have attended that open studio event.
 
I have SP33 and some customized HCRI C8 prototypes (still looking for a better driver).

I ususally use them to light the room up when blackout hits (and for giggles sometimes). Always find it amusing when a single flashlight can light the whole room up to usable brightness.
 
So, the compacter room is actually in a fenced off area, outside; next to the dumpster. Door to said room is supposed to be closed and locked. Oh look, someone else at my 3rd shift job too lazy and unprofessional to do their job properly. Out comes my main light from last night, recently discontinued Nitecore MH12S, turbo mode. Searched the entire area to make sure no one had fallen in, or was passed out on the ground. Either due to a medical emergency, drunken loser having wandered in and passed out, or a homeless person thinking they found a good place to sleep for the night. Turns out, only person there was me. Took care of the door, headed back inside.
 
Used my E2E with Tana module again to light up a metal piece to be welded. I was repairing a pedal assembly where one of the studs that mounts the brake master cylinder to the pedal box was missing. I welded 1/8 inch plate to the broken edge as a base, the drilled and tapped a hole for 5/16 NF24 thread. I used a grade 8 bolt with the head cut off as the replacement stud. On the first weld, it was perpendicular to the plate, but canted off slightly from the three other studs and wouldn't go into the mounting point in the firewall. When bending the bolt to align it, I felt a "click" and suspected the weld on the bolt had sheared. After grinding down the weld, sure enough a perfectly circular "C" crack had formed. By then it was late and dark, so the Surefire did a great job lighting the piece and I was able to weld the stud back to the plate again. Last attempt to dry fit the box to the firewall was successful.
 
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