What's the most unusual/stupidest/weirdest thing you've done with your flashlight?

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Re: What's the dumbest thing you have done involving a flashlight?

When I got my 1st Surefire, an E2D I would not use it for fear of depleting the batteries and wearing out the lamp. That was back in 2004. That sucker is still on its original lamp. And even with depleted batteries it still puts out a usable if not respectable amount of light!
 
Re: What's the dumbest thing you have done involving a flashlight?

I work maintenance, and a guy that I work with regularly shoves his 2 cell Rayovac in his mouth to free up both hands. The light is no longer yellow, and hasnt been for a while.
 
Re: What's the dumbest thing you have done involving a flashlight?

kruger7734 said:
I work maintenance, and a guy that I work with regularly shoves his 2 cell Rayovac in his mouth to free up both hands. The light is no longer yellow, and hasnt been for a while.
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LOL, but what color are his teeth?? :green: :sick2:
 
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I buy the light, want sell the light because I am eyeing another light. After taking images of it, I don't want to sell the light. Thought about it, thinking selling it is right thing to do. Sold the light. Bought new light. After thought about it, I bought the light the 2nd time. Eyeing another light, sold the light, bought new light......bought the light the 3rd time.
 
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wuyeah said:
I buy the light, want sell the light because I am eyeing another light. After taking images of it, I don't want to sell the light. Thought about it, thinking selling it is right thing to do. Sold the light. Bought new light. After thought about it, I bought the light the 2nd time. Eyeing another light, sold the light, bought new light......bought the light the 3rd time.
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:laughing: A familiar story all over CPF I'll bet.
 
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What's the dumbest thing you have done involving a flashlight?
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Not having bought a Peak in my preferred configuration before they stopped customized production entirely. It's QTC's & only QTC's from here on out boys!
 
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Trying to make a perfectly matched HAIII Natural Surefire lego light of my dreams... Each piece I buy ranges from bronze to green to dark grey to silver....
 
Re: What's the dumbest thing you have done involving a flashlight?

My Fenix flashlight malfunctioned so I tried slaming it in it worked for a couple of seconds. Then I decided to hammer the switch down I ended up completely jamming the switch when I could have simply tightened the switch with a screw driver. Now I have to get warranty 🙁
 
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cplusplus said:
My Fenix flashlight malfunctioned so I tried slaming it in it worked for a couple of seconds. Then I decided to hammer the switch down I ended up completely jamming the switch when I could have simply tightened the switch with a screw driver. Now I have to get warranty 🙁
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Operator abuse is covered by warranty???
 
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Re: What's the dumbest thing you have done involving a flashlight?

Driving at night with the headlights off, using my Stanley HID plugged into the lighter... definitely a stupid thing to do in retrospect.
 
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kramer5150 said:
Driving at night with the headlights off, using my Stanley HID plugged into the lighter... definitely a stupid thing to do in retrospect.
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I have done that (diesel 4wd had a dead battery, it started ok, but the lights flattened the battery pretty quick, had to run it home with a LSI 250,000CP spotlight held out the window)

Stupidest thing I have done with a flashlight - bought a Maxabeam, even though I have no real use for one (apart from shining it around and giggling like a loony at the ultra tight beam)
 
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Being an idiot kid 19 years ago and getting hit in the head with a 5 cell maglite by a cop for said idiocy
 
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I live in a condo community on a hill and I like to test my lights by shining them off my deck. Usually I will step out once dark and let my eyes adjust to dark a bit so I can look around and see if anyone is out on there decks or walking around the streets (don't want to get a reputation as the wacko who shines lights around..... ehh - probably too late). One night I was in a bit of a hurry and rushed the process, thought the coast was clear and proceeded to turn on my M6 with a FM1909 bulb in at full blast........ quite embarrasingly illuminating my neighbor out having a smoke on his deck maybe 30 feet away. It's never been mentioned again, but I'm sure he thinks I am a freak or something.
 
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My latest invention: Beer-Heat-Sinking! :naughty:

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(A German-brewn Franziskaner wheatbeer, internally illuminated with a 4-7s Mini CR2 NW. Note the colour rendition! :grin2:)

Lucciola
 
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TIME TO REVIVE MY OLD THREAD WITH THIS:

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I was testing an X-Ray film processor after doing maintenance by feeding films one by one. The delay between films is long, especially when standing alone in the dark. They had a box of unexposed scrap film to use for testing/cleaning, so I decided I should give these films a second life. I was pleasantly surprised my drawing turned out nicely considering I was doing it in total darkness. Now they're on my wall in my lab.

P.S.: NO, I wasn't going to use my privates, but that one has been done by some guys I know, with the difference that it was a woman working on sorting the films coming out of the processor. I think he used distance to magnify the whole thing, so the reaction was pretty expressive, but all in good fun.
 
Not all that wierd, but not what my Haiku was built for.
I used it to open a non twist off bottle of beer. I worked with no harm to the light.
Does that make it a Light Beer?
 
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