Oztorchfreak
Flashlight Enthusiast
Would you use a fairly pricey LED flashlight in a rough job or not? CONCRETE BELOW!
Hi Guys.
I was looking at my collection of "modern" flashlights recently and a thought suddenly came into my head.
Where in the "REAL WORLD" could most of these lights be used seriously?
I look after all of my lights WITH KID GLOVES ON when they are at home in my study and also when transporting any of them to a friend's place in a cushioned basket.
Maglites have proved how tough they are over decades of being on the market!
If something broke on a Maglite the part can be ordered and replaced reasonably easy.
If a Maglite gets completely beyond repair then it is fairly cheap nowadays to replace it with a brand new one and throw the other one away or gut it for spare parts.
In our quest to achieve higher light output than anybody would have dreamed of decades ago when the Maglite first came onto the market we seem to have forgotten or at very least pushed aside the DURABILITY FACTOR!!!
I started to wonder how I would REACT if a friend or onlooker dropped one of my "prized lights" onto a hard surface like concrete.
I imagine that I would be HORRIFIED and feel like I had lost one of my babies.
As collectors of flashlights us FLASHAHOLICS don't usually put these lights to any heavy duty use and care for them very well indeed.
I look in a awe at my Fenix TK75 and can't stop praising how wonderful this light is to other people whether or not they are FLASHAHOLICS.
I am using my Fenix TK75 as an "EXAMPLE ONLY" here as it could be any other fairly expensive flashlight.
It is just that I would nearly cry even if I accidentally dropped one of my lights onto any hard surface.
Most of our lights have passed the industry standard ANSI drop test of 1 metre.
I would not like to be around when anyone dropped any of the modern sleek but fragile looking flashlights onto a hard surface like concrete.
It is all very well to rate a flashlight like this to the ANSI standard but just how would this supposedly comforting rating be of any comfort by most of us in an serious accidental fall of one of our precious lights.
That begs the question of just where there is a place to use these powerful and full featured but fragile looking lights in any "REAL WORLD" scenario.
Would you use one of your own "MODERN" flashlights in a reasonably rough job or not?
Hi Guys.
I was looking at my collection of "modern" flashlights recently and a thought suddenly came into my head.
Where in the "REAL WORLD" could most of these lights be used seriously?
I look after all of my lights WITH KID GLOVES ON when they are at home in my study and also when transporting any of them to a friend's place in a cushioned basket.
Maglites have proved how tough they are over decades of being on the market!
If something broke on a Maglite the part can be ordered and replaced reasonably easy.
If a Maglite gets completely beyond repair then it is fairly cheap nowadays to replace it with a brand new one and throw the other one away or gut it for spare parts.
In our quest to achieve higher light output than anybody would have dreamed of decades ago when the Maglite first came onto the market we seem to have forgotten or at very least pushed aside the DURABILITY FACTOR!!!
I started to wonder how I would REACT if a friend or onlooker dropped one of my "prized lights" onto a hard surface like concrete.
I imagine that I would be HORRIFIED and feel like I had lost one of my babies.
As collectors of flashlights us FLASHAHOLICS don't usually put these lights to any heavy duty use and care for them very well indeed.
I look in a awe at my Fenix TK75 and can't stop praising how wonderful this light is to other people whether or not they are FLASHAHOLICS.
I am using my Fenix TK75 as an "EXAMPLE ONLY" here as it could be any other fairly expensive flashlight.
It is just that I would nearly cry even if I accidentally dropped one of my lights onto any hard surface.
Most of our lights have passed the industry standard ANSI drop test of 1 metre.
I would not like to be around when anyone dropped any of the modern sleek but fragile looking flashlights onto a hard surface like concrete.
It is all very well to rate a flashlight like this to the ANSI standard but just how would this supposedly comforting rating be of any comfort by most of us in an serious accidental fall of one of our precious lights.
That begs the question of just where there is a place to use these powerful and full featured but fragile looking lights in any "REAL WORLD" scenario.
Would you use one of your own "MODERN" flashlights in a reasonably rough job or not?
"WARNING"
CONCRETE BELOW!!!
CHEERS :mecry:CONCRETE BELOW!!!
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