You might be a Flash-a-holic if...

[bodhran]

You go through a rack of flashlights at Walmart just to see how many have centered emiters. Just because....

 

[St. Huck]

If you burn through an entire CR123 on the first day you get a new light... without leaving the house!

Just can't seem to get to sleep? Time for a good ol' fashioned Ceiling Beamshot Comparison!

And why use the hall light for those middle of the night bathroom runs when the toilet tank is the perfect place to check tailstand ability!

 

[FireStik]

Could you please explain this process? lol

Well, when I was an amateur I'd use 1 or 2 Post-Its for the body, 1 for the head, and ABC gum to connect the head to the body. It was somewhat satisfying, but it definately left room for improvement.

Now I search for all the photos I can find on the model I want, save them to a folder, and use Photoshop to resize them for 1:1 scale printouts on thick matte paper. The body and head patterns are duplicated enough times to cover the full 360° when rolled up. Then I tape them together and use double-face foam tape to connect the head to the body. The business end and switch are taped on after making relief cuts so the tape doesn't bunch up on the corners. The end result is much more satisfying, but I still feel shallow and empty until my package arrives.

 

[yalskey]

Well, when I was an amateur I'd use 1 or 2 Post-Its for the body, 1 for the head, and ABC gum to connect the head to the body. It was somewhat satisfying, but it definately left room for improvement.

Now I search for all the photos I can find on the model I want, save them to a folder, and use Photoshop to resize them for 1:1 scale printouts on thick matte paper. The body and head patterns are duplicated enough times to cover the full 360° when rolled up. Then I tape them together and use double-face foam tape to connect the head to the body. The business end and switch are taped on after making relief cuts so the tape doesn't bunch up on the corners. The end result is much more satisfying, but I still feel shallow and empty until my package arrives.

Wow... just, wow.

I think we have a winner here guys. Nobody beats that amount of flash-nerdness. And once again... Wow.

 

[deltadel]

You read the whole thread to find out if you are infected... and when reached this point you realized what you are and refused from any cure. I am what I am, and I could not care less.

 

[Launch Mini]

Well, when I was an amateur I'd use 1 or 2 Post-Its for the body, 1 for the head, and ABC gum to connect the head to the body. It was somewhat satisfying, but it definately left room for improvement.

Now I search for all the photos I can find on the model I want, save them to a folder, and use Photoshop to resize them for 1:1 scale printouts on thick matte paper. The body and head patterns are duplicated enough times to cover the full 360° when rolled up. Then I tape them together and use double-face foam tape to connect the head to the body. The business end and switch are taped on after making relief cuts so the tape doesn't bunch up on the corners. The end result is much more satisfying, but I still feel shallow and empty until my package arrives.

WINNER WINNER, CHICKEN DINNER

(I wish I had thought of this)

 

[csshih]

... your wife aks you in the morning who that "Maelstrom" ***** is, you murmured about in your sleep

I REALLY hope that's not true. :faint:

 

[I came to the light...]

you can keep a straight face when saying the term "forward clicky"

I never even thought of it as funny until I happened to be talking about switches with a non-flashaholic, and I got this look :duh2:

 

[Echo63]

you might be a flashaholic if -

you get angry at your wife because she hasnt been carrying the rather expensive light you bought her ($169 novatac edc120p)

you accept "look theres chocolate in the knurling, its been in my handbag" as proof she has been carrying it.

you spent $169 on an olive 120p instead of $129 on a black one, because she didnt want a black one.

you buy a few bulbs and batterys, and it comes to over $100

you spend $155 plus shipping on a second hand light, and consider it a bargain (m3 from the marketplace, should arrive next week)

you added to this thread

you look through the flashlight aisle at Kmart, Target, Walmart etc every time, just incase there is something on sale, or they got new lights in.

the only time you are more than arms reach from a light, is when you are in the shower.

you see a maglite and think "host"

you feel the need to educate co workers when they tell you that their lithium ion camera battery has developed a memory - after you stop laughing

when its 5 mins past midnight, and you are sitting at your laptop in the dark typing, instead of laying in bed sleeping
(only because i had to type #1 and 2 before i forgot them)

lovecpf

 

[b@d dog]

Your boss and coworkers :crackup:accuse you of flashing again; as the geek of flashlights.

 

[bluepilgrim]

... You open a new tube of toothpaste and save the box because you think you could store a flashlight in it.

You buy a cellphone or knife holster because it's about the right size to carry extra batteries in.

You wonder if you toss the silverware into a box on the kitchen floor if the silverware draws could hold all your flashlights.

You buy a fishing vest because it has lots of pockets for flashlights.

 

[rje58]

You buy a cellphone or knife holster because it's about the right size to carry extra batteries in.

Mine is a small camera case I bought to hold my 'car light', because it's a good fit, it was cheap and it has a separate pocket for a couple of extra CR123s...

the only time you are more than arms reach from a light, is when you are in the shower.

Dude, have you never experienced a power outage while in the shower? that is the worst! Put the flashlight in a drawer in the bathroom vanity - don't have a vanity? put it in the middle of your towel...

Agghhhh! I guess I am a flashaholic...!

Here are my personal favorites from this thread:

...you actually have a flashlight capable of projecting the bat signal on low level cloud formations.

If you get a dog for the only purpose to use your flashlights outside without beeing considered as a suspicious figure... :cool:

You have ever looked at a Chapstick tube and thought "I wonder if that would make a good host".

:crackup:

Thanks guys!

 

[guiri]

What? No one has a waterproof light for the shower? Sheesh..

 

[Benson]

You wonder if you toss the silverware into a box on the kitchen floor if the silverware draws could hold all your flashlights.

Or you don't wonder, because you know they couldn't fit.

 

[Echo63]

you drive 20 mins to a 24hr restraunt, with fairly empty pockets.
get there and realise you have your wallet, keys (with photon) an A2, M3 and a fenix Lop hanging round your neck.
:oops:
at least i was prepared for the darkness


you might also be a flashaholic, if you can remember the local stores price for an A2 aviator, and realise that you can get a lightly used one, along with an L2 and and M3 from the marketplace for around the same price (inc shipping to australia) :paypal:

 

[mon90ey]

Every other time you walk the dog, you put a fresh primary in your light, saving the old one on the table (next to 7 or 8 more that have suffered this same fate, not knowing how much juice is actually left in them, and absolutely unable to remember what you did with your vampire light to use the "old" batteries in) swearing that the light is going dim from all the times you used it the day before walking the dog and checking all the modes.....:sigh:

Your latest custom made shelf queen cost more than your first car did.............:mecry:

 

[jamesmtl514]

+if you don't bring a light in the shower, you're doing it wrong.+

...you never want to be more than a few seconds away from a light.
...you can justify the purchase of any and all of your lights.
...your most recent light is that last one you'll ever need. (and so was the one before it.)
...you buy another SF because you'll be able to lego it with the other(s).
...you buy spare parts for your lights...that you don't need.
...you keep looking through the Marketplace even though you just bought the last light you'll ever need.
... You pre-ordered a light and can't stop imagining it and thinking of it.
...you converted your friends to flashaholics and keep gifting them lights, and upgrades for their lights.
...your girlfriend now thinks you're normal for always carrying a light,
...you managed to get her to EDC a light. (my E2D LED)

 

[AMD64Blondie]

While having just ordered a $155 light (Fenix TK40),you don't even blink at spending another $60 on 8 Sanyo Eneloops and a 8-battery charger.(True story...I'm guilty.) You realize that you go to work with 4 different lights with you.(Guilty once again...)

You turn out the lights in the bathroom so you can use your waterproof headlight(a UK Vizion) to shower with.. (Oh god..I'm starting to sound like a broken record..)