What's impressive?

As i'm quickly becoming a flashgeek (along with ___geek on other hobbies), which flashlight is the most impressive to people who normally have little or no interest in flashlights? I had a 6D maglite as a kid and was king of the hill. That's since been lost (how i don't know), and most unknowing people think my G2 is SOOOO bright for a little light. What's your most impressive light? What do people get the biggest kick out of when you show them? Mostly curious in LED's since they are slowly taking over the world of flashlights.

the HDS U60XRGT

*drool*

ORB RAW

For me, with all I've got, FireFly 3 and Millermod L1P. Also 99 cent Lighthound key chain lights.

Orb Raw for me as well..

ditto

A thread like this a month or so ago concluded mostly Orb Raw 3W, Firefly3, and HDS EDC. If I remember correctly.
Some added Indium Smart, Jil Intelli, Surefire U2 and L2, Night Ops Gladius, Striker VG, CPF VB-16, Peak Rainier.

I'd add the LRI Proton and my most impressive tiny light right now is my very lucky Luxeon lottery winning Jet-1 CR123, though I think the Rainier still out throws it.

My Solitaire with a superbright LuxeonStar plug made by LED_ASAP!

It is painfully bright if you look directly into the beam - and that's exactly what most folks do thinking it is a puny Solitaire light.

Here is a picture of the Luxeon Solitaire next to an unmodded Solitaire:



Read about it here: https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/17523

I don't own any of these, but I've shown some of my friends and family my various lights and I'd expect these to really impress/WOW/befuddle them:

- For sheer output - A small handheld HID (AE, Mac's MiniHID, Nextorch Saint, etc.)
- For unique aesthetics - Either a SF Porcupine or any Lumaray. The SF Porc will make people go WTF is that?...don't hurt me! The Lumaray just looks like it came out of a scifi movie or alien technology.
- For output/size - Either Orb Raw NS or Jil Intelli in burst. Teeny things that make a lotta light impress people. But most people don't get all that impressed unless you show them a minimag output next to yours.

I would say the MagHID type lights or maybe one of the hotwire mods such as the Mag85, especially when the person you are comparing them to has his own Maglite

i get the "WOW" everytime I show my EDC Q3..

Saturday I was slighly intoxicated (maybe slight is an understatments) and EDC'd my U2... Let's just say I probably killed a set of batteries just wowing people with it. It was passed around so much I couldn't believe it.

My two microcontroller controlled lights are the ones that blow my engineering friends away. (FFIII, and HDS B60LE) My L4 gets wows for its wall of light.

Orb raw, just arrived in the post (ignore the sig), you just don't expect that amount of light to come out of such a small package. Skirt around the issue of runtime though, unless you've got the two level switch of course. The tritium locator is cool too.

Most wow from others = RAW

Most impressive to me = Fire-Fly III

My Gladius and W/E M100X.

The Gladius for its strobe and adjustable, powerful white LED beam.
The W/E for sheer output and throw. Suddenly the dark becomes daylight...

cmoore....

What do others find impressive about the raw?
What do you find impressive about the firefly3?

do you have the orb with the two stage cap?

People get a real kick when they see the ORB RAW NS....

Oh yeah....most people are REALLY impressed when they see this one:





And thats BEFORE they turn it on........
Normally, after they turn it on, I have to pick them up off the floor..... :naughty:

WP

I know it's not an LED light, but my M6 (Surefire) usually gets a HOLY SH!^!! when ever I show it. There are many lights that are brighter, but you did ask.

WP, I have parts on the way to build one like yours. I really love the looks of these custom build-it-yourself lights.:goodjob: