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My inventory grew about 30% in the first 6-7 months of my CPF membership. Since then, especially in the last 6 months, it has decreased significantly.
This recent event seems counter culture to CPF where the opposite is the norm; inventories increasing two, three, sometimes tenfold after joining this merry band.
Excluding what I have provided to my wife for her carry and use, I'm down to six flashlights listed as follows:
Mag Instrument Magcharger
Surefire 9N
Surefire 12ZM
ASP Taclite
Inova X5
ARC AAA HA LE
I gave away the Surefire M2 and ARC LS last month to a someone that needed them more than I.
I am about as ready to buy more lights as the "newbie" posting '...Hi everyone, this is my first post. Glad to see someone else with the same affliction...' or words to that effect.
Will I buy more lights? I don't know. I certainly don't need anymore.
I'm not in a delimma about what to buy next.
I'm not in a quagmire that I need input from fellow 'holics.
This post is no diatribe of flashaholics(ism).
I've probably used more esoteric words in this post than any other.
But hey, we as a race have evolved past usage of grunts, groans, chortles, and various obscure onomatopoeias, haven't we?
...hhhmmmph!
No, this post was not patterned around an Andy Rooney 'piece.'
What is this leading to? Nothing in particular. That is why I posted it in this area.
NO, LED flashlights have not eclipsed those with incandescent bulbs. I won't see it in my lifetime. Nice try though. Please spare me the updates on LED technology. I won't understand it anyway.
There is nothing (flashlight-wise) available this year that had not been available in some iteration last year. Unless the proverbial ARC AA-sized 1K Lumen, mile throwing LED lights that can be adjustable down to 6500 MCD [did I state the term correctly?
] is going to be offered for purchase to the general public by March, I probably won't buy another flashlight this year.
I'm losing interest in flashlights, guys (pardon the term and with ALL due respect, Sasha) and I don't see ANYTHING that will likely reinvigorate my interest.
Maglite will not change. They will continue to live by the adage "why hesitate, litigate!" Surefire will keep increasing their prices and retain the hex bezel. ARC will continue to underdrive (I have no idea what this means in flashlight technology. Dont bother to explain it to me.) their LEDs. Pelican may likely sell a bunch of their Lithium M6 model. ASP will not have a website this year also; if ever. The Strategos light(s) will likely be popular but will not eclipse the Surefire line. Tigelight will make greater inroads into the LE and military community. More "knckoffs" will emigrate from Taiwan and China. About five dozen CPF members will buy them. A dozen or so will post about them. Ten or so members will chime in with "I agree." A handful of Surefire-o-philes will denigrate them. Streamlight will continue to dominate LE sales. Upstart companies formed in response to demand from CPF members will struggle to stay in business beyond sales FROM here. The LED Museum will struggle to catch up and will eventually need help to maintain the reviews of the sheer numbers of new flashlight products. McGizmo will continue to make absolutely fascinating one-of-a-kind lights to tease the lumephiles of CPF. this_is_nascar will likely buy several dozen lights this year, too; only to offer them for sale to CPF mere days after finding dissatisfaction with them. Darrell will reach 6500 post by mid December. Al Windler will buy at least 15, if not more, Surefire flashlights by August. Lightlover will likely not post much again. (He'll respond to this one...maybe.) "Modders" will eventually build that 5 Watt LS light that will "outthrow" bulb-based products; only conceding that it will not have substantial advantage regarding runtime. Still, about 30 members will buy one.
and....I'll likely spawn a range war with this post and get kicked off CPF.
I'll try to catch up with ya'll at SHOT '03. I'll be in Level IIIA (ask Dano what that is).
Regards,
KT
This recent event seems counter culture to CPF where the opposite is the norm; inventories increasing two, three, sometimes tenfold after joining this merry band.
Excluding what I have provided to my wife for her carry and use, I'm down to six flashlights listed as follows:
Mag Instrument Magcharger
Surefire 9N
Surefire 12ZM
ASP Taclite
Inova X5
ARC AAA HA LE
I gave away the Surefire M2 and ARC LS last month to a someone that needed them more than I.
I am about as ready to buy more lights as the "newbie" posting '...Hi everyone, this is my first post. Glad to see someone else with the same affliction...' or words to that effect.
Will I buy more lights? I don't know. I certainly don't need anymore.
I'm not in a delimma about what to buy next.
I'm not in a quagmire that I need input from fellow 'holics.
This post is no diatribe of flashaholics(ism).
I've probably used more esoteric words in this post than any other.
But hey, we as a race have evolved past usage of grunts, groans, chortles, and various obscure onomatopoeias, haven't we?
No, this post was not patterned around an Andy Rooney 'piece.'
What is this leading to? Nothing in particular. That is why I posted it in this area.
NO, LED flashlights have not eclipsed those with incandescent bulbs. I won't see it in my lifetime. Nice try though. Please spare me the updates on LED technology. I won't understand it anyway.
There is nothing (flashlight-wise) available this year that had not been available in some iteration last year. Unless the proverbial ARC AA-sized 1K Lumen, mile throwing LED lights that can be adjustable down to 6500 MCD [did I state the term correctly?
I'm losing interest in flashlights, guys (pardon the term and with ALL due respect, Sasha) and I don't see ANYTHING that will likely reinvigorate my interest.
Maglite will not change. They will continue to live by the adage "why hesitate, litigate!" Surefire will keep increasing their prices and retain the hex bezel. ARC will continue to underdrive (I have no idea what this means in flashlight technology. Dont bother to explain it to me.) their LEDs. Pelican may likely sell a bunch of their Lithium M6 model. ASP will not have a website this year also; if ever. The Strategos light(s) will likely be popular but will not eclipse the Surefire line. Tigelight will make greater inroads into the LE and military community. More "knckoffs" will emigrate from Taiwan and China. About five dozen CPF members will buy them. A dozen or so will post about them. Ten or so members will chime in with "I agree." A handful of Surefire-o-philes will denigrate them. Streamlight will continue to dominate LE sales. Upstart companies formed in response to demand from CPF members will struggle to stay in business beyond sales FROM here. The LED Museum will struggle to catch up and will eventually need help to maintain the reviews of the sheer numbers of new flashlight products. McGizmo will continue to make absolutely fascinating one-of-a-kind lights to tease the lumephiles of CPF. this_is_nascar will likely buy several dozen lights this year, too; only to offer them for sale to CPF mere days after finding dissatisfaction with them. Darrell will reach 6500 post by mid December. Al Windler will buy at least 15, if not more, Surefire flashlights by August. Lightlover will likely not post much again. (He'll respond to this one...maybe.) "Modders" will eventually build that 5 Watt LS light that will "outthrow" bulb-based products; only conceding that it will not have substantial advantage regarding runtime. Still, about 30 members will buy one.
and....I'll likely spawn a range war with this post and get kicked off CPF.
I'll try to catch up with ya'll at SHOT '03. I'll be in Level IIIA (ask Dano what that is).
Regards,
KT