Today I have realized, that there must be a LED lobby out there, that is trying to terrorize us and move us away from the undependable and outdated incandescent technology.
First the Evil Ones arranged things in such a manner, that no matter where we go we are always reminded that LED are nearly indestructible, will not burn out like a bulb and will likely last for a lifetime. C'mon: compared to those 100.000 hours lifetime of LED those lousy 50-100h of a bulb is a middle age technology.... Then the economy has been taken hostage and agreed to work for the them, better runtimes hence lower costs.
We have been brainwashed for so long, that just like a herd of sheep we followed their orders and abandoned the Yellow Road of Sudden Darkness and turned to the true road of White Light Output. Even I got so brainwashed, that I was scared to buy a filament based torch that could shatter upon a smallest vibration.... So many posts about it after all.....
The Yellow light began its slow ascent into nothingness...... Lonesome, abandoned, unloved, forgotten and finally laughed at.
:candle:
And then, this morning some idiot shined me in directly the eyes with his badly regulated (vertical axis
) car lights... And it hit me....
I've been a sheep. Just like this ones:
or the Carroty one
These "middle aged" bulbs are in each car, shine each day and manage to handle all those nasty shocks, current and voltage instabilities. How could I have missed it in the first place is a mystery to me... Must be some evil brainwashing force out there
How could I have allowed my logic to be shut off and ignore such facts as:
- Filament and it's support are lightweight and thus have a very low inertia that IMO is the prime cause of "bulb death" upon falling to the ground.
- All those car bulbs operate quite long in far worse conditions than a pocket lamp would ever be subjected to (Shock, Temperature etc)
- The filaments that I have at my home (had the pleasure of visiting a Factory that is manufacturing machines that wind the wire into filament) are far from fragile.
Have I been brainwashed or simply silly ? :thinking:
Be aware my fellow CPF'ers. There is an evil force somewhere around as trying to influence us
P.S. That above is just some fuzzy theory to make You smile, the fact is, that after reading JS post I got myself an A2 Aviator in February. It changed me and since then I view Incans a bit differently. All Torches got sold....
There can be only one
First the Evil Ones arranged things in such a manner, that no matter where we go we are always reminded that LED are nearly indestructible, will not burn out like a bulb and will likely last for a lifetime. C'mon: compared to those 100.000 hours lifetime of LED those lousy 50-100h of a bulb is a middle age technology.... Then the economy has been taken hostage and agreed to work for the them, better runtimes hence lower costs.
We have been brainwashed for so long, that just like a herd of sheep we followed their orders and abandoned the Yellow Road of Sudden Darkness and turned to the true road of White Light Output. Even I got so brainwashed, that I was scared to buy a filament based torch that could shatter upon a smallest vibration.... So many posts about it after all.....
The Yellow light began its slow ascent into nothingness...... Lonesome, abandoned, unloved, forgotten and finally laughed at.
:candle:
And then, this morning some idiot shined me in directly the eyes with his badly regulated (vertical axis
) car lights... And it hit me.... I've been a sheep. Just like this ones:
or the Carroty one
These "middle aged" bulbs are in each car, shine each day and manage to handle all those nasty shocks, current and voltage instabilities. How could I have missed it in the first place is a mystery to me... Must be some evil brainwashing force out there
How could I have allowed my logic to be shut off and ignore such facts as:
- Filament and it's support are lightweight and thus have a very low inertia that IMO is the prime cause of "bulb death" upon falling to the ground.
- All those car bulbs operate quite long in far worse conditions than a pocket lamp would ever be subjected to (Shock, Temperature etc)
- The filaments that I have at my home (had the pleasure of visiting a Factory that is manufacturing machines that wind the wire into filament) are far from fragile.
Have I been brainwashed or simply silly ? :thinking:
Be aware my fellow CPF'ers. There is an evil force somewhere around as trying to influence us
P.S. That above is just some fuzzy theory to make You smile, the fact is, that after reading JS post I got myself an A2 Aviator in February. It changed me
and since then I view Incans a bit differently. All Torches got sold....There can be only one
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but we do drive them to and past their limits! 
