HoopleHead
Flashlight Enthusiast
i started as a backpacker/survivalist then tacticool ninja then EDCer. just recently turned flashaholic (thanks CPF!) although i am NOT a collector.
quick background on EDC "layers" - i go by the ~concentric ring or layer principle. start with items on my person, then have items in my bag, and items at work, and at home, and in the car etc. wherever i go, at a minimum i have 1 layer of gear on me, and am usually further prepared with 1-2+ other layers depending on where im at. ie on the way to work i have body+bag, then at work i have body+bag+work gear.
as an extension of this, i also have lights stashed all around the house - different lights in different places for different reasons. tactical by the bed, as well as another for "pajama duty" to move around the house at night (and a luce de notte too :naughty: ). larger lights by the door if i need to grab one when i leave. smaller lights by cabinets when i need to hunt for things, etc.
ok now to get to my original point, which i thought was a funny phenomenon that i realized last night - while moving around if you are near other lights, do you "upgrade" ie switch over to the better light? last night i got up from the bed, grabbed my E01 (will be replaced with a novatac 120p on low low soon) and went to the kitchen. on the way to the kitchen, saw the zebralight H50 on a door handle, so switched from the E01 to that. then right by the kitchen was a TK10, so i switched to that. but then i needed my hands free for a bit and the TK10 doesnt tailstand so i went back to the zebralight. then on the way back to bed, put all the lights back...
i know im weird, but i know im not alone here... right?
p.s. also realized that the novatac 120P is the perfect pajama duty light. can start on low low for moving around, with a quick high if needed for things that went bump. any other suggestions for this setup?
quick background on EDC "layers" - i go by the ~concentric ring or layer principle. start with items on my person, then have items in my bag, and items at work, and at home, and in the car etc. wherever i go, at a minimum i have 1 layer of gear on me, and am usually further prepared with 1-2+ other layers depending on where im at. ie on the way to work i have body+bag, then at work i have body+bag+work gear.
as an extension of this, i also have lights stashed all around the house - different lights in different places for different reasons. tactical by the bed, as well as another for "pajama duty" to move around the house at night (and a luce de notte too :naughty: ). larger lights by the door if i need to grab one when i leave. smaller lights by cabinets when i need to hunt for things, etc.
ok now to get to my original point, which i thought was a funny phenomenon that i realized last night - while moving around if you are near other lights, do you "upgrade" ie switch over to the better light? last night i got up from the bed, grabbed my E01 (will be replaced with a novatac 120p on low low soon) and went to the kitchen. on the way to the kitchen, saw the zebralight H50 on a door handle, so switched from the E01 to that. then right by the kitchen was a TK10, so i switched to that. but then i needed my hands free for a bit and the TK10 doesnt tailstand so i went back to the zebralight. then on the way back to bed, put all the lights back...
i know im weird, but i know im not alone here... right?
p.s. also realized that the novatac 120P is the perfect pajama duty light. can start on low low for moving around, with a quick high if needed for things that went bump. any other suggestions for this setup?