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Newly Enlightened
So i'm in my basement working on a flashlight mod and playing video games. The flashight is a Panasonic Halogena 2d light, that like other 2d lights is patheticaly dim compared to my l2d q5 and my homemade KPR118 7.2v battery back light. Seeing how useless this has become i decieded to put a KPR118 in it and power it with 2 18650's (if this is a bad idea, please tell me). I go outside to test it, but its extremely foggy and i can't tell if its that bright or not so i get all my other lights to compare it to. And man it is bright, it even out throws my l2d by a little. Satisfied with the improvement i go back inside to play some video games.....but because i'm lazy i decide to just put all the lights on the floor. All of a sudden *CLICK*.....it's pitch black, the power's out, i grab one of the lights and turn it on and scoop up the other 4 (mag 2c, DIY light, l2d, Panasonic mod,and stock 2d) and carry them up to my parents who have no lights. i get them all set and them go outside to play with my lights in the light pollutionless fog, when my friend calls me to tell me how terrified she is of the dark. I tell her she can come down to my house if she wants but she doesn't want to go out in the dark. When the firemen show up in their gear out of the fog she gets so freaked out (she's 15 and so am i) she calls me and tells me she's coming down and i need to meet her halfway....she runs out of her house so fast she forgets shoes and runs through the puddles and mud in socks 
. I grab my l2d and Panasonic mod and my SHOES and start toward her house. I'm using the Panasonic because i want to try it out.....over the phone i can hear her telling me she can see my light beam before i even round the corner 
which calmes her down enough that she stops running. when i get to her i comment on her lack of shoes and give her my l2d on turbo and the Panasonic in exchange for her dinky light. Now this puts a smile on her face and calms her down because she feels like shes got the power of the sun in her hands . Back at my house i tailstand the two good lights and it's so bright it looks almost like the power is back on. I duct tape them to a laundry basket and we enjoy a game of LIFE until the power comes back on.........YAY!!! another crises averted thanks to good flashlights. :thumbsup:
. I grab my l2d and Panasonic mod and my SHOES and start toward her house. I'm using the Panasonic because i want to try it out.....over the phone i can hear her telling me she can see my light beam before i even round the corner which calmes her down enough that she stops running. when i get to her i comment on her lack of shoes and give her my l2d on turbo and the Panasonic in exchange for her dinky light. Now this puts a smile on her face and calms her down because she feels like shes got the power of the sun in her hands . Back at my house i tailstand the two good lights and it's so bright it looks almost like the power is back on. I duct tape them to a laundry basket and we enjoy a game of LIFE until the power comes back on.........YAY!!! another crises averted thanks to good flashlights. :thumbsup:
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so maybe LEDs are a good idea
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