Buck
Newly Enlightened
- Joined
- Jan 14, 2007
- Messages
- 141
Want to insure that your girlfriend/wife/mom* is actually happy to see a suspicious little package in the mail for you? While waiting for it to get dark enough to go white wall hunting or light up the neighbor's treetops, put it to a practical test and go after those dust-coated spiderwebs dangling along the corners of your ceiling! :tinfoil:
Sorry about the bad white balance, but here's part of my latest haul from Shiningbeam, taped to an old broom:
Notice how the shadows of the cobwebs stand out just above the hotspots? Just the thing to let you zero in on those messes and wipe them out. Of course, you'll be needing to do a few comparisons: Is it better to use a floody light and mount it near the brush, or a thrower and put it back up the handle? What tint bin shows up the dirt best? Is a small light with better broom balance and dexterity good, or do you need a bigger cell for more runtime? The opportunities for experimentation are limited only by your Paypal budget!
Bored with an old 18650 Q2 light? The hotwire lamp in your vacuum cleaner's headlight probably burned out by now (and if not, don't get caught when you pull it out to give it a violent shaking :devil
, so strap that baby onto the handle with enough tape that it's inconvenient to unmount it, and, after you finish vacuuming the room, go order yourself something new and interesting. You deserve it, right? After all, you donated your last light to the cause of housekeeping, and you need another one to check behind the refrigerator.
Please don't extend this logic to weapons lights! Shooting rats indoors with anything bigger than a .22 short is not going to end well.
*I regret if anyone is offended by the sexist/heterosexist assumption that all CPFers are straight males, but that seems to be the way to bet. My sincere apologies to both of the women who have ever read this forum.
Sorry about the bad white balance, but here's part of my latest haul from Shiningbeam, taped to an old broom:
Notice how the shadows of the cobwebs stand out just above the hotspots? Just the thing to let you zero in on those messes and wipe them out. Of course, you'll be needing to do a few comparisons: Is it better to use a floody light and mount it near the brush, or a thrower and put it back up the handle? What tint bin shows up the dirt best? Is a small light with better broom balance and dexterity good, or do you need a bigger cell for more runtime? The opportunities for experimentation are limited only by your Paypal budget!
Bored with an old 18650 Q2 light? The hotwire lamp in your vacuum cleaner's headlight probably burned out by now (and if not, don't get caught when you pull it out to give it a violent shaking :devil
, so strap that baby onto the handle with enough tape that it's inconvenient to unmount it, and, after you finish vacuuming the room, go order yourself something new and interesting. You deserve it, right? After all, you donated your last light to the cause of housekeeping, and you need another one to check behind the refrigerator.Please don't extend this logic to weapons lights! Shooting rats indoors with anything bigger than a .22 short is not going to end well.
*I regret if anyone is offended by the sexist/heterosexist assumption that all CPFers are straight males, but that seems to be the way to bet. My sincere apologies to both of the women who have ever read this forum.
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