Joe Talmadge
Flashlight Enthusiast
We had another blackout yhesterday, strong storms in the bay areaa. My wife is director of sales for a local hotel. The hotel was the location for a 60-or-so person party last night, and of course the electiricity wen tout.
When my wife left, I handed her my UKE 2L. She wrinkled her nose at it disapprovingly. "I want something bright". Now, the 2L is brighter than your run-of-the-mill 2D light, and that's what most normal people consider bright. Most normal people would consider my E2 very bright, but as I reached for it, I realized that wouldn't quite do it either. As much as she makes fun of my flashlight hobby, she's been spoiled by the SureFire M4. I knew that's what she meant by "bright". So, I slipped my new ultra-clear-glass lens into my 8" Tigerlight and handed it to her. She also had her PT Rage and a Photon II on her.
When she gets to the hotel, it's obviously pitch black. Everywhere she goes, from the front desk on into the hotel, people are going "Wow, that's bright!" when she shines the Tigerlight (although the exclamatory is often more colorful). When she gets to the banquet room, all the guests are roaming around with lightsticks -- the general manager had bought a case of them for just such a situation. She walks in with the Tigerlight, people are actually stopping her and engaging in conversation over it. She makes her way over to the buffet table. The chef is behind it, using a weak light to sorta shine here and there, but really, people can't see what they're eating. So, she sets the Tigerlight on end pointing at the ceiling in the middle of the table. The entire table lights up, she says there was an audible "Ahhhh!" and murmur of approval. One guy who had initially stopped her to talk about the light announces, "Hey everyone, that's a Tiger flashlight!" She then went out and left her PT RAge with the front desk crew.She navigated the pitch-blade halls with just her photon the rest of the night.
When she gets home, what does she say? She complains, "Your Tiger went out." I had to pry the rest of the story out of her. Anyway, she has a request for Tigerlight Pro: she wants a light that's the same size and weight, same cost, and same brightness, but will go for 4 or 5 hours straight. You have her full confidence that you can solve this problem quickly.
Joe
When my wife left, I handed her my UKE 2L. She wrinkled her nose at it disapprovingly. "I want something bright". Now, the 2L is brighter than your run-of-the-mill 2D light, and that's what most normal people consider bright. Most normal people would consider my E2 very bright, but as I reached for it, I realized that wouldn't quite do it either. As much as she makes fun of my flashlight hobby, she's been spoiled by the SureFire M4. I knew that's what she meant by "bright". So, I slipped my new ultra-clear-glass lens into my 8" Tigerlight and handed it to her. She also had her PT Rage and a Photon II on her.
When she gets to the hotel, it's obviously pitch black. Everywhere she goes, from the front desk on into the hotel, people are going "Wow, that's bright!" when she shines the Tigerlight (although the exclamatory is often more colorful). When she gets to the banquet room, all the guests are roaming around with lightsticks -- the general manager had bought a case of them for just such a situation. She walks in with the Tigerlight, people are actually stopping her and engaging in conversation over it. She makes her way over to the buffet table. The chef is behind it, using a weak light to sorta shine here and there, but really, people can't see what they're eating. So, she sets the Tigerlight on end pointing at the ceiling in the middle of the table. The entire table lights up, she says there was an audible "Ahhhh!" and murmur of approval. One guy who had initially stopped her to talk about the light announces, "Hey everyone, that's a Tiger flashlight!" She then went out and left her PT RAge with the front desk crew.She navigated the pitch-blade halls with just her photon the rest of the night.
When she gets home, what does she say? She complains, "Your Tiger went out." I had to pry the rest of the story out of her. Anyway, she has a request for Tigerlight Pro: she wants a light that's the same size and weight, same cost, and same brightness, but will go for 4 or 5 hours straight. You have her full confidence that you can solve this problem quickly.
Joe
