Sometimes I feel like a phony. I needed these lights many, MANY, times when I was younger. With my current life situation it's like I'm buying lights for a person who doesn't exist anymore.
I used to climb bridges at night, go caving regularly, played in dark bars 3 - 5 nights a week, my life was spent mainly in darkness whenever possible.
I still need lights every day at work and at home, but it's mostly for tasks that require my trusty ZL headlamps.
I'll always keep an HDS handy, and a ReVo or similar on my keychain, of course a light or 2 in the trunk, a headlamp and handheld at work, a couple spares for family members, a few lights for different battery sizes, I've got an HDS Basic60 and V10r Ti that were gifts that I can never part with, a Safe-Lite 9V for when we're reduced to scavenging batteries from smoke detectors, ZL headlamps for my wife and kids for when we go camping, my neck-worn MJP Extreme III with diffuser for Six Flags so the kids can find me at night, and of course the versatile SC600 has been great as an EDC lately.
Aside from that stuff, (which I really didn't think would look a flashoholic's checklist when I started it), I really need to assess my true needs when it comes to flashlights and keep it under control. I'm not going on a safari or expedition.
On the other hand, my life IS better since coming to CPF as I'm able to do things that others would find impossible or extremely difficult without proper illumination. I know people who still drag out the "trouble light" whenever they need to do something in the dark, accidentally bang it and pop the bulb, burn their fingers trying to remove the old one, ... I'm not making this up!
Alright, forget everything I said at the beginning of the post, more to the point is I wish I'd had this stuff when I was younger, glad I've got it now.
Robert
I used to climb bridges at night, go caving regularly, played in dark bars 3 - 5 nights a week, my life was spent mainly in darkness whenever possible.
I still need lights every day at work and at home, but it's mostly for tasks that require my trusty ZL headlamps.
I'll always keep an HDS handy, and a ReVo or similar on my keychain, of course a light or 2 in the trunk, a headlamp and handheld at work, a couple spares for family members, a few lights for different battery sizes, I've got an HDS Basic60 and V10r Ti that were gifts that I can never part with, a Safe-Lite 9V for when we're reduced to scavenging batteries from smoke detectors, ZL headlamps for my wife and kids for when we go camping, my neck-worn MJP Extreme III with diffuser for Six Flags so the kids can find me at night, and of course the versatile SC600 has been great as an EDC lately.
Aside from that stuff, (which I really didn't think would look a flashoholic's checklist when I started it), I really need to assess my true needs when it comes to flashlights and keep it under control. I'm not going on a safari or expedition.
On the other hand, my life IS better since coming to CPF as I'm able to do things that others would find impossible or extremely difficult without proper illumination. I know people who still drag out the "trouble light" whenever they need to do something in the dark, accidentally bang it and pop the bulb, burn their fingers trying to remove the old one, ... I'm not making this up!
Alright, forget everything I said at the beginning of the post, more to the point is I wish I'd had this stuff when I was younger, glad I've got it now.
Robert
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I agree with you Bansuri, it would have come in handy in my younger days, but not much of what's available now was available for me then. Also, glad I have it now!
