Funny Flashlight Stories

I just thought this would be a good place to post and start a thread of funny stories you have had.

Today I had something funny happen to me. I like flahlights alot and I go out and test ones I make fairly often, but I am very careful to not aim at people's houses most of the time.

Today I was busily studying for my Calculus BC AP test tomorrow I have bright and early at 7:30AM, when I notice an annoying glare out of the corner of my eyes. The obnoxious neighbor child next door was shining his light in my room. I could have been more grownup and mature, but I could not leave that challenge unacknowledged, so I responded in full force. He declared war.

I've been building several flashlights recently and collecting leds to test so let me describe "full force"

5xXML-T6 Easywhite leds overdriven at 1.2 amps-> roughly 5000 lumens
1xRyobi HID Spotlight->2200 lumens
3xPhatlight PT54 driven at 13amps running at a 10hz strobe: 3500 lumens
3xXML2-U2 driven at 5 amps-> 4000 lumens
4xXML-U2 driven at 3 amps-> 3600 lumens
10xXML2-U2 driven at 3 amps-> 10000 lumens

While many people hear could outdo this, I gained an unhealthy amount of joy from my little spectacle. I went back to my studying. I heard him yell "DAAAADDD!!!!" and in short order his light was out of his window.

Edit: Alittle clarification
I'm 17, he is 15 so the age difference isn't that great.

Hmmm said:

I could have been more grownup and mature, but I could not leave that challenge unacknowledged, so I responded in full force. [...]
I'm 17, he is 15 so the age difference isn't that great.

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I'm 38, and if I had had a 35-year-old neighbour, I would have loved to get engaged in a similar challenge.

Poor kid probably never had a chance.

Oh FYI carrot has compiled a list of Flashlight Stories

An older similar thread.

Funny flashlight experiences - Tell here!

Norm

I did not see those, I was just is such a lighter mood after this I had to share it. I was worrying for the AP test but after taking it today, wow it was a joke. Should this thread be deleted?

Hmmm said:

I did not see those, I was just is such a lighter mood after this I had to share it. I was worrying for the AP test but after taking it today, wow it was a joke. Should this thread be deleted?

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Not really just pointing to an older thread you may want to read.

Norm

Norm said:

Not really just pointing to an older thread you may want to read.

Norm

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As long as we're on older threads, somewhere in my signature are more stories. It's been a long time since I've last updated it, but there you go.

carrot said:

As long as we're on older threads, somewhere in my signature are more stories. It's been a long time since I've last updated it, but there you go.

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The Flashlight Story Collection thread is what I thought of instantly when I saw this too.

HAHA. I love it. I was just reading through one of the stories and it reminded me of a similiar incident I had in my physics class earlier this year. We were doing a lab about optics and the lights were out. One of my lab partners recently was given a small bikelight by his dad. Probably had a 18650 cell in it and it had a cree XML, outputting around 300-400 lumens if I remember correctly. He was shining it in my eyes and disrupting the class. I had just finished my 2500 lumen, over driven, 2* Cree XML2 U2 bikelight the day before and it was still in my backpack. Needless to say, when I turned it on, his eyes got wide. I just shined it on the wall but it was "too bright", like that could ever be true.

Had a good one whilst attending a friend's paranormal investigation event he was hosting.

Friend: "Oh good, you found the light-switch!"

Me: "Nope!" (Roar of the Pelican in ceiling bounce mode)

Now I always get asked if I am bringing 'The Sun' with me every time. The funny thing is, the ROP is not all that bright compared to some of the monster XM-L2 lights these days.