OK, portable lighting devices have never been the top of the list of things to have. I'm a climber, and having a nice headlamp is a great thing when you over estimated your time on route vs your lower skill level and it got dark on you. But you've been carrying the thing around for 2 years and haven't used it yet, you are just hoping that the battery is still alive. Every once in a while ya find yourself out in the yard pointing at a racoon. Ya pop onto Candlepower forum for some shockingly great advice and technical data and then move along. You look on in wonderment at folks both spending outrageous sums on flashlights, like $70 or more
, and then doing an incredible job detailing the specs and technical performance of them and being awestruck at their posts but not buying them. That use to be me.
Maybe I realized that there is no need to squint as I'm trying to load my boat out of the water in the dark, or worry about setting up the tent as I'm driving along looking at the current sunset wondering how many miles till the campground shows up. Maybe I just got old and decided that I can afford any damned light I want so why not gets some decent ones and put a few here and a few there and keep one by the bed so that I have one when I need one. No need to co chasing that miscreant, who tried to break into the house at 3am, down the street in just my underwear at 3 am. Not the usual crap, a good light. I'd bought a TK40 Fenix a few years back. It was stunning how awesome it was. STUNNING. So I protected it, left it in the drawer,: IN THE ORIGINAL BOX. I paid a lot of money and wanted to preserve it, so it's still in the drawer like new condition. DOHH! I have lived well below the poverty line in my life. And well above as well, and poverty before wealth certainly influences both your thinking and behavior. You guys are an inspiration and so if the wife asks about the Fenix PD35TAC, Pd40something, MH60 headlamp or Nitecore MH20something all showing up at once, I'm blaming you all.
Despite having the money to buy any light I want, it's hard to spend more that that. $300 flashlights shock the hell out of me. For now anyway. Old habits die hard they say.
And so my thanks to you all. Now I'll be working on getting rechargeable battery's to run them all The only decent light I have, the Fenix TK40 still in the drawer, will be getting pressed into service soon as well.
Regards:
, and then doing an incredible job detailing the specs and technical performance of them and being awestruck at their posts but not buying them. That use to be me. Maybe I realized that there is no need to squint as I'm trying to load my boat out of the water in the dark, or worry about setting up the tent as I'm driving along looking at the current sunset wondering how many miles till the campground shows up. Maybe I just got old and decided that I can afford any damned light I want so why not gets some decent ones and put a few here and a few there and keep one by the bed so that I have one when I need one. No need to co chasing that miscreant, who tried to break into the house at 3am, down the street in just my underwear at 3 am. Not the usual crap, a good light. I'd bought a TK40 Fenix a few years back. It was stunning how awesome it was. STUNNING. So I protected it, left it in the drawer,: IN THE ORIGINAL BOX. I paid a lot of money and wanted to preserve it, so it's still in the drawer like new condition. DOHH! I have lived well below the poverty line in my life. And well above as well, and poverty before wealth certainly influences both your thinking and behavior. You guys are an inspiration and so if the wife asks about the Fenix PD35TAC, Pd40something, MH60 headlamp or Nitecore MH20something all showing up at once, I'm blaming you all.
Despite having the money to buy any light I want, it's hard to spend more that that. $300 flashlights shock the hell out of me. For now anyway. Old habits die hard they say. And so my thanks to you all. Now I'll be working on getting rechargeable battery's to run them all
The only decent light I have, the Fenix TK40 still in the drawer, will be getting pressed into service soon as well. Regards:
Here I was thinking that having a SC600w MKIII HI on backorder was a bit out there. Whoh!
