<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Chris M.:
And I never did like giving things back after playing with them <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Well... if you're going to be a light reviewer, always be ready to give the occasional light back. Most manu's will let you keep the test units, but you will come across a relative few who will want them back. This of course doesn't count any "loaners" sent by fans of your website.
Recent cases re: manufacturer or other commercial provider wanting test items returned: the Photon Fusion, and the FrontaLED Trekker.
I gotta give em back when I'm through thrashing, dunking, and stomping them. For this reason, the use of a particular test location that flushes is out of the question.
Even so, you'll see your "test stock" grow so fast it will make your head spin, and give you a full-time occupation to do when you get home from your regular job.
Let's see here... in the last few weeks or so:
2 LEDCORP Professional Series III lamps
1 FrontaLED Trekker
2 Starlite 128R (2-AA)
1 Starlite (1-AA)
1 Night Pearl lamp
1 HDS Action Light (2nd generation style)
2 Abitax Tag Light
2 Princeton Tec Impact
1 Mini-Mag
1 Abitax white LED lamp (already discontinued)
1 Lightwave 4000
1 Photon Fusion
1 Updated Photon 3
1 Princeton Tec Attitude
1 Tek-Tite Nav Lite
4 Updated Pelican L1 (white, red, aqua, IR)
2 Pelican Mini Flasher (red, IR)
4 Snap-It & Blink-It theatre markers
And a number of different LEDs, LS modules, and other related stuff, and more is known to already be on the way.
Not to mention I have a dozen or two OTHER websites; some of which also require regular maintenance... I'm not just about LEDs and flashlights.
Keep this up for another 6-8 months, and you'll be as busy as I am. Hope you've got lots of free time, hahaha!!!