milkyspit
Flashlight Enthusiast
Had something interesting happen this evening! My neighbor has been giving me grief about allegedly shining flashlights into his second story windows, freaking out his family. As far as I can tell it was probably some of the folks attending one of the NJ Photon Fests that I hosted last autumn. Either that or my own lights have WAY more throw than I thought! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ohgeez.gif
Well, tonight I walked over there to say hello as it was getting dark outside, and deliberately took a prototype flashlight I'm developing, that pumps out roughly the same amount and type of light as a PR-T head running DB917 with a TV0K emitter. The idea was to demonstrate that I frequently take walks after dark and always carry a flashlight, lest oncoming traffic clobbers me due to lack of visibility! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif
Turns out bringing the flashlight along had unintended consequences. At one point in the conversation, the guy suddenly asks if I could build one for him!
"Are you joking?" I ask. (Thinking he was!)
"No!" he replies. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ohgeez.gif
Here's the dilemma.
He's expecting to pay about $50 for parts, and I'll throw in the labor for free. Or maybe just buy an existing light. It needs to be an LED light that's fairly small... and the more I think about it, maybe I need to give him a light that can run on common "grocery store" batteries (AAA, AA, C, or D), because I really don't see him ordering boxes of 123 cells online. But the sticking point is that this light not only needs to meet the pricing and battery requirements, but also needs to approach a DB917 in brightness! I'm sure he's expecting something along those lines.
Any suggestions as to what I should buy or build for my neighbor? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
Well, tonight I walked over there to say hello as it was getting dark outside, and deliberately took a prototype flashlight I'm developing, that pumps out roughly the same amount and type of light as a PR-T head running DB917 with a TV0K emitter. The idea was to demonstrate that I frequently take walks after dark and always carry a flashlight, lest oncoming traffic clobbers me due to lack of visibility! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif
Turns out bringing the flashlight along had unintended consequences. At one point in the conversation, the guy suddenly asks if I could build one for him!
"Are you joking?" I ask. (Thinking he was!)
"No!" he replies. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ohgeez.gif
Here's the dilemma.
He's expecting to pay about $50 for parts, and I'll throw in the labor for free. Or maybe just buy an existing light. It needs to be an LED light that's fairly small... and the more I think about it, maybe I need to give him a light that can run on common "grocery store" batteries (AAA, AA, C, or D), because I really don't see him ordering boxes of 123 cells online. But the sticking point is that this light not only needs to meet the pricing and battery requirements, but also needs to approach a DB917 in brightness! I'm sure he's expecting something along those lines.
Any suggestions as to what I should buy or build for my neighbor? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif