ever lost a flashlight?
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Flashlike
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Have you ever lost a really nice flashlight?
A couple of weeks ago I lost a really nice flashlight. It was a Lummi Raw NS that I've owned for a few years and recently upgraded with one of ZanZan's Triple XP-G2 3-mode drop ins. :mecry:
It usually resides on my night stand or on my desk, but a couple of times I've taken it with me in the left front pocket of my jeans.
I noticed one morning that it wasn't in its usual spot on either my night stand or desk, so I though that maybe I had left it in my pocket
PANIC!. But it wasn't there, either. Since then I have searched every conceivable place that it could be but haven't been able to find it. I've checked the pockets in all of my jeans and coats 
. I've looked on the closet shelves and floor, in the laundry hamper, washing machine, clothes dryer, around and underneath the bed, in my vehicle, in my desk drawer at work, etc.
So far it hasn't shown up. I keep thinking (and hoping) that one of these days I'll somehow stumble upon it and be able to say, "Ahh...there it is!". I'm still in disbelief that I actually lost it, but have for the most part given up on finding it.
If nothing else, I've learned a hard lesson that if I decide to pocket carry a flashlight (especially a small flashlight) that it will either be in a holster or on a lanyard that is secured to either my belt or one of the belt loops. I really don't think that it fell out of my pocket, but I don't know how else I would have lost it.
Has anyone else lost a nice flashlight? What suggestions do you have for preventing loss of a smaller sized flashlight?
4/15/2013 --UPDATE! Thankfully I finally FOUND this flashlight a couple of days ago!! It was in the left pocket of one of the pairs of jeans that was hanging in our closet. I thought I had checked all of those pockets when I searched previously but must have missed it then. Anyway I'm really glad that it showed up!
A couple of weeks ago I lost a really nice flashlight. It was a Lummi Raw NS that I've owned for a few years and recently upgraded with one of ZanZan's Triple XP-G2 3-mode drop ins. :mecry:
It usually resides on my night stand or on my desk, but a couple of times I've taken it with me in the left front pocket of my jeans.
I noticed one morning that it wasn't in its usual spot on either my night stand or desk, so I though that maybe I had left it in my pocket
PANIC!. But it wasn't there, either. Since then I have searched every conceivable place that it could be but haven't been able to find it. I've checked the pockets in all of my jeans and coats . I've looked on the closet shelves and floor, in the laundry hamper, washing machine, clothes dryer, around and underneath the bed, in my vehicle, in my desk drawer at work, etc. So far it hasn't shown up. I keep thinking (and hoping) that one of these days I'll somehow stumble upon it and be able to say, "Ahh...there it is!". I'm still in disbelief that I actually lost it, but have for the most part given up on finding it.
If nothing else, I've learned a hard lesson that if I decide to pocket carry a flashlight (especially a small flashlight) that it will either be in a holster or on a lanyard that is secured to either my belt or one of the belt loops. I really don't think that it fell out of my pocket, but I don't know how else I would have lost it.
Has anyone else lost a nice flashlight? What suggestions do you have for preventing loss of a smaller sized flashlight?
4/15/2013 --UPDATE! Thankfully I finally FOUND this flashlight a couple of days ago!! It was in the left pocket of one of the pairs of jeans that was hanging in our closet. I thought I had checked all of those pockets when I searched previously but must have missed it then. Anyway I'm really glad that it showed up!
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Imon
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Re: Have you ever lost a really nice flashlight?
Hey Flashlike, there are a lot of threads like this one, including a recent one.
To answer your question, yes, I lost a HDS Clicky 4 years ago. Still bothers me to this day.
Hey Flashlike, there are a lot of threads like this one, including a recent one.
To answer your question, yes, I lost a HDS Clicky 4 years ago. Still bothers me to this day.
Flashlike
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Re: Have you ever lost a really nice flashlight?
Thanks for your post, Imon. I should have done a search on the forums before starting a new thread. I didn't know that there were so many "losers".
I might check out that free book that one CPF member suggested in that other thread (http://www.professorsolomon.com/graphics/howtofindlostobjects.pdf).
Sorry to hear of your lost HDS Clicky. That is a huge loss, indeed.
Thanks for your post, Imon. I should have done a search on the forums before starting a new thread. I didn't know that there were so many "losers".
I might check out that free book that one CPF member suggested in that other thread (http://www.professorsolomon.com/graphics/howtofindlostobjects.pdf).
Sorry to hear of your lost HDS Clicky. That is a huge loss, indeed.
Arm and Leg
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mauiblue
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Re: Have you ever lost a really nice flashlight?
I lost a Surefire Backup last year. Bummed about that but that's just how it goes.
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I lost a Surefire Backup last year. Bummed about that but that's just how it goes.
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Over the years, MANY lights have gone missing. The few that I can specifically recall are maglights 2x 3D, and 3C (primarily for the cars in part becuase they make legal equalizers) a couple of mag solitairs, and a couple mag 2xAA lights. Most recently a mag 2AA led twisty it was used ONE night as a reading light by my grandson, so I am sure it will show up somewhere.
Two other lights that are gone include an old incandescent 4C stand-up flashlight/lantern with a belt clip, and tilt head.
And a craftsman 3in sealed beam 6v rechargeable spot light. I might have tossed it when it wouldn't hold a charge anymore (I should have kept it and replaced the battery). I really liked that light.
Two other lights that are gone include an old incandescent 4C stand-up flashlight/lantern with a belt clip, and tilt head.
And a craftsman 3in sealed beam 6v rechargeable spot light. I might have tossed it when it wouldn't hold a charge anymore (I should have kept it and replaced the battery). I really liked that light.
In September of 2008, Hurricane Ike struck. After dissipating into a powerful wind storm that blew up into Ohio, it knocked out power to thousands. This was the last time I saw my Fenix L0D. I remember using it during the 1 day power outage, but right after that, I could never find it. It was not a cheap light to me and I searched the house and even the yard for it. It never turned up after all these years.
A year after I lost that Fenix, the Maratac Extreme AAA was the talk here on CPF, so I bought one. I still have it today and use it daily as an EDC. I have left it at my brother's and parent's house a couple times but always have gotten it back.
A year after I lost that Fenix, the Maratac Extreme AAA was the talk here on CPF, so I bought one. I still have it today and use it daily as an EDC. I have left it at my brother's and parent's house a couple times but always have gotten it back.
Flashlike
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Re: Have you ever lost a really nice flashlight?
Well, you're right. At least it affords some degree of consolation knowing that others have had similar experiences. Honestly I had no idea that so many others have lost their flashlights, too.
Well, you're right. At least it affords some degree of consolation knowing that others have had similar experiences. Honestly I had no idea that so many others have lost their flashlights, too.
Quiksilver
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Re: Have you ever lost a really nice flashlight?
Really nice?
Not sure.
I lost a Fenix LD20 R4. It failed and I was about to send it away on warranty, and it vanished. I wonder if the cop rooting through my backpack the night I lost it had anything to do with it ...
Thought I'd lost my Rotary a couple times but it always turned up, rolled off the side of the car seat or something like that.
Really nice?
Not sure.
I lost a Fenix LD20 R4. It failed and I was about to send it away on warranty, and it vanished. I wonder if the cop rooting through my backpack the night I lost it had anything to do with it ...
Thought I'd lost my Rotary a couple times but it always turned up, rolled off the side of the car seat or something like that.
Flashlike
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Re: Have you ever lost a really nice flashlight?
I would have major sadness if I lost my Rotary! It's my primary EDC and one of my favorite flashlights. I do keep it in a holster on my belt. That is still no guarantee that I won't ever lose it, but I try my best to keep track of it.
I would have major sadness if I lost my Rotary! It's my primary EDC and one of my favorite flashlights. I do keep it in a holster on my belt. That is still no guarantee that I won't ever lose it, but I try my best to keep track of it.
musicmagic
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dropped my ITP A3 in the furnace the other day, still waiting for it to go boom.
smokinbasser
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Re: Have you ever lost a really nice flashlight?
Yeah I lost a 47s 123 mini titanium at the Texas State fair last year, But I do have a photo at the fair with me holding it LOL It just aint the same for lighting things up though.
Yeah I lost a 47s 123 mini titanium at the Texas State fair last year, But I do have a photo at the fair with me holding it LOL It just aint the same for lighting things up though.
I didn't lose it but I forgot I had a 4 sevens X10, found it on a shelf in my office, same with my RA Twisty 85TR, I used to use it every night on red or low so I wouldn't wake my wife, just sorta forgot I had it. I feel old.
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RGB_LED
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I almost lost my HDS U60 twice: once I dropped it in the apartment hallway in which I live. Luckily for me, my neighbour who just passed me in the hall, saw it and asked if it was mine. Extremely lucky. The second time, I came home from a bike ride and couldn't find it in the pocket of my backpack... I frantically traced my last steps for 30 minutes to try and find it and couldn't. I returned home, emptied my backpack and... lo and behold, it had fallen to the bottom and was hiding under my bike tools, spare tires and inner tubes. Since that moment, the HDS is now sitting on my nightstand.
But, I really do feel for those who have lost a light... I can't even imagine if I lost one of my prized lights!
But, I really do feel for those who have lost a light... I can't even imagine if I lost one of my prized lights!
Bentbylumens
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Maratac AAA original rev 1 in stainless
Really hacks me off because I dont like the newer models with no medium mode
Really hacks me off because I dont like the newer models with no medium mode
Barbarin
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Well, I win. I lost a whole flashlight factory.
like most of us, i went thru uncountable "couple dollar flashlights"... I remember when the 6v LANTERN at walmart (wth battery?) cost less than walmart sold the LANTERN BATTERIES for...
i finally was talked into the wisdom of "one good flashlight", which was a 2 D-cell maglight.
it disappeared... i bought a 3-D maglite... it disappeared...
after I got a 4-d maglite and engraved it with a high speed rotary thingy... it "stayed".
near as i figure, the gremlins have a weight limit to what size flashlight they can carry off, LMAO.
if i am alone, I call it "lost"... if i am around anyone, the odds of stolen go up... but gone is gone.
I like the idea of a couple hundred lumen hand-held flashlight... but, i also realize "lost" and "stolen" happen a LOT LESS once i got to 4-d size lights, lol... I mean, seriously, its *hard* to *lose* a 6-d cell maglight, you know? LMAO... even in a pile of stuff in your backseat, just look at the pile... ah! THERE it is! see it poking its tailcap up out of the sea of camping equipment?
i finally was talked into the wisdom of "one good flashlight", which was a 2 D-cell maglight.
it disappeared... i bought a 3-D maglite... it disappeared...
after I got a 4-d maglite and engraved it with a high speed rotary thingy... it "stayed".
near as i figure, the gremlins have a weight limit to what size flashlight they can carry off, LMAO.
if i am alone, I call it "lost"... if i am around anyone, the odds of stolen go up... but gone is gone.
I like the idea of a couple hundred lumen hand-held flashlight... but, i also realize "lost" and "stolen" happen a LOT LESS once i got to 4-d size lights, lol... I mean, seriously, its *hard* to *lose* a 6-d cell maglight, you know? LMAO... even in a pile of stuff in your backseat, just look at the pile... ah! THERE it is! see it poking its tailcap up out of the sea of camping equipment?
Launch Mini
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Re: Have you ever lost a really nice flashlight?
I think I lost my Haiku XML.
I know it was in the back of my car a week ago Friday. It's been AWOL since then.
I was using it to fix my rear wind screen ( for the cabriolet ) and left it back there. Hopefully It just is hiding somewhere.
I think I lost my Haiku XML.
I know it was in the back of my car a week ago Friday. It's been AWOL since then.
I was using it to fix my rear wind screen ( for the cabriolet ) and left it back there. Hopefully It just is hiding somewhere.
yuandrew
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Garrity 2aa rubber ( looks like this one )
Black Mini-Mag 2aa
Coleman ?
Panasonic (While exploring a storm sewer)
River Rock 2aaa (Somewhere inside the wall between my room and the upstairs bathroom)
Blue Mini-Mag 2aa
Two of my Uncle's DeWalt DCL510s
Black Mini-Mag 2aa
Coleman ?
Panasonic (While exploring a storm sewer)
River Rock 2aaa (Somewhere inside the wall between my room and the upstairs bathroom)
Blue Mini-Mag 2aa
Two of my Uncle's DeWalt DCL510s
