ever lost a flashlight?

[Cerealand]

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'm sorry to hear that. Hopefully it rolled under the seat.

 

[Kestrel]

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.

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".

No problem, I have merged this thread with a similar one from ~last month. Best regards,

 

[bstrickler]

Re: Have you ever lost a really nice flashlight?

I've had 3 stolen at work, and no longer bring a light to work.

4Sevens AA Ti
Surefire U2
Solarforce L2m
The latter two were stolen within days of eachother. Gonna suck for the folks when they have to buy new batteries for the lights! I hope they have to pay drugstore prices of $10 each!

Also had a friend drop one off a mountain.

 

[Launch Mini]

Re: Have you ever lost a really nice flashlight?

I have scoured my car and all the usual places I leave them in my home.
No luck. Pretty sure the Haiku is gone.
I am thinking it was taken from the back of my car.
I know for certain it was there after I used to to illuminate the wind screen so I could reinsert the spring that popped out. I left on the floor behind my seat.
However, I did stop on the way home and left the top down on my car. So propably someone scooped it while I was shopping.
Expensive day.

 

[Brahms]

Re: Have you ever lost a really nice flashlight?

the first one I lost must have been a 3C maglite; stolen from my car at work (along with the spare tyre, all the tools and the jack)

second one was a UK2AA penlight I used to carry daily; I accidentally left it in a car I was inspecting.

third one was a Nitecore EZAA, which got snatched from my pockets two years ago. You can tell it was being snatched, because its lanyard looped through my belt had been cut. I have yet to get over this one.

the last one was a Solarforce L2P with the M3 head and a Xtar 18700, stolen at work late last year. I am absolutely sure it was stolen, and I am 99.9% sure about who did it. I can't prove anything, though. The most frustrating part is that this torch will be either thrown away or forgotten in a drawer once the Li-Ion runs dry and they find out it won't take "regular alkalines".

All others I either gave away as gifts or ruined and tossed them myself.

 

[brobrablahblah]

Dropped one and that was the end of that - over the edge of the boat I got to watch it (was on) disappear into the darkness of the water depth and at night. It was really cool.

I lost a Quark 123 the same way. I guess that's what I get for going crab fishing without using a lanyard. But it was fun watching it slowly sink.

 

[degarb]

Re: Have you ever lost a really nice flashlight?

I've had 3 stolen at work, and no longer bring a light to work.

4Sevens AA Ti
Surefire U2
Solarforce L2m
The latter two were stolen within days of eachother. Gonna suck for the folks when they have to buy new batteries for the lights! I hope they have to pay drugstore prices of $10 each!

Also had a friend drop one off a mountain.

It is becoming clearer to me now how Maglight has stayed in business selling penlights on the end of a club with the heaviest batteries money could buy. This explains the low efficiency of the emitters to justify the D cells.

 

[Xiider]

Once I lost a little flashlight from DX on a festival, it was my first my flashlight
One year later I found it in my tent...

 

[edpmis02]

My neutral Eagletac t100c2 disappeared from my car. I assume it was taken at a "Quick" Lube place. My Quark 123 (r2) was removed and they told me it "fell out" during cleaning and it was returned.. now I see my Eagletac from a door cubby is missing too. :shakehead. An Olight M20S and 2D magLed were left behind.

 

[sidecross]

Not even one. :thumbsup:

 

[Spork]

I rarely loose things and it makes me a little nutty until I find it. My l2d has been misplaced so I'm here shopping for upgrades. I have searched under couches, removed the cushions and looked just about everywhere else I can think of. I'm still not completely certain my wife hasn't misplaced it. One of our dogs was also rummaging on the counter where I set the light so he may have carried it in the yard like the rest of his toys. I've thought about attaching one of the remote locators to the light but the batteries in those don't last very long. I think from now on I will keep a lanyard and split ring on the lights so they don't roll and are easier to find without adding weight.

I thought the always on feature of the pal and eternalights were cool but I guess I might add a glow ring to mine. I'm also considering to add a hook on the wall so it doesn't get knocked off the counter.

 

[Nightster]

A few years back I lost an Inova X1, It was my first nice flashlight, but never replaced it. However, after we lost power for a week here in New Jersey after the big storm, I realized how important a flashlight was. I have since replaced the Inova with 2 other X1's, then I started to discovered how powerful and awesome LED lights have become and got hooked. Anyway, 12 lights later, I think I'm more than prepared for the next power outage. Even though I replaced my original X1 and then some, it still bothers me I lost my first love.

 

[aginthelaw]

Lost my edc streamlight sl20 flashlight which was stolen by a co-worker, in the early 90's. a week later i saw him with it, knowing he never had an sl20. my boss just happened to be there when i confronted him, and begged me to check my records to see if i had the serial number so she could fire the guy. couldn't prove it, but since i carried it so long, i knew every nick and scratch on it and i knew it was mine. that's when i became a flashaholic. it was my only light so i ended up buying 2 to make sure i'd always have a backup. i started fixing them, and because of that, everyone started giving me lights that were old and broken, in exchange for the streamlights i repaired.

i joined the forum shortly after my 10 year old, who just started walking at the time, threw out my brand new streamlight strion. i had it in the charger and he found it, using it around the house while my wife washed the dishes. he was rolling it across the kitchen floor and the battery died. unbeknowst to her, he chucked it. she took the garbage out and put the containers at the curb, then took jr. out to play. i started searching for the light the next morning, when my wife said he was playing with it in the kitchen. after tearing, the kitchen then the house apart (do you see symptoms of flashaholism yet?), i interrogated my little one and he led me to the crime scene. remembering the sound of the garbage truck that morning, i curled up on the floor in a puddle of tears, sucking my thumb. i scolded my wife for letting him play with my work tools, and told her she's getting me a new one by father's day or else.

father's day came and went with no flashlight. so i bought a few more for myself...

 

[Sukram]

I have never lost my flashlights ...yet

 

[Flashlike]

Finally found my lost Lummi NS with triple XP-G2 drop in. Whew! See Post #62 (http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...a-flashlight&p=4168134&viewfull=1#post4168134) for details.

 

[TacticalWatermelon]

Lost my Microstream once (my edc light). The only logical thing to do was to order two more! :thumbsup:

 

[yearnslow]

Personally, I've never lost one. My wife on the other hand has lost THREE of MY flashlights, which would probably be recognised as grounds for divorce in most civilized countries.

 

[gsr]

I've lost a Surefire E1e that I had modded to an E1L standard, right before the E1L was released (when I did the mod, not when I lost the light). I have also seemed to have lost almost every Maglight that I have ever owned. I also lost an L.R.I. Photon Proton Pro, right after i had gotten it back from being repaired.

 

[climberkid]

I reported about a year ago that I lost my E1B, but my wife just found it in an old purse! What a relief. But oh my, what a green tint. I'll have to do something about that...

 

[creyc]

I lost my first good light a while back, a Surefire L4 Lumamax, along with a pair of nice sunglasses in a cottage we were renting in Colorado. Locked the place up, dropped the keys in the safety dropbox, checked my pockets and oh CRAP!

It was either wait a day and miss my flight or count my losses. Still bugs me from time to time.

Also lost a big 4C Maglite, no idea how that happened.