What did you use your flashlight for today?

[AVService]

Installed 44 speakers in anoffice for a Sond Masking system,SC52 in mouth for much of it!

Then at lunch I found the Fenix HL50 I was sure that I had lost weeks ago and I was hands free again!
Liberating for sure.

 

[ven]

Well just slapped the cells on charge after using the seraph for lighting up the area many times when setting of a lot of fireworks. Callum used an s2+ most of the evening, my voltage 3.95v and Callums 3.57v........left in the dark by a 6yr old..........again.

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

Installed a new dual-height drinking fountain in the school our church owns.

See the tiny hole in the really shiny button? That's how you adjust the water height. Another Trustee was helping me ....... he used my FourSevens Quark PRO to illuminate the screw in that hole. Unfortunately, the light was set on high. 780 lumens, high. He couldn't see for a few minutes. Said something about bright spots, lots of them. :laughing:

~ Chance

 

[irongate]

Installed a new dual-height drinking fountain in the school our church owns.

See the tiny hole in the really shiny button? That's how you adjust the water height. Another Trustee was helping me ....... he used my FourSevens Quark PRO to illuminate the screw in that hole. Unfortunately, the light was set on high. 780 lumens, high. He couldn't see for a few minutes. Said something about bright spots, lots of them. :laughing:

~ Chance

Yes they are a lot of fun to adjust, making sure they don't over spray and yet have enough to get a good drink from.

 

[Illum]

now that we know what that hole is for....

 

[Mercyfulfate1777]

broke up a Pit Bull fight last night with my Olight S2A. worked as good as spraying them with a water hose. (maybe a little better)

 

[bykfixer]

At 11pm my toilet started making a hissing sound. Then the hissing turned into a water running sound.
The float mechanism had sprung a leak in the cut off mechanism. Dratz!!!

Could it be as simple as an adjustement? Turn on light, see phillips adjuster screw, grab screw driver and make adjustment. Silence.
Lay back down to return to sleep.

11:45, "pssssssss" begins again. Seriously? By then the wife had turned off all lights and was sleeping. I get up and close the bathroom door thinking the hissing sound will be blocked by the door. Success...

12:15, it just wasn't meant to be. It's running so freely I might as well have just left the flap that lets water leave the tank into the bowl up.
Alright! That's it!!!!....
At 1am I'm diagnosing the $3 part thinking I could actually fix it.
Well being a flashaholic I had a flashlight hanging within arms reach. It was a $5 check out counter type that came with a ridiculously ugly beam. I had done a lens scratch technique with a scotch brite pad to remove the ugly by diffusing the beam. That made the light pretty floody and let me tell you that thing was perfect for working on a toilet at 1:30 in the morning. Perfect teeth hold rubber coated body, floody output where CRI is irrelevant and if it falls into the water and fails no big loss...


By 2:15 I had aborted the idea of saving the $3 part and had cut off the water supply to the toilet so I could get some sleep.

This evening will involve a transplant and I plan on wearing my fancy new Streamlight Double Clutch headlamp with that $5 check out aisle light hanging from an overhead hook that'll be fastened to the cabinet above the toilet.

I'm actually looking forward to being packed into a tiny corner of my bathroom performing plumbing repairs.

 

[Poppy]

Love your stories!

It looks like that Elzetta Bones, really saved the day!
What is it? An 18650 light?

All I know is that it is super dependable.

At my work some storm drain manholes had gotten a bunch of gravel spilled into a few. So the contractor hired a company to vacuum them.
Giant Tonka toy vacuum trucks are cool.

Dude lowers the 24" diameter hose with suction provided by a 6' diameter hardened steel impeller driven by a big block Chevy diesal engine.... suddenly nearby butterflies are flying backwards...

The guy is raising and lowering the nozzle a few inches at a time to stab into the gravel piles and suck out the debris, which at first was easy but once the bulk is gone a more methodical approach is required to clean corners n crevices.

It's daylight out, and looking down in a 6-10' deep manhole... well it's pretty dark. The operator could crouch down near the opening to see better and have his eyebrows sucked off his face by the mega-vac or randomly stab n stir the hose in circles inside a square manhole but...

Dah-duh-dah, dah-duh-dah, dah-duh-dah... inspector is a flashaholic.
Day 1 of testing the Elzetta Bones for work purposes. I considered my PK PR-1, but all that vacuum might have just sucked that little deal outta my hand and the Bones has a wrist strap. Those vacuum machines have been known to rip clothing, snatch gloves off your hand and other sudden dramatic events.. actually injuring unsuspecting workers....

While the operator was rasslin' that big ole hose like a croc-agator I aimed the Bones towards the darkness and (insert choir voices here) "hallelujuah"...
Suddenly the operator has a lit up cave, but due to his dedication and concentration never flinched or ceased in rassling that hose; that is until nearly all of the debris was gone. Only then did he pause to look up and gives a thumbs up thank you. He had 5 more manholes to go. I lit each one as he cleaned them kinda like when I was a kid holding a flashlight for my pop... trying to anticipate his lighting needs while not casting shadows instead. It was indeed a pleasure helping a stranger who has a tough job have a bit easier task that day.

The Bones did exactly what I needed it to do. Created daylight in a dark confined space while competing with direct mid day sunshine.
I noticed when leaving it on for a couple minutes at a time the business end gets warm. Not hot, but you definitely feel warmth on the forward most fingers... in this case my pinky.
It easily slid in and out of the back pocket of my trousers whenever the need to aid the operator occured. If he needed help with the hose it was put away, need some light it was quickly deployed. I enjoyed the non aggressive surface for that reason, but have a wrist strap on it for the same reason.
Although likely intended as a duty light for LEO, security and such I gotta say the Bones makes a mighty fine task light for us regular folks.

 

[bykfixer]

Love your stories!

It looks like that Elzetta Bones, really saved the day!
What is it? An 18650 light?

All I know is that it is super dependable.

Thank you sir:
I was going to add to the toilet tale but first... the Bones...

Yes Poppy. First oversized Elzetta has made. I use a battery magazine with primaries, but the 18650 fits like a nice calf skin glove.

I wish more companies would back off those hue-mongo-outputs and make the most of the latest LED tech efficiencies with a milder output and a better runtime.
500-750 with a great combo beam and a couple hours runtime on a pair of lithiums (with the rechargeable fuel cell option). It is sorely needed in this '4500 lumens for 22 seconds, but programs from your laptop for 39 bucks' flashlight world we live in.

To me the Bones is a "what's old is new again" cliche'. They just dropped in updated parts n pieces using an old way of doing things. Modern thinking with an old school value.

Back to the toilet. lol
Sometimes life hands you pre-sweetened lemonade instead of lemons.
I got home with my new parts from the orange big box store (which has a Mag 2 cell and 3 cell ML25 combo for $24.88 for black friday btw)... (which I didn't purchase btw)... took off my office dweller costume and got into some 'deplorable lives matter' cloths, grabbed up some tools and away we go.
The tank of the toilet had drained. Could it be as simple as replacing the flapper? Nah, couldn't be...
Strapped on the Streamlight, twisted to flooder mode, double clutched to low and set about removing the flapper. It was about as flexible as a cardboard box. I've got plastic ashtrays that are more flexible.
Again I pondered, hmmmm could it really be that simple?...

Shined the $5 light down the conduit from tank to bowl just to enjoy using it, and noted the flange the flapper rests on was spottless. No crud. Wiped if off anyway.
I'm now teeth holding the $5 light while adjusting the headlamp and soon had that new flapper in, chain like I wanted and dawg gone if that didn't solve the problem.


These were the only tools needed.
Unbelievable.

 

[Poppy]

Another toilet story:
This morning, the toilet in the family room was a running, and running, and running.
I jiggled the flush lever (cause you know... sometimes the chain gets caught), well the lever was VERY loose.
So I put flipped the switch to the over head light, and pulled the lid off of the tank.
I noted that the chain was not connected to the lever, and except for the fact that it was still connected to the flapper, it would have been flushed down into the toilet, and maybe out visiting Nemo.
I pulled up the chain, clipped it to the lever, put the tank cover back on, and was done!

Flipped the switch to the overhead light back to OFF.

Oppps, didn't use a flashlight today.

Maybe tomorrow

 

[Poppy]

Thank you sir:
I was going to add to the toilet tale but first... the Bones...

Yes Poppy. First oversized Elzetta has made. I use a battery magazine with primaries, but the 18650 fits like a nice calf skin glove.

I wish more companies would back off those hue-mongo-outputs and make the most of the latest LED tech efficiencies with a milder output and a better runtime.
500-750 with a great combo beam and a couple hours runtime on a pair of lithiums (with the rechargeable fuel cell option). It is sorely needed in this '4500 lumens for 22 seconds, but programs from your laptop for 39 bucks' flashlight world we live in.

To me the Bones is a "what's old is new again" cliche'. They just dropped in updated parts n pieces using an old way of doing things. Modern thinking with an old school value.

Thanks bykfixer,
I agree, I usually get my convoy S2 driven to 1400ma, which will give about 600 lumens for about 2 1/2 hours, and I usually run it on medium which is about 200 - 250 lumens. At that I should get about 6 hours. or 40 hours on low @ about 45-50 lumens. It can be driven twice as hard, but then run-times for each mode is cut in half.

So I guess that is part of the story of the popularity of Elzetta, it gives a reasonable amount of output, but then gets better runtimes.
That mind-set, works for me.

 

[bykfixer]

Another toilet story:
This morning, the toilet in the family room was a running, and running, and running.
I jiggled the flush lever (cause you know... sometimes the chain gets caught), well the lever was VERY loose.
So I put flipped the switch to the over head light, and pulled the lid off of the tank.
I noted that the chain was not connected to the lever, and except for the fact that it was still connected to the flapper, it would have been flushed down into the toilet, and maybe out visiting Nemo.
I pulled up the chain, clipped it to the lever, put the tank cover back on, and was done!

Flipped the switch to the overhead light back to OFF.

Oppps, didn't use a flashlight today.

Maybe tomorrow

Lemonade is cool, huh? (As in got lemonade not lemons),
Hell in your case you got fruit punch insteada lemons. lol

 

[LGT]

Used my ZLSC62w while replacing the power steering fluid cooler on my Trailblazer . Two attachment points in front of each wheel well to remove the bumper definitely needed a flashlight to see what needed to be done. Also used light to check for leaks after replacing part.

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

To make my margarita pretty.

~ Chance

 

[ven]

Rub it in CG, next your going to tell us you used a BOSS to illuminate it with

 

[LGT]

To make my margarita pretty.

~ Chance

Looks like a nice orange peel reflector .

 

[LGT]

Ooops.

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

Rub it in CG, next your going to tell us you used a BOSS to illuminate it with

DING, DING, DING! We have a winner. :kiss: My wife thinks I'm funny, playing with my first non-4Sevens flashlight purchase in at least a year. ven, it is so cool, I almost want to ship it to you so you can try it out. ........ Almost.

~ Chance Who has a B.O.S.S. 70 Amber.

 

[ven]

:laughing: I would almost let you, but you would miss it too much Hoping to get one, maybe next batch as it has to be one of the more exciting releases for a long time............I think the desing and patina is genius, would not change a thing................love the style/form and well you know i love triples. Might have to self fund with a couple of lights with christmas around the corner...........decisions decisions.

No rush...................honest:devil:

 

[FortyCaliber]

I used my Ryobi 18 volt ONE+ work light to replace a part under the dash of my car.

Despite having a dozen+ lights at the ready, including a headlamp, I'd normally just use the well-worn SF E1b Backup with tailshroud that resides in my pocket, but on my way out the door, and without much thought, I grabbed the Ryobi. It was a good choice, as I would have had to hold the E1b in my mouth to get the light where I wanted it. The Ryobi head swivels so I can direct the light to the right place hands- and mouth-free.

Normally the Ryobi would have been tucked away with my powertools and not even been considered, but I recently upgraded it with an auction site P13.5S LED, so I've kept it in the house.

Prior to the LED upgrade I never used this light much because the output was fairly low and battery life was short.

Now the Ryobi is much brighter and battery life is longer, even though I use a tired old battery.