Hello pondwater.
Welcome to cpf.
Yup phone lights leave a lot to be desired.
Welcome to cpf.
Yup phone lights leave a lot to be desired.
Just reporting a news video story: http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news...credits-survival-flashlight-and-god/98045506/
Looks like he had with him and used a Surefire G2X of some sort after his truck fell into the "creek" after the WA road washed away in the early morning hours. Escaped with minor hand injury. Sounds like a Surefire story to be sure.
I used it as a candle in the bathroom.
Used my Surefire G3 to look under the bed for the remote. Pretty mundane but glad to have the light there to use. Just a few weeks ago, before discovering this forum and all the awesome flashlights, I wouldn't have had anything handy to use. I used to have a Maglite in the basement and a couple cheapies in the kitchen, now I have a good flashlight in just about every room!
I do this every night even when on the road?I used it as a candle in the bathroom.
+1 absolutely!!I do this every night even when on the road?
Doesn't everyone?
This post got me thinking...Not today, It long time ago around 2011 Big flooding in Thailand.
My surefire 6P help some puppy in bush.
But now my 6P help me for change some Storage server part.
Very cool!! Congrats on your success.The CMOS/BIOS settings on my computer got glitched and it wouldn't boot up beyond the initial BIOS screen. I used my trusty PD35 on low to locate the coin cell on the motherboard to pop it out and back in again. Since I'm typing this message on the affected computer, it worked.
Tonights battle royal featured a stroll using the 1aa Icon Modus on low to provide downward aimed moving illumination while walking to the nearby woods. The translucent plastic bezel allows light to pass through like a stubby traffic wand and the throwy optic allows photons to light up the pavement w/in my 3' circle as well. On high I can see what is rustling in the bushes by the neighbors trash can(s).
So I get to the woods with a 260 lumen Strion, a 320 lumen G2x Pro, an MD2 hi/lo and my trusty 600+ lumen FL2. The G2 has been a 'round the house light since the starts on low setting provides 90% of my flashlight needs in day to day activities. But tonight it was matched up against lights that start on high.
I absolutely love the beam of the MD2, but it fizzles out at 60' in my area due to all those free lumens. While pretending to be raccon hunting I found it was perfect for that. Perfect. It would light 3-4 at a time 75' tall oak tops nice and evenly.
The FL2 was my absolutely, positively must blind every cat within 150' light. And if I needed a DNA sample from a perp...
The Strion was holding its own for throw and in search mode through thick brush. The wide pencil beam allowed lots of sight down a narrow path without lighting the "tunnel walls" allowing night adapted side vision to remain intact.
But the G2 was causing me to think "this may be the best sub 500 lumen 6 volt flashlight ever made. The throw combined with a nice wide spot was great for tree tops or narrow paths. The neutral tint was great for peering through thick brush and the spill blends into the giant spot almost as nice as the Malkoff. It's an absolutely amazing flashlight beam-wise.
Grip, of course the FL2 is like fly paper. The Strion texture is decent but could easily become slippery when wet. The MD2 is known for being gentle on the hands. Overall a very comfy light to carry. Yet the shapes on the body of the G2 pro protrude a-plenty providing lots of grip points while still being gentle to the hand of the carrier.
I had once relegated the G2x as a fine n dandy house light... but now it'll definitely be in my rotation of walking through the woods lights.
Edit: a yellow G2x Pro is on the way.
The tan ones scattered about my home will stay in there 'need a shadow lit over here' locations. The black ones remaining in their vehicles in their theif won't spot 'em spots and lights out at 2am locations.
The yellow one will be the take a walk one.