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    3 Piece Rock Bands

    Rush is kind of cheating, because Geddy Lee alone is a three-piece band.
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    Name the most important thing you have found out in your life!

    No battery breakthroughs make it to market. Ever. You will get cold fusion sooner.
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    Name the most important thing you have found out in your life!

    Your body is not a temple. It's a rental.
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    Reliable flashlight brands

    Rock-solid long-time brands: Fenix and Thrunite, zero problems ever Promising newer brands: Acebeam and Convoy, no troubles to date Disappointments: Zebralight, Olight, FourSevens, Peak If I could only have one light in a true disaster, it would be Fenix TK-75. No contest.
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    Reliable flashlight brands

    Really? I've only owned two Zebras, both of which died in less than a year. Not from any kind of abuse, they just stopped working. Never bought another after that.
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    Those tunes that get stuck in your head

    I like it when synthesizers are used unapologetically to make sounds that only they can make, as opposed to imitating horns or drums or whatever. We already have horns and drums.
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    Those tunes that get stuck in your head

    Got this one stuck in my head for like a month.
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    Amutorch XT45vn & XT60vn - Brightest Single Emitter Single Cell Light R

    Any word on the CRI? I can't find anything online yet.
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    Your favorite brand of LED flashlights

    I'm a longtime fan of Fenix and Thrunite, and have recently been impressed by Acebeam. They are offering well-built, solid-feeling flashlights in a wide choice of materials and emitters, including high-CRI. I appreciate the mix-and-match approach. Popular brands I have *not* liked include...
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    whats features mean the most to you in flashlights?

    Dead-simple UI. I will never, ever buy an Anduril flashlight. It's not enough that the most common mode group be simple: the other mode groups must not exist. Even just knowing that they're there is stressful and offensive. If I give a light to a toddler, it should not come back ten minutes...
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    What is your overall favorite flashlight for each of these battery types:

    Single 21700, multi-emitter: Acebeam EC65, V54 modded to 4 x 519a Single 21700, single-emitter: Thrunite T2, V54 modded to GT-FC40
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    What’s your all time favorite flashlight?

    For me it's the Fenix TK-75. It's not fancy or exotic, and it's low CRI, yet it's the workhorse I reach for again and again. Plenty of runtime with 4 x 18650, plenty of light with 4 x Cree XHP70, a good flood/throw mix, and rock-solid build.
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    Neat household MacGyver tricks you've learned

    A plant sprayer, 91% rubbing alcohol, and Bic lighter make a nice flamethrower. It's particularly useful when you get a fast-moving fly inside. I've found that the flame is short-lived enough that it won't damage paint, but YMMV and definitely not recommended near drapes.
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    if i replace them weekly are alkines safe?

    It seems to have more to do with manufacturing variability than age. Last year I bought a bunch of Duracell AAA cells (expiration date March 2028) and put them in a plastic battery organizer. A few days ago I needed three AAAs for a remote, and found that one of the ones I grabbed had leaked...
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    Low temperature 16340 battery?

    The only note of caution is that LiFePO4 cells have a lower nominal voltage (3.2V) than standard Li-ion (3.7V). Under load a LiFePO4 cell will have more like 3.0V, which would trigger the under-voltage cutoff for many standard LED drivers.
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