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    History search. Looking for anyone who was involved in the ANSI/NEMA FL-1 standards.

    <best old man voice> "Yep, I was there when we said to ourselves, now what we should do is come up with some kind of yardstick". I'm working on a small flashlight and battery history book and I would love to re-unite with anyone who was part of the round-tables that set the basic parameters for...
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    Interesting worklight for mechanic / HVAC plumbing

    A bazillion flashlights later... I'm still surprised at how certain lights just "fit the bill" and you naturally gravitate towards them for specific jobs.
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    Do you remember your first?

    I never had the purple, I sure had a couple of the Emerald or "**** green" ones though.
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    REAL WORLD REVIEWS – Zefal "Manta-Pro" Bike Light

    REAL WORLD REVIEWS – Zefal "Manta-Pro" Bike Light $30.00/Walmart (I got mine on sale for $19) ================================================================ A brief opening note about the "Real World Reviews" In the early years of CPF it was well worth it to graph out runtimes and other...
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    why so much hate towards electric cars?

    If you are going to think about the "long tailpipe" issue with an EV, you also need to consider it for an ICE. That gas in an ICE fuel tank doesn't just "appear out of thin air". It's drilled, shipped, refined, shipped again, (consuming huge amounts of energy, releasing huge amounts of...
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    why so much hate towards electric cars?

    If you think people hate on EV, you should hang around with an eBike for a while. When a hater comes along they are literally pathologically obsessive about it.
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    Do you remember your first?

    My first "Serious" light was a c.1990 Mag-Lite Mag-Charger. What a monster at the time, nothing compared. It saw several years of Law-enforcement use and then got retired to home use. Upgraded eventually to a better pack and an LED module setup, it's still in regular use as the "light on the...
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    Do you remember your first?

    I still have the 2AA and 3AA versions of that light and one of them still works. The one that failed was a "nice" emerald green but I never replaced it.
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    REAL WORLD REVIEWS – ThorFire BLF Q8 Searchlight

    Nice, I’ll have to try that. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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    REVIEW: Nitecore TINI Keychain Flashlight

    Unfortunately I have to agree. I really looked forward to this light and it has been a near total disappointment. Faulty battery, weird electronics behavior, some stark design issues in terms of it coming on in the pocket and so forth. Just not a great pocket light. Sent from my iPad using...
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    Sentimental light?

    My Original Night-Ops Gladius -was- that light, but then someone on the forum did a fantastic LED upgrade on it so now it’s back in play and able to shine with the best of them!
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    What did you do for runtime before LEDs?

    I used to do a TON of “back country” camping where you packed everything in and weight really mattered. In the winter the lithium batteries were a godsend for their temperature tolerance but you used that light very sparingly and for many MANY years I used a combination of a UCO CandleLantern...
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    What kind of LED / reflector combo is best for a very NARROW spill / strong hotspot?

    All I can say is that I was LE ages ago and I would have nearly sold a kidney to get a light like the G35 for duty.
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    What kind of LED / reflector combo is best for a very NARROW spill / strong hotspot?

    Very simple. Klarus G35. You want some punch and a thrower, it’s an excellent light.
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    Sunwayman D40A

    Still one of my all time favorite lights AND Sunwayman still stands behind it. I had an older one where the plastic over the buttons cracked and they sent me replacments for the plastic, metal frame, screws, and gasket making it absolutely new again! See post #27 Real World Review – Sunwayman...
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