Do you actually use your copper or brass lights ?

[Monocrom]

Brass-Head! My favorite martial arts movie villain. He was Number 4.
And yes, I absolutely use the ones I have.

 

[troutpool]

Yes, all the time, especially in AAA size.

 

[bigburly912]

How did you all find a 5 year old thread to revive? Worth it to see that fine collection emarkd had at the time.

 

[LED1982]

Brass / copper too heavy to EDC. I stick with Ti & Aluminum.

Is McGizmo the gold standard for a titanium flashlight?

 

[Monocrom]

Is McGizmo the gold standard for a titanium flashlight?

Pretty much, yeah.

 

[Jean-Luc Descarte]

No, but only because I don't own any. If I had one I'd use it just like I do my aluminium ones.

 

[RWT1405]

I do not own any copper/brass lights but this goes for anything I buy: I buy items to use, so no matter what they are, they get used as they were designed. If i bought something too expensive/nice to use, I'd move it to a better home or not purchase it in the first place.

Some people like to collect or have shelf queens, That is not me. If I can't talk myself into using something for the same reason you are asking, then it goes to a better home, where it can be used or sit on a shelf looking pretty. Just my opinion/thoughts on the matter

+1

INFRNL said it perfectly for me

I use my flashlights as tools, for what they are designed for

Now, having said that, I do understand that people enjoy them for other reasons

It would be a boring world if we all liked/did the same things!

 

[Badbeams3]

I had a stainless steel 3 mode AAA light that I carried for many years. on my key ring. Loved it. Looked the same when I lost as when I bought it.

In general I guess I would consider myself a small time collector. Have a display area in the movie room with my nicer lights in it. A few might get used during power outages, but mostly they just sit there. Others sit in a closet, in a box. For actual use, I use my pocket light...right now that's an Olight I5R...standard thingy. I also have a cheap Ryobi 120ish lumen 18 volt light that sees a lot of use.

So my copper, brass and titanium lights...along with a few other nicer lights, no, not used. My kids will probably sell them when I'm planted in the ground (at 66 might not be that far away)...or maybe they'll hold on to them to remember how nutty I was.

 

[desert.snake]

Yesterday I was reading about knives and came across information that copper and its alloys kill bacteria. So copper lanterns are also hygienic. Now I'm thinking of finding or making a copper pen so that bacteria are destroyed on it themselves

There was a link to the study

Metallic Copper as an Antimicrobial Surface

Bacteria, yeasts, and viruses are rapidly killed on metallic copper surfaces, and the term “contact killing” has been coined for this process. While the phenomenon was already known in ancient times, it is currently receiving renewed attention. ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

I think if we make the use of copper touch surfaces mandatory for institutions, this will open up huge new opportunities for theft of taxpayers' money

 

[LEDphile]

Yesterday I was reading about knives and came across information that copper and its alloys kill bacteria. So copper lanterns are also hygienic. Now I'm thinking of finding or making a copper pen so that bacteria are destroyed on it themselves

There was a link to the study

Metallic Copper as an Antimicrobial Surface

Bacteria, yeasts, and viruses are rapidly killed on metallic copper surfaces, and the term “contact killing” has been coined for this process. While the phenomenon was already known in ancient times, it is currently receiving renewed attention. ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

I think if we make the use of copper touch surfaces mandatory for institutions, this will open up huge new opportunities for theft of taxpayers' money

Metallic copper and metallic silver both have this behaviour. There's a reason that a century ago (when hygiene was a bit more lax than today), eating utensils were silver and things like doorknobs and handles were brass if you could afford it.

 

[jon_slider]

I use a copper flashlight daily. I also drink all my water out of a copper mug (commonly used for Moscow Mules). My tea kettle is also copper. And I have a copper water bottle.

Marrakesh Water Sellers:

photo credit

 

[LRJ88]

I use a copper flashlight daily. I also drink all my water out of a copper mug (commonly used for Moscow Mules). My tea kettle is also copper. And I have a copper water bottle.

Marrakech Water Sellers:View attachment 59412

A copper mug you say?

 

[jon_slider]

cleaning a copper flashlight using ketchup:

 

[raggie33]

I use them to test if my belt is tight enough if I look like a rapper then I tighten my belt

 

[3_gun]

Yes

 

[CelticCross74]

Yes I have roughly 20 Olights that most are made of different metals. They did a very good CNC job with these small to tiny LED lights. I have brass,coper, rose gold, titaniums, rainbow anodization and my favorite Olight of all time the Olight R50 in 100% copper. That thing must have weighed 4 pounds. I loved it. Just this really well made hefty chunk of copper that you blind yourself with most of the time. Now I see New in Box copper R50's on sale for up to $400. If the big chunk of copper had a more throw designed set up instead of being able to light up someones yard. Had a creme yellow looking hue to the light out the front.

 

[letschat7]

All users.

 

[Christoph]

I use most of them at some point or another.

 

[iacchus]

All the time.
I quite like Brass.

 

[Pellidon]

I kept mine in mint pristine condition.