Lol, you can always count on CPF for 7 replies in one hour!
Thanks for all the help.
Of course, like any flashaholic, my wants and my wallet never agree (my family for that matter).
How much does that striker go for?
Lol, I have used those kind of auto parts store lights before, and they work pretty good.. sometimes almost too bright, but the ones ive seen seem to be of poor construction and die on me like within the week. I am going to check the voltage of my car's ciggerette lighter to be sure its not that, but im suspecting more along the lines of the bulbs not being like.. shock insulated. I do drop it (maybe 6" onto the carpet) every once in awhile.
Im usually pretty careful with shinning the lights, the area i live in sucks with house numbers.. i suspect from my limited history investigation this is caused because originally, the area was a vaction spot with summer bungalows, and it grow in spurts. After awhile, you get to know the range of numbers, and I'll usually start by trying to light up mailboxes, and then if that doesnt work, ill go to the area around the front doors, I try not to shine in windows. Unless of course for those customers who seem to become deaf after they place their order. ( you get to know them) and in that case.. ill shine it in the window.. helps me get the orders out faster rather then me standing on their door step for 10 minutes.
Every once in a while, some customers will be partaking of some questionable "herbs" and then when they see a bright light they get all paranoid thinking its the cops. My manager tells me once in a while that these customers call up and hes like well if you had your house number lit up there would be no problem. If someone was to call the cops, they would probably be pretty cool about it as long as we werent shining into windows for no reason on purpose. We do have the light up car toppers so its not like people don't know who we are.
I had investigated the possibility of the p61 or the 9p hong kong converstion on ebay.. but then as you say.. the increased cost of lithiums..
by the time you get done with the adapter ($9 shipped), and a p91 ($32 shipped).. im almost half way to a m@gcharger or ultra stinger.. which dont have the cost of lithiums, and as a increased benefit of having the second light incase the first one fails. also they are upgradeable using the 1185.
my goal is to keep the 6p in my backpocket for when I go to the house and leave the thrower (spotlight or traditional flashlight) in the car. I usually suprise people when I light up the price take with my 6p.. they think the light is in the heatwave bag.
I guess any way I cut it, its going to cost me about a hundo.. can i write off flashlights on my taxes as a work related expense? :help: