To sell or not to sell?

Ozythemandias said:

I sell often. It depends on the light though, I tend to hold on to irreplaceable lights like a Nitecore D10 but would sell a Haiku because I know I can always rebuy if I regret selling.

With Vinh lights it's a little different and I can't speak for those as I don't own any.

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MAD777 said:

Every time a discussion comes up about buying lights, I write that I'm at a point where my buying is slowing down. Then of course, I buy 3 new lights.
Well actually, I have 3 lights on their way to me now and I received 2 others recently.
I really should drop out of this discussion. LOL

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Modernflame said:

My philosophy: make planned, studied purchases.

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Bigburly912 said:

I miss a few that I've sold but selling opens up the door for newer stuff for me.

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ven said:

I think a lot depends on the person in question, is it just a tool or is it for collecting(or both). As with other hobby's/interests, there are a lot of variables including budgets and actual uses. For me they are tools, interesting and very useful tools. I like to have options, not rely on one or two and have different forms,LED's,UI's and applications. Ones that dont get used for a while or maybe even superseded i may sell as they wont get used. Agreed.

Some are personal/sentimental to me and will keep for ever! To try and keep things under control, a new light has to bring something new to the party, be it more kcd, higher output, nicer beam etc etc. I dont want 25 lights that all have the same beam /colour temp, i want to break things up and keep things interesting(for me anyway). Agreed, and I'm trying to do this, but, as others have said, some lights are just too hard to get rid of even though you have a replacement for it.

A way of self funding is to have a few lights as "floaters" so to speak, use then swap/sell for newer lights. This way your not buying new all the time and the previous lights just get stored away. Their value is greater(not always ,but generally) when newer. That's an interesting thought, to sell them earlier for more money rather then later, but I have found it very hard to get rid of newer lights unless I just don't like them.

So with most well known manufacturers, it can make more sense to sell earlier than further down the line. If the light is used daily, everything "just works", then it would obv make sense to keep hold of. With that much choice out there, UI and LED options etc etc, it does not make sense to keep hold of a light that falls short on any of your personal criteria/expectations. True

My interest has certainly not waned, its as strong as ever I just feel i have it covered, so adding more and more lights for no specific reason is not an issue..................i just keep thinking of reasons Even more true haha.

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kj2 said:

I try to sell most of my lights, that aren't been used. But the market is small, so not every light is worth to be offered.
Am trying to get the collection smaller, simply because I've to many and are using only a small part of the collection.

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Str8stroke said:

I probably keep more than I should. It would be smart if I were to sell the ones that don't get much use. But, I typically give them away, depending on the light. If it is a "dangerous" hot rod, I will usually keep it. I say "Dangerous", I mean one that requires common sense to use. A direct drive type of light that runs non protected cells, I am not likely gonna give it to a non-flashaholic. Does that post make sense? lol Yup. Smart.

I can say this, I will probably never get rid of my HC90vn. I use that just about every night. I stared using it to walk he dog. I will also probably not part with my two D25Cvn lights. Those are my most used vn lights. Use mine everyday for work!

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