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  1. orbital

    Things STILL made today worth buying

    + Got one when they first came out in the 80s' ..they are still made today
  2. orbital

    Cars, Man

    + Friend of mine just bought a used Tahoe for his wife, think it's a 2020 Looked up some prices and was blown away, BIG money for a used one. He got it for $23K ,,, does have miles on it My buddy will only buy Chevy, although he doesn't give me **** about my Santa Fe Sport He has a Silverado
  3. orbital

    Have you chosen one brand's power-tools platform?

    + fyi Years ago bought a 50 pack of these,, sold some, gave away several. They have the raised center they are very good cut-off wheels, excellent construction = confidence using. burned though one just last winter.
  4. orbital

    Have you chosen one brand's power-tools platform?

    + Cutting through metal with a cut-off wheel is one of the most satisfying things, it just is. that Diamond Segmented would cut through ANYTHING I bet, maybe I need one, or two😃 add: fan of DIABLO blades for recip saw, I have a few different ones then there's this
  5. orbital

    Who Is A Fan: Rosy

    + You don't want a red tint in googles or sunglasses,, wayyyyyyy to intense. You want full color spectrum Suncloud Rose for glasses, all the time, any condition Bolle' Vermillon for goggles I'll add:: some lighter amber, if done right, can be good. many amber are just dark **** yellow👎...
  6. orbital

    Who Is A Fan: Rosy

    + There is no escaping yellow tint and how they make everything yellow, everything It's like when it's super humid outside >no escaping it.🤬 Several reasons you want rose tint goggles for snow skiing,, you get full spectrum of colors and more importantly contrast & depth of field. your eyes...
  7. orbital

    Music to the Marrow (To What Are You Listening?)

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  8. orbital

    Who Is A Fan: Rosy

    + nice 👍^ simply cannot remember the last domed emitter I bought // must be in the Jetbeam mentioned above B35AM below, for people who haven't seen it yet
  9. orbital

    Who Is A Fan: Rosy

    + Think you'll like the B35AM Although it's been sold out for along time, got this light last year (big chunk of titanium😍) 3500k B35AM in it. like it much better than the Nichia in my Jetbeam. those are the only two Nichia I have wish it had a TIR ^
  10. orbital

    This forum dead or dying?

    + If your flashlight manufacture that you worship hasn't done anything interesting in years,, yeah CPF may be dying. the fix:::: look to a manufacture who's doing new things /// taking lights to levels you'd say IMPOSSIBLE just 10 years ago. alot of that is battery advancement allowing...
  11. orbital

    Poor man's Gatorade.

    + Not to hijack your thread with the multivitamin stuff; but in the US, we consume an inordinate amount of salt 'Americans consume about 3,400 mg of sodium daily—roughly 1.5 teaspoons of table salt. This far exceeds the federal guidelines, which recommend a maximum of 2,300 mg per day' =>...
  12. orbital

    Poor man's Gatorade.

    + Don't laugh, couple of these with a bag of chips and a bottled water could save your life,,, well not really😀
  13. orbital

    Poor man's Gatorade.

    + kid you not, just yesterday I was talking to a friend about metals our body needs, , rather involved conversation (iron, magnesium, earth etc) Interesting the things we need for muscles to fire. Man is the only animal that cannot produce Ascorbic acid on its own, explain that! anyway, I...
  14. orbital

    Cars, Man

    + Full bananas is that cars acceleration and fan downforce ^ Jim Hall was an everyday guy who was a genius, in 1970 built the Chaparral 2J with fans to produce downforce. It was for Can-Am racing,, there were, at the time, no rules. Chaparral 2J below 56 years ago Jim Hall was a great...
  15. orbital

    Who Is A Fan: Rosy

    + Do I prefer rosy tints? How many people buy a big roll of Roscolux (Rosco 304 Pale Apricot) tint filter? that after trying nearly all in that range It cancels out shorter wavelengths to make anything a great neutral or warm tint that's slightly rosy. Have it in several lights and it's not...
  16. orbital

    Gas prices

    + There will always be 'some headline', fictional or not, that'll keep oil price high. Way too much money to be made to do anything else
  17. orbital

    Convoy flashlight opinions?

    + L21A M21B M21C The driver Simon developed is a version of the 3V 20.5A buck used in other lights. for the SFT60, he made a 3v 15A buck,, 45W to a 5050 size emitter = good times For just under $27 got a M21B in gray with the SFT60,, that's approx. 4500lm on high from a duty size light ~...
  18. orbital

    Convoy flashlight opinions?

    + Convoy has started getting the Luminus SFT-60 emitter in some of their lights. I find smaller & mid-sized emitters interesting (SFT-60 being 5050 mid-sized) ..a Cree 70.3 is 7070 size I'll take 15A for around 4500lm--- or more VERY IMPRESSIVE!!
  19. orbital

    Have you chosen one brand's power-tools platform?

    + ... recall in July 2026 affecting over 550,000 Kobalt 24V yard tool batteries that feature a USB-C charging port. These specific batteries can short-circuit and catch fire when charged via the USB-C port while inserted into the tool. Standard dock-charger batteries are unaffected. = Type C...
  20. orbital

    How's The Weather There ?

    + Heat Index for me right now: 103°F (39°C) Heat Index for Fort Myers FL now: 95°F (35°C) Heat Index for Dallas TX now: 92°F (33°C) ..and we have tons of wildfire smoke on its way for this afternoon & tomorrow EDIT/ADD: This morning it's smoky here,,, couple hundred miles to my north the...

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