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 metawaffle
      
King of Puns
Location: Brisbane!
Gender: Male
Purveyor of Fine Lampshades
 |  |  | Re: Excellent 300 lumen UE flashlights for only $8. Not kidding, or spam.
<Reply # 100 on 11/2/2011 10:24 AM >
|  | | | Anyway, if you're willing to put in a bit of effort, you can DIY one of these babies for less than five bucks, and be a proper urbex ninja:
https://lh4.google...00/SAA_5910-sm.jpg
http://www.longexposure.net |
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Therrin
  
This member has been banned. See the banlist for more information.
Location: North of Chicago, IL
Gender: Male
*Therrin puts on the penguin-suit
| |  | Re: Excellent 300 lumen UE flashlights for only $8. Not kidding, or spam.
<Reply # 101 on 11/2/2011 3:17 PM >
| | | | Posted by metawaffle
The number of times I've watched someone's cheap torch die, only to have them pull out a cheap headlamp and find that that doesn't work either is just silly.
And then I'm the one who has to try to get to sleep, wondering if they made it out of the drain okay.
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D'awwww, you would actually lose sleep over that? What a softie.
I typically carry no less than 4 or 5 lights with me underground. Primary headlamp, backup headlamp, (occasionally a backup-backup headlamp), primary handheld, backup handheld, UER light.
The UER light was definitely the cheapest, but the next up was a $20 Petzl Tikkina headlamp; which is a fine product at a very affordable price. I've had it for 4 years now. Actually I just ordered a CORE battery for it yesterday =)
I actually used to buy cheap lights. My last batch was from Costco, 2 for $10, and at the time I thought "wow these are brighter than anything else I've got!!" mostly cuz I really didn't have any idea about what bright really was, or about the different kinds of light output. And parasitic drain is a real bitch, as is stripping out cheap threads after the first dozen changeouts.
Have fun with your crappy lights though! I wish you the best!
Give a person a match and they'll be warm for a minute, but light them on fire and they'll be warm for the rest of their life. =) |
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scattered
Location: Erie PA
Gender: Male
| | Re: Excellent 300 lumen UE flashlights for only $8. Not kidding, or spam.
<Reply # 102 on 11/2/2011 3:18 PM >
| | | | Posted by Therrin
Hey, I don't have to screw someone with aids to know it's not gonna be all that great in the long run. Initial orgasm, the "wow that was fun", then nothing but trouble later on down the road. It's just not worth it.
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Seriously, where the hell did that come from?
I'm currently using one of mine at work in the die casting industry--it comes into contact with a lot of heat and oil, and it gets dropped in muck. Other than lots of nicks in the outer shell, it's performing admirably.
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Therrin
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Location: North of Chicago, IL
Gender: Male
*Therrin puts on the penguin-suit
| | | Re: Excellent 300 lumen UE flashlights for only $8. Not kidding, or spam.
<Reply # 103 on 11/2/2011 3:32 PM >
| | | | Posted by xxxmonoxidechild
got to love how someone who has never even touched one of the lights is continually talking shit about it.
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^^ It came from that comment. Point is that fail logic is fail. It suggests that you have to participate in something to talk shit about it.
I'm not the only person who thinks it's a crappy light, who has not purchased it.
He suggests that I have not experienced it, so I shouldn't be denouncing it. I've never cut one of my arms off either, but I can guarantee you I wouldn't like it and it'd be bad for me; but according to the logic used in his statement, I should have no opinion about the result of cutting my arm off, either negative or positive.
I can guarantee you that monoxidechild has not experienced tons of things that he has spoken negative against, which creates a double-standard. This is why the statements logic is fail status.
I can damn well have an opinion about it, I do, and I'm not the only one. If you like the light, fantastic! Let's reconvene in a month or two and see how it's working for you. I don't doubt it's a great light "for some people", but I'd be interested how many, with regular use, are still working in 60 days.
Give a person a match and they'll be warm for a minute, but light them on fire and they'll be warm for the rest of their life. =) |
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budda
Location: Cincinnati
Gender: Male
I love it when you call me Big Poppa
| | | Re: Excellent 300 lumen UE flashlights for only $8. Not kidding, or spam.
<Reply # 104 on 11/2/2011 5:44 PM >
| | | | Posted by metawaffle
The number of times I've watched someone's cheap torch die, only to have them pull out a cheap headlamp and find that that doesn't work either is just silly.
And then I'm the one who has to try to get to sleep, wondering if they made it out of the drain okay.
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So you've watched their lights fail, and ditched them?
Awesome Music
Why couldn't you put the bunny back in the box? - Nicholas Cage |
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NotBatman
Location: MSP
Gender: Male
Secret Cult Member
| | Re: Excellent 300 lumen UE flashlights for only $8. Not kidding, or spam.
<Reply # 105 on 11/2/2011 5:48 PM >
| | | | Posted by budda
So you've watched their lights fail, and ditched them?
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Do you not?
I thought that was, like, a sport...
I'm a "Leave only footprints, take only pornography" kind of guy, myself. |
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budda
Location: Cincinnati
Gender: Male
I love it when you call me Big Poppa
| | | Re: Excellent 300 lumen UE flashlights for only $8. Not kidding, or spam.
<Reply # 106 on 11/2/2011 6:00 PM >
| | | | Posted by Therrin
I can damn well have an opinion about it, I do, and I'm not the only one. If you like the light, fantastic! Let's reconvene in a month or two and see how it's working for you. I don't doubt it's a great light "for some people", but I'd be interested how many, with regular use, are still working in 60 days.
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Mine's already gone 15. Place your bets!!!!!
Posted by NotBatman
Do you not?
I thought that was, like, a sport...
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I think it's called Racing.
Awesome Music
Why couldn't you put the bunny back in the box? - Nicholas Cage |
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metawaffle
King of Puns
Location: Brisbane!
Gender: Male
Purveyor of Fine Lampshades
| | | Re: Excellent 300 lumen UE flashlights for only $8. Not kidding, or spam.
<Reply # 107 on 11/2/2011 10:31 PM >
| | | | Posted by budda
So you've watched their lights fail, and ditched them?
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It's how we keep quality in the ranks, here.
http://www.longexposure.net |
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budda
Location: Cincinnati
Gender: Male
I love it when you call me Big Poppa
| | | Re: Excellent 300 lumen UE flashlights for only $8. Not kidding, or spam.
<Reply # 108 on 11/2/2011 11:03 PM >
| | | | I see. I have much to learn from this crazy UER place.
Awesome Music
Why couldn't you put the bunny back in the box? - Nicholas Cage |
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Fl1k3r
Gender: Male
| | Re: Excellent 300 lumen UE flashlights for only $8. Not kidding, or spam.
<Reply # 109 on 11/2/2011 11:57 PM >
| | | | Posted by metawaffle
It's how we keep quality in the ranks, here.
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"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."
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Kuroneko
 
Location: Tokyo
Gender: Male
| | Re: Excellent 300 lumen UE flashlights for only $8. Not kidding, or spam.
<Reply # 110 on 11/3/2011 2:55 AM >
| | | | Listen kiddies, stop trying to see who's the biggest flashlight here (you know what they say about that...) No one said anything other than these are cheap. Not sure I would use one of the three I bought in any professional capacity, but they're more than capable of meeting any needs from the amateurs here.
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Therrin
This member has been banned. See the banlist for more information.
Location: North of Chicago, IL
Gender: Male
*Therrin puts on the penguin-suit
| | | Re: Excellent 300 lumen UE flashlights for only $8. Not kidding, or spam.
<Reply # 111 on 11/3/2011 3:23 PM >
| | | | Posted by Kuroneko
Listen kiddies, stop trying to see who's the biggest flashlight here (you know what they say about that...) |
Size actually has *nothing* to do with this issue(for once). Maglites would win in that case, but they totally blow in comparison.
| No one said anything other than these are cheap. |
Have you even READ this whole thread??? Seriously??
Not sure I would use one of the three I bought in any professional capacity, but they're more than capable of meeting any needs from the amateurs here.
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I'll agree with the amateur part =) 1 out of 3 isn't bad I guess.
Give a person a match and they'll be warm for a minute, but light them on fire and they'll be warm for the rest of their life. =) |
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budda
Location: Cincinnati
Gender: Male
I love it when you call me Big Poppa
| | | Re: Excellent 300 lumen UE flashlights for only $8. Not kidding, or spam.
<Reply # 112 on 11/3/2011 5:07 PM >
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Awesome Music
Why couldn't you put the bunny back in the box? - Nicholas Cage |
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SuchundFind
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Gender: Male
| | Re: Excellent 300 lumen UE flashlights for only $8. Not kidding, or spam.
<Reply # 113 on 11/3/2011 5:37 PM >
| | | | I am not into cheap lights.
I have two petzl headlights, and two surefire lights.
I have backup batteries for all of them, and in the worst case I have 2 light sticks, one ultra bright and the other a long lasting one.
Besides the external flash for my camera with spare batteries, I think this is all I need for any place I can go here.
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Therrin
This member has been banned. See the banlist for more information.
Location: North of Chicago, IL
Gender: Male
*Therrin puts on the penguin-suit
| | | Re: Excellent 300 lumen UE flashlights for only $8. Not kidding, or spam.
<Reply # 114 on 11/3/2011 5:56 PM >
| | | | ^^ You pass.
Next!
Give a person a match and they'll be warm for a minute, but light them on fire and they'll be warm for the rest of their life. =) |
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Fl1k3r
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 115 on 11/3/2011 8:33 PM >
| | | | mine just got here, definitely not close in quality to my BC-40 but they are great back up lights, solid metal and three mode switch is a great option, throw could be better but i ain't complaining for the price >.>
"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves."
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BLKMSK
Location: PVD
Gender: Male
If the kids are united.
| | | Re: Excellent 300 lumen UE flashlights for only $8. Not kidding, or spam.
<Reply # 116 on 11/4/2011 1:44 AM >
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- The lights feel really lightweight and brittle. I dropped one from six feet off the floor, and the finish chipped a bit, but it held together and still works the same.
- The button feels plenty rugged, not sure how well it clicks into off positon. Trickle drain test still pending.
- Flashlight is about a half an inch too short for my fist to hold comfortably.
- One of the lights came with a stripped screw on the clip that has since fallen out and the clip wobbles.
- The headlamp is very comfortable, though the adjustable binding sits right above my ear when the strap is sized to fit.
- The vertical adjust for the lamp takes a lot of force to click in and out of locked position, and (unless I'm wearing a hat) it's much easier to adjust by taking the headlamp off and unlocking it.
- Vertical adjust must be set by clicking into one of three stops in the hinge. (Instead of locking into place at any location with adjustable resistance on the hinge.)
Each one of these things throws at least twice the light of my 2D and 4D Maglights. (Bulb, not LED flashlights, purchased in 2005 for $20 and $35 a piece.) The majority of the spots I explore (and I assume 2/3 of the rest of the people here) are old buildings, and I usually take my light out when I'm going through a dark spot and then put it away for the other 80-or-90% of the trip. These fit in my pocket and are perfect for that task.
I'm glad I paid ~$30 on them.
The end.
(Actually. Not the end. Quoted my old post and forgot I added the acne roller as a joke. I don't have a review for that, but I'm sure it's total kipple.)
[last edit 11/4/2011 1:52 AM by BLKMSK - edited 1 times]
BLKMSK/PVD, Post-Industrial (tumblr), Flickr
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AnAppleSnail
Location: Charlotte, NC
Gender: Male
ALL the flashlights!
| | | | Re: Excellent 300 lumen UE flashlights for only $8. Not kidding, or spam.
<Reply # 117 on 11/4/2011 1:59 AM >
| | | | 2-AA Rayovac flashlight: $3
2x AA-size LiFePO4 3.2v cell: $7
1x 4D-cell Mag Lite bulb: $4
~150-lumens of warm glowing incandescent glory: C:
[last edit 11/4/2011 1:59 AM by AnAppleSnail - edited 2 times]
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fiftyone_eggs
Location: jerzey
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Excellent 300 lumen UE flashlights for only $8. Not kidding, or spam.
<Reply # 118 on 11/4/2011 2:14 AM >
| | | | got mine too. 300 lumens? not a chance! still a great little light for $8.
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hydrotherapy
Clever Girl
Location: Circle of Least Confusion
RPS is inside all of us
| | | Re: Excellent 300 lumen UE flashlights for only $8. Not kidding, or spam.
<Reply # 119 on 11/4/2011 8:47 PM >
| | | | I've had the tail cap on a tactical Quark explode from a gas buildup in even higher-end rechargeable batteries. Twice. Didn't effect the light at all, despite the sound like a gunshot when it blew off.
One of said lights has also survived being dropped 60ft onto a pile of brick and torn up concrete and still works after it slid off a ledge I'd balanced it on.
$60 lights, worth it.
$2 lights, probably not, but if you're buying these I doubt you have much interest in higher end lights, so you get what you pay for and probably aren't much reading what the opinionated (overly so, in some cases) flashlight whores are saying anyway.
But we all know how important it is for some people to remind everyone they're making poor decisions and something about elitism, so you may all carry on. I'd just personally never trust this light as more than a backup.
Or maybe to loan to someone I don't like while underground.
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