EDC - What's In Your Pockets?
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My one regret about the HDS is that it has kind of a flood pattern. It's great for area lighting, which in the end may be more practical for me, but a tighter beam with more throw was kind of what I was expecting.
I'm the opposite of this. I vastly prefer a flood pattern. Seeing 100 yards ahead is less important than peripheral view for me. Additionally, a really bright hot spot tends to lead to bounce back that will blind me
I cannot recommend the Elzetta enough for a number of different applications. It didn't work out for me on the shotgun, mainly because I got the heavy barreled version and it's already front heavy as it is, but it's a great backpacking light. It's big for an EDC (until the Alpha comes out) but it works for me when I'm walking the dog at night and I really don't have anything in my pockets anyway
Also, the nice thing about the Elzettas is that you can change it from a two cell to a three cell, or from a focused beam to a flood beam, by just changing out a couple parts that cost less than $100. Hell, the lens to change from a flood to focused and vice versa is only $20
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Yeah I kind of have reached the same conclusion over time, it just wasn't what I expected. I'll have to check out the Alpha too. I actually use mine for everything from carry to camping. I have one of those tiny keychain lights so I don't always carry it. Glad to hear your predecessor has been good to you.
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There's plenty of scenarios like that that can serve both sides of the argument, but what matters is a proven causal link, and I'm unaware of one. There's debate both ways but I've seen nothing that convinced me.
Ok, fair enough. I think the most scientific study (and really, social science is dodgy as it is) (apologies if you're a social scientist) I've seen was the one the CDC did a year or two ago that showed there is no direct relationship between the number of guns the amount of gun deaths (or something like that, basically, they couldn't show a causal relationship between the two)
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Glad to hear your predecessor has been good to you.
Before the lights were made in bulk overseas, they were some of the best flashlights I had seen, and I used to have a good collection of Surefires at home
The only reason why I changed it up is because 30 mins with 120 lumens is just not enough by todays standards.
But honestly, up until a few years ago, I still used it for food manufacturer inspections. Never skipped a beat, except for that shitty battery life. Technology moved on
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I am still on my first battery. I've been surprised.
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Agreed. High low crennelated flood sounds nice. Thing is tiny!
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This one does no abuse:
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you guys talked about guns and in singapore we dont even have gun shops at all. the only guns i've used were in the military. rifles and snipers…
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Nice, love your horseshoe ring Shane.
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Thanks man. You could use a lucky ring this weekend with all the drinking you're gonna do, too bad you don't live closer. Have fun.
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Just an average weekend in the life of a functioning alcoholic
(I'm not really a functioning alcoholic, I just like beer…....honest)
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that's what they all say at AA gav.
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So you admit you're not really functional?
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^yep
