Horton Knives,,, Official Flashlight Snob Thread...

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There is a vid on youtube where a guy converted a small maglite (2AA) into a fire piston.
I thought that was cool!
 
Noodle is serious :thumbup:

Are all CR123's the same? Never used anything but SF's but at half the price, the others are tempting
 
RedbeAR15 said:
Noodle is serious :thumbup:

Are all CR123's the same? Never used anything but SF's but at half the price, the others are tempting
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Redbe

Surefire Cr124 are made by Panasonic. Panasonic branded Cr123 are cheaper that SF branded - same batt tho.
 
peppercorn said:
Need more data on mac's HID....OMG!
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Mac's Customs has a forum at CandlePowerForums.com > Custom & Modified > CPF Custom Builders and Modders > Mac's Customs.

That "Torch" he makes is more of an oddity than anything. It only has a runtime of 10 minutes before recharging, but its a fun 10 minutes.

He used to make a 1000 lumen Osram LED mag-mod that is more utilitarian and has a nice long runtime. I have one of those, or course. :)

A regular Mag-lite is in the range of 40 lumens, for comparison.

As for the HID lights, thats the same kind of bulb used in stadium lights that takes a few seconds to warm up. So you can't just flick it on like a regular flashlight.

I carry a Quark 123 on my belt from fenix-store. Its only 3" long and makes a lot of light. Something in the range of 160 lumens, which is still like compressing 4 Mag-lites into 3". And not having a filament to break either. Right on.

Life is too short not to have some good lights, blades and guns, right?
 
I have only done it once. My wife was a witness,she thinks I am crazy anyway so....

Last year we were driving home on I-5, a 4 lane freeway somewhere between Mt. St Helens and Portland. It was winter,dark, about 7:30 and we came up behind a plug of cars, you know, about 8 of them pacing one another. As I was in the passing lane for about 5 miniutes of this I was getting ancy,as my daughter was getting sicker by the minuite in the back. I pulled out my 125 lumen surefire,turned the tail cap to full-on with the beam hidden in my lap. The vehicle in front of me hit its brakes , swerved left,then proceeded to slow enough to get into the far right emergency lane as continued on. This was all in reaction to my swiveling the light back and forth in an arc-like motion out my windshield at the back of the vehicle.
 
powernoodle said:
Mac's Customs has a forum at CandlePowerForums.com > Custom & Modified > CPF Custom Builders and Modders > Mac's Customs.

That "Torch" he makes is more of an oddity than anything. It only has a runtime of 10 minutes before recharging, but its a fun 10 minutes.

He used to make a 1000 lumen Osram LED mag-mod that is more utilitarian and has a nice long runtime. I have one of those, or course. :)

A regular Mag-lite is in the range of 40 lumens, for comparison.

As for the HID lights, thats the same kind of bulb used in stadium lights that takes a few seconds to warm up. So you can't just flick it on like a regular flashlight.

I carry a Quark 123 on my belt from fenix-store. Its only 3" long and makes a lot of light. Something in the range of 160 lumens, which is still like compressing 4 Mag-lites into 3". And not having a filament to break either. Right on.

Life is too short not to have some good lights, blades and guns, right?
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Thanks Man for the great posts - we appreciate you :thumbup:
 
I'm into the Surefire's myself,,,

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Supercharged! :eek: :D


But I like them all too. Fenix, Nightcore, etc. :thumbup:
 
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