Hi All,
I have been lurking here for sometime and decided to register and jump in. Great forum, I've enjoyed it and learn alot.
On a potentially slightly off-topic post, I was interested to learn what people carry every day for compact lights/flashlights and any interesting uses they have discovered.
I carry two photon microlights--one on my keychain and another loose in another pocket. They are very small and you hardly notice them. The key benefit is that I always have it with me, so it's useful..because I have it with me. I recently bought one for my wife, who thinks I am a gadget freek, but she loves it (she's getting a Leatherman Micra for Christmas!). I like the lanyard on the micro-light because you can clip it anywhere.
Some recent uses include.
1) Kids use to do homework in the car (no rear seat lighting in my car).
2) Kids play with as entertainment (red one only, battery drains too fast on the white one).
3) My wife (nurse) used it to look at my son's sore throat (yes, it was strep).
4) My wife uses it in the morning to light the doorlock and scare away the deer who hang around in the early morning.
5) Was running a meeting in a windowless hotel room when the lights flickered and I knew what I had in my pocket.
6) I hang the lanyard on my kerosene heater cage right above the level indicator when I fill the heater--my garage is poorly lit.
7) Light up back of TV, VCR, stereo etc, when fiddling with connections.
8) Lighting the path to the outhouse on a recent camping trip.
9) Clipped the lanyard with the lighted microlight to my son's shirt collar so that he could..well..um..be accurate while using the unlit outhouse.
Knife content: The Photon Micro-Light lets me see what I am cutting. Right front pocket--BM 940, Victorinox Classic on keychain. Back pocket adjacent to wallet--Victorinox SAK (bought in Switzerland). In briefcase and sometimes on belt--Leatherman Wave.
Regards,
David
I have been lurking here for sometime and decided to register and jump in. Great forum, I've enjoyed it and learn alot.
On a potentially slightly off-topic post, I was interested to learn what people carry every day for compact lights/flashlights and any interesting uses they have discovered.
I carry two photon microlights--one on my keychain and another loose in another pocket. They are very small and you hardly notice them. The key benefit is that I always have it with me, so it's useful..because I have it with me. I recently bought one for my wife, who thinks I am a gadget freek, but she loves it (she's getting a Leatherman Micra for Christmas!). I like the lanyard on the micro-light because you can clip it anywhere.
Some recent uses include.
1) Kids use to do homework in the car (no rear seat lighting in my car).
2) Kids play with as entertainment (red one only, battery drains too fast on the white one).
3) My wife (nurse) used it to look at my son's sore throat (yes, it was strep).
4) My wife uses it in the morning to light the doorlock and scare away the deer who hang around in the early morning.
5) Was running a meeting in a windowless hotel room when the lights flickered and I knew what I had in my pocket.
6) I hang the lanyard on my kerosene heater cage right above the level indicator when I fill the heater--my garage is poorly lit.
7) Light up back of TV, VCR, stereo etc, when fiddling with connections.
8) Lighting the path to the outhouse on a recent camping trip.
9) Clipped the lanyard with the lighted microlight to my son's shirt collar so that he could..well..um..be accurate while using the unlit outhouse.
Knife content: The Photon Micro-Light lets me see what I am cutting. Right front pocket--BM 940, Victorinox Classic on keychain. Back pocket adjacent to wallet--Victorinox SAK (bought in Switzerland). In briefcase and sometimes on belt--Leatherman Wave.
Regards,
David
