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Offline shahzh

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My other passion.....
« on: February 29, 2012, 08:41:31 PM »
I'm a flashaholic....anyone here share the same interest? ::) Been collecting for quite sometime. Just some earlier pics when I first started...after awhile the family of lights has grown a lot.









Latest addition to the ever growing family of lights  ;D


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Re: My other passion.....
« Reply #1 on: February 29, 2012, 10:32:05 PM »
Use to collect them when I was working. Now retired, sold and gave away most of them. My favourite brand is still Maglite. Other brand include Snap-on and Pelican. Most of the touches I use have aluminium body with the execption of the rechargeable torch from Sanyo. It had a plastic (?), poly body. It had to be tough, what with the chemicals the touches were exposed to, hydraulic fluid, oils and grease, use it as a hammer, etc. The only touch I have now are Maglite 2 cell, 4 cell and 6 cell torches.

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Re: My other passion.....
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2012, 05:59:38 AM »
whats the one on the 3'd picture? looks so cool!
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Re: My other passion.....
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2012, 06:28:42 AM »
my favor brand is still Fenix, well build, even tho their lumen not as bright as other brand in some similar range, have 3 of them from small to big, very nice touch light i would say  :thumbsup:

didnt know the jetbeam came out with 4 LED, been so long never chase any news about LED light, wonder how many lumens are they ? :)

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Re: My other passion.....
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2012, 07:02:32 AM »
My well loved and much used torch. It is over 20 years old.

For those with weak stomach, please turn away........  ;D ::)













Torch and hammer....



Stripped due excessive dipping in hydraulic fluids....



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Re: My other passion.....
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2012, 08:20:32 AM »
whats the one on the 3'd picture? looks so cool!

Thats the Jetbeam RRT 3 Raptor with 1200 lumens using Luminus SST 50 led.  :thumbsup:

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Re: My other passion.....
« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2012, 08:25:04 AM »
my favor brand is still Fenix, well build, even tho their lumen not as bright as other brand in some similar range, have 3 of them from small to big, very nice touch light i would say  :thumbsup:

didnt know the jetbeam came out with 4 LED, been so long never chase any news about LED light, wonder how many lumens are they ? :)

The one with 4 led's is Ultrafire not Jetbeam. It's about 500 lumens. But now the latest led module that is Cree XML U2 can produce up to 900 lumens on a single LED running on 8.4v 2 18650 li-ion batteries.

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Re: My other passion.....
« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2012, 08:44:19 AM »
My well loved and much used torch. It is over 20 years old.

For those with weak stomach, please turn away........  ;D ::)

Your Maglite has a nice character to it.. :thumbsup:

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Re: My other passion.....
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2012, 05:38:41 PM »
I'm a flashaholic....anyone here share the same interest? ::) Been collecting for quite sometime. Just some earlier pics when I first started...after awhile the family of lights has grown a lot.



goodness... maybe that should be flashlight-olic instead??

for a minute there, i thought your were a flasher....  :HammerHead:

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Re: My other passion.....
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2012, 06:07:02 PM »
Damn i didnt even know this hobby exist!
You learn something new everyday.

So how actively does these babies get used?

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Re: My other passion.....
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2012, 06:08:05 PM »
Crap I just feel my wallet getting lighter....
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Re: My other passion.....
« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2012, 11:05:51 PM »
Damn i didnt even know this hobby exist!
You learn something new everyday.

So how actively does these babies get used?

Not that often now....last time use it a lot for my 'night game' (something like paintball) ;) even though I seldom use it, but still it comes in handy. I have one in my laptop backpack all the time...just in case. I did stop buying flashlights for about 6 months and now it started again... ;D. They do have forums for flashlight freaks actually. They also have limited edition flashlights too.  :thumbsup:

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Re: My other passion.....
« Reply #12 on: March 03, 2012, 11:09:01 PM »
Crap I just feel my wallet getting lighter....

Hmmm that sounds good... :Cheers:

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Re: My other passion.....
« Reply #13 on: March 04, 2012, 04:45:21 PM »
Crap I just feel my wallet getting lighter....

Hmmm that sounds good... :Cheers:

tell that to my wife... maybe if I claim it will be great to have if the powers out...also collect knifes and guns so cant use the protect by hitting intruder in the head part :(
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Re: My other passion.....
« Reply #14 on: March 04, 2012, 06:42:53 PM »
Some of the other torches that I have...

From Fokker...



The power switch. This activates the torch.



The torch lights up when the two strips are connected by your fingers or hands or palm.



Well since this is a watch forum....



Offline Watchnewby

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Re: My other passion.....
« Reply #15 on: March 06, 2012, 09:32:10 AM »
Wow, flashlights also have a keen followings.
Well, you learn something new daily.

Thanks for sharing with us on your torchlights collection, shah.

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Re: My other passion.....
« Reply #16 on: March 06, 2012, 04:02:57 PM »
Wow, flashlights also have a keen followings.
Well, you learn something new daily.

Thanks for sharing with us on your torchlights collection, shah.

Yes we learn something new almost each day...no problem sharing is caring  ;D

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Re: My other passion.....
« Reply #17 on: March 16, 2012, 08:32:41 PM »
Funny that nobody mention fleshlight in this topic. :Laughing_on_floor:
18sx, please do not google it. :angel:

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Re: My other passion.....
« Reply #18 on: March 17, 2012, 10:43:14 AM »
Funny that nobody mention fleshlight in this topic. :Laughing_on_floor:
18sx, please do not google it. :angel:

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Re: My other passion.....
« Reply #19 on: April 11, 2012, 11:03:55 AM »
wow this is something new to me, maybe you will like the Victorinox swiss army watch with flashlight

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Re: My other passion.....
« Reply #20 on: May 05, 2012, 08:18:49 PM »
I am keeping at least two lights in my car...4D Maglite and Olight with traffic wand...all for safety reason.

In my working backpack, wherever I travel, I will have an Eagletac with me. This guy use normal AA battery....

I have a Ultrafire on my bed....

Not really a collector but more of a user....for safety reason.

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Re: My other passion.....
« Reply #21 on: June 21, 2012, 07:06:25 PM »
Ahhh, didn't know that there's a flasholic here. I used to be and still am.

Here some of mine, a triplet Surefire M6 Guardian