So I bought three flashlights. Yes, three. Who the hell needs a flashlight, much less three of them? Don't ask why, it's complicated and involves woot.com, coupons, and shipping costs.
Oh, and they're those long heavy ones that you can whack people with... so it's not like you can store in your back pocket and pull it out when you drop your car keys. I guess they're useful for power outages.. but even then you only need one per person.
So they use 2 D batteries, has an 3Watt LED bulb, and the light can't be focused/unfocused. Supposedly shockproof, water resistant, and lasts at least 100 hours per set of batteries. Oh, and they're bright.So here's some pictures comparing various other portable lighting devices I have lying around the house (yeah, I have tons everywhere) shooting light across my pitch black room (~15ft). Taken with a crappy camera phone.
A candle.
Proof of being screwed during power outages.Those LED keychains I have on every set of keys, and near doors..
Still only great for finding keyholes at point blank.The 5 LED mini-flashlight that my mom's old LED company gave us, used to be a keychain..
Better at finding keyholes at point blank, and small objects on the floor.An 2AAA incandescent flashlight that we used to find stuff in the dark, with all the light focused at the center..
Good enough to easily not crash into stuff in the dark. Standard equipment for sewer passages in Resident Evil.New flashlights..
Hello! Who are you and what the fuck are you doing in my house at night. Whack a hole follows.Or they're great for finding a fat white dog on a hillside in the middle of the night. Or blinding people.
