It can be an instant ‘do not watch’ for me, notable examples being the MrBeast vids i see every time i’m on there. Not that i’d be watching those anyway.
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I’d like to have a good bright flashlight. Not that level, but something basically overkill for inside use. I live out in the country now, and the dogs freak out at night fairly regularly. Sometimes if they carry on long enough, I peek out to see what they are yapping about. A light like that would make it pretty easy to get a quick overview of who’s starring in the night’s drama that time.
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Why don’t you check out the repository of wonderful things to purchase - the boing boing store!
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I’m just glad that back when we would sneak out of our bunk at night at summer camp, the biggest flashlight available to the wannabe-prison-guard counselors on night patrol was an oversized Maglite that took 4 D batteries.
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That’s not a torch as such, that’s a truncheon.
How bright it might shine is a secondary consideration entirely.
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the one good gag. I hate that movie. (sorry)
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honestly, this post/video made me kindof think the same. I don’t want to take out a loan to buy a 3kg death ray flashlight, but would be nice to find something good.
So I browsed through the 1lumen site (the ‘tactical’ stuff seems silly, but their reviews are absurdly in-depth) and picked something for around 25€ off their ‘EDC’ (sigh. It took me a while to realize that means EveryDayCarry) list. I spent 30 minutes there, and now I have opinions on battery types, flashlight UI design and colour temperature.
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There’s a category called portable floodlights (at least on Amazon) that seem to be what I’m looking for. About $30, throws light a couple hundred meters, and lots o’ light. Be a handy way of finding out if it’s a coyote or just another king snake the dogs have found.
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Thanks, I came here just for this Tucker Carlson balls tanning + fleshlight joke.
I so hoped I was not the one that had to make it.
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Including night vision binoculars with double barrels!
