{"id":481,"date":"2010-05-03T16:52:16","date_gmt":"2010-05-03T21:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thechristys.net\/?p=481"},"modified":"2010-05-03T16:57:46","modified_gmt":"2010-05-03T21:57:46","slug":"flashaholics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thechristys.net\/?p=481","title":{"rendered":"Flashaholics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you know one?\u00a0 Do you know what one is?\u00a0 Is it someone who can\u2019t stop playing those addictive flash games some web site have (you know the ones that infect your computer at every turn)?\u00a0 Is it someone who walks around in a trench coat and opens it uncontrollably?\u00a0 No, it is none of these.\u00a0 It is a person who loves flashlights.\u00a0 Yes flashlights.<\/p>\n

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At first you might think there isn\u2019t that much to a flashlight, how much could someone get into them?\u00a0 You would be wrong.\u00a0 You can buy flashlights for less than 1$ and for more than $4000.\u00a0 You can build your own from components like people do with computers.\u00a0 You can customize them with high performance parts like car\"\"<\/a> enthusiasts.\u00a0 You have brand fanboys that rival Apple and Microsoft.\u00a0 When you read a flashaholic review of the latest EDC (that would be Every Day Carry for you and me), they speak of the reflector, regulator, spill and hotspot with the same passion and creativity as a wine connoisseur reviewing the latest Pinot Noir.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you would like a taste of these discussions try one of the forums or message boards like CandlePowerForums<\/a>\u00a0 Or if that is too overwhelming, just a single post about a guy building a better light<\/a>.\u00a0 Even if you don\u2019t know what any of the acronyms mean and can\u2019t read an electrical diagram to save your neck you can get sucked in.\u00a0 There are a lot of people into this hobby.\u00a0 I find it all fascinating<\/p>\n

Another great thing about flashlights is you can get some\u00a0 good ones cheap.\u00a0 Some hobbies require pretty hefty outlays to start the enjoyment, but you can get a flashlight that uses a single AA battery that will blow away any of the old flashlights laying around your house that use much bigger C and D size batteries and one of these uber-lights will set you back less than $15.\u00a0 If you want to take a walk on the wild side try one of these (click on the pictures \u2013 I have both of these lights ordered from this reseller and recommend them) but be warned, once you get your hands on one of these aluminum bodied mini light sabers you can never go back to the old light in the drawer and it could be all you need to push you over the edge to becoming a . . . Flashaholic<\/p>\n

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Do you know one? Do you know what one is? Is it someone who can\u2019t stop playing those addictive flash games some web site have (you know the ones that infect your computer at every turn)? Is it someone who walks around in a trench coat and opens it uncontrollably? No, it is none of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thechristys.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thechristys.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thechristys.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thechristys.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thechristys.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=481"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/thechristys.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482,"href":"http:\/\/thechristys.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481\/revisions\/482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thechristys.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thechristys.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thechristys.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}