Daily. I chase foxes away from the neighbor's cat. They are not smart (I'm being polite) and let their declawed cat ( don't even get me started on that) out at night. The foxes and large coons will chase him right up on the deck to my back door. He used to just come inside my house at night, which made things nicer. But then I got a second cat and even though they haven't met up close, she must send out signals cause he won't come round anymore unless something is after him. Then he still comes to my door for me to rescue him, but won't come in.
I mostly use the 27 LED flashlight/work light from Harbor Freight, model 67227. It is often on sale for under $4, sometimes free with coupon. Just remember to toss the batteries that come with it and install some good ones.
It has a hook and a magnet so my hands are free to work in the light. It probably makes a lousy weapon, but I have never tried.
This set actually looks pretty good. I go camping and fishing a lot, so it would come in handy. Unfortunately though, I can't swing $80 for some flashlights right now. The woman would kill me, and then I wouldn't get to use them anyway.
@adomaniac Not going to work for fishing… in the reviews it says it is not water proof or resistant. So I saved you from buyers regret, death, wasting money and a mad woman.
I work in IT. I need to see behind things. I also like to go camping, but as I do not like bugs, I avoid the mega-lumen models and usually do my best to preserve night vision.
@Calaverasgrande Can you suggest an inexpensive night vision compatible flashlight? My exercise path has one section under a canopy of trees, and it gets dark there. On the rest of the path, the light pollution around here is so bad, that I can see where I'm going any time of night, moon or not.
@hamjudo I have some model I picked up at a hardware store. It has an LED mode and an incandescent mode. I use the incandescent most of the time and cup it with my hand to limit the light to the footpath in front of me. I only switch to the birght as hell LED mode when I want to scare away a raccoon form a campsite, or if I am trying to see under my car. I also have a pricey 4sevens model that has a dim mode and bright mode depending on how you hit the switch. That one is great. It's light, bright, versatile and tiny. And cost a large amount to the person who bought it for me.
I love my flashlights but prefer the single AA size. I don't however need a light that dims and strobes...who the hell does? One of my favorite woot purchases was the 2D cell 3-Watt Cree LED Aluminum Flashlight I bought back in 2011...I still use one of them and my BIL uses one as well.
@tightwad Dimming does add some versatility. I don't always need or want daylight at midnight, but when I do, it's nice not to have to switch flashlights. The strobe can be an effective signal when something audible would be impractical
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Multiple times. Our old dog needs more than one walk after dark or early morning.
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I chase foxes away from the neighbor's cat. They are not smart (I'm being polite) and let their declawed cat ( don't even get me started on that) out at night. The foxes and large coons will chase him right up on the deck to my back door.
He used to just come inside my house at night, which made things nicer. But then I got a second cat and even though they haven't met up close, she must send out signals cause he won't come round anymore unless something is after him. Then he still comes to my door for me to rescue him, but won't come in.
TL;DR Great for chasing predators away from cats.
$80 for flashlights? Sorry, meh, but at this rate I think I will likely keep spending my money at Woot.
I think a better question would be, "How often do you use four, twenty-dollar flashlights?"
@pitamuffin No, no, no... This is one $30 flashlight, one $20 flashlight, and two $15 flashlights.
I mostly use the 27 LED flashlight/work light from Harbor Freight, model 67227. It is often on sale for under $4, sometimes free with coupon. Just remember to toss the batteries that come with it and install some good ones.
It has a hook and a magnet so my hands are free to work in the light. It probably makes a lousy weapon, but I have never tried.
This set actually looks pretty good. I go camping and fishing a lot, so it would come in handy. Unfortunately though, I can't swing $80 for some flashlights right now. The woman would kill me, and then I wouldn't get to use them anyway.
@adomaniac Not going to work for fishing… in the reviews it says it is not water proof or resistant. So I saved you from buyers regret, death, wasting money and a mad woman.
I work in IT. I need to see behind things.
I also like to go camping, but as I do not like bugs, I avoid the mega-lumen models and usually do my best to preserve night vision.
@Calaverasgrande Can you suggest an inexpensive night vision compatible flashlight? My exercise path has one section under a canopy of trees, and it gets dark there. On the rest of the path, the light pollution around here is so bad, that I can see where I'm going any time of night, moon or not.
@hamjudo Look for astronomy flash lights. The red allows you to see but doesn't mess with your night vision as much.
@hamjudo I have some model I picked up at a hardware store. It has an LED mode and an incandescent mode. I use the incandescent most of the time and cup it with my hand to limit the light to the footpath in front of me. I only switch to the birght as hell LED mode when I want to scare away a raccoon form a campsite, or if I am trying to see under my car. I also have a pricey 4sevens model that has a dim mode and bright mode depending on how you hit the switch. That one is great. It's light, bright, versatile and tiny. And cost a large amount to the person who bought it for me.
I love my flashlights but prefer the single AA size. I don't however need a light that dims and strobes...who the hell does? One of my favorite woot purchases was the 2D cell 3-Watt Cree LED Aluminum Flashlight I bought back in 2011...I still use one of them and my BIL uses one as well.
@tightwad Dimming does add some versatility. I don't always need or want daylight at midnight, but when I do, it's nice not to have to switch flashlights. The strobe can be an effective signal when something audible would be impractical
@Kleineleh I don't mind the functionality of the strobe, it's having to cycle through it to get back to bright that bugs the crap out of me.
@tightwad oh yeah, that does get annoying sometimes