may just throw him some extra mullah if I do 
Thanks!
It's so crazy to hear you say that because I have been a flashlight enthusiast since I was in 1st grade getting my first flashlight from a school gift area, I bought 3 if I remember correctly, when I did that I was hooked, slowly over the course of 2 decades going up in power and overall lumens as life went a long, I've always known about Candlepowerforums but never joined, and to this day I don't even know why. I signed up for this forum within a week of buying my first laser. I can't explain why some people do the things they do but light has always been my obsession and by the looks of things, I would say my fascination for lasers overpowers my fascination for flashlights. I guess the point of this short story is to say I hope I don't abandon lasers for a new hobby, but since I love light so much, something tells me I'm here to stay. The many great people of this forum pretty much make this forum what it is, a wonderful place to be :beer:^Indeed.
It seems many of the awesome forum members that were present when I joined back in 2013 have either left, become too busy or started other hobbies. Sad
-Alex
For me it's mostly just a matter of how much discretionary hobby money I have, and what hobbies I'm currently into. Over the past year I got more into hifi audio and had some expensive purchases to make, so it left me with very little money to buy more lasers with. I guess that's the reason for my lack of laser related reviews and posts at least. I'm also just waiting for something else to come out in the laser world which excites me. I'm sort of in a place where I got my collection at a desirable level, and not much short of a fancy new wavelength pointer is gonna motivate me to spend more. I still do browse this forum every day though, it's an addiction which never quite ends.^Indeed.
It seems many of the awesome forum members that were present when I joined back in 2013 have either left, become too busy or started other hobbies. Sad
-Alex
Richie, just the opposite for me..Have always been overly loaded with the regular D, C, size flashlights and with Harbor Freight Tools giving away the cheapie 9 Led's I have them all over the place with like 3 in every draw of my house..
some companies like Nitecore had a couple 2000+ lumen flashlights powered by AAs but it was 8 of them, who wants that? Lol
