Displaced Texan

Quick and dirty test out my door, low power mode. This thing is like a light saber! You can see how focused the beam is.

It’s here. Charging the battery now, but the quick test of this thing was incredible!! Very focused, intense beam! In low power mode, you can light something up at 600m. High power range is 1200m. Output is 500 lumens, and intensity is 363,866 candela. I can’t wait to play with it!

Yeah maritime law is funny. I believe the term is ‘General Average’, if I remember from way back when. General Average

What? I NEVER drive like that on the turnpike at 0430.... Ok....maybe every now and again...

What a couple of idiots.

Damn it!!! All my guns were in one of those! https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/ship-returning-japan-after-losing-record-number-containers-crossing-pacific

You ain’t wrong

We (used to) use LEP technology to detect X-ray scatter on a phosphor image plate. It would show the diffraction of a molecular structure after it was exposed to an X-ray beam. After exposure to xrays, the image was read using a laser beam scanner. The excited phosphor left dark ‘spots’ on the plate, and the laser would pick up the pixel intensity, and display it on a computer screen. These images were merged together, each spot was tracked and mapped, to build a 3D model of the molecule in software. Phosphor image plate systems have pretty much gone by the wayside. Now we use digital pixel array detectors, which are incredibly fast, and zero noise. The 3d imaging software is virtually the same process. The LEP flashlights aren’t really designed for illuminating near objects. They have a focused beam, and are suitable for long range illumination. I’m thinking it might be very useful for hunting feral hogs at night. In any case, this will be cool to play with. BMW and Mercedes is using laser headlights on their cars, using a very similar technology as LEP flashlights .

Wow! Have you guys seen these? https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2019/04/12/friday-night-lights-weltool-w3-featherless-arrow-lep-laser-excited-phosphor-flashlight/ I’ve known about LEP technology for quite awhile (we use the concept in my industry), but I never knew it was used for flashlights! Its very impressive. I just bought a Fenix TK30, 1200 meter range, to play with at the ranch. https://www.fenixlighting.com/product/fenix-tk30-white-laser-flashlight/#reviews Out there, I’d have the range to utilize its capability. Does anyone own one of these, or any other LEP flashlight? I’d like to hear what you think about them.

Eh...they’ll cover it up, whatever it is.

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But the gastric distress is real...

I hope the market holds out until October 2021...when my house goes on the market.

Howdy, welcome to the forum, and to firearm ownership!

Have your Imodium ready!

The McRibbit is awesome.

Thankfully, I don’t own a crockpot. However, I did have a sous vide cooker catch fire on me last week. Luckily I was standing right there when it malfunctioned, and I was able to put the fire out without burning my house down. Many people use crockpots and such on a daily basis to make meals while they are at work. Fill them before they leave in the morning, and have dinner waiting for them when they get home. I have never liked the idea of leaving an appliance like that one when you’re there to monitor it.

Happy Thanksgiving, all.